Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Voices And Choices [2007]

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ARTIST.....: Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
TITLE......: Voices And Choices
LABEL......: Ubiquity Records
RIP DATE...: Jan-12-2007
STORE DATE.: Jan-30-2007
GENRE......: Jazz + Funk
QUALITY....: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 78,3 MB

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01. Intro
02. Song for David
03. Tense Bossa
04. Kiss The Sky
05. Fiendish Fifth
06. Francoise Hardy
07. Glass Act
08. Perculator
09. Nod Your Head
10. The Hour Glass Effect
11. JW
12. Changing Times
13. Bobulski
14. Mondo Mondo
15. Tired
16. Jawbreaker

In Shawn Lee's world Ennio Morricone dances with Esquivel and Gainsourg as spaghetti western guitars and harmonicas ride fat drum breaks accompanied by vibes, lush strings and piano. On Voices and Choices Lee's signature style moody instrumentals are accompanied by vocals for the first time in four albums.

Full songs and instrumental textures are nods to classic producers David Axelrod and Charles Stepney who used choir-like walls of vocal to create their big productions. Ubiquity label mate Nino Moschella joins Lee on the rock 'n' soul epic "Kiss the Sky", while Ohmega Watts waxes positive lyrical on "The Glass Hour Effect". Instrumentals "JW" and "Song For David" are just begging for an accompanying movie to match the cinematic sounds, while "Tense Bossa" and "Glass Act" feature subtle vocal parts to heighten the spy-theme tension.

Releases by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra started off as an experiment. Multi-instrumentalist and record collector Lee was obsessed by vintage library records and wanted to see if he could recreate their soundtrack-worthy sounds in his curio-shop-like London studio. Library records were originally produced to provide instrumental musical backing for TV, film, radio and advertising. Specific library records have become highly collectable, and are favored by DJs and producers for the occasional drum break, sample or funk track.

Lee's idea was to make full-length library albums that were good from start to finish and equally listenable at home as they might also be DJ friendly. Unsure of how commercially successful these records would be, the first three albums were released in limited pressings and with only a very minor publicity push. However, not only did Lee succeed in recreating the vibe of classic library records, he also attracted the interest of advertisers and producers with tracks being used in commercials for BMW and Jaguar as well as in TV shows such as Malcom In the Middle, Lost, and Desperate Housewives.

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