Life Is Full Of Possibilites: Dntel: Amazon.ca: Music

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6. Life Is Full Of Possibilities

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8. (This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan

9. Last Songs

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Dntel comforts himself by combining melancholy melodies with an assortment of electronic production styles, as well as enlisting friends to add vocals and guitar on some tracks. The resultsrangefromTimbaland inspired minimal techno to pop songs buried in static, cut-up acoustic guitars, sampled symphonies struggling to find somewhere to settle, found sound and blissed-out drones. This album includes vocal contributions from Chris Gunst (Beachwood Sparks, ex-Strictly Ballroom), Mia Doi Todd (solo artist, City Zen records), Meredith Figurine (Figurine), Rachel Haden (solo artist, ex-That Dog), and Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), plus guitar by Paul Larson (Athalia, ex-Strictly Ballroom) and Brian McMahan (The For Carnation, ex-Slint).

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4.6 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Soundtrack of the Future, July 6 2004

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W. Sullivan "Designer/Photographer" (Portland, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life Is Full Of Possibilites (Audio CD)

When I first listened to this album, I was slightly disappointed. I didn't revisit it for months. Then I decided to give it another go, and listen to it as a whole album instead of individual tracks. This is when I realized the true genious of DNTEL. The subtleties can be missed if listened to without headphones. This album would make a fantastic soundtrack. I only wonder if Sofia Coppola has heard it yet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply good., Jun 16 2004

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A. IVERSON (Hudson, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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I love this CD. Actually I purchased it one song at a time on iTunes so I haven't finished it yet but I've heard about 3/4 of it. I enjoyed it so much (even from the first random song I heard) that I wanted to stretch it out as much as possible. If I had to describe it I'd called it sweet soft sizzling electonic music that opens your eyes while relaxing your ears. And every once in a while a certain perfection in the music, made me so happy my heart was pounding. I wish there were more artists who are as creative and intelligent as this one.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Emo for the Electronica Set, Mar 19 2004

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I've long been a fan of electronic music along the lines of Boards of Canada, Air and Squarepusher. And I've also long been a fan of emo rock like Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, and Belle and Sebastian. Now mix the two in in a strikingly beautiful album, and you have Dntel's "Life Is Full of Possibilities." I came upon the album about 3 months ago after seeing a reference to "(This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" in a Death Cab review on Pitchfork. I checked out the album and fell in love. Sometimes the shrill tones in techno can get on my nerves, but the sweeping tones and emotion-driven chirps are nothing short of amazing. Then you layer on some big name vocalists and what results is sheer delight. I highly recommend this album, as well as The Postal Service's "Give Up" album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute knockout from Go to Whoa
Some had labeled this poppy electronica. It's more like pop could be if it had heart and innovation at its core. Read more

Published on Feb 8 2004 by Rinchen Choesang

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than "US Mail"
If you like the Postal Service, then you should get this and put Postal Service on the far right, back burner. Read more

Published on Feb 1 2004 by Adam Trunoske