Magic Dragon: Caia: Amazon.ca: Music

1. The Rose Room

2. Remembrance

3. The Love Room

4. Summer Lightning

5. La Telecabine

6. Mr Gone

7. Whose Blues

8. Heavy Weather

9. Subway Freedom

10. Jericho

11. Afterwards @ The Bar

Product Description

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As Caia, Japanese producer Maiku Takahashi comes up with a solid debut filled with ambient space and druggy downtempo. Produced by Groove Armada's Andy Cato, The Magic Dragon has some of that band’s soulful warmth, but Caia's sound is even smoother, layered with rich chill tunes and hypnotic effects. Wordless choruses float like little fluffy clouds into extended bridges, mixing up the structure of songs like "Summer Lighting" and "La Telecabine." The atmospherics gain momentum from traces of hip-hop and dub, like a Tangerine Dream movie soundtrack with a beat. Some songs end up in completely different places from where they started; "Heavy Weather" develops from a brooding acid-house bass line, but eventually dissolves into a wash of keyboards and chanted melodies. By keeping us off balance, Takahashi gets to surprise us and takes advantage of our disorientation to establish a dreamy and wonderful weightlessness. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

2003 long player debut from Japanese recording artist Maiku Takahashi which was produced, recorded, arranged and engineered by Andy Cato of Groove Armada fame. Digipak. Guidance Recordings.

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4.6 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Erotic music for the 21st Century, Jun 9 2004

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Thomas R. Carley Jr. (gresham, oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic Dragon (Audio CD)

When listening to Caias' beautiful "Magic Dragon" album be prepared to be blown away. Each song on this record transports you to a different world on each different song. Its downtempo meets new age meets electronica meets acid jazz. But more than
anything its music that meets the soul and decides to become best friends. Let me tell you my 5 favorites off of "Magic Dragon": 1) "Remembrance" A song to help you with those reflective moods of lost loves, full moons, and snuggling with a current lover. 2) "La Telecabine" This has some nice surprises in the arrangements. Be prepared for the unexpected on this great dance and soulful feeling song. 3) "Summer Lightning" Just simply a breathtakingly beautiful song. Get your jogging shoes ready for this one, it will be a great pace setter. 4) "Subway Freedom" This is a great one for all those DJ's out there. Great Dubbing is already included. 5) "Afterwards @ the Bar" This one has a little smooth jazz feel with some nice break beats in it. Except for some wordless singing, this is an instrumental album for the ages. This is a great record for any kind of mood. I highly recommend this breakthough album.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Strange, Mar 5 2004

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Brad (Clinton, Tn United States) - See all my reviews

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This is a good CD, however two of the songs on here are taken from the Weekend Players CD. (A much better CD.) I had to listen to both to confirm it, I almost thought someone had changed the CD on me.

While I liked this music, it seemed a bit hard to follow and didn't keep my interest the way Armada Groove, Zero 7, and other artists do.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Magic" from the magic dragon, Jan 21 2004

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Having listened to album a few times now I am amazed at the different levels of music that flow from it. It is a wonderful collection of downbeat chords and strings.
Listen and you will certainly LIKE!

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2.0 out of 5 stars uh . . . no
There was something a bit corny and cheesy about caia that just didn't appeal to me. There's a warm, all engulfing fuzzy feel to this disc but it left a bad taste in my mouth... Read more

Published on Jan 20 2004 by bowery boy

5.0 out of 5 stars Best CD 2003!
For sure it's a five star...and even more!
After 35 seconds of music i have already understand that this cd it's something special. Read more

Published on Nov 23 2003 by T. Michele