Dzihan & Kamien / Gran Riserva
Album: Gran Riserva   Collection:General
Artist:Dzihan & Kamien   Added:Nov 2002
Label:Six Degrees Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2002-11-11 Pull Date: 2003-01-13 Charts: Electronic
Week Ending: Jan 12 Jan 5 Dec 29 Dec 22 Dec 15 Dec 8 Dec 1 Nov 24
Airplays: 4 5 3 2 2 4 2 6

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 05, 2011: Nothing Rhymes with 2010 IS OVER
Basmati
4. Jul 18, 2004: 15 Miles til Sunday
Thrill
2. Jul 14, 2005: Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Gutenmorgenduft
5. Aug 29, 2003: 15 MIles til Sunday
Thrill
3. Mar 07, 2005: Big Love Show: guest PaulLeath
Sliding, Basmati
6. Mar 15, 2003: Mais non peut-etre
Ford Transit

Album Review
Jacki-O
Reviewed 2002-11-05
Dzihan & Kamien: Gran Riserva Label: Six Degrees
Rating (scale of 1-10, 10 being best): 8

This is a very high-quality album produced by Dzihan & Kamien ā€“ Austrian acid-jazz/trip-hop artists extraordinaire. They went much deeper into the jazzy/lounge-y style, and Iā€™m impressed by their musicianship and production values. The songs are very listenable, some songs have some very exotic melodies. D & K are as talented as their European counterparts K & D (Kruder & Dorfmeister) ā€“ and have a much better sense of jazz. A few tracks are a bit over-produced and kind of too smooth, but for the most part this CD is very good. Try: 2,3,4,5,7,10.

1. Cheery acid-jazz w/ some up-tempo boppy sax & piano licks
2. Mellow deep-house w/ catchy female vocal loop & catchy melodies
3. Break-y trip-hop-ish track w/ some big jazz chords and some exotic melodies - swanky
4. Starts dub-ish, then drops into bumpin' disco groove, features rasta-man vocals
5. Pretty trip-hop ballad - fluttering synths & piano, nice vocals - catches you
6. Mellow synths & trumpet, mixed w/ a thick bassline & downtempo groove
7. Lush synths swirling & simple piano, mild beat that gets a bit crispy & cut-up
8. A big 80s style synth loop w/ reverbs - gets smooth & lounge-y w/ some swank melodies
9. Chill acid-jazz w/ catchy cool little samples, groovy
10. Fem vocals (bit like Portishead/Sneaker Pimps), acid-jazz/downtempo w/ some neat breakdowns & effects
11. Chill-out lounge-y jazz & synths ā€“ some congas, relaxed guitar playing

Track Listing
1. Stiff Jazz   6. Where's Johny Sabatino
2. Basmati   7. Deep Kitsch
3. Ford Transit   8. Airport
4. Sliding   9. Dundadeova
5. Drophere   10. Thrill
  11. Gutenmorgenduft