Sound Tribe Sector Nine / Artifact
Album: Artifact   Collection:General
Artist:Sound Tribe Sector Nine   Added:Mar 2005
Label:1320 Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-03-21 Pull Date: 2005-05-23 Charts: Electronic
Week Ending: May 15 May 8 May 1 Apr 24 Apr 10 Apr 3 Mar 27
Airplays: 2 3 1 1 3 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. May 12, 2005: One Tall Canadian, One Short American
Better Day
4. May 03, 2005: Multiple Personality Disorder
Native End
2. May 11, 2005: Eat Your Beats
By the Morning Sun
5. May 02, 2005: Selectronica
Better Day
3. May 03, 2005: Kiss the Pan!
By the Morning Sun, Better Day, Musical Story, Yes
6. Apr 26, 2005: Multiple Personality Disorder
Peoples Pt. Ii

Album Review
Shay
Reviewed 2005-03-29
Livetronica band STS9 breathe life into downtempo/trip hop with a beautiful and risky release. A masterful electronic/acoustic balance, jazz sensitivity and refreshing lack of traditional song structure create a meandering, narrative album that enchants and surprises.

Lovely: 4, 3, 8, 10, 13, 20
Unexpectedly soulful vocals: 2, 18, 17
No FCCs.

1. Noise, piano, quiet intro.
**2. Calm fem vox with SIC tech build!
*3. Plucking guitar, hypnotizing groove. Beautiful!
***4. Wandering, clumsy, lovely
5. Interlude. Synth/flute/spoken word.
6. Piano and vox samples.
7. Sleepy, bass-y organ.
*8. Spacey, tech meets congas. A sleeper.
9. Smooth and jazzy.
*10. Beeps, vox samples, chill vibe.
11. Calm guitar and drums.
12. 45-second interlude.
*13. Piano tinkering, guitar and faux xylophone. Playful and sweet!
14. Ethereal, quiet.
15. Upfront beat, lounge feel.
16. Noise, static and lustral sounds.
17. Soothing and sexy.
18. Jack-in-the-box intro, smooth vocals, bongo drums.
19. Soundwash, no beat.
***20. Pretty, spacey -- my fav.

Track Listing
1. Musical Story, Yes   11. Tonight the Ocean Swallowed
2. Better Day   12. Forest Hu
3. By the Morning Sun   13. Somesing
4. Tokyo-Radio Edit   14. Trinocular
5. Artifact   15. Vibyl
6. Native End   16. 8 & a Extra
7. Reemergence   17. Possibilities
8. Peoples   18. Peoples Pt. Ii
9. Glogli   19. First Mist Over Clear Lake
10. Today   20. Music, Us