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Wednesday, September 07, 2005
 
Esthero...Then & Now


   I first heard Esthero about a couple months ago when I was watching MuchMusic and I first saw the video for the single We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution from her new album Wikked Lil' Grrls. I really enjoy this type of music because it incorporates electronic sound with trip-hop vibe, which is great for shaking your booty to or just listening on the bus. I purchased her previous album Breath From Another, and at first, I wasn't sure was the same musician because of how different the two albums sounded and how much Esthero had changed her physical appearance as well. She had gone from a short dark-haired pixie cut to a vibrant orange mane. Her new look certainly personified the tracks on her new album. Esthero's singles from her earlier album, Heaven Sent and Breath From Another are two of my favourite tracks on that album, which you can groove to, but they still flow together in a light and airy mood.

   Breath From Another has less of a hip-hop beat and more of a smooth trip hop sound. However, upon listening to the full album, I noticed that the tracks became repetitive so that the entire album just seemed like it was one big song (a good song) with some variations in between. 

   Her newer album, Wikked Lil' Grrls, has more of an upbeat feel to it, which makes it a better choice for the teen girl-young women persuasion as opposed to Breath From Another. However, I really like Breath From Another's ethereal feel to it and it has more original sounding music. Wikked Lil' Grrls has more variety in the songwriting, but it's less recognisable as Esthero's music. You may have even heard some soundbites on re-runs of Sex & The City commercials so you can kind of get an idea of the sexy, upbeat music. Esthero's formulating "bitch" reputation is also something that I like because that may give her personality and attitude enough to keep her music sounding the way she wants it to sound (which is a sound I like). My reccomendations from these two albums, would be: Beautiful Lie, Melancholy Melody, Wikked Lil' GrrlsIf Tha Mood, and Breath From Another. From there you can judge for yourself on Esthero's sacred blend of jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk, and rock music that will keep the headphones on your head.


See Esthero's "We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution" video  HERE.
 


sung to open ears at 07:59 am by Sleepy

wailfulrhyme
October 11, 2005   03:35 PM PDT
 
I loved Breath from Another. It was probably my favourite album from 1998. I was just listening to it all last week. ^_^
Allie
September 9, 2005   10:28 PM PDT
 
Beautiful post! I'll have to check this chick out.
  

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