★★★★★
Track Listing: Black Man Singing; The Need To Be; Resonance; The Need To Follow; Divergence; Metamorphosis; The La La Song; Fayetteville; Lava...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
Track Listing: Black Man Singing; The Need To Be; Resonance; The Need To Follow; Divergence; Metamorphosis; The La La Song; Fayetteville; Lava. Personnel: Daniel Bernard Roumain: violin, vox, effects, piano, synth, percussive elements; DJ Spooky: beats, bass, effects, synths; Peter Gordon: flutes, effects, electronics, ambient textures; Ryuichi Sakamoto: piano; Philip Glass: piano; Daniel Louis Roumain: vox; Christian A. Davis: beats, bass, synths...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
Track Listing: Black Man Singing; The Need To Be; Resonance; The Need To Follow; Divergence; Metamorphosis; The La laSong; Fayetteville; Lava. Personnel: Daniel Bernard Roumain: violin, vox, effects, piano, synth, percussive elements; DJ Spooky: beats, bass, effects, synths; Peter Gordon: flutes, effects, electronics, ambient textures; Ryuichi Sakamoto: piano; Philip Glass: piano; Daniel Louis Roumain: vox; Christian A. Davis: beats, bass, synths...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
Daniel Bernard Roumain's six-string violin is the hub for his inventive explorations. His second release on Thirsty Ear, Woodbox, Beats & Balladry, gives him the opportunity to show off, and show off he does. Noteworthy in this recording is that the wizardry that penetrates the synth programming, electronics and turntablisms never detracts from the single line beauty of the violin, the acoustic piano or the trumpet...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-06-18
★★★★★
Daniel Bernard Roumain's debut album for Thirsty Ear is standard fare for the label. This is to say that Daniel's richly produced classical violin collaborations with the likes of world renowned composer Philip Glass, pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto, flutist/producer Peter Gordon, and knob-twiddling vinyl junkies DJ Spooky and DJ Scientific bend through so many genre classifications as to make any definitive naming of the project an utterly vain venture...
- tinymixtapes.com
2009-06-08