Messages

by Rise

I picked this disc up on the recommendation of the guy at my second favourite music store (which is now the default favourite, as the previous favourite is closed/on hiatus - long story).  I was looking for something jazzy and nice, and that's exactly what this album is.

Messages is electro-jazz with a touch of a hip-hop backing, bringing to mind a bunch of different artists.  It's a pretty little album (the thirteen tracks clock in at thirty-eight minutes), with no vocals save for some sampled speech.

My problem is that some of the speech is carrying a pretty religious sounding message, which is definitely not my thing.  Biblical quotes, and calls for celibacy are not what I look for when I buy a cd, but I have found that it's pretty easy to tune that stuff out when I'm listening, so it's all good.