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Soundphiles | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kinobe
Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $22.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 80334
Format: Extra Tracks, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 638592302723
EAN: 0638592302723
ASIN: B00004TX9V
Release Date: July 14, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | The Biological Break | | • | Theatricks | | • | Skyscraper | | • | Hombre | | • | Bopalong | | • | Slip Into Something... | | • | Bayou Barrataria | | • | Lucidity | | • | Grass Roots Horizon | | • | Hammock Island | | • | K-I-N-O-B-E Skit |
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Album Description
Debut full length from UK dance act. Almost every track on 'Soundphiles' is tailor-made lush soundtrack material. This record is perfect headphone food for daily travels across towns, cities and beyond. Tracks include, 'Biological Break', 'Hammock Island' and the Englebert Humplerdinck sampling 'Slip Into Something More Comfortable'. For fans of Groove Armada. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details
Leftfield. Includes Hidden Bonus Track.
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| Customer Reviews:
 In the style of G.A and K+D... June 24, 2005
S. Hebbron (Leicester UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
... and it has to be said to be a worthy and solid album with a distinct style of it's own. There are cross overs with other bands mentioned but it seems this is largely due to sharing a genre, a genre which explores groovy retro rifts and mixes them with ambient rythyms and hypnotic beats.
Unlike the other bands mentioned and their landmark albums (Vertigo and the K+D Sessions), this album doesn't quite get that far. There is the wonderfully mellow and nostalgic "Slip into something...", but really as far as memorable tunes that become a part of ones history, that is really all there is.
The other tracks are clever, worthy and ambient but very forgettable. Still this is a lovely album which expresses a good deal of musical intelligence and is an audible tonic, worth a try and the purchase and worth watching these guys as they hone their skills.
 don't compare to Kruder and Dorfmeister or Air July 18, 2002
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Some very groovy tracks, including "Skyscraper" and the very catchy "Slip into Something..." (the instrumental version is better, called "K-I-N-O-B-E SKIT" on the album). However, I was generally disappointed. Many of the songs are held back by very uninspired production. It wouldn't have taken much more effort to fill the songs with rich, interesting sound, but it falls short, and many songs leave you waiting for something which seems about to happen, but doesn't. Contrary to others' opinions, this doesn't come close to comparing to Air or Kruder and Dorfmeister.
Vertigo Part 2 November 24, 2000
Sean (Dublin)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album is very similar to Groove Armada's 'Vertigo' - which is no bad thing really, but nothing here really jumps up and grabbed me by the baubles. 'Slip into something...' is Kinobe's equivalent of 'At the River' with a very similar feel to The All Seeing I's 'Walk Like a Panther' - all cheesy lounge music cliches and a guy crooning over the top about the sea and the sand. 'Skyscraper' is nice, sort of like every other funky down-tempo track that precedes it (think Fila Brazilia, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Groove Armada, Nightmares on Wax et al). The rest of the album contains the obligatory rap track 'Theatricks' (track number two just like on Groove Armada's album), jokey breakbeat assault (the Biological Break), Mexican themed breakbeats (Hombre) and mellow guitar tracks fill in the gaps. It is a good all round album but I really don't think that these types of albums are anything new any more. Put it this way - How often do you return to your Groove Armada album? For variations on this genre get Mr. Scruff's 'Keep it Unreal' or Kruder & Dorfmeister's 'K&D Sessions' for a bit of longitivity and a healthy dose of origionality. Hope this helps. [sean]
Here Comes the British Answer to Air September 7, 2000
MaddKhameleon (Singapore: The City of Sin)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
Well, I told you that Bent is NOT the British answer to Air, now here is THE BRITISH ANSWER to Air's `Moon Safari'. Really! This is comparable to `Moon Safari'. The single, `Slip Into Something More Comfortable', is such a beach affair, you can feel everything you feel on a beach, the breeze, the tide, pretty girls and handsome boys go by in swimwear... it has already been their `At The River' or `Le Soleil est Pres De Moi', well, shouldn't it be called `At the Beach' and be featured in `The Beach' soundtrack? It could have been BIG though. While the 11 tracks on the album seem to be a pretty coherent affair, there is still some diversity in the music. There is no breakbeats, no extremely edgy sound, just some soothing music for you to chill out, to relax, to simply enjoy the music. If `Moon Safari' flies, then `Soundphiles' swims, if `Moon' feels a silver airplane, this feels like a yellow submarine, while not as flytronic as `Moon', this is flowtronic, instead it gives you a more watery feeling. The melody just flows on well, natural progression, make it feel not so much like electronic music anymore. `Skyscraper' could be the next single, more upbeat than `SISMC', it feels like taking an elevator in a skyscraper to me. At first, the elevator moves upward, nobody is in the elevator, after some time, as the drums/heavier percussion comes in, more people step into the elevator, and the elevator continues moving up until the top floor, then it comes down again. Just my personal interpretation, you can interpret in whatever way you want, this is not abstract art though, it is much more enjoyable than that. Just plug in your earphone and dive into the Kinobe world. Bon Voyage. Oh, don't forget to slip into something more comfortable before you begin this journey. (2minutes later...) Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Diving Deeper into the Kinobe Sea!
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