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DVD Review: Echoes and Reverb of Pink Floyd
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Accent On Tampa Bay, DVD Review: Echoes and Reverb of Pink Floyd >>
"It would be so easy to botch a project like this given the virtually iconic nature of the material," wrote Billboard magazine about the Easy Star All-Stars' 2003 sneak hit Dub Side of the Moon, an ambitious reinvention of Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon album. But the band and producers "clearly appreciated the neo-psychedelia of Dark Side and did a superb job of capturing the feel in translating the music to reggae," continues the review. Three years later, Easy Star has just released their concert DVD, Dub Side of the Moon Live.
The release of the live concert DVD gives audiences a window into the band behind the music and brings in new elements showing they have made this revialized repertoire their own. The reinterpreted Dub Side mythology is carried on with the appearence of the Rasta-naut, a Rasta astronaut orbiting the moon in original animated sequences that punctuate the DVD's footage. The DVD captures visual elements that were lauded by critics who have seen the live show.
Just as the Dub Side CD was arranged to approximate running times of Dark Side, the live production runs like a seamless, theatrical performance augmented by elaborate lighting effects and video projections. The live setting also allows the players to spread out with improvised solos, and spontaneous dance moves.
Dub Side comes through with interviews of the album's producers, players, and fans; pre-show backstage and street footage; a making of the Dub Side album featurette; a photo gallery; and the back stories of the Easy Star All-Stars and Easy Star Records. www.easystar.com 07/01/06
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