Product Description

This is the first full-length release from the trip hop/world beat/jazz band SpiceHouse, following their debut extended play CD, Anise Star, also on the Blue City label. Influenced by the unique stylings of musicians as diverse as Ornette Coleman, the Grateful Dead, Eno, Portishead, and Zero 7, the group's sound blurs the boundaries between genres, waxing poetic and waning cool. From upbeat polyrhythmic syncopations to meandering, mystical explorations to sultry, straight-forward sambas, Tomorrow is the Answer raises many a musical question that will leave you listening again - and again.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Ibiza Sunrise
2. Heal + Atone
3. Baby, I Know That You Know
4. Travelling
5. Hell to Pay
6. Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon
7. Behind the Mask
8. William and Marie's Prayer
9. Blow

Disc 2:

1. Caravan to Infinity
2. Blow (extended mix)
3. Behind the Mask (extended mix)
4. Blue Indigo/Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon
5. On Through the Night
6. Neon Nocturne
7. Baby, Don't You Follow
8. Head in the Sand

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #217231 in Music
• Released on: 2006-01-01
• Number of discs: 2

Review
Who would think mixing such different styles would create something so great? This is music I love - powerful, soulful, uplifting. --Carol Ann Simmons, Polar Pipeline Music Press, June 9, 2005

Review
Spicehouse manage to elevate this genre by adding superior musicianship and songwriting, creating well-crafted and incredible music - highly recommended. --Tony Martin-Holmes, The London Loo, July 4, 2005

About the Artist
SpiceHouse is the newest musical venture from Rick Eppedio and C.R. Keyser-Posner, a foray into world beats, acid and traditional jazz forms, and trip hop grooves, filtered through the aural prism of the band's former incarnations, Barbarian Lovers and Smoke Ring Days. Influenced by the unique stylings of groundbreaking artists from the avant-garde jazz scene of the 1950s to modern day electronica pioneers, SpiceHouse has quickly become a favorite of downloaders on Amazon.com, as well as music industry professionals in the Benelux, who recently picked up the rights to ‘Baby, I Know That You Know’ for that territory.

Customer Reviews

Some good music after you trim the fat a bit
Like most albums this one has it's share of good moments, and some I don't like that much. What gives it a kick start is the fact that out of 120 plus minutes, evan if you threw half of it away, you still have over 60 minutes of good stuff, and thats a lot. For me I liked almost two thirds of the music here. So here are my humble thoughts of the music.

"Ibiza Sunrise", well it's not my kind of thing, but it's a pretty good Trip-Pop song for what it is.

"Heal + Atone", this is one of the reasons I got this CD, a real good song, put together in an very interesting sectional way.

"Baby, I Know That You Know", it's a modern dance/ club song.

"Travelling", My favorite song on the album, slow, ethereal mood song with some unusual surprises in it.

"Hell to Pay', Eh, it's ok, not my kind of thing.

"Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon", Very cool (in the literal sense) catchy groovin' Jazz song, perfect for the lounge crowd.

"Behind the Mask", Powerful world beat rock song, good lyrics too.

"William and Marie's Prayer", A slow thick ambient song, I like it for the first 5 minutes, it's pretty good, but it is around 10 minutes.

"Blow", The long version on disc two, is the real good one.

Disc 2

"Caravan to Infinity", I love it, a Moroccan infused groove/Jazz track, mostly instrumental, nice sax.

"Blow (extended mix)", This is the good version with the long electronic improv section at the end.

"Behind the Mask (extended mix)", My second favorite, a very long version with a Middle Eastern intro jam and a psychedelic end jam. I like this kind of music, you don't hear this kind of music too often.

"Blue Indigo/Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon", the same as the short version, except with an extended jazzy-bluesy intro. I like the shorter version on disc 1 better though.

"On Through the Night" a very old bonus track, 80's-ish techno-rock, not bad.

"Neon Nocturne", one more bonus track, I really like this dark, moody swaggery one. Perfect late night music.

"Baby, Don't You Follow", A breezy blues-ish song, nice change of mood here.

"Head in the Sand", More bonus stuff, nice groove and space echo guitar on this one.

That's it.

Likable album from an up and coming band
Lets say 3.75 stars

What I like most about this CD is the fact that it is for the most part something original. The Trip-Hop genre, has many faces from hard electronica to dance to world music. This album embraces many of them. I like all kinds of music, a lot of things that a lot of people could not listen to, therefor I like a good deal of the music on this disc. If you like mostly one kind of music, you may find this CD a bit too scattered. I think they shine the best on the more jazz oriented music. These days the terms that describe music are very blurred. I find so many of the terms to be quite a bit off the mark. To me if you don't have good musicians blowin good solos you don't have any kind of real Jazz, no shortage here. I was surprised to hear a soprano sax solo on "Caravan to Infinity", not something you hear much these days. I don't like pop music that much, but I think the song "Ibiza Sunrise" is a good song, it is quite catchy with nice vocal harmonies. The slow moody songs like "Travelling" are interesting and so is "William and Maries Prayer" although I would like it better if it was shorter. If you like ambient music you would probably find these interesting. For me Ambient music is o.k. if I am in the mood for it. That said, a likable album from a good up and coming band.

For the more down the road music lover


I like most of the music on this disc, all in all I think there is a pretty original thing happening.

Like most types of music there are the ground level albums and the more challenging albums. If you wanted to say start a Jazz collection you would be better off starting with maybe Dave Brubeck rather than Cecil Taylor, not that one is better than the other, just that someone like Taylor is more of a challenge to listen to for many people who are not familiar with the music.

The same holds true for the Trip Hop/ Chill/What-Ever genre. Some albums are more of a challenge to get into at first than others. If you are new to this type of music you may want to start with Zero 7 or Morcheeba, they make some really good music that is easy to listen to. If you a more broad and are a bit more up the ladder you may want to try some of the more "out there" albums.

I like many types of music, but I find this genre to be the most confusing to people. I see so many strange comments written all over so many albums description pages.

Yes there are strange sounds, weird effects, unusual vocal concepts, but thats what this music is about - creativity. This is not Folk music or Rock music. I don't understand why so many people buy so many of these CD's, only to compare them to other albums that are so unrelated, then rag on them.

When I first got this Spicehouse CD I must say I found it a bit daunting at times. Listening to a 15 minute song can be a bit much, after a while though it did grow on me. If I was going to review this two weeks ago I would give it 3 stars, however after getting settled more with it, I now like it enough to give it 4 stars. I would say about half the music here is on the usual side of what a lot of Trip Hop is. The other half especially disk 2 is on the side of long jam kind of stuff.

I would only recommend this album to people who really understand this genre in general, if not you may find your self disappointed.