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Tacye is an artist
entirely unique in the world of contemporary pop music. So unusual
is her evocative meshing of Eastern and Western rhythms and
influences that she's developed her own genre of music. She calls it
"Ethereal." One can place Tacye in comfortable contemporary company
with other singular women artists like Olive, Jewel, Paula Cole,
Bjork, Tanya Donnelly, Kristin Hersh and Enya, as well as
established avant garde female artists like Kate Bush, Daniel Dax,
Julie Cruise, and Elizabeth Frazier.
I Don't Need A Gun, her first US album, contains tracks that swoop
and flutter through a variety of sounds from richly textured drum &
bass to simple acoustic arrangements to alternative dance to deeply
fluid dub. It's textural variety has been equated to a journey
through moods and emotions ranging from dark despair to
light-hearted joy. Musically, it is equally diverse, with influences
from early Baroque to Psychedelic to Punk being apparent in the
elaborate musical compositions.
Although varied and diverse, the songs on the album work well
together as a whole. The key unifying element lies in the strength
and integrity of the basic song structures. The compositions can be
stripped down to their basic elements and performed in any manner
that one desires without losing musical quality. Thus, Tacye's debut
album is a special double CD that contains a bonus second CD of a
purely acoustic version of the same album.
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