Christina Lux - Pure Love

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:39
Size: 106,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. Shelter
(5:51)  2. Believe
(7:32)  3. Best Friend
(4:39)  4. Liar
(4:03)  5. You Say You Love Me
(4:48)  6. Love Is...
(4:23)  7. Let It Flow
(3:55)  8. You Mean So Much to Me
(7:00)  9. Late at Night

The singer/songwriter and guitarist Christina Lux is a phenomenon. Since the mid-eighties she has become one of Germany's most wanted backup singers . She has been touring with the Jule Neigel Band back in 1989 and more recently, as a special guest, supportet Fury in the slaughterhouse on their 1998 tour. Renowned artists such as Grace Jones, Oleta Adams, Gabrielle and Nina Hagen had her sing backing vocals on prime-time TV shows. She sang on studio albums for Mick Karn of Japan fame and Deep Purple's Jon Lord. Even on dance records such as RMB's Mission Horizon (2001) her unique voice can be heardBut Christina Lux also has a career of her own. Since releasing her first two solo albums "She is Me" (1998) and "Little Luxuries" (1999) she has performed countless club concerts all around the country. Some of these were as a soloist, others as a member of her own trio including bass-player Marius Goldhammer ( Marla Glen..) and her one-man-percussion-orchestra Roland Peil (Die Phantastischen 4..). She has opened shows for Paul Young in 1999 and for New York's Tuck+Patti in 2001. Music magazine "Gitarre & Bass" (7/2001) says, " What sets her apart from others is her warm and deeply touching voice, supported by her finely tuned feeling for spontaneity and free-flowing improvisation combined with her jazzy, grooving rhythm guitar...truly great!"While the music industry sometimes fails to recognize the gold in their own backyard, Christina Lux is regarded as a brilliant musician's musician by critics both at home and in other countries. Perhaps this is because of the wide range of her repertoire: songs that are written in authentic American English, sung with her dark magic velvety voice, blending acoustic soul and funky folk with jazzy improvised highlights. According to the music magazine Soundcheck, she holds her own in a comparison with Rickie Lee Jones or Shawn Calvin.Christina Lux is a truly exceptional live artist. Her latest offering Pure Love, gives the best feel yet for the spontaneity of her live performances. Since, with the exception of two tracks, it was recorded in live situations, we're able to experience the pure magic of one of her concerts...pure pleasure! ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Love-Christina-Lux/dp/B00005T7OQ

Pure Love

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Christina Lux - Coming Home At Last

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:57
Size: 105,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:48)  1. Coming Home At Last
(3:54)  2. To The World
(6:49)  3. Arms Wide Open
(4:46)  4. Abuse
(6:16)  5. It Ain't Mine
(4:37)  6. Man Without A Face
(4:21)  7. Healing Waters
(3:45)  8. Love Is My Religion
(4:01)  9. Endless Fall
(3:36) 10. Late At Night

German-born singer-songwriter Christina Lux makes no bones about wanting to get right into the inner souls and emotions of her listeners: Her songs are direct examples of the hazardous riptides of love and human striving with titles like "It Ain't Mine" and "Abuse." She's been compared to Joni Mitchell and Shawn Colvin, and is a smart (perhaps genius) woman forever balancing her own brilliance and artistic drives with the need to love and be loved, and, most of all, to make music about the struggle to fulfill those needs. Her voice carries a slight Germanic ennui-ridden rasp, making her a bit of a kindred spirit to the cabaret singers of her nation's past, the ones who used to straddle chairs and smoke cigarettes in top hats while singing about love. That rasp, however, is harnessed to some light, gently bouncing soul. As its title might indicate, Coming Home at Last is a haven, a song collection as welcoming and comforting as the shoulder of a childhood best friend w! ho has just returned from a long, long trip.

"No excuses / They just blow my fuses / The body says stop / The mind can't follow / Maybe I'm frightened," goes the opening title track over somber melodic piano. The cabaret lilt is soon swallowed up by light soulful grooves and gentle drums and guitars. "Abuse" opens with the sly shuffle of brushes scraping along the snare drum while Lux goes deep into the harrowing tale of sexual abuse passed along for generations. The clear-eyed approach makes for harrowing listening, but makes the transcendent moments well earned, as on the uplifting sing-along "To the World" or "Late at Night" with its smooth fretless electric-bass meanderings and Lux's resigned declarations: "I know it doesn't help much / To start crying / But it doesn't help it all / To act as if this ain't true / I'm no good / At hiding."

This is music for mornings with coffee, sunshine, and the paper, time for sincere declarations and the openhearted yearning that we experience before the jaded poses of adulthood dim the beauty of the world in our eyes. Lux may make music on the easy-listening side of the tracks, but she doesn't throw away a single lyric; she goes for the tear ducts like a pit bull and fans love her for it. No one goes home without losing a little something along the way. But for each thing gained there's something lost, and in Coming Home at Last Christina Lux lets you know it's okay, you're safe, and you've always been. The hurt, as they say, is all hers. ~ Daily OM    

http://www.sequoiarecords.com/x126cd/Coming+Home+at+Last.html

Coming Home At Last

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