1. Walking
2. Continental At Heart
3. Hotel Europa
4. Dreaming
5. Traveling
6. Wings Of Desire
7. Talking
8. Sex On the Telephone
9. Film Noir
10. Darling
11. Genie
12. Walking
13. Believing
14. Walking
Album Description
First time on CD for the 1997 album from Georg Kajanus (Sailor) and Tim Dry (Shock, Tik and Tok), who met in 1995 at the Bar Marseilles in Barcelona. Sharing a mutual passion for black clothes, Film Noir and music, they decided to form Noir. In 1997, everything moved at a rapid pace, with the promo of Noir's 'Walking' being featured on TOTP2 and Live and Kicking before the single was even released. Now Noir's debut album obtains its first commercial release and includes on the CD an enhanced CDR promotional video of 'Walking'. Angel Air. 2007.
Album Details
Made Up of Georg Kajanus (Ex-sailor) and Tim Dry (Ex-tik and Tok), their Debut Album Finally Gets a Commercial Release. Now Enhanced with a Bonus Promotional Video of "Walking".
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Strange Desire
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2007-11-02)
- Publisher: Angel Air
- Label: Angel Air
- Format: Enhanced, Import
- Studio: Angel Air
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Music: #368253
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Summary: Strangely Desirable 2008-01-22
Comment: Propulsive and compulsive dance music from continental hipsters Georg Kajanus(a real-life Russian prince)and Tim Dry. Thumping electronic beats are enlivened with bastard-love-child-of-Raymond-Chandler-and-Noel-Coward spoken word narrative, alternating with catchy ecstatic choruses. Once you listen to "Walking", the leadoff and best-known song, you will never move your nether limbs along the urban sidewalk again without the chorus bouncing back into your brain.
These suave and mordant gents use the tunes to propel them and us through the back alleys and sensual spas of Europe, slyly observing the sordid behavior of the denizens of the night. If it were a movie, this disc would have to be filmed by Hollywood black-and-white B-movie maestro Robert Siodmak, the transplanted German expressionist who gave us PHANTOM LADY, the original version of Hemingway's THE KILLERS and (most to the point) Yvonne DeCarlo's delirious dance sequence in CRISS CROSS.
Sometimes repetitive (is "Traveling" just "Walking" with more customs stickers slapped on?), it's nonetheless a treat, because the imagery and the general good spirits are savory and engaging. Definitely check out the various incarnations of "Walking" on YouTube, as Georg and Tim take a giddy gastronomic tour of Europe. My favorite? Barcelona for sure.
By the way, as a special treat for the film fans who flock to fantasy conventions gripping their polybagged copies of FANGORIA, background vocals throughout are by cult-film diva Barbie Wilde (HELLRAISER 2, DEATH WISH 3).
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