{"product_id":"turn-the-dark-off","title":"Turn the Dark Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howie B\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 16-09-1997\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\n\nAs a behind-the-scenes guru on U2's Pop, Howie B tried and pretty much failed to teach the Irish superstars how to catch a techno groove. On his latest solo album, he continues his quest to educate the mainstream, offering a class in Electronica 101. But his efforts pale in comparison to those of his protégés in the London trio Headrillaz. A veteran of Bristol's influential Soul II Soul collective, Scottish mixmaster Howie B knows that he is poised post-Pop to reach the biggest audience of his career. Last year's Music for Babies was a charming ambient effort inspired by the birth of his daughter, but it didn't garner much attention. With Turn the Dark Off, he opts to present a sort of Whitman's Sampler of current electronic sounds, including solid but unsurprising samples of trip hop (\"Hopscotch\"), drum \u0026amp; bass (\"Fizzy In My Mouth\/Your Mouth\"), and ambient house (\"Limbo\"). For the benefit of those older listeners who are still having trouble with this new-fangled music, Howie B includes \"Take Your Brother By the Hand,\" a track co-written by former Band leader Robbie Robertson. It features Robertson reciting pseudo-Beat poetry (\"Where am I, on this elevator to nowhere?\") over a strange and slinky groove, but it never really establishes a mood. Overall, Howie would have been better off focusing his considerable talents to hone a particular sound, as he did on Music for Babies, rather than dabbling half-heartedly in a lot of them. --\nJim Derogatis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 731453793422\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0731453793422\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e english\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45944125915170,"sku":"P9-V8JV-V50F","price":4.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/9428\/3554\/files\/41m-zerzJUL.jpg?v=1783609811","url":"https:\/\/kastor.club\/fr\/products\/turn-the-dark-off","provider":"Kastor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}