Untie Me
Sophie & Ives
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Untie Me | Sophie & Ives | 5:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Awaken | Sophie & Ives | 7:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Clouds | Sophie & Ives | 4:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Big Healing | Sophie & Ives | 6:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Hide and Seek | Sophie & Ives | 3:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Untie Me (Reprise) | Sophie & Ives | 3:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Awaken (The Heart) | Sophie & Ives | 5:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Clouds (Storm Clouds) | Sophie & Ives | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Big Healing (Heal the Goddess) | Sophie & Ives | 10:16 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Clouds (Suspended In Air) | Sophie & Ives | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
Recent Customer Reviews
Simply Superb
by Bill in NZ"Untie Me" has exquisite vocals backed with intensive & very supportive arrangements. After buying these tracks (and you should buy them all) you should then spend another five minutes finding Sophie Moleta's web site - and start getting what you can of her other work. There is nothing but aural beauty awaiting you.
Sublime
by B. KellyUntie Me is more than just an album--it is an elegant collection of love letters; a sensitive, sophic portrayl of love at its most intrinsic.
Dustin Michael Review
by PerceptualThe most subtle of rhythms, the most subtle of melodies; at once peacefully recoiling in from itself like a delicate spider’s web blowing in the cool evening breeze - then suddenly breaking free from its earthly supports.
To elucidate the artistic measures in which Holmes Ives composes would best be explained though the capable words of an experienced poet. Then let it be so as New Zealand artist/poet Sophie Moleta pairs with the noted progressive composer (Ives), and the ensuring work eventually gives way to this full-length album entitled “Untie Me”. The album blankets the entire playing field of Sophie’s emotion, imagination, and creativity – not to say that this utterly in-depth artist has completely exhausted her soul (I doubt that could be possible). You see, this is not Sophie’s first work, nor will it be her last. Like Holmes, Sophie is no stranger to the sprawling world of electronica. Over a half-dozen full-length artistic works are credited to the artist, as well as her smash single “Love Has Come Again” being featured on several renowned compilations from Ministry of Sound, Renaissance, and more. Holmes’ testimony of works is no less noteworthy. Having produced dozens of full-length albums and smashing dance singles, his monikers Memnon, Oko Tek, HDI, and Perceptual Outer Dimensions have found their way onto labels such as Bedrock, Yoshitoshi, Release, Caffeine, Koch, Renaissance, and many more – not to mention Holmes’ own OVA imprint in 2005.
“Untie Me” begins. The unrestrained mixture of Holmes’ ambient and beautifully filtered noise flutters about as the soft bellowing of a lone cello weeps deeply. Sophie’s own voice is then heard, slowly stumbling through thoughts and poetry in rhythmic progression with the evolving under-percussion. “…Not so easy – 12,000 miles – and the aftermath of each conversion – opening, opening, opening…”
This album cries with an absolute intensity of pain and longing – yet closing in on itself for embrace and reassurance. Selections such as “Awaken”, “Clouds”, and “Big Healing” echo with Sophie’s melodic prose, as Holmes accents each verse with dripping downtempo electronica. Both artists labor effortlessly as each composition swells with intensity, eventually succumbing to passionate stillness. The tranquility of “Hide and Seek” drones with an underlying seriousness and strength; the verse echoes of poetic eternity.
Sophie & Ives continues the journey with mirror-rippled restructurings of the previous works. The rhythmically downtempo “Untie Me (Reprise)” is an instrumental ode to the former, yet the delicate “Awaken (The Heart)” hears Sophie’s fragile words as if they were long past memories – or echoes in a dream. “Clouds (Storm Clouds)” rumbles deep within, and eventually swells into a grooving trip-break before exhausting. “Big Healing (Heal The Goddess) is an ever evolving navigation of ghostly conversations, synthetic artistry, and an evocative melody. Waving from the shoreline of this dreamlike experience is the faint murmur of Clouds (Suspended In The Air).
All of these selections play upon the other as if they were chess pieces on a gaming board, one overtaking the next until absolutely expiring themselves. By the end of the album (and I am sure this lengthy overview) the listener is exhausted – and Sophie’s vocals still echo in the mind.
Top Albums and Songs by Sophie & Ives
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaken | Untie Me | 7:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Awaken (The Heart) | Untie Me | 5:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Clouds (Storm Clouds) | Untie Me | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Untie Me | Untie Me | 5:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Clouds | Untie Me | 4:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
