Track Listing

1. Don't Look Back - Telepopmusik & Angela McCluskey
2. Stop Running Away - Telepopmusik & Deborah Anderson
3. Anyway - Telepopmusik & Mau
4. Into Everything - Telepopmusik & Deborah Anderson
5. Love's Almighty - Telepopmusik & Angela McCluskey
6. Last Train To Wherever - Telepopmusik & Mau
7. Brighton Beach - Telepopmusik & Angela McCluskey
8. Close - Telepopmusik & Deborah Anderson
9. Swamp - Telepopmusik
10. Nothing's Burning - Telepopmusik & Angela McCluskey
11. Ambushed - Telepopmusik & Deborah Anderson
12. Hollywood On My Toothpaste - Telepopmusik & Mau
13. Tuesday - Telepopmusik & Mau
14. Another Day - Telepopmusik
15. 15 Minutes - Telepopmusik & Mau

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56735 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
If there were an award for the album with the most appropriate title, surely Telepopmusik’s Angel Milk would be a top contender (possibly pipped to the top slot by Metal Machine Music. But this record is miles away from Lou Reed’s deliberate atonal noise, and would therefore win any award thanks to its’ delightful content. Anyone familiar with the template set by Genetic World will be surely chomping at the bit for the goodies on display here. All the familiar elements are in place- the candyfloss-light beats, the grandeur of the orchestral washes, the hints of discordant electronica and clatter- but wrapped up in the most laid-back accessible tunes you could want. The use of three vocalists- the Kelis-like Angela McCluskey, rapper Mau and new addition Deborah Anderson whose breathy tones lend an extra sheen to her songs- only adds to the appeal. Comparisons to Air’s Moon Safari are inevitable, but a closer relation would be Zero 7’s Simple Things. Even then, there’s diversion here, like the perfect should-be Bassey showtune of "Love Almighty", or the deceptive ending of "15 Minutes" which lasts that long, but is about a minute of tune, followed by 14 minutes of silence. Indispensable. --Thom Allott

CD Description
The cover art for Telepopmusik's ANGEL MILK--an enormous panda bear playing a bugle in a mist-shrouded forest--is nearly worth the album's price by itself. But the strange, dream-like sensations evoked by this image are carried through on each of the record's 15 tracks. Like their countrymen Air, Telepopmusik gives a fresh twist to French electronica, located somewhere between ambient, trip-hop, and space-age loungepop. Cool synths, pulsing rhythms, and various samples and digital treatments make for a breezy, sophisticated outing.
Comprised of soundscapists Fabrice Dumont, Christophe Hetier, and Stephan Haeri, Telepopmusik creates a sonic canvas that is plenty seductive, but it is the addition of guest vocalists (including Angela McCluskey) that really distinguishes the release. In particular, the slinky, reedy voice of Deborah Anderson stands out on the thumping, post-disco "Into Everything" and the ballad "Close". Elsewhere, Telepopmusik are by turns symphonic ("Nothing's Burning") and trance-inducing ("Last Train to Wherever"), but no matter what the mood, this French outfit has made an instantly alluring album of21st-century pop with ANGEL MILK.

Customer Reviews

Angel Milk - Telepopmusik
Telepopmusik are one of a rare group of modern artists who prove that music really can be fresh, creative and exciting, and in an industry that is increasingly at risk of becoming sterile, Angel Milk is a rich, joyous and wonderful uplifting experience.

Genetic World used an array of different styles and sounds together, including hip-hop, trip-hop, ambient, lounge, electronica and dance. The result favored individual songs on the album, but not the album as a whole, which although enjoyable, sat uncomfortably amongst itself at times. Angel Milk solves all these problems, and delves much further into a dream-like world of bittersweet ambiance.

The album plays like the soundtrack to a 1900's French Love Story, almost to a point of becoming conceptual. The tracks, rarely break from top form, and are not afraid to experiment with new sounds (the guitar crescendo in "Close" is a subtle masterstroke), ranging in mood from upbeat to melancholic, which are characterized by the vocals of Angela McCluskey and Deborah Anderson. This time round, the hip hop vocals get minimal air time, and the presence of string and brass instruments has been increased.

Never here, do Telepopmusik stray back into old territory, or not wow the listener with their experimentalism. Angel Milk is a broody and downbeat, yet exhilarating and somewhat purifying musical journey through all that is life affirmingly great in music.

angel milk.
i can not believe telepopmusik does not have more albums out,i like genetic world but love angel milk.i first got to know them after hearing the song don't look back on the l word 3 album,the album is so chill out and beautiful.