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Echoes: Ancient & Modern is a covers album by English music producer Trevor Horn, released on 1 December 2023 through Deutsche Grammophon. Like his previous album Reimagines the Eighties (2019), the songs feature orchestration and are sung by guest vocalists, with the exception of "Avalon", sung by Horn himself. Three of the tracks included—"Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Slave to the Rhythm" and "Relax"—are tracks whose original recordings were produced by Horn. Background Horn first mentioned the album in an August 2021 interview, suggesting that it was "eighties chill" compared to his previous album, Reimagines the Eighties (2019). Horn stated that "finding the right singers was as important as finding the songs, probably more so" and called it an album by himself "as a kind of auteur" that is "the artist commissioning other artists rather than them hiring" him. In regards to recording new versions of tracks he originally produced, Horn commented that as it is "an album under [his] name, there is a certain expectation to do the big hits" and he tried to think of different ways to approach his previous productions. Aside from these, Horn chose to cover "hit singles" that he enjoys. Critical reception Retropop commented that it is "all too easy to slip into karaoke territory, but one so masterful as Horn knows how to avoid such pitfalls and, with a stellar ensemble of vocalists at his disposal, shows himself once again to be one of British music's finest". Fiona Shepherd of The Scotsman called Horn's cover of "Avalon" both "tasteful" and "twinkling" but called his version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" an "overly melodramatic orchestral" rendition and found there to be "odd matches", namely Corr, Astley, Wilcox and Fripp's contributions. Reviewing the album for The Arts Desk, Thomas H Green felt that the trend of slowing down pop songs into acoustic or orchestral versions "renders sonic perfection as bland, naff slop. Such is the case with Trevor Horn's latest" as beyond Tori Amos's version of "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "things flop about between the dismal, the pointless and the excruciating". I's Ed Power opined that the album "never really justifies its existence", calling Astley's take on "Owner of a Lonely Heart" a "karaoke go" and the following tracks "wildly uneven". Track listing Personnel Musicians Technical Trevor Horn – production Sidney Claire Meyer – mastering Tim Weidner – mixing, engineering Jesper Nielsen – engineering, mixing assistance George Oulton – engineering (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) Mat Bartram – engineering (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) Mark Hawley – engineering, additional production (track 1) Alex McArthur – engineering (track 6) Luis Gómez – engineering (track 6) Max Bisgrove – engineering (track 6) Tashya Lorien – vocal production (track 1) Tori Amos – vocal production (track 1) Aaron Horn – recording arrangement (track 5) Charts References. Discover the Alex Lukeman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Alex Lukeman books.
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The Enemy
Alex LukemanINeuroscientist Jaleh Kezri has created a genetically modified protein that can be activated by remote transmission. Once inside the bloodstream, it can program the brain to fight ...
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Red Banner
Alex LukemanMichael Thorne meets with a French spy to talk about a nuclear warhead floating around on the black market. It's an easy assignment, right up to the moment someone tries to kill hi...
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The Cup
Alex LukemanThe brutal death of a Swedish spy sends Nick Carter, Selena Connor and the rest of the Project team to Stockholm, where they find themselves pitted against a terrorist network hidd...
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City of Gold
Alex LukemanCut off from government support, the Project has gone private as the Harker Group, specializing in high order security. Business has been slow, but when a wealthy British explorer ...
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Phoenix
Alex LukemanThe president of the U.S. orders Director Elizabeth Harker of the Project to investigate the collision at sea of a U.S. Navy missile destroyer with a Chinese freighter. It may have...
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The Russian Deception
Alex LukemanA coup in the Kremlin brings hardliners to power, men determined to take back territories lost with the fall of the Soviet Union. Billions of euros pour into Mo...
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The Nostradamus File
Alex LukemanThe murder of a Paris bookseller who discovers a manuscript of lost prophecies by Nostradamus sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor of the Project on a hunt for the fabled Ark of the...
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The Lair of Anubis
Alex LukemanAn ancient papyrus describing the death of Cleopatra reveals the secret location of the lost tomb of Alexander the Great, filled with priceless treasure. Elizabeth Harker send...
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Black Harvest
Alex LukemanThree world experts on crop disease discover a secret from the time of Alexander the Great and are brutally murdered...A centuries old conspiracy plots to destroy much of the world...
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The Atlantis Stone
Alex LukemanA photograph forgotten for a hundred years holds the key to finding the legendary lost civilization of Atlantis and an ancient artifact of mysterious power. When a letter with the ...
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Die Abenteurer - Folge 21
Wolfgang HohlbeinFOLGE 21: DER FLUCH DER MASKE: Man sieht es vielen Fundstücken nicht an, welche Grausamkeiten vor undenklichen Zeiten mit ihnen begangen wurden. Auch die Totenmaske des MayaHerrsch...
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Red Banner
Alex LukemanMichael Thorne meets with a French spy to talk about a nuclear warhead floating around on the black market. It's an easy assignment, right up to the moment someone tries to kill hi...
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The Eye of Shiva
Alex LukemanNick Carter and his lover Selena Connor work for the Project, a black ops counter terrorism unit reporting to the president. Ancient gold coins found in a terrorist stronghold in t...
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Die Abenteurer - Folge 01
Hubert H. SimonDIE ABENTEURER AUF DEN SPUREN DER VERGANGENHEIT: Auch in unserer modernen Welt gibt es unzählige Rätsel. So ist bis heute das Geheimnis des BermudaDreiecks ungelöst. Auch wurde b...
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The Ajax Protocol
Alex LukemanThe Project is a Black Ops intelligence unit reporting only to the President of the United States. When an assassination attempt takes the President out of commission, the Project ...
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End game
Alex LukemanFour strategic nuclear bombs are hijacked by terrorists seeking revenge for the deaths of their families and comrades. Just one bomb can destroy everything within sixty miles of Gr...
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The Project Series Books 1-3
Alex LukemanWelcome to the world of the Project, where things are seldom as they seem. Small, effective, lethal, the Project is a deep black counter terrorism team reporting only to the presid...
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The Black Templar
Alex LukemanThe Project is in transition, their future in doubt. Selena Connor is no longer part of the active field unit, and she misses the action and excitement. When she's approached to tr...
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White Jade
Alex LukemanWhite Jade spins a web of deceit and murder across the globe in a deadly international power game. Nick Carter works for the Project, a covert intelligence unit reporting to the pr...
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The Russian Woman
Alex LukemanThe Russian Woman is the first book in a series featuring Michael Thorne.Colonel Anya Volkova is a patriot who loves her country. She works in the Russian Ministry of Defense, wher...
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The Seventh Pillar
Alex LukemanA fanatical terrorist has visions commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days...An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears...A tr...
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The Sword
Alex LukemanNo longer under the protection of the president, the Project has gone private as an exclusive consulting service available to select clients. A powerful Japanese industrialist hire...
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The Solomon Scroll
Alex LukemanThe contents of an ancient scroll set in motion a deadly quest for the tomb of Solomon and the long lost treasure of the Second Jewish Temple. The Project team is up against a madm...
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The Enemy
Alex LukemanNeuroscientist Jaleh Kezri has created a genetically modified protein that can be activated by remote transmission. Once inside the bloodstream, it can program the brain to fight d...
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Black Rose
Alex LukemanA lethal plague is stolen from a secret biological warfare lab hidden in the mountains of North Korea. It's one hundred percent fatal and if it gets loose, millions will die. Nick ...
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The Last Option
Alex LukemanA cabal of ruthless men set in motion a plot to ignite nuclear war, certain they will survive the resulting holocaust and rule what is left after the missiles stop flying.Director ...
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The Tesla Secret
Alex LukemanLost plans for a terrifying weapon designed by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of a conspiracy bent on world domination. Powerful men will stop at nothing to use the weapon to ach...
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The Lance
Alex LukemanIn the frozen wastes of Antarctica the Lance, an ancient weapon of unthinkable poweronce lost and legendaryhas been recovered. In the terrorized streets of Jerusalem, devastation i...
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High Alert
Alex LukemanWhen an American missile submarine is sunk in the Sea of Japan, it's the opening move in a madman's devious plan to plunge the world into war. A day later, the Chinese ambassador t...