In the Absence of Red
Jim Emmons
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Scorpio (part 1) | Jim Emmons | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The First Time | Jim Emmons | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Amazing | Jim Emmons | 6:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Close Your Eyes | Jim Emmons | 4:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Liquid Sexuality | Jim Emmons | 5:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Scorpio (part 2) | Jim Emmons | 5:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Color of Sound | Jim Emmons | 7:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dance 'til Dawn | Jim Emmons | 5:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bring You Back | Jim Emmons | 5:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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All Over | Jim Emmons | 6:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Scorpio (part 3) | Jim Emmons | 11:07 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Customer Reviews
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Album Review
IN THE ABSENCE OF RED (2008) "Technology and computers accentuate, do not dominate." -Jim Emmons Jim Emmons may have already been in the back of someone's thoughts when you hear In The Absence Of Red for the first time, because he knows a particular area where styles and attitudes come together. Just how many people this common mind may potentially include, however, Emmons himself may not know yet. He just reaches into a comfort zone that is crafted out of strong feeling, filling every word, and illustrated in a wide palette of instrumental and rhythmic effects, where he is already in the midst of something, accentuating a conversation such as one he spots in a crowd that interests him. There is alot of this music to call home to, because Jim listens to many different sounds he calls "centers," and draws them all into his own very focused, warm voice which he uses to call on the memory of different sides to a familar scene, accompanying himself in several ways, making a full day-into-night of each song idea. Before you know it, he's run the gamut of musical worlds and styles, which he masters with ease (you'll have to listen deeper for any obvious influences), such as on the jazz-informed dance number "Liquid Sexuality", and has become somebody's lived-in shadow. Emmons composes from his keyboard lots of urban legend-ry, with a camera's attention to detail, and these scenes of desire and sensuality come to life through his many instrumental talents, which include guitar, layering and simple inspiration. For this album, Jim collaborated with aspiring lyricist Geoffrey Dicker, who's recently published his own book of wordplay called Sketches Of Verbal Alchemy, and his writing seems to want to suggest that language can be a way in and out of confusion. At times, when allowed to reflect uncommonly these lyrics appear to be hinting at the possibility of something deeper than the color of passion, such as "In The Absence of Red" and the "Color Of Sound." Some of those suggestions play easier on what's literally behind a name: in a triple repeater ("Scorpio"), the animal "doing time on somebody's constellation" of choices, is a real scorpion who can spring in a moment's notice and deliver the fatal sting of realization. Throughout all this casual scenery, there might be an actual lesson: that love comes with consequences, and can make even the hardest romantic a mortal soul. Behind the scenes, Jim is just a good friend who wants to make sure that you'll be okay with what you have to offer when you meet him. And he offers his own music as a hand, reassuring you and your friends to dare a little while dreaming outloud. Music written, performed and produced by Jim Emmons, and coming to where you live, exclusively from a heart, beating through a machine brightly. (For the curious, some new sounds Jim is really feeling right now, are Canadian songwriter Leslie Feist, an amazing keyboard maverick called Gonzales, and a trooper named KT Tunstall, "Suddenly I See.") -Review by RK
Top Albums and Songs By Jim Emmons
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In Time (Radio Edit) | In Time - Single | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hey Diddle Dawn | The Only One | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Stay With Me | The Only One | 4:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The First Time | In the Absence of Red | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Magical Highway (B-side) | Throwing Stars | 5:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Zoom! | Zoom! - Single | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Scorpio (part 2) | In the Absence of Red | 5:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Just to Be With You | Scorpio | 4:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Blow Your Mind | The Only One | 3:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Shut Down The World | The Only One | 3:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
