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New Electronic Folk Music: The Peopletree Sessions | 
| Artists: The Peopletree, Milla Jovovich
Label: Sidewinder
Category: Music
Buy New: $22.62
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 122555
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766488869927
EAN: 5013929930322
ASIN: B0000666GI
Release Date: June 3, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Hi It's Milla | | • | Queen Electric | | • | Flu | | • | Sweetheart | | • | DJ Puppy Ink | | • | I Tell | | • | Going Down | | • | Flu Acoustic | | • | Purge | | • | Secret Society | | • | Flu @Sinc | | • | Separate Worlds | | • | Separate Worlds [Remix] | | • | Wake Baby | | • | Saturday | | • | House of Spiders | | • | Loose Weight | | • | Queen of the Parade [Remix] |
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Album Description
Full title - New Electronic Folk Music - The Peopletree Sessions UK Edition. 2002 reissue is a recording from the computer-based home recording folk collective The Peopletree & features the musical & vocal talents of model & actress Milla Jovovich. This edition features additional tracks not on the out-of-print U.S. issue. This recording was created in a series of late night meetings filled with conversation & song & plugged directly into the back of a computer in an apartment in the Hollywood Hills. That the raw recordings were then remixed & reinterpreted at other desktop studios in other parts of the world gives it a sense of time - you can feel, in listening the enthusiasm of a new era. Previously sold (for the last three years) through the internet, it's acquired somewhat legendary status - as much for its rarity (it has commanded $150 in online auctions) as for the intimacy, danger, beauty &
Album Details
24 Tracks, Including Many that were Not on the Original USA Edition.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Milla doesn't stand behind this record, but it's still good. September 10, 2005
SeekBliss
61 out of 64 found this review helpful
I'm torn with this record, on two levels. First of all, the other reviews are right, it's not exactly earcandy. It's got nice beats, but it's less accessible than Portishead or Tricky or something comparable. The lyrics are probably the strongest point, and if you can appreciate sonic experimentation, then that too. Even if you have an open mind, it will take a few listens to get into. For those of you who don't or like their music soothing and melodic and traditional or anything like that, don't bother with this, you'll agree with the reviewer who said he wanted to rip his ears off. But, I personally am bored with mainstream music, this isn't meant to be a pretentious thing, maybe it is, but I WAS looking for a new sound, and this is really cool for me. I also really like the fact it was recorded on laptops in home studios. It has a personal feel to it.
The bad points. Milla does NOT stand behind this record. She didn't get screwed financially or anything, but she had no idea that these sketches and demos were going to be released. From a purely listener standpoint, this album has a certain intimacy, which is it's strongpoint - a sound you can only really get when you truly don't expect this to be heard by many people. From a human point, I feel kind of bad for her situation, but I do enjoy the music, regardless.
This is an excerpt letter from Chris Brenner, her close friend:
"Milla cares very deeply about her music as it is HER ONE TRUE EXPRESSION and she does not stand behind The People Tree Sessions in any way, shape or form. We met the man behind this nonsense through his wife Kate Garner who is a talented photographer and has shot Milla for various magazines. Kate told us that her new husband David Turin was a producer and was working on something with Janes Addiction frontman Perry Ferrel, and that he wanted to work on some ideas with Milla as a collaboration. That is the one and only reason that we went and played music with David. By the end of the week we realized that there was no truth to the Perry Ferrel story but were happy with some of the ideas that came from working with David. We always thought that perhaps those idea's could turn in to a couple of great songs after really working them out. Several weeks had passed and David approached us with this idea: He said he was working on a compilation cd with Perry, Steven Perkins, The Dust Brothers, etc., and wanted to know if he could take one of the ideas, a track called "Perfect World" and remix it with The Dust Brothers and put this one track on the cd. Milla and I did agree to that idea as long as she approved the final edit. One evening Milla found in her mailbox a cd with a picture that Kate had taken on the cd case. When Milla opened it there were 13 or so tracks on it. She had assumed at the time that David had made this for her own personal use, so that she would have the ideas we worked on to work with for possible future recordings. She never imagined that David would take the liberty of releasing this as her second album. SHE NEVER APPROVED OF THIS. She was very hurt, angry, and bitterly disappointed that he would exploit her in this way along with misleading her fans into believing that she would release something that is not a true representation of herself. What her fans are hearing is indeed her voice, but not her songs. David rebuilt that music and created songs around ideas that Milla hoped to take in a much different way. Milla and I have asked David nicely, and not so nicely to stop selling The People Tree Sessions and to STOP MISLEADING MILLA'S FAN'S. Out of respect to his wife we didn't make this a legal issue until last year when Milla's Lawyer sent David Turin a Cease and Desist letter which he has totally ignored. the end and sad result is that Milla is no longer friendly with Kate Garner, will never work with her again and is furious that Kate supplies David with cover art that she has no right to do. Photographs of Milla are only intended for what they were shot for. Kate knows this yet she has given David the right to use photographs of Milla for commercial use when she herself doesn't own the rights to those photographs of Milla. As you can see this is a big mess. Milla's legal team is contacting Amazon to remove the People Tree Sessions from their catalogue. We are seeking a settlement from David which Milla will donate to AMFAR and OCRF. Just remember that if any of you want to buy this mess David call's Milla's Music that you are not only being misinformed but you are putting money in the pocket of a greedy, self centered man that is no friend of hers. It's a shame that someone as creative as David Turin would resort to the worst level of exploitation and continue to do so despite the knowledge that it upsets my dear friend Milla Jovovich. I can tell all of you that she is the most generous, giving spirit I have ever met and I personally hate to see her used in this way. Please, support Milla on this and do not buy this unfortunate collection of noise. I appreciate your help and your understanding."
Unfortuneately, I didn't hear of this until after I bought the CD. I do feel bad for the situation Milla is in, as an artist. I would hate to have something that I didn't personally think was good out there, labeled under my name.
However. While the songs aren't exactly what she deemed finished, or complete or what she had envisioned, Milla is still quite talented, and they are still quite good. The one thing that irks me is that supposedly David changed a lot of the songs post-recording. I would like this CD better if it was just Milla's artistic vision, rather than bits and pieces of her songs remixed. Still there's no denying a vision here, just whether or not it's Milla's.
I have the CD, and have listened to it, so I see no reason to sell it or to stop listening to it. So, the final verdict?
If you are a music fan, I would encourage you to buy it for the material itself, especially if you are looking for something fresh sounding.
If you are a big Milla fan, don't buy this. I say this, but I have a first printing of the Peopletree/SINC release. This is a rerelease, and I noticed there's a track titled, "Hi, it's Milla". Maybe the Cherry Red version was reproduced and mixed, and maybe she stands behind this release. But either way, she has plenty of demos available of her newest and latest music in mp3 format available for free download, from just herself or her short stint in her band 'Plastic Has Memory'. Go download those, if not instead, than in addition.
Peace.
Setting the Record Straight January 7, 2007
George L. Turin (Berkeley, CA USA)
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
Here's the flip side of the story that is related inaccurately, second and third hand, in some of the other reviews here. Although one may discount my version (I am obviously biased, as David Turin's father), one cannot ignore it, since I do have first-hand, real-time knowledge about the whole affair. Here are some of the facts I know:
The CD's genesis was almost ten years ago, when Perry Ferrell, with whom David was working closely at the time, mentioned that David and Milla Jovovich might do a track for an album he was putting together. David and Milla went to dinner at Perry's house to discuss this, but Perry ultimately had second thoughts about the track.
David and Milla then decided to continue working on tracks together, and did so on and off for about two months. She was as excited as he about what was to become the Peopletree Sessions, even offering to pay for them to be produced as an art album for the "underground" market (online and in independent record shops). David subsequently put much time and money into creating a CD that would show this other side of Milla. She personally approved the final master CD and its packaging. Shortly after its release (August 1998), Milla's associate Chris Brenner was quoted online as saying "We had a lot of fun creating ideas with its producer David Turin ... and we are both pleased with the result."
About a year later, the tone started changing, with Milla and Chris eventually completely disowning the CD. We conjecture that people in the movie and fashion industries that surround Milla felt it was bad for her image. Chris's latest rewriting of history - there were many - is given in a quotation attributed to him in another review here. (One can discern the volatility of Chris's nature by reading his obscene and out-of-control comment on the positive review given by Justin Me on 11/19/04, below; that volatility has been a hallmark of this dispute.) David has been absolutely astonished by the ever-increasing misrepresentations and calumnies. Given Milla's latter-day opposition, however, he limited production to the first 2000 CDs pressed, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to get Cherry Red to discontinue an ongoing plan for a separate release to the UK "underground" market.
Because of the constraints on production and distribution, David made no money from the CD. He nonetheless dutifully paid Milla royalties twice: a check on 2/1/00 that she cashed, and a check on 2/21/01 paid to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund at her request. (One may bemusedly ask: if Milla, as now claimed, didn't authorize the CD, why would she accept royalties on it?)
What goads me into writing this so many years after the original controversy? It's because I see my son continuing to be defamed - as recently as 11/28/06 on this Amazon page - by those who unthinkingly and uncritically parrot Milla and Chris's revisionist mudslinging. Let me again set the record straight for the Amazon community: David entered into a project with Milla in good faith and fulfilled his original agreement with her. Milla is entitled to a change of heart, but not to a change of history.
I have given this CD an admittedly biased five-star rating, but at least I agree with the Guardian newspaper in London, which on 2/11/00 called it "so barking it's great."
Good Lord, Milla! September 8, 2002
Tenni Shoe (A City, A State, A Continent)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This young woman has sure been busy! Model, actress--now singer, she excells at everything she does; and no more so than at singing. This album is absolutely breathtaking, wonderfully orchestrated, with apparent touches of Irish, Mediterranean and African inspiration thrown in. There is no way to describe her music; it's just beautiful. I would reccommend this album to everyone who's in to light, (yet jaunty at times, as in "Gentlemen Who Fell" and "It's Your Life"), optimistic-sounding music. Well done, Milla--keep 'em coming, and I'll keep buying!
Not for everyone but still great. March 3, 2003
D. Brown (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is an odd CD. The music is eclectic and hard to define. That does not mean that it's bad though. I really liked it. I would describe most tracks with the phrase, 'free style techno-jazz.' I only bought the CD because I am a huge Milla fan. So I am probably a little biased towards her work. But I still think that most people who enjoy strange off-beat, free style music will appreciate 'The Peopletree Sessions.' So if you are a fan of Milla or of this musical genre you should check this CD out. Also check out Milla's 'The Divine Comedy' CD. It is more conventional than Peopletree, but it is an amazing CD. ...
A dream come true January 23, 2003
Alix (Eugene, Oregon)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I found this gem a few years ago, probably about a year post-release. And truthfully, I didn't even know who Milla Jojovich was (yeah, what planet am I on, right?). I was rifling through the stacks of a record exchange shop, looking for some new grooves after getting hooked on the likes of Massive Attack's Mezzanine and Portishead. I gave this a listen and immediately liked it. You could say that, uh, it struck a chord (plus, it was used, so I got a DEAL). So enough about the preamble, let me digress even further: I just watched Resident Evil, 'cause I needed a Milla Fix. Then I listened to PeopleTree Sessions again and you know, it's amazing, some of the parallels. Red Queen and flu and all...(and if you're familiar with Alice in Wonderland, you may know that the Red Queen refers to the 'running to stand still' adage, how appropos). The CD I have is the first release, so I've not heard this reissue. I know it's gotta be great. Milla's voice is sultry and playful, the music is dreamy and layered and danceable - or you can just kick back and enjoy the ride. I bet they had a lot of fun making this. I'm glad that there will be more exposure for her music now, and I hope that she feels inspired soon to do something else along these lines. I really can't offer you any afficionado-ese; I know what I like but I'm no techie. I can tell you that if you like Bjork or Portishead, Massive Attack or Dot Allison..you'll probably dig PeopleTree.
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