Album Notes

About Emancipation:
Released on July 25th, 2006, the Green’s critically acclaimed indie debut “Emancipation” is a 15-song set featuring the award-winning single’s “Never Change” and “The Kyoto Treaty”, along with an array of electronic textures, from acid jazz to funk, dancehall and reggae vibes.

Whisperin & Hollerin Review (UK)

Rating: 9/10 Stars

The Green is different from many electronica acts in that it is actually a collective and not just a single DJ spinning grooves. Featuring Carlos Santiago (DJ/producer/guitars/dub vocals), Anne Noel (vocals/keyboards/dubs), and Chris Pantuso (Latin percussion/dubs), the Green invigorates the genre with a senses-shattering explosion of sound.

Reading about the Green is nowhere as thrilling as listening to them, especially on headphones when their otherworldly beats take on a druggy hypnotic effect. On "The Kyoto Treaty," disembodied female vocals float outside the mix, surfing on dreamy, pulsating synthesizers. Want to tune out of this world? "The Kyoto Treaty" will do the trick better than any narcotics.

The Green specialize in slow, downtempo tracks that are laced with acid jazz and Latin influences. "El Guapo" is made to be boomed from a seedy club in the midnight hour; it's trippy percussion is electrifying, destroying the perception that this music is soulless.

You have to love electronic artists that experiment and bend the rules. On "Calling All Dancehalls," wah-wah riffs charge through the high-tech daze, and "The Heist" recalls the glory days of '70s funk. You can almost imagine Superfly walking around and looking badass

-Adam Harrington
All Music Guide

Ink 19 Emancipation Album Review:

Brimming with acid jazz, trip hop, and ambient flavors, the Green give a good name to the increasingly generic electronic-music scene. Those burned out on the mindless, repetitive thump-thump-thump of techno and the lazy drone of downtempo will be rejoicing from the sonic liberation that the Green frolic within.

What helps the Green stand out amongst their synthesized brethren is their courage, their willingness to think beyond what is expected from this genre. The Green -- who are actually a threesome and not just a DJ's pseudonym -- are an imaginative lot. They venture into various sonic territories from the jazzy textures of "Positive G" to the sizzling soundtrack dynamics of "The Heist," which filmmaker Quentin Tarantino would've enjoyed.

Anne Noel has a sensual, ethereal voice that works well with this consciousness-expanding vibe; On "The Kyoto Treaty," Noel's appearance really shines.

-Kyrby Raine
All Music Guide

About the Green:

the Green was formed when the musical minds of producer/guitarist, Carlos Santiago and vocalist/pianist, Anne Noel, fused together in the summer of 2006 after the duo was introduced through a mutual friend. Since then, the Green sought to expand on the wide variety of eclectic ideas laid out by their amazing peers and deliver a unique style of music to an increasingly diverse audience in the USA, Europe, and to electronica lovers world wide.