Word: airier
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...sinister and subtle with guilty tracks like "Sunbeam," suspending Ukairo's sultry British voice, vaguely reminiscent of Portishead's Beth Gibbons, over relaxed jazz grooves that fuse high-pitched rhythms with smooth bass. But as Submarine dives deeper into the skin it somehow finds its innocence in the lighter, airier texture of songs like "Out to Lunch" that replace much of the bass with the softer aura of strings...
...knit things together in the usual way, along with Keezer's provocative, concerto-like arrangements (his accompaniment can be even more interesting than his solos), suggests a kind of jazz version of Baroque counterpoint. Three cuts feature a breathy Diana Krall on vocals; two others nibble on the airier edges of fusion with an expanded cast of electronic and acoustic musicians. Miraculously, it mostly all coheres--one more paradox...
...display building erected in postwar America. Botta worked for a time in Kahn's firm in the U.S., and the influence shows. Nothing is out of scale, and the adjustment of ceiling heights conforms to the gallery contents-more intimate for the photography and drawing galleries, taller and airier for paintings...
...recently vacated its longtime Harvard Yard headquarters, a dark and mazelike warren of passageways in the basement of Thayer Hall, for a brighter, airier home in Harvard Square. The move means higher rent--by 1995, HSA will be paying virtually double the $31,147 it paid for the Thayer Hall space in 1992--but also a greater degree of independence from the University...
...John Updike, who has served under three New Yorker managements, contributes 'Playing with Dynamite,' a poignant tale of aging in the '90s. Its last six words might describe the current situation at the New Yorker: '. . . between chaos and an airier pantheon.' It is too early for a prediction, but I'd bet pantheon...