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Andy Narell's Tatoom:This is a sound that is new to my ears, a steel orchestra. The tracks feel cool and smooth, and all are instrumentals. Like easy-listening jazz where steel drums take lead for the long haul.
#1. Med. Tempo, jubilant melodies.
Alain Perez is, En El Aire:
Modern Cuban jazz musician, Alain Perez’s musical life began, “singing at family parties and fiestas,” in his hometown. After studying classical guitar and piano, he transferred to a prestigious school in Havana. It was in Havana where he picked up the bass, which is the instrument he plays here, en el aire. Most tracks house a full sound with sharp brass accompaniment, and the congas assure that this is indeed modern Cuban jazz.
#5: vocals in beginning, noticeable tempo changes throughout
#6: vocals, piano, saxophone; simpler sounding ballet
#7: seemingly difficult rhythm changes
#8: “phone vocals” make for an interesting sound for this c.d.
#9: Rumba#11: bonus track dedicated to his grandfather (mostly guitar)
the Rough Guide releases, Bollywood Gold:
This is Bollywood music from the “twenty-two carat” period, when Bollywood films were becoming increasingly popular. The music provides a familiar music milieu for first generation immigrants in the U.K. and N. America. The tunes from this era have been shared through generations and at familial gatherings as a unique taste of the ‘Motherland,’ India. After 1951, actors began to lip-sync to a “playback singer,” and this album contains cherished singers like, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mohammed Rafi.
This is Bollywood music from the “twenty-two carat” period, when Bollywood films were becoming increasingly popular. The music provides a familiar music milieu for first generation immigrants in the U.K. and N. America. The tunes from this era have been shared through generations and at familial gatherings as a unique taste of the ‘Motherland,’ India. After 1951, actors began to lip-sync to a “playback singer,” and this album contains cherished singers like, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mohammed Rafi.
Rough Guide to, World Music Africa & Middle East:
Tuareg guitar bands, Ethiopian New Wave beats, Sudanese hip-hop and flamenco-Arabesque. This is some of the music featured here, by both familiar and unfamiliar names from the African & M. Eastern region. It is a vast compilation of innovative music. Check out the sleeve for interesting information about each artist.
#1: a radiating GIGI vibe (Ethiopia)
#4: a haunting melody from Baaba Mal & Mansour Seck (Senegal)
#5: “synchro system” modernized ancestral apala music (Nigeria)
#6: happy female vocals & kora adaptations (Guinea)
#9: vocals have the timbre of vibrations from the mimbira (Congo)
#10: fusion of drum machine and ancient devotional poetry (Israel)
#12: highly danceable, quite catchy (Morocco)
#13: a love & praise song~Tuareg style (Niger)
#14: hypnotic and funky w/ strong female vocals (W. Sahara)#15: African Club anthem
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