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Friday, August 17

international electro-jazz, Hawiian soul, and hip-hop

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Vieux Farka Toure remixed:
UFO’s Over Bamako
: To follow up his early 2007 debut album, Vieux Farka Toure’s N. African Sahara Desert blues sound has been re-mixed into electric rhythms by re-mixers like Cheb I Sabbah. Songs are said to pay homage to his late father, Ali Farka Toure (who appears on a couple of these tracks). The concept of UFO’s Over Bamako, is to create an international dance floor and by doing so, songs’ rhythms are repetitious and contain elements of electro-jazz.

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: rhythmically relaxed

#2: twangy sound

#3: trumpet accompaniment

#6: beautiful flutes added



Paula Fuga
Paula Fuga
Listening to this woman sing, I feel the vibration of her vocal resonance inside my chest. Where is soul without the love? Paula Fuga brings it right to you in a sweet jar of jams called Lilikoi. The songs are about love and she sings them with power. Musically, the sound sometimes has a reggae rhythm but it’s hard to focus on anything outside of THAT VOICE!

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: acappella

*#2: a reminder to, “speak yr. mind even if yr. voice shakes.”

#3: ROMANTIC

#4: message questioning violence

#6: reggae rhythms

#7: soul bound journey

#8: Ukulele accompaniment lament about love

#12: nose flute



Mala Rodriguez

Malamarismo
: It’s been three years since Spanish rapper, Mala Rodriguez has released an album and it has been well worth the wait. Produced by Javier Plaza and DJ Rectangle (who has worked with Eminem & Xzibit), the musical backdrop is rhythmically sparkling. I appreciate the way she raps; strong yet not melodramatic. And I (almost) always enjoy hearing female rappers, a delicacy in the hip-hop culture…AND how global cultures appropriate the music.

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: sweet vocal hook (R&B)

#2: heavy rapping over full hip-hop riffs

#3: thick base line w/ fluttering vocals

#5: staggered rhythms

#8: another booming beat w/ singing lyrics & male rapper

#9: political rap

#10: tough guy rap

#12: violins & gypsy vocals

#13: galloping rhythm to a cool sound

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