Dollar Rex - "Chromatic"

Professional recording, but not quite my style (6/10) All tracks composed > january > december 2004 by P.Regnier mix - additional vocals on tracks 02 - 04 by P.Regnier in june 2005 Electric bass on tracks 09 - 11 by P.Regnier Ze Sweetie Pink House 2005 This is a professional recording, showing expertise in producing catchy techno / house tunes, heavily based on disco and to a less extent on hip-hop and funk. Some tracks heavily reminded me of the works of the French duo Air, with their vintage sound. Disco-based house is definitely not my favorite genre and while these tracks may probably work on the dancefloor, the most of them are too primitive to be enjoyable. Still I managed to find three tracks that are quite interesting for me, despite their disco origin (nos. 03, 07 & 09). The rest is rather tiring with monotonous marked beats and uncreative and repeating sampled vocals. Fans of disco music can safely add 2 or 3 points to my rating, as it is a quality work from the technical side. It is strange, because this album is shared two times on Jamendo, in exactly the same versions, governed by the same type of a license. The second one can be found here. It has been also archived by archive.org.

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SaReGaMa - "Honky Fonky" [EP]

Great nu jazz (9/10) This EP includes 3 tracks from the albums Bodhi Tree and 4D Reality published earlier on Jamendo and a collaboration with wonderful saxophonist Hamelin Bérengnier - HONKY FONKY. This track was included in Triplexity's album Between Light and Shadow. The audio quality of music offered on Jamendo in best case reaches 190 kbps, which is quite reasonable for evaluational purposes but definitely not enough to experience the richness of original sound (1411 kbps). If you'd like to feel how this music sounds for real you can obtain a lossless FLAC versionof this album on my website. Great nu jazz. Even track no. 4 "Hip Hop 4 Alex" did not disturb me, because it fits the style and mood of the rest of the album. You can also obtain a lossless FLAC version of this album from the artist's website for a small donation.

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Ogg Vorbis - "Tube H Yeah"

Interesting fusion electronica (6/10) Interesting fusion electronica. However, there is too much of rap and distracting sampled speeches for me on "3 Les messagers" & "6 Tube H yeah". And "4 For nightclubers" is just a primitive dance/house tune - it differs negatively from the rest. I can recommend only the following tracks: 1 Pornosax 2 La charogne 5 Killer il est SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation.

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Ogg Vorbis - "No. 2"

Not bad but too chaotic (7/10) Quite good actually. Better than the first album. But too chaotic. Let's take, for example, no. 3 Space Aviator - what have we here? Jazz improvisations, strange electronic sounds, samples of an aeroplane, rap, funk, flamenco guitar, vocalise, atonal piano solo, slogan-chanting and many more - and all of this in under 6 minutes. It's almost like listening to a recycle bin of an audio editing program. I felt pity for all those samples that couldn't make it... Poor bastards. Maybe if they were shorter, you could fit another 50 or so? Please excuse my sarcasm - I like genre-mixing, but it's not enough to throw 100 samples into editor and press "save" button... Maybe you've done hard conceptual work here, but if so - you've missed it. The result is chaos. But quite nice chaos. :-) SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation.

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Abogix (J.K.), the - "Domino Labyrinth, the"

Masterpiece with a single flaw (9/10) Abogix at his best... except for the track no. 2. The singer's voice isn't interesting, the melody is dull. The instrumental version (no. 8) is great, so it's the singer, who ruins everything. Experiment failed, Mr. Reznamor. ;-) But it's the only flaw on otherwise perfect album. Other tunes are great - dark, psychedelic, creative, entertaining. Abogix is a master of such music and this album only confirms this. You can also buy a lossless version of this album on Jamendo for 10 euros. [Artist's Myspace] SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation.

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TenGooz, the - "Inertia"

Good but... (7/10) Our spirits soar high,but we are GROUNDED IN GROOVE! The TenGooz play very soulful original music in a style all their own, which they have forged over the years- what sax player Michael Frei has dubbed WORLD FUNK.Their LIVE performances have been known to keep the dancing going for HOURS! Inertia was recorded in 2 days at the Niji no ongaku do, deep in the rural heart of Ibaraki Prefecture. Avi Landau- Vocals Sagara Kenya-trombone Hase G- Bass Tanaka-Guitar Jon hicks-Drums Joe Kern plays drums on Stranger Almost all reviewers praise this album as if it was a masterpiece. Gimme a break! It's good, but nothing more. I like the trombone, not so often used in such popular music. Melodies are quite nice and catchy. Blending so many genres on one album (even on single songs!) is done quite wisely, so the result is not chaotic but raising interest. But... It's too nice, smooth and lightweight. The result is these songs lack power and don't impress like they should. The same can be said about the singer's voice, which is sooo nice, pleasing, delicate and sweeeet. He could make a big career in a boy band. Teenage girls would be delighted. But music with roots in funk, punk, rock etc. need completely different voice and completely different manner of singing. "Johnny I" is an anti-war protest song??? :-0 I would never guess judging from the song's shiny happy atmosphere. "Kanashibari" is about a creepy medical condition??? :-0 So it's not about sweet girly eyes, what singer's voice and intonation suggests? ;-) So 7 out of 10 is a rating with a credit... In hope they are capable of setting the stage on fire during their live acts. Instead of sweetening the public to death, what they are trying to achieve on this recording...

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Psicodèlic FunkilljazZ - "Psicodèlic FunkilljazZ"

I've got mixed feelings about this (5/10) BlanchinTheFarm - Baix i guitarra Edgar Red Mujaidín - Guitarres Enric Trikynoises - Theremín i efectes Isard DelaMontanya - Batería Laia Laiuna - Veu i teclats Nebur Set - Veu i Gremblins Richard Chapperpons - Baix i teclats Xavi CarboSound - guitarra i percussions Producció - Xavi & Psicodèlic FunkilljazZ Manager - E. Montilla The musicians are skilled. They try to mix rock, funk, latino, hip hop and many more genres. Still, the overall result is not convincing for me. Apart from tracks 05-07 of the closing suite, which are really nice. But tracks 01-04 are worse. No. 01 lacks power and a little bit of craziness, which are required in this kind of music. No. 02 wanted to be crazy and funny, but something didn't work as planned. They are not RHCP - not yet. Then no. 03 - too long, with very irritating female vocals and many elements that do not fit each other. Very tiring. And finally, track no. 04. A really dreadful ballad. Never do this mistake again. A boring melody with terribly bad, ugly vocals. Fortunately, then the "Odyssey of the lobster" (nos. 05-07) saves the day. It's almost as played by a different band - especially comparing to a horrible track no. 4.

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