Showing posts with label latino. Show all posts
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21 November 2011

Various Artists - "The WIRED CD Rip. Sample. Mash. Share"

Very good compilation (8/10)

Editée par le magazine américan WIRED à plus de 750 000 exemplaires, cette compilation d'artistes reconnus, la première du genre, marque un tournant dans l'histoire de Creative Commons, et peut être même dans l'histoire de la musique.

Elle est le témoignage de l'adoption de Creative Commons par des groupes tels que les Beastie Boys, ou Gilberto Gil, le ministre de la culture Brésilien (et artiste avant tout !), et bien d'autres.

This is a very good compilation from the variety of artists, some of which are well-known, like Beastie Boys or David Byrne. The compilation is very diverse stylistically, ranging from hip-hop, r&b and latino through rock to electronica. Most of the tracks are really good - I didn't like only 4 tracks out of 13, so it's a quite nice ratio. Be sure to check it out!

The fact that some famous artists support the CC licensing mode deserves the highest praise on its own, of course, and makes it a very important work just because of that.

By the way, visit the official website for three more tracks not included on the Jamendo edition.

***Check out the official website for licensing information***

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15 February 2011

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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