Influence - Stephane Belmondo & Yusef Lateef

Advantages: Its nice to see Fatboy slim going back to his roots again
Disadvantages: Like any album some of the tracks just seem like space fillers

...Fatboy Slim was great in the late 90's with his dance tracks and samples and silly loops, but that was then. Even the House music age is over, and Norman Cook has recognized this and has put together a great new collection of just plain music. The rhymes and singing of Lateef, Damon Albarn and Fatboy-alum Bootsy Collins fit right in with the hip-hop, laid-back feel of this album. My favorites include: "Don't Let The Man Get You Down" (featuring a little old school sampling and looping), "Wonderful Night" (with Lateef on Vocals), "Mi Bebe Masoquista" (Great beat), "North West Three" (good song to just chill to, much like the entire album), and "The Journey" (again with Lateef). This album is great for Fatboy Slim fans looking for something different and who are ready to progress with the times. If you're looking for more "Rockafeller... Read review

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Advantages: Great Trad Jazz
Disadvantages: None

...Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was one of the first important jazz musicians to be born in Europe. He spent most of his youth in the gypsy encampments close to Paris, France, playing banjo, guitar and violin. At an early age he started playing professionally at dance halls in Paris. When he was 18, he was injured in a fire in his caravan loosing the use of his 3rd and 4th fingers on his left hand. After this he focused on the guitar and developed an original style of playing that emphasized his undamaged fingers. The man is nothing short of the original guitar god influencing everyone from the Beatles, Tony Immoni, B. B. King, Willie Nelson, and myself. I lost the use of my left forefinger due to an accident. I decided that if Django could do it with 2 fingers then I could do it with 3 fingers!!!!!! Stéphane Grappelli is quite simply... Read review

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Advantages: Originality, melody, lyrics...
Disadvantages: no disadvantages...

...permet au groupe de gravir un échelon supplémentaire au travers de toute la presse nationale qui ne tarie pas d'éloges, relevant toutes de l'originalité certaine de la musique du groupe et de la qualité et soin apportés à la composition. Musicalement, dans une veine peu explorée en France, Aquilon distille un Death Metal puissant, avec claviers, voix masculines et féminines, petites touches élèctro et ambiance très Dark. Aquilon a pour ligne directrice de fuir la musique qui se laisse deviner, accumule changements de rythmes et influences, les complexifie pour rendre la musique riche, suffisamment technique pour être variée et surtout moderne. L'ajout de légers samples par endroits dans les compositions souligne et renforce l'ambiance résolument Dark que le groupe reproduit sur scène Favorisant à présent l'écriture des textes en français... Read review

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