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Tschupun
These street-rompers have their roots in a long-established Cologne band, who were rallied
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into more "organised" form by ringmaster/guitarist Raimund Kroboth in 1994. Schal is the local word for awry, skewed, crooked or cross-eyed, schal sick referring...
into more "organised" form by ringmaster/guitarist Raimund Kroboth in 1994. Schal is the local word for awry, skewed, crooked or cross-eyed, schal sick referring...
into more "organised" form by ringmaster/guitarist Raimund Kroboth in 1994. Schal is the local word for awry, skewed, crooked or cross-eyed, schal sick referring to being on the "wrong" side of the Rhine, the city's "newer" zone, officially incorporated at the start of this century. Springing from mainly jazz backgrounds, the players have a healthy desire for odd time-signatures (11/8 is a favourite), thus propelled towards Bulgarian, Bavarian, Nubian and Persian folk tunes, bristling with reeds and brass, prodded by the wet snout of truculent tuba-huffer Joachim Gellert. Iranian singer Maryam Akhondy leads the chase in obscure song acquisitions, embracing everything from serene ballads to fidgety yodels. The band's repertoire takes in South American calypso, Nigerian reggae and Madras brass, extra tools arriving in the form of alphorns, melodica, metal percussion and Turkish saz, the results both jokey and complex, assuring dancers of their first hernia. The closing "Ravina" features a soothing theremin melody-line from Lydia Kavina, the granddaughter of the instrument's inventor, evoking a twilight glide down the river: salve for your swollen feet. --Martin Longley
Advantages: The First listen, energy Disadvantages: The album comes to an end
...This album is loud, its like a brick in the face if your not expecting it and full of energy. If you are sick of x factor this could be what you need.
Kasabian first came onto my radar with their self titled ablum, being from the east midland like myself and having heard good things i decided to part with a tenner and get the CD, money very well spend.
Empire is their second album, changing diection slighty and maybe becomming a bit more heavy and glam. Shoot the runner is a fantastic track, catchy without being cheesey and full of energy, like a music form of red bull.
Track Listing
Empire - Title track, good use of brass section 'we're all wasting away'
Shoot the runner - the stand out track for me, great use of effects on vocals
Last trip - the weakest song for me, still good but not up to the standard of the rest.
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Advantages: Classic piece of punk/ goth Disadvantages: -
...fades, a second layer of drums build and take you into Lively Arts with its weird electronic samples. Silly Kids games is a slightly mellower affair, dealing with the dream of winning a jackpot on TV, and featuring interesting vocal passages, punk opera.
Drinking about my Baby sees Dave Vanian in reflective mood thinking about his special someone.
There is a change of pace on Twisted Nearve, and you can see the start of the change in the band and the move into the gothic realms. Vanian always looked like a total goth anyway and seemed always at odds with the early sound, but here he seems to be heading into his own territory. The song goes through several changes of pace and finally fades out into a brass, almost latin like finish. Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde has a similar approach and the low ended bass that runs through the song gives...
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Advantages: Great patriotic tracks Disadvantages: none
...I'm sure many of you out there remember the release of the film Brassed Off in 1996, which reminded many people of the strife of a miner, and sparked in the UK a new interest in brassbands. For those who never saw Brassed Off (with the lovely Ewan McGregor :o) ), it follows the life of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, made up of members of the Grimethorpe Colliery (that's miners to you and me!). Watch the band (featuring McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald) as they try and work their way to the National BrassBand Finals- do they make it?
The original film soundtrack was released in 1996, and when listening to it, it's easy to understand why it sold 50,000 copies and got the UK into brassband music! I think there's something quintessentially British about brassbands, and spark a patriotic pride in all of us. Plus, with tracks...
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