Word: albums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...limbs to tap, twiddle, turn and trot. Atlas, an Egyptian-Palestinain-half-Muslim-half-Jewish-singer-belly-dancer, Brussels-born and U.K.-raised, has performed in London with Jah Wobble, the club fusion outlet Transglobal Underground and in Page and Plant's 1998 European Tour. Gedida is her third album. And perhaps, enough. Atlas' climactic introduction is just a prelude to ten long, indistinguishable tracks. Gedida has everything--hip hop, London dance beats, samplings from Rob Base & E-Z Rock, industrial tones, traditional chants, Egyptian indigenous bluesy pop and Arabic lyrics about truth and political oppression--but these flavors...
Think again. Lee Fields, known as "Little J.B." to his friends "throughout the global funk community," has made a valiant effort to resurrect what he considers the fallen genre of "rough, nasty and genuine" '70s funk in this album. What the album lacks in musical talent (the band and the background singer have a few problems with consistency and staying together, and Fields himself isn't exactly James Brown), it definitely makes up for in character. Funk was played to bring smiles to people's faces and motion to their feet, and Let's Get A Groove On certainly does...
...Gomez?" you're probably asking. Good question. With many answers. They are the latest British import, replete with echoes of music from blues and swamp to rock and alternative. They are the winners of Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Prize for "Album of the Year" for their debut, Bring It On. They are a group of young musicians desperately attempting to avoid real world jobs (take note, seniors). And, ultimately, they are five chill guys--Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray, Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock--trying to play the music they want to hear...
...Fans of what one may call "progression" music--that is, albums whose songs seem to flow together like one long story--will enjoy Bring it On. Like the Dead or Floyd, the album flows seamlessly, and like a Marley or Hendrix, the music brings the listener into their frame of mind. Perhaps this is the most striking ability of Gomez--its music can't help but take the listener along with it. Just don't expect to hear them on the radio--radio doesn't cater to their type of music--you won't want to put Gomez...
...Gomez has already completed a second album, though the release date is undetermined. The band has found a groove, according to their manager. In talking to Blackburn, the group's main bassist, one can see why. Asked where the band sees itself in two years, he replied that the band tends to "not really look that far"--this allows Gomez to stay fixed in the moment, allowing for their own energy and spontaneity to come through and for them to continue enjoying every minute of the experience...