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Although Africa is an immensely musical continent, Mali enjoys a prominent place on the musical map because of artists like Salif Keita and Toumani Diabete, through whom I’ve also become acquainted with Malinese instruments and melodies. I love the sound of the kora, a guitar-type instrument, which has the effect [...]
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It has been a while since I have previewed any music, but here is one which I have been digging lately. The problem with a lot of clubby electronic music today is that artists don’t spend enough time developing them before releasing them. So a lot of it sounds very formulaic. It’s actually quite hard [...]
Music Review: Squarepusher - Hello Everything
Published by November 18th, 2006 in and Music Review. 0 CommentsIt has been quite a while since I have done an album review. That hasn’t been because I have not been listening to any music. It’s because I haven’t heard anything worth reviewing. I’m not one of those people who review something and then say it’s rubbish and give it 2/5 star like most of [...]
Soundtrack Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Dead Man’s Chest
Published by July 17th, 2006 in and Music Review. 0 CommentsI was not as excited about this movie as the first one because, in my opinion, the real star of POTC I was Jeffrey Rush (y’know, the one said: “I am not inclined to acquiesce to your request…..(whispering) It means no.”). Everybody knows that a good action movie requires exceptionally well developed and well acted [...]
One of the things which real hip hop brings to the table is the sound of the street (uh oh - what does this cliche mean exactly?). Moody, grinding basslines and short snatches of samples and tunes here and there repeating again and again over a moderately slow beat. For me, this represents the grimness [...]
Michael Giacchino's (who also did the music for Alias) soundtrack for the famous TV series, which is now available, is a great study for music composers because it covers a pretty wide range of mini-genres which range from horror to romance to feel-good. The music also does different things at different points. Sometimes it is [...]
Soundtrack Review: Splinter Cell 3 (Chaos Theory) - Amon Tobin
Published by April 7th, 2006 in and Music Review. 0 CommentsAT is one of my favourite composers because I've always admired skillful musicians who can tell a rich story. And I am not the only one who thinks this because a games company commissioned him to do his first soundtrack for a computer game. This does not disappoint!
How much can one create with just 2 notes? The answer is actually quite a lot if you're Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard.
Album Review: Saturday Night Lotion - Plump DJs
Published by November 5th, 2005 in and Music Review. 0 CommentsPlump DJs new Album "Saturday Night Lotion" from the Fingerlickin' stable distinguishes them from other breakbeat artists on simplicity and energy.
