BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH - SOUNDING A MOSAIC
When the Night Feels My Song
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Shelter
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Living in Jungles
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Money Worries
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Gyasi Went Home
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Shadow of A Man
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Jeb Rand
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Criminal
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Murder on the Midnight Wire
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Music My Rock
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Rude Boy Don't Cry
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Immigrant Workforce
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Nothing to Say
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Money Worries
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Rude Boy Abroad
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Bedouin Soundclash "Sounding A Mosaic" Album Review
Put This In Your Soundsystem
To start, there isn't a band making such heartfelt, intricate music as these three Canadians. In fact, their three-album repertoire, embellished tremendously by 2007's "Street Gospels," is as moving and legitimate as the first albums by the Clash. That says a great deal, but not enough about what Bedouin Soundclash has added to the international culture. It reminds me of a Haitian friend who grew up listening to Bob Marley without ever understanding the words; he just felt the rhythm and power manifested in the sound and knew it was crucial. This too is crucial music, and does not fear shifting styles throughout the recordings.
From the tender "12:59 Lullaby" to the psychedelic "Jealousy," Jay Malinowski injects the voice of a renegade rasta into the reggae, ska, calypso and rock music laid down by bassist Eon Sinclair and drummer Pat Pengelly. They have now added backup singers, as well as Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains fame to make the circuit complete. "Jeb Rand" and "Criminal" are outstanding tracks on "Sounding a Mosaic," but you really need to hear "Sailin' On," a Soundclash-Bad Brains joint venture available only on one of their singles. The Japanese version of "Mosaic" includes a great cover of U2's "New Years Day." This band must be appreciated for its body of work, including "Root Fire," a tribe of tight songs previously only available in Canada. This is civil, conscious and progressive rebel music surfing atop the chaos of radio nonsense, sure to reach the promised land before long. The secret is out. Buy the music, share it with your friends and ignite the revolution.
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The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, bassist Eon Sinclair and drummer Pat Pengelly. They released their debut album, Root Fire 2001 with former djembe player Brett Dunlop, and Sounding a Mosiac in 2004 with the current lineup. The band is set to release their follow up record 'Street Gospels' in 2007. During the recording of Sounding a Mosaic Bedouin Soundclash formed a close bond with producer Darryl Jenifer, of Bad Brains, who they continue to work with today. Despite drastic differences in sound, Bedouin Soundclash and D Jenifer are set to release a collaborative Bad Brains vs. Bedouin Soundclash mash-up later in 2007. We caught up with Eon and Jay at Osheaga in Montreal to find out what they're up to.www.bedouinsoundclash.com (http://www.bedouinsoundclash.com)
TURBULENCE - TRIUMPHANTLY
Electrifying Beauty
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Hail HIM
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Mama
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Four Thousand Years
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Come on Baby
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Baby Why
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Music is Life featuring Luciano
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All Natural
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Jah Jah
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Mr Big Man
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Gun Crazy
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Triumphantly
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Suffer No More
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Blood Dem out
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Turbulence "Triumphantly" Album Review
An Exercise in Potential. . .
Music may very well, and seemingly does, strike every bone in Turbulence's body from his foot to his dread, and it is becoming increasingly evident in his ability to release albums consistently, multiple times a year. All of his album fall over a certain line of quality and, to date, have yet to disappoint. He is probably setup to be the future king of roots reggae, and with the recent resurgence of the music, it is certainly no small role by which to call someone, fortunately, this someone has the skills.
Hearing Turbulence over the course of a few years now and now 9 albums, his messages have pretty much become clear. His brand of reggae follows a great deal that of his mentor, Sizzla's. Take away a lot of the edginess and add a mellower vibe and you'll have Turbulence almost exactly.
His newest album, Triumphantly, follows what I still maintain is his best effort to date, the brilliant Join Us on Kingston Records as well. Nope, Triumphantly isn't as good as the massive Join Us, it doesn't offer the variety of brilliance of as high of level as its predecessor did, but the album is still pretty good on its own merits. The best tune here is probably Music is Life which is, oddly enough, his second combination track with Luciano, very good tune. Also have to check the lyrically wonderful Suffer No More, Gun Crazy and what I maintain is the album's second best, Blood Dem Out with the wonderful backing, beautiful song mixed with an edge.
Overall, this, amongst all of Turbulence's albums after his first 2 goes to show the start of his potential. You listen to some of the ranges on this record and its absolutely amazing, if you go backwards and get Join Us after this one, you can see what happens when he puts it all together. Also, you have to check out his underground album, Words of Wisdom, which is a better album than Triumphantly, but doesn't show quite the range. Check this one out if you're a fan, or if you just want to be in on the groundfloor of something special.
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