ARTIST...: Mo Kolours
TITLE....: EP1: Drum Talking
YEAR.....: 2011
LABEL....: One-Handed Music
CAT.NO...: HAND12009D
GENRE....: Electronic
TIME.....: 20:04 min
SIZE.....: 46,1 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: Lame 3.98.4
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2011/05/27
WEBSITE..: http://mokolours.bandcamp.com/album/ep1-drum-talking
TRACKLIST
01) (00:21) Intro
02) (02:21) Bakiraq
03) (03:09) Drum Talking
04) (03:36) Biddies
05) (02:35) Dead Of Night
06) (02:09) 8 Hours
07) (00:19) Outro: I'm The Drum
08) (05:34) Biddies (Truth Is Light Edit)
NOTES
Mo Kolours drops into the one handed roster like Hawk on a half pipe. A set of deep,
spaced out weed shanties with a brilliant TRUTH IS LIGHT edit!. Give your ears
something to smoke... TIP!
Some records seem to come out of nowhere. Witness this debut EP by the half-Mauritian
percussionist & singer Mo Kolours, which unites an array of more familiar influences
with the Sega music of his island roots. These heavily rhythmic slave songs from the
Indian Ocean offer a vital clue to the sound of this enchanting EP. The rhythms lead
the way here, whether the straight percussive workout of Drum Talking or the crafty
vocal manipulation that drives the low-slung bump of Biddies, a song that traces an
imaginary line between Theo Parrish and Gonja Sufi.
Dead of Night mines the symbolism of The Beatles' outwardly chirpy Blackbird while
his own Bakiraq (like Burt, the songwriter) resembles a soul classic pieced together
from fragments around the flickering light of a fire. ThereÆs a sense of spontaneity
at the heart of Mo Kolours' music and much of the music he loves: Jimi Hendrix, Nina
Simone, King Tubby and many more. Like the best records, the result is so much more
than just the sum of its influences: it's a new feeling which breathes fresh life
into the past and keeps its eyes set firmly on the future.
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