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| + artist ........... Smadj |
| + album ............ Take It and Drive |
| + label ............ Most Records |
| + cat .............. MOST1001 |
| + year ............. 2004 |
| + genre ............ Lo-Fi / World Fusion |
| + source ........... CDDA |
| + quality .......... VBRkbps / 44,1Khz / Joint-Stereo |
| + release date ..... 16.11.2004 |
| + size ............. 73,1 MB |
| + link ............. http://www.mostrecords.com/ |
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|| tracklist |
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| 01.Betty 04:17 |
| 02.He Said 04:55 |
| 03.Vogue 05:30 |
| 04.Aurore 05:31 |
| 05.C'est Comme Si C'etait Fait 04:05 |
| 06.Sel 02:58 |
| 07.Drive 06:37 |
| 08.Fatwords 04:57 |
| 09.Meeting With The Bushmen 04:25 |
| 10.Tristan 06:01 |
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| (t!) total 49:16 min |
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| tunisian born musician jean pierre smadja has been making and |
| recording music since the early nineties, but this album seems |
| certain to bring him to the attention of a wider audience. the |
| first release on a new label backed by the enormously successful |
| restaurateur mourad "momo" mazouz, take it and drive fuses the |
| haunting and ancient sound of the oud, an arab precursor of the |
| guitar, with the latest in experimental electronic music. aphex |
| twin meets a wandering sufi uptownà |
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| while the world/fusion category of contemporary music has been |
| debased by dubious projects involving pan pipes and psychedelic |
| trance, smadj's melding of tradition and experimentation seems |
| born of a genuine urge to innovate, rather than a desire for his |
| work to grace the sound systems of hippy cafes at summer |
| festivals. the complex, delicate melodies of the oud sit equally |
| happily over bass heavy rumblings and engaging, kinetic, jazz |
| influenced drum patterns. the most meditative and intimate tracks |
| on the album (betty and sel, for example) exploit the |
| possibilities of restrained minimalism. the combination of the oud |
| and smadj's computerised rhythms is perhaps at its most potent and |
| fascinating when it is uncluttered and sparse û on tristan, the |
| final track, the ebb and flow between the two is compelling. |
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| but the majority of tunes on take it and drive see smadj enlisting |
| a stellar cast of collaborators. the vocals of malian torch singer |
| rokia traore float ethereally over the bass heavy beat (king tubby |
| would be proud of its dubbed out vibes) and distorted vocal |
| samples of he said and add a sense of keening urgency to fatwords. |
| another man who has successfully fused dance music with global |
| influences, talvin singh, weighs in with his tabla to enhance the |
| abstract techno feel of vogue. meanwhile, cÆest comme si features |
| more of the distorted vocal samples beloved of electronica |
| pioneers boards of canada over a grinding beat which is offset by |
| a funky guitar lick. amit chatterjee guests on drive with vocals |
| and guitar and the track's combination of a propulsive beat, oud |
| and indian influenced singing brings to mind transglobal |
| underground at their best. the african chanting and handclaps of |
| meeting with the bushmen (did he actually meet them? iÆd love to |
| know) combine with the oud and a driving rhythm to conjure an |
| eerie ambience which evokes the rituals of this almost mythical |
| indigenous people. |
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| take it and drive defies any simplistic categorisation and, while |
| radio 3 will undoubtedly lap it up, the inventiveness and high |
| production values it displays should ensure its wide appeal. from |
| the point of view of the sometimes bland and earnest world of |
| experimental electronica, the warmth of the live instruments and |
| vocals which smadj employs is refreshing, evoking as they do far |
| older musical cultures and traditions. |
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