Kutiman - Kutiman
ARTIST.....: Kutiman
TITLE......: Kutiman
LABEL......: Melting Pot Music
URL........: www.myspace.com/kutiman
RIP DATE...: Nov-10-2007
STORE DATE.: Oct-26-2007
GENRE......: Funk
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 62,2 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Bango Fields 03:57
02 - No Reason For You (Feat. Elran Dekel) 05:10
03 - Take A Minute 03:13
04 - No Groove Where I Come From 05:08
(Feat. Elran Dekel)
05 - Losing It (Feat. Karolina) 04:26
06 - Skit 00:22
07 - I Just Wanna Make Love To You 06:06
(Feat. Chaka Moon)
08 - Chaser 03:51
09 - Once You're Near Me (Feat. Elran Dekel) 04:33
10 - Escape Route 06:09
11 - Trumpet Woman (Feat. Karolina) 02:04
12 - Music Is Ruling My World (Feat. Karolina) 04:00
13 - And Out 04:11
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53:10 min
Release Notes:
Ophir "Kutiman" Kutiel is a 25 year old musician, composer and
producer from Tel Aviv. He plays drums, keyboards, guitar and bass
, among others and we strongly believe that he will leave his mark
in 2007 and beyond.
His music draws influences from afro-beat, psychedelic rock, funk
and reggae but in different way than most disciples of Fela and
Mr.Brown have done before him. Clever heads may even spot some
Special AKA, Chocolate Watchband or the pre-historic drum-machine
Sly Stone introduced on "There's A Riot Goin' On" on Kutiman's
self-titled first album. But being clever is the last thing Kuti
tries to be with his music.
Kuti just plays what he feels and the fact that he is coming from
a place far away from New York, LA and London (or wherever the
latest musical trend is envolving) is surley one reason why his
music shows such a great deal of originality. Believe it or not,
it was only five years ago, that Kutiman was introduced to the
music of Fela Kuti and James Brown, through his friend and now
musical partner DJ Sabbo.
"I am an UFO from Zichron, a small village in the north of
Israel", Kuti jokes about his upbringing. He started playing piano
at six and switched to drums and guitar at 14. When he turned 18
he moved to Tel Aviv, to study music at the Rimon College. Around
that time music meant jazz to him. "But working in a local Seven-
Eleven store I started listening to a college station which opened
me to all sorts of music that I had never heard before." he
remembers. "I was shocked and excited to find out there's so much
music around."
And Kuti was quick to absorb these new influences and started
developing his own sound and vision. "The fact that Sabbo
introduced me to the amazing world of funk and afrobeat simply
changed my life" says Kuti, who today is an integral part of the
small but growing groove scene in Tel Aviv. Music-fans may have
heard about the local rave scene but most people think about the
Middle East conflict and the pain and suffering that it brings to
the lifes of all people living in the region, when they think of
Israel's second biggest city. Kutiman's first single "No Groove
Where I Come From" with Elran Dekel on vocals was his comment on
being a musician in Tel Aviv. "There are some great and gifted
musicians in Tel Aviv, but the scene is so small we could all meet
up in my room" he explains.
It was this funked up afrobeat anthem with it's cinematic finale
that caught the attention of Melting Pot Music who released it on
a 12" single last fall. A few weeks after becoming friends on
MySpace, Kutiman signed with his already recorded album to the
Cologne-based label. The reactions on "No Groove Where I Come
From" were simply phenomenal. Tastemakers like Gilles Peterson,
Diplo and Roskow (Jazzanova) were instantly hooked, the Parisien
afrobeat community welcomed Kutiman with open arms and and
"Straight No Chaser" magazine dubbed him "Psychedelic space funk
architect". But once you listen to Kutiman's whole album, you
realise that afrobeat is only one shade of Kuti's kaleidoscopic
sound. From Westindian grooves and easy listening to rock and soul
and even pop there are no barriers. "Music Is Ruling My World",
the title of Kuti's third single where he features local soul and
groove diva Karolina sums it up best ("Half disco, half afrobeat
and mostly perfect for summer jamming purposes." was "The Fader"'s
verdict on the single). And while Kutiman recorded the bulk of the
album all by himself, playing keys, drums, guitar, percussions and
bass he also showcases many of his friends and favourite musicians
from the scene in Tel Aviv.
Elran Dekel (lead singer of Funk'n'stein), Karolina (Funset) and
Chaka Moon are sharing vocal duties, Dotan ≤Sangit≤ Segal and Idan
K are playing percussions and the whole Funk'n≥stein brass section
(Shlomi Alon, Yair Slutzki, Sefi Zisling) is featured too. And it
was Kuti's longtime friend and production partner in various other
projects, Ronen Sabbo, who helped mixing the album.
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