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▓█▓▓█ Artist.....[ Curumin ▀████▄█▓
██▓▀ Album......[ JapanPopShow ▀▓██
▄ █▓█ █ Label......[ YB Music █ █▓█ ▄
█▒█▓█▄▀ Catalog #..[ YBCD046 ▀▄█▓█▒█
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▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ Portuguese ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2008-08-05 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2008-05-06 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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▓█▄████▀ Encoder....[ LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ▀████▄█▓
▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 174 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.myspace.com/curumin ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 01 Salto No Vßcuo Com Joelhada 1:57 ▓█
█▓ 02 Danτando No Escuro (Feat. Marku Ribas) 3:41 ▓█
█▓ 03 Compacto 3:25 ▓█
█▓ 04 Magrela Fever 4:10 ▓█
█▓ 05 Kyoto (Feat. Blackalicious And Lateef 4:54 ▓█
█▓ The Truthspeaker) ▓█
█▓ 06 Japanpopshow 3:40 ▓█
█▓ 07 MistΘrio Stereo 4:08 ▓█
█▓ 08 Saφda Bang· 1:13 ▓█
█▓ 09 Mal Estar Card 3:39 ▓█
█▓ 10 Caixa Preta (Feat. BNegπo And Lucas 3:10 ▓█
█▓ Santtana) ▓█
█▓ 11 Sambito (Totaru Shock) 3:22 ▓█
█▓ 12 Esperanτa 3:06 ▓█
█▓ 13 Fumanch· 3:39 ▓█
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█░█▒ ItÆs clear at this point that Quannum ProjectsÆ ▒█░█
█░█▒ roster is one of the countryÆs best when it comes ▒█░█
█░█▒ to providing diverse and innovative music. From DJ ▒█░█
█░█▒ ShadowÆs schizophrenic output to the smooth and ▒█░█
█░█▒ excessively fun Pigeon John records, every artist ▒█░█
█░█▒ has something different to contribute. And BrazilÆs ▒█░█
█░█▒ Curumin is no different. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Born to Spanish and Japanese parents, Curumin began ▒█░█
█░█▒ discovering music from across the globe in the ▒█░█
█░█▒ 1970s. His lust for music drew him to playing the ▒█░█
█░█▒ pots and pans in his first band at age eight. Six ▒█░█
█░█▒ years later, he was providing the beats as a ▒█░█
█░█▒ percussionist in clubs in Sao Paulo. He also taught ▒█░█
█░█▒ himself how to play keyboards. He continued to ▒█░█
█░█▒ learn and grow as a musician in Gavi⌡es da Fiel, a ▒█░█
█░█▒ Brazilian music school. In between lessons on the ▒█░█
█░█▒ history of popular Brazilian music, or Musica ▒█░█
█░█▒ Popular Brasileira, he studied American acts like ▒█░█
█░█▒ Run DMC and the B-52s. The multi-instrumentalist ▒█░█
█░█▒ joined several bands including Toca and Zomba, with ▒█░█
█░█▒ the latter eventually becoming CuruminÆs solo ▒█░█
█░█▒ project. He then dropped his funky, ▒█░█
█░█▒ samba-influenced debut, Achados e Perdidos, in ▒█░█
█░█▒ 2005. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Now, it is three years later and Curumin is primed ▒█░█
█░█▒ and ready to tackle releasing the dreaded sophomore ▒█░█
█░█▒ album. And luckily for him, he has nothing to worry ▒█░█
█░█▒ about with JapanPopShow. ItÆs not likely to catch ▒█░█
█░█▒ on with the general public, but those with an ear ▒█░█
█░█▒ for eclectic, worldly pop music are in for a treat. ▒█░█
█░█▒ He even might catch on with underground hip-hop ▒█░█
█░█▒ heads, who will appreciate his DJ Shadow-esque ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôSalto No Vacuo Com Joelhadaö. Additionally, ▒█░█
█░█▒ labelmates Lateef the Truth Speaker and ▒█░█
█░█▒ BlackaliciousÆ Gift of Gab stop by on ôKyotoö to ▒█░█
█░█▒ increase CuruminÆs appeal. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Unless you speak Portuguese, you will be hard ▒█░█
█░█▒ pressed to understand a lot of JapanPopShowæs ▒█░█
█░█▒ lyrics. But, like any talented artist, Curumin lets ▒█░█
█░█▒ his music speak for itself while the singing ▒█░█
█░█▒ provides extra tone and feeling. Think of him as a ▒█░█
█░█▒ less off-the-wall, more focused Cornelius. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ The perfect example here is ôMisterio Stereoö, ▒█░█
█░█▒ which features CuruminÆs somber vocals over floaty ▒█░█
█░█▒ synths to create a track of AirÆs Talkie Walkie ▒█░█
█░█▒ proportions. Then there is the funky M.I.A. dance ▒█░█
█░█▒ number ôCaixa Pretaö. Curumin sounds right at home ▒█░█
█░█▒ as the drums and bass bounce off each other. You ▒█░█
█░█▒ can almost picture the packed club of hipsters ▒█░█
█░█▒ grooving right along as he dances around the stage. ▒█░█
█░█▒ The same praise can be said for ôMagrela Feverö, a ▒█░█
█░█▒ classic rock anthem straight out of the æ70s and ▒█░█
█░█▒ perfect for those long summer days. Also worth ▒█░█
█░█▒ mentioning is the jazzed-out ôFunanchuö, which ▒█░█
█░█▒ rounds out the 44-minute listen perfectly. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Like any truly enjoyable pop album, JapanPopShow ▒█░█
█░█▒ has something for everyone. And even though it ▒█░█
█░█▒ reaches too far on some tracks, like the dull ôMal ▒█░█
█░█▒ Estar Cardö, Curumin ultimately has crafted a ▒█░█
█░█▒ unique second record. The only problem with such a ▒█░█
█░█▒ scattered album is that it ends up lacking a ▒█░█
█░█▒ cohesive feel. The 13 tracks hardly repeat the same ▒█░█
█░█▒ style with everything from electro-dance-pop to ▒█░█
█░█▒ rock to hip-hop to jazz. While itÆs not exactly a ▒█░█
█░█▒ knock on the overall effort, a more refined ▒█░█
█░█▒ direction could help Curumin appeal to a broader ▒█░█
█░█▒ audience. But, as you can probably imagine, thatÆs ▒█░█
█░█▒ not likely to be something he is worried about. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ That's Brazil's finest album of 2008, btw. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ This one is for BUTT. ▒█░█
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