Various Artists
The Departure Lounge – Grooves
EMI is distributing a collection of lounge music CDs produced by Petrol Records. Although I find a lot of the recent lounge collections unappealing, occasionally I find some gems. The Grooves CD includes a piece titled Samba Paulista by A Man Called Sensible, an excellent artist that blends samba with cutting edge electronica, jazz grooves and American Funk/R&B.
There are other attractive pieces on the CD such as the fast paced and somewhat chaotic Bossa Con Affano by Monsieur Blumenberg; the club beats added to Lily Frost’s African American spiritual song; the scratchy sample collages of Scrathoetry by Alien Army; and the groovy jazz beats of The Five Corners Quintet.
Buy The Departure Lounge – Grooves.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
