Zun Zun Egui / Shackle's Gift
Album: Shackle's Gift   Collection:General
Artist:Zun Zun Egui   Added:Apr 2015
Label:Bella Union  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-04-24 Pull Date: 2015-06-26
Week Ending: Jun 14 Jun 7 May 31 May 24 May 17 May 10 May 3 Apr 26
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 03, 2021: Rebroadcast: Music Casserole
Late Bloomer
4. Jun 04, 2015: A Visit From Drum
Tickle The Line
2. Dec 11, 2015: A Visit From Drum (Best of '15)
Rigid Man
5. May 28, 2015: The Sunset Life
City Thunder
3. Jun 11, 2015: A Visit From Drum
Rigid Man
6. May 28, 2015: A Visit From Drum
Ruby

Album Review
DJ Muscat
Reviewed 2015-04-23
Genre: afrobeat, psych

UK group fuses elements from all over the world to make a tremendous, playful record of psych-rock. Gives me the same spin-tingling feeling as when I first listened to Goat. Shares members with the equally excellent (but slightly more jazzy) Melt Yourself Down. One of those albums that you can’t listen to without cracking a smile.

P.S. we have a vinyl single of theirs in the music office somewhere…awesome wild stuff

Others: Melt Yourself Down, Lumerians, Goat, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Deerhoof (minus Satomi)

Favorites: 2, 1, 3, 8, 6, 7. FCC: 9.

1. (5:22) *** Spoken Mauritian-Creole intro then krauty groove. High energy and infectious.
2. (3:39) *** Big ascending riff and magnetic vocals. One of the most compact and immediately catchy tracks.
3. (3:20) *** Sexy, dark. Just what the proverbial doctor ordered.
4. (5:19) Starts all delicate and spacey before getting some riffs, and I mean capital-R riffs. Has a bit of a Led-Zeppelin feel, but maybe that’s just me…
5. (5:05) Laid back afro-funk feel. Cool mini piano solo.
6. (2:57) *** Oh this is a fun one. Add this to the carefully curated non top 40 playlist for your next party.
7. (4:06) ** Mid. More great stuff.
8. (5:54) *** Locked in metallic groove. Fast, energetic pace. Weird vocal inflections…I like it.
9. (6:13) FCC Instrumental gives me a slight mysterious, Tinariwen type feel. Lyrically my favorite song.

Track Listing
1. Rigid Man   5. Soul Scratch
2. African Tree   6. Tickle The Line
3. Ruby   7. The Sweetest Part Of Life
4. I Want You To Know   8. Late Bloomer
  9. City Thunder