Sotho Sounds / Junk Funk
| Album: | Junk Funk | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Sotho Sounds | Added: | Jul 2012 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-03-02 | Pull Date: | 2013-05-05 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 24 | Mar 17 | Mar 10 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 04, 2014: | Music Casserole
Ha Kele Monateng |
4. | Apr 15, 2013: | "no way to say" 0011
Outro: Be Ea Bojoa (Part 2) |
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| 2. | Apr 20, 2013: | Uncle Steve's Dance Party
Jerusalem |
5. | Apr 13, 2013: | Music Casserole
Mobopong |
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| 3. | Apr 19, 2013: | SMORGASBOARDGAME GASM
Ha Kele Monateng |
6. | Apr 11, 2013: | Catharsis
Lesholu |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2013-03-03
Reviewed 2013-03-03
Handmade instruments out of recycled materials make for some
unusual funky sounds. The musicians are shepherds from the
landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho located in the middle of South
Africa. All tracks are interesting thinking about their homemade
instruments.
1: 1:28 bowed strings, whistles, dog bark and vocal wails
***2: 3:29 mellow, faster with great call & response male vocals
3: 4:26 mid to faster, vocal wails with chorus
4: 1:55 slow to mid tempo A CAPPELLA
5: 3:43 mid tempo, vocal chorus with mostly strummed & bowed strings
**6: 3:49 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL
7: 2:35 mid tempo bowed strings and vocals
**8: 2:49 mid tempo A CAPPELLA
9: 4:11 mid to faster vocals and strummed strings long fade at end
10: 4:00 mid tempo strummed strings and vocals
11: 5:06 mid to faster, chants, wails, instruments
12: 1:24 interlude, collage of sounds, whistles, chants & instruments.
unusual funky sounds. The musicians are shepherds from the
landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho located in the middle of South
Africa. All tracks are interesting thinking about their homemade
instruments.
1: 1:28 bowed strings, whistles, dog bark and vocal wails
***2: 3:29 mellow, faster with great call & response male vocals
3: 4:26 mid to faster, vocal wails with chorus
4: 1:55 slow to mid tempo A CAPPELLA
5: 3:43 mid tempo, vocal chorus with mostly strummed & bowed strings
**6: 3:49 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL
7: 2:35 mid tempo bowed strings and vocals
**8: 2:49 mid tempo A CAPPELLA
9: 4:11 mid to faster vocals and strummed strings long fade at end
10: 4:00 mid tempo strummed strings and vocals
11: 5:06 mid to faster, chants, wails, instruments
12: 1:24 interlude, collage of sounds, whistles, chants & instruments.
Track Listing
| 1. | Intro: Be Ea Bojoa (Part 1) | 7. | Jo! Kelishapa | |||
| 2. | Ha Kele Monateng | 8. | Lefaatse La Bajo | |||
| 3. | Jerusalem | 9. | Ntheke Ntheke | |||
| 4. | Koloi Eutate Mandela | 10. | Tseanku | |||
| 5. | Mobopong | 11. | Something To Think About | |||
| 6. | Lesholu | 12. | Outro: Be Ea Bojoa (Part 2) |