Kassin+2 / Futurismo
Album: Futurismo   Collection:World
Artist:Kassin+2   Added:Apr 2008
Label:Luaka Bop  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-07-13 Pull Date: 2008-09-14 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 14 Aug 31 Aug 24 Aug 10 Aug 3 Jul 27 Jul 20
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 06, 2014: Global Warming sitting in for Sunshine
Samba Machine
4. Oct 20, 2010: Getting Over the Hump (Full Moon)
O Seu Lugar
2. Sep 17, 2013: Good Day Sunshine (Full Moon)
O Seu Lugar
5. Jul 24, 2010: Music Casserole
Pronto Final
3. Aug 21, 2013: Aug-21-3013
Futurismo, Agua
6. Oct 11, 2008: public noize racket
Samba Machine

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-07-17
blend of Brazilian Tropicalia/bossa, subtle funk, and blend of electronics, breathy male vocals in Portuguese, by the +2s: see CDs Music Typewriter & Sincerely Hot in the KZSU library. Alexandre Kassin: bass, keyboards, guitar, programming, vocals; Producer
Domenico Lancelotti: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Moreno Veloso ( so of Caetano): guitar, cello, percussion, backing vocals
***1: 4:18 dreamy bossa, male vocal, nice tremolo guitar picking
**2: 5:05 duet with funky bossa nova legend Joao Donato
**3: 4:28 fast male vocal,tremolo guitar, agogo ( double cowbell)
4: 3:33 mid fast male vocals, tinkling keyboard (toy piano sound)
5: 3:42 slower, dreamy vocal
****6: 4:07 fast rock, male vocal, locked snare drum & bass, cool scat style
fem chorus, electronic sounds.
7: 2:53 mid fast, vocal, flute,
8: 4:27 mid tempo, sad lyrics to a poppy tune
9: 4:59 slower, male vocal, minimal swirl drone, rain storm at end
****10: 3:20 Instrumental, fast, searing e guitar at end, reminds me of
Young- Holt Trio's "WACK WACK"
****11: 4:56 fast, pounding beat, poppy full sound, cool guitar,vocals
12: 3:49 bossa guitar, vocal, electronic effects, mid fast
**13: 2:57 fast poppy number, guitar and electronics, abrupt end.
***14: 4:10 fast Tropicalia, vocal, guitar and electronics
15: 4:29 mid fast, vocal in English
16: 2:41 mid fast, vocal in English, nice bossa backup
17: 3:42 mid fast, vocal, Ya Ya Ya, loud swirl electronics D  Farrell   06/2008


Track Listing
1. Tranquilo   9. Antes De Chuva
2. O Seu Lugar   10. Samba Machine
3. Esquecido   11. Agua
4. Quando Nara   12. Namorados
5. Pra Lembrar   13. Simbioticos
6. Pronto Final   14. Homen Ao Mar
7. Futurismo   15. Lake Line
8. Mensagem   16. Bow Road
  17. Ya Ya Ya