| Cactus Channel, The / Wooden Boy |
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| Album: | Wooden Boy | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Cactus Channel, The | Added: | Nov 2013 | |
| Label: | Hope Street Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-11-14 | Pull Date: | 2014-01-24 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 26 | Jan 19 | Jan 12 | Jan 5 | Dec 29 | Dec 22 | Dec 15 | Dec 8 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 06, 2015: | A Visit From Drum (Nature Walk) Wooden Boy, Pt. 3 | 4. | Jan 17, 2014: | A Visit From Drum Who Is Walt Druce? | |
| 2. | Aug 02, 2014: | Fishbowl Who Is Walt Druce? | 5. | Jan 14, 2014: | The Alarm Clock Jorge Buccio | |
| 3. | Jan 21, 2014: | Grooving with DJ Gu X-Ray Bear | 6. | Jan 09, 2014: | Ranch... or Cool Ranch? X-Ray Bear |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Muscat Reviewed 2013-11-11 | ||
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Australian band made up of teenagers who produce a wonderfully layered and expressive funk/jazz/hip-hop/world amalgamation. All the tracks are instrumental with phenomenal drumming and some all around really impressive musicianship. WARNING: YOU WILL FEEL DANGEROUSLY COOL WHILE LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM. Favorites: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 but play anything here. No FCCs. Similar artists/releases: William Onyeabor, Antibalas, Hiatus Kiayote 1. (4:00) *** Starts right off the bat with some groovy guitar and explosive horns. Sounds like a spy movie set in Morocco or something. This track hits hard and keeps its propulsive, infectious, momentum. What an outstanding opener to an album. 2. (4:32) Much more toned down than the first track but still excellent. Great drumming and mainly driven by horns. I could imagine this being sampled in a hip-hop song 3. (3:44) ** Cool, sharp, opening moment before breaking out into a full on jam. Expressive, dynamic, and upbeat 4. (3:11) ** A more up-tempo companion to track 2 with some cool effects and melodic layers 5. (4:51) Mid-tempo. Takes about 30 seconds to build up and then transforms into a sleek jazzy beast 6. (4:16) * Snazzy drum fill in the opening few seconds. Some nice horn interplay with repeating guitar line 7. (3:54) ** I can’t get enough of this track, great guitar line with some smooth organ/horn passages and fantastic percussion as always. You can tell they’re having fun playing this stuff 8. (4:35) Gloomy horns with a hypnotic bass line that builds to a cool groove. Has a neo-noir vibe 9. (3:33) ** Starts off with what you expect to be a down-tempo track before bursting into life within seconds. This is an absolutely entrancing jam 10. (5:20) Begins with some guitar and develops into a laidback groove. Escalates to a cinematic climax in the last 2 minutes. Nice end to an inventive, hectic, album Reviewed by Muscat | ||
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