| Soapkills / Best Of Soapkills, The |
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| Album: | Best Of Soapkills, The | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Soapkills | Added: | Mar 2016 | |
| Label: | Crammed Discs | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-03-27 | Pull Date: | 2016-05-29 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | May 15 | May 1 | Apr 17 | Apr 10 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 14, 2016: | BravoMarco Variety Show Marra Fi Ghnina | 4. | Apr 29, 2016: | Music Casserole Enta Fen | |
| 2. | May 10, 2016: | The Offbeat Generation Marco Slow | 5. | Apr 11, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 38 Cheftak (Paris Version), Cheftak (Paris Version) | |
| 3. | Apr 30, 2016: | BravoMarco Variety Show Leh Zaalen | 6. | Apr 09, 2016: | Music Casserole Marra Fi Ghnina, Tango |
| Album Review |
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| BravoMarco Reviewed 2016-03-16 | ||
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Soapkills The Best of Soapkills Reviewed by BravoMarco 11 years after the groups demise, this is a timely compilation from the Beirut band. A new audience can now be mesmerized by Yasmine Hamdan’s sultry voice. Trip hop / dubby chilled out electro beats, all combined with that underlining influence from the classical Arabic world. Most of these tracks seem as though they have featured in various films - during that seedy bar scene. Like: Massive Attack & Portishead – Also sort of Sade mixed with Rachid Taha Something for everyone – Liking 3,5,8,9,10,12,13,14 No FCC’s in English (Arabic) 1) Leh Zaalen (4.02) Mellow enough, with a lot going on though. Steady beat keeps the head nodding. 2) Yahoo! (4.37) Dramatic swirls with a heavy throb at times. 3) Cheftak (Paris Version) (3.03) So easy on the ears. 4) Tango (3.52) Shades of Fairuz & The Rahbani Brothers in the first minute - until the beat kicks in. 5) Marco Slow (1.50) Bassy thumping instrumental with effects. 6) Aranis & Koullou Ndif (3.21) Slow acoustic ballad to start. Midway point it becomes a rapping pop song. 7) Herzan (3.22) Ska-ish beat, jolly, mid paced. 8) Galbi (4.14) The beat is kept in check, which works wonders with the singing. 9) Enta Fen (5.16) Smooth & mellow. Vocals coming to the fore. More traditional. 10) Wadih (3.36) Strings given the treatment, folky & delicate. 11) Manni 2elak (4.09) Vocals treated alongside other general distortion. 12) Soueyma (5.21) More pace than the others. Wobbly & breezy. 13) Kasdoura (4.52) Lovely soft atmospheric quality. 14) Marra Fi Ghnina (4.43) Seductive tones to finish. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Leh Zaalen | 8. | Galbi | |||
| 2. | Yahoo! | 9. | Enta Fen | |||
| 3. | Cheftak (Paris Version) | 10. | Wadih | |||
| 4. | Tango | 11. | Manni2elak | |||
| 5. | Marco Slow | 12. | Souleyma | |||
| 6. | Aranis & Koullou Ndif | 13. | Kasdoura | |||
| 7. | Herzan | 14. | Marra Fi Ghnina |