Tour De Filli

World | Sep 2016

Reviews

Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2016-10-15
West Philadelphia Orchestra takes on the newly trendy Eastern European brass band genre with interesting English lyrics and African and other influences; fun!

NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11

*1 – Flying Solo (4:50) starts with hand-clapping; great horn playing. English lyrics

2 – Pleasant Afternoon (3:54) – starts with horn fanfare; circular in a good way

3- Maksimov Čoček – (4:06) – moves right along with treble horns undergirded by bass rumble in 9/8 time

4 – Zla S'dba (3:25) – Slavic (?) vocal backed by brass

*5- Račenica Philadelphia (6:32) – [rajeneetza] starts off with interesting percussion; Bulgarian folk dance tune with wild accompaniment and singing

6- Čoček it Out (5:08) – happy and circular; trumpet solo and then brass in harmony; somewhat drawn out finale

*7- Abre Ramce (3:37) – starts slower, builds, more and more instruments layer on; vocalist comes in; almost flamenco-ish; wild!

8-Truck on Fire (5:05) – a little bit minor key; English lyrics

9-Tour de Filli (4:04) – fast, straight ahead; nice solos with solid horn bed

10-Proslava (2:27) – fast, circular

*11- Super Lunch! (5:29) – crazy fast with yelling start; cockeyed English lyrics; definitely the noise you need :-) (weird fart-like sounds at the end)

Recent airplay

Super Lunch!
At the Cafe BohemianFeb 08, 2017
Rajaneetza Philadelphia
Music CasseroleDec 17, 2016
Tour De Filli
At the Cafe BohemianDec 14, 2016
Super Lunch!
At the Cafe BohemianNov 30, 2016
Rajaneetza Philadelphia
MelangeNov 24, 2016
Abre Ramce
Music CasseroleNov 19, 2016

Charting

2016-10-19 — 2016-12-18 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 18 2
Dec 4 1
Nov 27 1
Nov 20 1
Nov 13 1
Nov 6 2
Oct 30 3
Oct 23 2

Track listing

1. Flying Solo
2. Pleasant Afternoon
3. Maksimov Chochek
4. Zla S'dba
5. Rajaneetza Philadelphia
6. Chochek It Out
7. Abre Ramce
8. Truck On Fire
9. Tour De Filli
10. Proslava
11. Super Lunch!