| Bassy, Blick / Ako |
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| Album: | Ako | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Bassy, Blick | Added: | 08/2017 | |
| Label: | No Format! | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2017-10-28 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 8 Oct | 1 Oct | 24 Sep | 17 Sep | 10 Sep | 3 Sep |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 22, 2018: | Melange Ake | 4. | Oct 05, 2017: | Melange Lon, Wap Do Wap, Ake | |
| 2. | Jan 11, 2018: | Melange Wap Do Wap, Ake | 5. | Sep 30, 2017: | Music Casserole Ake | |
| 3. | Oct 07, 2017: | Old Fart at Play One Love | 6. | Sep 20, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Wap Do Wap |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2017-08-19 | ||
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Magical sounding CD by singer from Cameroon singing in his native Bassa language in homage to his hero, blues legend Skip James; accompanied by guitar, banjo, cello, and trombone; definitely a unique sound with lively accompaniment from a variety of unexpected instruments; if you like Digdig, you'll like this; fusion that's so fused it sparkles from its many facets; great rhythms NO FCC's: Favorite tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 *1- Ake – 3:33 – haunting voice echoed with what sounds like harmonica; steady drum and chorus 2-- Kiki – 1:51 – uptempo – catchy *3—Wap Do Wap –2:15 – starts with cello segues to fingerpicking guitar and voice --- very danceable *4 –Lon –3:00 – starts almost Hawaiian sounding with harmonics; segues to a kind scat in conversation with the trombone *5—Tell Me –4:19 – starts with humming underpinned by guitar; lyrics in English pidgin; lovely 6- One Love—2:04—at least partly in English with interesting string and vocal underpinning 7 – SJ – :46 – plaintive lyrics *8 –Mama –2:04 – island style rhythm, subtle instrumentation 9 –Ndje Yem –3:16 – walking bass intro; slower beat; very cool trombone *10- Mout – 2:22 – lyrics over fingerpicking guitar with trombone wailing in *11-Ndjel –3:28 – light-fingerpicking with delicate lyrics gathers steam with sounds from all corners | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Ake | 6. | One Love | |||
| 2. | Kiki | 7. | Sj | |||
| 3. | Wap Do Wap | 8. | Mama | |||
| 4. | Lon | 9. | Ndje Yem | |||
| 5. | Tell Me | 10. | Mout | |||
| 11. | Ndjel | |||||