| Savath & Savalas / Apropa't |
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| Album: | Apropa't | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Savath & Savalas | Added: | Mar 2004 | |
| Label: | Warp Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-05-31 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-02 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica, Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 8 | Aug 1 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 | Jul 4 | Jun 27 | Jun 20 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 18, 2007: | Captain Dee Finale: Part 2 Colores Sin Nombre | 4. | Jan 24, 2005: | Selectronica Um Girassol Da Cor De Seu Co | |
| 2. | Jan 31, 2006: | Sad Men's Club (Live from Coachella 2004 Edition) Colores Sin Nombre | 5. | Jan 10, 2005: | Go For Dover: Captain Dee's Top 21 Tracks of 2004 Te Quiero Pero Por Otro Lado | |
| 3. | Feb 06, 2005: | Dancing in Outerspace Colores Sin Nombre | 6. | Nov 01, 2004: | Go For Dover: Halloween Mashup Te Quiero Pero Por Otro Lado |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2004-05-30 | ||
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Savath & Savalas is back with their second full album, and have evolved into something truly amazing. This is a Scott Herren (a.k.a. Prefuse 73) side project, so it should come as no surprise that the production and beats are top quality. However, this is not trip-hop like you’ve heard it before. The whole album is based around a distinctly Spanish aesthetic, and centers upon the hypnotizing vocals (in Spanish) of Eva Puyuelo Muns. This might technically be electronica, but the album is more "organic" than a fucking vegetable farm. The vocals are always somber, and the whole album has a very wistful (even sad) atmosphere. Though extremely accessible, the sound is multilayered and complex. Please play this album! All tracks are beautiful (and I really mean that), but I especially love 2, 3, 8, 9, 11. - Captain Dee (Doug) 1. Short. Fuzzy noise replaced by wistful, fragmented guitars and harmonica. (1:07) **2. Echoing vocals and rolling guitar melt into soft chimes and a slow, mesmerizing beat. Ends with a (nostalgic?) clarinet-harmonica duet over strumming guitar. Jesus Christ, this is incredible!! (4:33) *3. Immediately launches into a muted but rockin’ hip hop beat. Layers of vocals almost seem to chant over distorted noise. (2:14) 4. No beat. Begins with female vocals over dark guitar strumming, then vocals fade into a wonderful mesh of horns, harmonica, chimes, and guitar. (3:01) 5. Rhythmic vocals over orchestra samples, noise and subtle clapping. Drums come in, and everything has an airy feel. Second half is another instrumental mesh. (3:24) 6. Piano and quiet train station samples are soon joined by rolling drums, horns, synths, vocals. This is very evocative of a train ride, somehow. (3:52) 7. Opens with piano, bizarre sounds. Understated beat, guitar, and oooh-ing vocals come in. Atmospheric interlude, then more developed synthesized beat. A certain tension pervades throughout. (3:34) *8. Dramatic piano and sad vocals over breathy background vocals and chiming. A powerful (but restrained) beat joins in at parts. Sputters out in reverberations. (3:08) *9. Cooing layers of vocals over beautiful guitar. As if sitting on the beach in an intensely nostalgic moment? (1:46) 10. Melodic duet of vocals, slow pulsating beat, high-pitched noises. Drums later change meter for a noisy interlude. Track fades in quiet soundscape. (3:30) *11. Guitars seem surprisingly cheerful, with mutedly joyful chiming. Wistful chorus of breathy vocals. Transitions to cut-up synth loops, effusive guitar strumming. An intensely reflective track. (4:16) 12. Trippy vocals, unsettling piano and strings. Dramatic guitar interjections. Fades with a haunting (but lovely) soundscape of instruments. (3:29) 13. Short. Warm, cute interplay of synthesized sounds. 14. Surprisingly assertive vocals over glittering synths and piano. (2:06) | ||
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