| Chao, Manu / Radio Remba Sound System |
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| Album: | Radio Remba Sound System | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Chao, Manu | Added: | 08/2005 | |
| Label: | Virgin Records (France) | |||
Recent Airplay
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| 2. | Nov 24, 2014: | Happy Hour La Primavera | 5. | Feb 23, 2009: | Happy Hour (Coverin' for PACC) Mr Bobby | |
| 3. | Sep 22, 2011: | Happy Hour Mr Bobby | 6. | Jul 17, 2008: | Happy Hour Mr Bobby |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie McFarlane Reviewed 2005-09-03 | ||
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Chao, Mano - Radio Bemba Sound System (Virgin France) Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/31/05 Live Manu Chao (Spanish reggae/rock) from 2000-2002 pieced together into a seamless flow that includes some of his hits like "Clandestino" and "Mala Vida" and a lot of audience noise and goofing off. There are lots of juicy bits in here, of course, but since they're woven into each other, often with audience applause, I suspect they'll often be hard to segue with other music really elegantly. I probably wouldn't just slap on a track without vetting it first. Most tracks in Spanish. No FCC. Best standalone tracks 2, 3, 12, 18. Play 6 and 7 or 19 and 20 together – good songs, but don’t work well alone. Or you can set the player to continuous and go play in traffic for an hour. 1. 0:50 audience and random noises 2. 1:55 handclaps fade into vocals over organ 3. 2:13 **uptempo, full band, ska beat 4. 2:41 **mid tempo, more of a rock steady tempo, nice percussion, high energy 5. 3:09 uptempo ska, dubbish, takes a minute for full band to kick in 6. 2:50 **uptempo ska, same song as track 2 but with full band, backing vox, sound effects. Last 30 seconds dubbish, goes right into next track without a real ending. 7. 2:41 continued from prior track, but slower and with prominent bass, builds in tempo to pretty frenzied pace. 8. 2:34 mid tempo call and response intro, "cumbiamuffin" riddim, ends abruptly. 9. 3:54 slow, rather dreamy instrumentation, builds tempo. Last 8 seconds or so unrelated rhythmic clapping. 10. 2:34 uptempo ska, in English (repetitive lyrics), high energy. 11. 1:41 audience noise at start. Some speaking through loudspeaker, midtempo laid back music under. 12. 3:36 **nice bubbling reggae riddim, sung in English. Pleasant. 13. 1:04 high energy ska interlude 14. 0:20 shouts - intro to next track 15. 0:65 more shouts, high energy rock bit 16. 0:45 trumpet-based polka, leads into next cut 17. 2:09 nice fast number, but no real intro unless you play prior cut. Last 15 second a sort of "skit", not really connected. 18. 2:59 **midtempo reggae, a big hit for good reason. Nice Spanish guitar solo. Slow at ending. 19. 3:31 **uptempo, cumbiamuffin with horns. Goes right into next cut with no real ending. 20. 4:02 uptempo cumbiamuffin with accordion and funny noises. Suddenly switches to slow reggae in mid-song. 21. 2:26 uptempo with high-energy drums, electric guitar, horns. Another hit. 22. 0:33 frantic punky ska – really one song together with next track. 23. 1:10 see above. 24. 0:44 more frantic punky ska. Pretty much continues from above. 25. 3:32 an actual separate track! Lots of ambient noise and vox. When music finally starts, it’s pleasant midtempo reggae. Revs up a minute from end. 26. 1:59 *funk/rock with lots of scratching. Good fun. 27. 2:43 frantic rock with horns, switching to ska. 28. 3:16 starts with too much audience noise for a slow, mellow song. 29. 1:44 back to frantic ska. Instrumental apart from yelling. Really ends about half a minute early – the rest is all random noises. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Intro | 15. | Que Paso Que Paso | |||
| 2. | Bienvenida A Tijuana | 16. | Pinocchio | |||
| 3. | Machine Gun | 17. | Cahi En La Trampa | |||
| 4. | Por Donde Saldra El Sol? | 18. | Clandestino | |||
| 5. | Peligro | 19. | Umba De Barcelona | |||
| 6. | Welcome To Tijuana | 20. | La Despedida | |||
| 7. | El Viento | 21. | Mala Vida | |||
| 8. | Casa Babylon | 22. | Radio Bemba | |||
| 9. | Por El Suelo | 23. | Que Paso Que Paso | |||
| 10. | Blood And Fire | 24. | Pinocchio | |||
| 11. | Elzn...Para Tod@S Todo... | 25. | La Primavera | |||
| 12. | Mr Bobby | 26. | The Monkey | |||
| 13. | Bongo Bong | 27. | King Kong Five | |||
| 14. | Radio Bemba | 28. | Minha Valera | |||
| 29. | Promiscuity | |||||