| Various Artists / Les Nubians Present Echos, Chapter 1: "Nubian Voyager" |
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| Album: | Les Nubians Present Echos, Chapter 1: "Nubian Voyager" | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Sep 2005 | |
| Label: | Triloka Records | |||
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| Add Date: | 2005-11-13 | Pull Date: | 2006-01-15 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 15 | Jan 8 | Jan 1 | Dec 18 | Dec 11 | Dec 4 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 13, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Rendez-Vous New York | 4. | Mar 23, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Rendez-Vous New York | |
| 2. | Aug 28, 2015: | Breakaway Bluff Rendez-Vous New York | 5. | Jan 04, 2011: | Fo at the Café Bohemian Rendez-Vous New York | |
| 3. | Mar 08, 2014: | Music Casserole Fire | 6. | Nov 28, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum Rendez-Vous New York |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2005-11-13 | ||
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LES NUBIANS Present “Echoes, Chapter One" Triloka, 2005 An intoxicating poetry slam (in French and English), with heavy dollops of hiphop, smooth r&b, and even a touch of jazz mixed in. Half a dozen poets contribute, but the French soul duo Les Nubians are at the helm, and sing on 5 tracks. The set, which includes a few live tracks, is divided into four themes: Motherland (1-6), Urban City Life (7-13), Love Stories (14-17), and Spiritual Human Nature (18-21). They keep it FCC-clean but cut it close in a few spots. Deep poems, tasty grooves, good stuff. Play #11 right now! Then try: 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 15, 19 1. 1:03 – somber French spoken word with hand drum/tribal atmospheric backing 2. 3:35 – m/f duet English poem, jazz bass & percussive loops, and a bit of singing 3. 3:35 – fem French soulful singing/spoken word w/African rhythms & loops 5. 3:49 – pretty French song w/acoustic guitar, hand drums, thumb piano, fem vox 6. 5:36 – live English fem freestyling, strong, spiritual, feminist w/jazzy backing 7. 1:53 – fast religious poem, many old testament/rastafarian references, good beat 8. 2:55 – flowing French m/f conversation, chill background 9. 2:26 – live smooth/retro French r&b. too short to be effective. 10. 4:52 – deadpan fem English poem about NYC, sinister jazzy bass loops 11. 3:43 – I love this! Flowing male French lead with gorgeous fem backing vox, and a nice nice summer-day soul start-stop groove. Oooooh…damn! 12. 4:57 – remixed French r&b, quick beats but still sort of mellow, nice duo vox 13. 3:54 – a continuation of #8, now with a bass-heavy backing & electrical noises 14. 4:09 – English poem (ick), slow-jam backing w/strings, horns, acoustic guitar 15. 3:00 – live fem love/sex poem (English) with jazz combo, great crowd reaction 16. 2:28 – male French spoken-word over slow-jam; so sexy it’s rather silly. 17. 4:34 – fem English poem about love & death, sad soul backing, 2nd half sung 18. 2:28 – male French spoken word, sinister atmosphere. A bit disturbing. 19. 7:08 – moody r&b jam, fem English freestyle poem is abstract but captivating, gets into a sort of roots-reggae vibe at one point, then jazzy. 20. 3:33 – smooth r&b, lots of flute, fem English vox… like a more intellectual Sade 21. 1:23 – somber french spoken word, windswept/blasted atmosphere with violin [Fo] – 11/13/05 | ||
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