Smadj / Take It And Drive
Album: Take It And Drive   Collection:General
Artist:Smadj   Added:May 2006
Label:Rasa Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2006-06-25 Pull Date: 2006-08-27 Charts: Electronic
Week Ending: Aug 27 Aug 13 Jul 30 Jul 23 Jul 9 Jul 2
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 23, 2006: beat.net chapter 44.0: powered by propane
Fatwords (Semtek's Say Aah Remix)
4. Jul 19, 2006: Trip Over Zero
Tristan
2. Aug 06, 2006: Multiple Personality Disorder
Sel
5. Jul 17, 2006: Plastic Fantastic Lover
Fatwords (Semtek's Say Aah Remix)
3. Jul 23, 2006: Multiple Personality Disorder
Sel
6. Jul 08, 2006: Cafe Paradiso
Fatwords (Semtek's Say Aah Remix)

Album Review
Princess D
Reviewed 2006-06-22
Chill out/World beat.
Some tracks sound forced and dated, but the more organic tracks are quite lovely. Influences from the Middle East and Africa.
FCC CLEAN.
Favorites in order:
(11) great example of world/house fusion,(8),(6),(5)
(1) Oud, slow beats. Middle Eastern influence.
(2) Down-mid tempo. Female vocals, bleepy.
(3) Downtempo. Middle eastern. Synth heavy.
(4) Downtempo. Middle eastern. More organic than 3.
**(5) 80’s style robot sounds. French speaking.
**(6) Midtempo. Oud and darbuka solo.
(7) Midtempo.
***(8) Female vocals. West African call-response.
(9) African chorus with oud mixed in and electronic sound effects. Interesting.
(10) More “Tron” sounds with Middle Eastern. Ugh.
***(11) Uptempo, great house beat. Remix of (8)
(12) Downtempo remix of (8).

Track Listing
1. Betty   7. Drive (W/ Amit Chatterjee, Mehdi Haddab, Simbad)
2. He Said (W/ Rokia Traore, Martin Wheeler)   8. Fatwords (W/ Rokia Traore)
3. Vogue (W/ Talvin Singh, Dierdre Dubois)   9. Meeting With The Bushmen (W/ Bushmen Of Kalahari, W.I.M.S.A.)
4. Aurore   10. Tristan
5. C'est Comme Si C'etait Fait... (W/Dom Farkas)   11. Fatwords (Semtek's Say Aah Remix)
6. Sel   12. Fatwords (Al West Remix)