| Ojos De Brujo / Techari |
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| Album: | Techari | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Ojos De Brujo | Added: | Feb 2007 | |
| Label: | Six Degrees Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-02-25 | Pull Date: | 2007-04-29 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Apr 22 | Apr 15 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 30, 2012: | Polar Similarities Color | 4. | Dec 18, 2009: | Spherical Sounds with Yumpop Runali | |
| 2. | Dec 21, 2011: | New World Disorder Color | 5. | Dec 17, 2008: | The Rent Party Sultanas De Merkaillo | |
| 3. | May 29, 2010: | New World Disorder Color | 6. | May 20, 2008: | The Professor Barnaby J. Finkerton Variety Hour -- Music that Appears to be of L Feedback |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-02-26 | ||
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Ojos de Brujo – Techari Reviewed by Sadie O., 2/18/07 Nuevo Flamenco (and more) from Barcelona. Uniquely famous for combining modern Flamenco with hip hop scratching, they’ve now thrown all sorts of other musical forms into the mix – most notably East Indian vocal beats and hand drums. Track one also features Funk, track 10 has a Reggae beat, track 4 features rapping from Daara J… Much of the sound is rather relaxed and swingy, although a lot of it is pretty uptempo. No FCCs detected – almost all in Spanish. I like 1 best, although you’ll notice that everything else gets 3 or 4 stars – it’s insanely good. 1. *****uptempo part flamenco vocals, guitar and handclaps, part scratch ‘n’ glitch, part Blaxploitation soundtrack funk. Amazing! 2. ***midtempo and relaxed, but with complex rhythms, lots of female vocals. Definitely more flamenco than other influences. Wonderful guitar. 3. ****tabla and vocal beats, then downtempo, rather atmospheric groove with lots of vocals and fretless bass. Then there’s a beat that somehow manages to be both Bhangra and Reggae. Wow! 4. ***mellow and pretty midtempo flamenco. Some stunning guitar work. Also some male dancehall vocals in English, as well as whatever language it is that Daara J rap in (one of them guests). 5. ***Starts with something metal rolling around briefly, then intense whispered vocals and midtempo flamenco. Lots of glitch. 6. ***acoustic guitar, very traditional folk sounding number. Some very traditional flamenco singing in second half. 7. ***midtempo and a bit relaxed, lovely vocal harmonies. Mostly flamenco, but witih some odd electronics. 8. ****solo vocals intro, then uptempo flamenco with vocal harmonies. Some jazzy piano. 9. ****complex hand drums and vocal beats, uptempo but sweet with moments of jazz horns 10. ****somewhat downtempo Reggae beat, very relaxed and spare instrumentation, swingy. Ends a few seconds shy. 11. ***East Indian vocal beats and tabla intro, uptempo, fat sound. Some East Indian instrumentation and jazz piano. 12. ****totally modernized flamenco, midtempo, with bits of scratching – totally unique sound. 13. ***metal hammer and acoustic guitar intro, adds layers of flamenco and scratching, rather downtempo, swingy groove. 14. ****pretty Flamenco guitar intro for over a minute, then downtempo and very slinky beat with bit of tabla, amazing combination of sounds. Alas, this is a bonus track sort of thing – song only lasts 3:50. Last 1:10 of track is East Indian vocal beat and handclaps (which is a lot of fun, actually) – in between is 4 minutes of silence. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Color | 8. | No Somos Maquinas | |||
| 2. | Sultanas De Merkaillo | 9. | Bailaores | |||
| 3. | Todo Tiende | 10. | Corre Lola Corre | |||
| 4. | Runali | 11. | Feedback | |||
| 5. | El Confort No Reconforta | 12. | Piedras Vs. Tanques | |||
| 6. | Tanquillos Marineros | 13. | Respira | |||
| 7. | Silencio | 14. | Nana |