| Slavic Soul Party / Teknochek Collision |
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| Album: | Teknochek Collision | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Slavic Soul Party | Added: | Apr 2007 | |
| Label: | Barbes Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-06-03 | Pull Date: | 2007-08-05 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 5 | Jul 29 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 | Jun 24 | Jun 17 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 18, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Nov 21, 2015) Ocapella (Have A Beer) | 4. | Dec 28, 2013: | Music Casserole Sisko's Blues | |
| 2. | Mar 26, 2016: | Music Casserole Ocapella (Have A Beer) | 5. | Dec 13, 2012: | The Doldrummer Ocapella (Have A Beer) | |
| 3. | Nov 21, 2015: | Music Casserole Ocapella (Have A Beer) | 6. | Sep 08, 2012: | Bouge Mood Opa Cupa |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-06-04 | ||
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Slavic Soul Party – Teknochek Collision Reviewed by Sadie O, 5/20/07 Basically Balkan brass band, but with a ton of other stuff thrown in. Hard to describe, really – most of it is defiantly acoustic, but with plenty of energy and volume. The second half of track 11 (which I WISH they hadn’t cobbled together with 2 songs) is full of electronic effects, though. There is a clear desire to be true to the roots on one hand, but on the other hand it’s a mashup of everything you can get your hands on in NY, which is a lot… A couple of bleeped FCCs in the middle of 11. 5 and 11 (esp. the first half) KILL. 1. Intro – audience sounds, band warming up, gruff voice introducing band. 2. **big fat Balkan brass band, cool syncopated rhythm. Starts very sparse and builds. 3. ***bluesy and swingy, slightly downtempo march, lots of modulations and elements. 4. ****hyperactive oom-pah, female vocals – really gorgeous. Ends 20 secs or so early, then silly talking about song. 5. *****tuba blats (ya gotta love em!), then downtempo sickeningly cool groove, a bit of swing, who knows what. Who cares? What a great noise! 6. **rather uptempo oom-pah with manic horns. I see this as one of those dances where everyone links arms and dances faster and faster until they fall down in a drunken stupor. 7. **hard to describe, but it’s got a sort of running horn line and lots of accordion, and what sounds like a flugelhorn… 8. ***long accordion intro lots of astounding runs and flourishes but no beat. Female vocals again - she’s fabulous… Downtempo march beat comes in halfway through the song. Ends 24 seconds short, with a bit of old lady reminiscing. 9. ***very slow and mournful sounding horn intro, but the beat comes in 30 seconds along and is very funky midtempo. Banish care! Party! Opa! 10. **absolutely manic oom-pah, but with floaty bits… ends a few seconds shy with weird bit of kids, probably old TV ad. 11. *****oh lord, this is groovy! Downtempo, VERY funky, a bit of New Orleans in the mix. This shit’s too good to be legal! Warning – it’s not all one track. Ends 5 minutes early (!) with a bit of lecturing by nicely accented man. Pretty funny stuff, with a couple naughty words bleeped out. 4 minutes before end, a midtempo funky beat starts, with electronic effects. It’s very swingy and cool, almost as good as the first part of the track, also completely MAD. 12. “trumpets kicks ass” – that’s all. | ||
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