| Le, Nguyen / Homescape |
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| Album: | Homescape | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Le, Nguyen | Added: | 03/2008 | |
| Label: | Act Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-04-27 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-29 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 1 Jun | 11 May | 4 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 27, 2008: | Global Warming at the Cafe Bohemian Stranieri | 4. | Apr 30, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm Mali Iwa | |
| 2. | May 09, 2008: | Music to Make Babies To Des Prés | 5. | Apr 29, 2008: | Deep Fried & Sanctified Stranieri | |
| 3. | May 02, 2008: | Memory Select Zafaran | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-04-28 | ||
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Nguyen Le guitars, computer & electronics , Paolo Fresu trumpet & flugelhorn, Dhafer Youssef oud & vocals. All tracks are very good ****1: 6:00 slow funky wah wah Jazz Fusion Think Miles' "Bitches Brew" 2: 4:25 slow North African oud with electronic percussion, e guitar, male vocal wail 3: 2:44 slow plucked strings noodling 4: 6:27 slow electronic percussion, brass & minimal vocal wail then e guitar, picks up towards end ****5: 6:02 plucked strings noodling, tabla? electronic perc., vocal wail, e guitar kicks in cool jam. 6: 2:18 brass, vocal wail & slower plucked strings 7: 2:18 faster plucked strings 8: 3:00 brass & string noodling 9: 3:28 e guitar noodling, almost ambient drone with minimal vocal wail of anguish? 10: 2:19 drone with electronic keyboard noodling 11: 5:33 low drone with e guitar, brass & percussion electronics 12: 3:12 swirl electronics, fast drum machine perc. e guitar & brass 13: 7:26 slow oud plucking with swirl electronics, minimal vocal wail, @ 4:00 e guitar noodling low & slow ending 14: 3:14 slow brass with swirl electronics then e guitar noodling 15: 2:53 vocal wail with swirl electronics then e guitar noodling & more louder vocal wail D Farrell 04/2008 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Stranieri | 8. | Chelsea Bridge | |||
| 2. | Byzance | 9. | Safina | |||
| 3. | Muqqam | 10. | Des Prés | |||
| 4. | Mali Iwa | 11. | Thang Long | |||
| 5. | Zafaran | 12. | Neon | |||
| 6. | Domus De Janas | 13. | Mangustao | |||
| 7. | Kithâra | 14. | Lacrima Christi | |||
| 15. | Beyti | |||||