Shivaboom
Reviews
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2008-10-27
Reviewed 2008-10-27
Eccodek – Shivaboom
Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/20/08
Lovely, trance-y electronica with Indian/Malian vocals and World grooves. The third outing by Canadian producer Andrew McPherson and a fine lineup of musicians, vocalists and percussionists. Includes a remix of a Burhan Ocal number, which is always a good thing.
No FCCs detected – nothing in English, and the vocals are more another instrument than means to convey words, it seems.
I like 3, 5, 7 and esp. 6.
1. **swingy upbeat percussion with relaxed and trance-y electronics, interesting interplay of female Turkish and male Malian vocals.
2. **starts with several seconds of extremely low drone – then Indian Ghawwali vocals, relaxed instrumentation and cool hand percussion. Very dreamy.
3. ***crazy cool percussion, ethereal electronics. Cool Malian chanting.
4. **another very low intro, with drones fading in on waves, downtempo percussion and pretty piano, female Indian vocals.
5. ***hand percussion and gorgeous Malian stringed instrument and male vocals. Trap drum, bass and electronics come in after a few seconds, but it maintains quite a roots sound.
6. ****glitchy intro, upbeat percussion and rather rockin’ tune by a top Turkish artist, remixed for this project.
7. ***bit of odd vocal intro, then downbeat jazzy skank – kind of a relaxed funk groove.
8. *electronics and Ghawwali vocals, echo-y. Beat comes in and out, bits of guitar and some kind of reed instrument show up for moments.
9. *high electronic chimes intro, then very slow boopy percussion, strangeness and charm, mysterious female vocals.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/20/08
Lovely, trance-y electronica with Indian/Malian vocals and World grooves. The third outing by Canadian producer Andrew McPherson and a fine lineup of musicians, vocalists and percussionists. Includes a remix of a Burhan Ocal number, which is always a good thing.
No FCCs detected – nothing in English, and the vocals are more another instrument than means to convey words, it seems.
I like 3, 5, 7 and esp. 6.
1. **swingy upbeat percussion with relaxed and trance-y electronics, interesting interplay of female Turkish and male Malian vocals.
2. **starts with several seconds of extremely low drone – then Indian Ghawwali vocals, relaxed instrumentation and cool hand percussion. Very dreamy.
3. ***crazy cool percussion, ethereal electronics. Cool Malian chanting.
4. **another very low intro, with drones fading in on waves, downtempo percussion and pretty piano, female Indian vocals.
5. ***hand percussion and gorgeous Malian stringed instrument and male vocals. Trap drum, bass and electronics come in after a few seconds, but it maintains quite a roots sound.
6. ****glitchy intro, upbeat percussion and rather rockin’ tune by a top Turkish artist, remixed for this project.
7. ***bit of odd vocal intro, then downbeat jazzy skank – kind of a relaxed funk groove.
8. *electronics and Ghawwali vocals, echo-y. Beat comes in and out, bits of guitar and some kind of reed instrument show up for moments.
9. *high electronic chimes intro, then very slow boopy percussion, strangeness and charm, mysterious female vocals.
Recent airplay
Empty Pockets
KZSU Training Hour — Mar 13, 2020
When The Bird Calls
Happy Hour — Jan 31, 2011
When The Bird Calls
Happy Hour — Jan 29, 2009
Weightless Place
Happy Hour — Jan 15, 2009
Black Beauty (Burhan Ocal - Remix)
A2Z — Jan 15, 2009
Red, White And Mali
New World Disorder — Jan 10, 2009
Charting
2008-11-09 — 2009-01-11
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 11 | 4 |
| Jan 4 | 4 |
| Dec 28 | 1 |
| Dec 21 | 2 |
| Dec 14 | 1 |
| Dec 7 | 2 |
| Nov 30 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Behind The Mask | ||
| 2. | Weightless Place | ||
| 3. | Empty Pockets | ||
| 4. | Silent Song | ||
| 5. | Red, White And Mali | ||
| 6. | Black Beauty (Burhan Ocal - Remix) | ||
| 7. | When The Bird Calls | ||
| 8. | Lover's Trance | ||
| 9. | Forever Unanswered |