Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity / Ancients Speak
| Album: | Ancients Speak | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity | Added: | Apr 2009 | |
| Label: | Livewired Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-07-04 | Pull Date: | 2010-09-05 |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 22 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 14, 2023: | Music Casserole
Canto Por Odudua (Featuring Pedrito Martinez And Pete Cosey) |
4. | Jul 18, 2010: | FLASHBANG RADIO: MUSIC TO GAIN WEIGHT TO
Represent Do Rio |
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| 2. | Oct 12, 2013: | Music Casserole
Os Aguas/The Waters |
5. | Jul 15, 2010: | Abra's Airwaves
Macumba, Canto Por Odudua (Featuring Pedrito Martinez And Pete Cosey) |
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| 3. | Aug 17, 2010: | meltdown dance party!!!!#@$!%^
Represent Do Rio |
6. | Jul 13, 2010: | meltdown!
Summer Breeze |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2010-07-06
Reviewed 2010-07-06
World/African/Latin Hip Hop rap fusion. Bassist Melvin Gibbs with guitarist/composer Arto Lindsay trace the Ancestors from the African diaspora.
****1: 4:39 mid tempo Afro Cuban chant then Hip Hop rap
FCC ****2: 3:58 background chant with Hip Hop rap. FCC Fucking @ 1:20 BIG bass drum, cool bass & guitar plucking.
*****3: 6:18 male chant/wail, fast rhythm section, scorching e guitar feedback. WOW!
****4: 4:46 fast pounding drum, fast Brazilian Hip Hop rap with male chant, collage of sound, faint Brazilian Maracatu rhythm
****5: 4:38 fast pounding rhythm, male chant, brass, electronics,
***6: 4:56 slower, male chant, big bass drum, electronics, cool percussion in background, e guitar, slower but very nice arrangement.
***7: 4:22 mid tempo dreamy electronics with percussion and minimal chants, soundbed
****8: 4:27 fast, male vocal scream " Macumba", great percussion, fast Brazilian vocal
****9: 4:12 Hip Hop rap, BIG bass drum, hand clapping percussion, minimal male chant
****10: 5:34 chill, dreamy electronics swirl/drone with fast percussion. first part is GREAT soundbed towards end it gets faster.
D Farrell 07/2010
****1: 4:39 mid tempo Afro Cuban chant then Hip Hop rap
FCC ****2: 3:58 background chant with Hip Hop rap. FCC Fucking @ 1:20 BIG bass drum, cool bass & guitar plucking.
*****3: 6:18 male chant/wail, fast rhythm section, scorching e guitar feedback. WOW!
****4: 4:46 fast pounding drum, fast Brazilian Hip Hop rap with male chant, collage of sound, faint Brazilian Maracatu rhythm
****5: 4:38 fast pounding rhythm, male chant, brass, electronics,
***6: 4:56 slower, male chant, big bass drum, electronics, cool percussion in background, e guitar, slower but very nice arrangement.
***7: 4:22 mid tempo dreamy electronics with percussion and minimal chants, soundbed
****8: 4:27 fast, male vocal scream " Macumba", great percussion, fast Brazilian vocal
****9: 4:12 Hip Hop rap, BIG bass drum, hand clapping percussion, minimal male chant
****10: 5:34 chill, dreamy electronics swirl/drone with fast percussion. first part is GREAT soundbed towards end it gets faster.
D Farrell 07/2010
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