| Aphrodesia / Precious Commodity |
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| Album: | Precious Commodity | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Aphrodesia | Added: | Nov 2009 | |
| Label: | (No Label Information) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-11-22 | Pull Date: | 2010-01-24 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jan 24 | Jan 17 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 13 | Dec 6 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 15, 2017: | audio ambrosia Make Up Your Mind | 4. | Jan 29, 2010: | Memory Select Think/Suffer | |
| 2. | Mar 09, 2013: | Music Casserole Ayala | 5. | Jan 19, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Special Girl | |
| 3. | Feb 22, 2011: | anti-heroine Make Up Your Mind | 6. | Jan 12, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Ayala |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2009-11-09 | ||
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Aphrodesia – Precious Commodity Reviewed by Sadie O., 11//9/09 Big band Afro-funk from SF, but with its heart in Ghana and Zimbabwe. Powerhouse female vocals and horns, bass and percussion – and also gnarly guitar; I guess that about covers it! Excellent musicianship and serious funk. No FCCs detected. I like 3, 4 and 10 best. 1. 1:19 **chimes – almost like gamelon – then a midtempo highlife funk riddim gradually comes in. 2. 4:43 ***galloping highlife funk, complex rhythm, lots of bass and horns. Jazzy female vocals. 3. 6:01 ****female afro-jazz vocal intro, uptempo makossa groove, vocals in an African language and English, about orishas. Sweet. Some kind of crazy distorted guitar solo in second half – gnarly! 4. 5:06 ****downtempo SUPER funky strut, pretty vocal harmonies and grunty electronics (as well as funky guitars). 5. 4:18 ***midtempo, lilting South Afro-Caribbean groove with funny pidgin lyrics. 6. 5:46 **bass and claps intro, relaxed midtempo syncopated sway 7. 8:13 **grunty bass and horns, slow, pretty lyrics in an African language. Very mellow, rather sad sounding. 8. 4:27 ***upbeat and a bit uptempo, highly syncopated and danceable. African lyrics, a bit of odd harmonies. 9. 3:43 **downtempo, builds syncopated groove out of odd elements, interesting. Instrumental, super-cool sax solo. 10. 6:11 ****slow SUPERFUNK, highly syncopated, African lyrics. 11. 1:46 **swingy hand percussion, bass, chimes. It actually seems like it should lead into track 1. Fades to a few hand claps. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Nov. 5 (Part I) | 6. | Say What | |||
| 2. | Special Girl | 7. | By The Iron | |||
| 3. | Make Up Your Mind | 8. | Ayala | |||
| 4. | Think/Suffer | 9. | Merit Badge | |||
| 5. | Friday Night | 10. | Camnando | |||
| 11. | Nov. 5 (Part Ii) | |||||