Brooklyn Mantra
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2010-01-16
Reviewed 2010-01-16
ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE & JEFF ARNAL: Brooklyn Mantra
Generate, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Duo: 12-string bajo sexto guitar + percussion on 33rpm 7” vinyl. This is one piece presented in two parts. Well-named, it sounds like a Buddhist chant.
* * * | Fo’s Picks: A
Side A. 5:30 – first half quiet: low, repeated guitar strums; atmospheric percussion drifts up from near-silence. Second half much faster. bells, bottles, blocks, gongs... Arnal shifts to drum kit near 4:00 mark & gets jazzy; guitar drops out, starts the slow strum again.
Side B. 5:45 – chant-like: aggressive strumming over clumpy mixed percussion; slight increase in energy; percussion shifts patterns but guitar dominates. Breaks down after 4 minutes, fades away very gradually. Quiet kalimba(?) cycles for the final 45 seconds.
[ Fo ] 01/16/10
Generate, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Duo: 12-string bajo sexto guitar + percussion on 33rpm 7” vinyl. This is one piece presented in two parts. Well-named, it sounds like a Buddhist chant.
* * * | Fo’s Picks: A
Side A. 5:30 – first half quiet: low, repeated guitar strums; atmospheric percussion drifts up from near-silence. Second half much faster. bells, bottles, blocks, gongs... Arnal shifts to drum kit near 4:00 mark & gets jazzy; guitar drops out, starts the slow strum again.
Side B. 5:45 – chant-like: aggressive strumming over clumpy mixed percussion; slight increase in energy; percussion shifts patterns but guitar dominates. Breaks down after 4 minutes, fades away very gradually. Quiet kalimba(?) cycles for the final 45 seconds.
[ Fo ] 01/16/10
Recent airplay
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Memory Select — Apr 29, 2010
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Beatnik Bourgeoisie — Apr 14, 2010
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FLASHBANGRADIO — Mar 07, 2010
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Memory Select, early edition — Feb 26, 2010
Charting
2010-01-17 — 2010-03-07
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 28 | 1 |
| Jan 31 | 1 |
| Jan 24 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Brooklyn Mantra, Part 1 | ||
| 2. | Brooklyn Mantra, Part 2 |