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Band:
Red Snapper
Label:
Lo Recordings
Title:
Hyena
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Band:
Red Snapper
Title:
Hyena
Reviewed By:
Maarten Schiethart
Date Published:
15/09/2014
Label:
Lo Recordings
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CD
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'Hyena' comes shockingly close to relaxed perfection and is a sublime equation of sound. The band have been touring with this soundtrack to the first independent African film 'Touki Bouki' for the last year, and this album is a culmination of that.
It is a great and authentic 1970's Afro-funk album with a twist. Red Snapper's British touch is that of modest, almost flat vocals which are pushed in low to the mix. There is orchestral prairie minimalism aplenty on this album. 'Herder Can Ride' is such a wonderful example of this. On the hypnotizing 'Wonky Bikes', this blend of psychedelic jazz is like a dusty road in a tribal area. A big brass sound on 'Dock Running' recalls cheap crime films of the 1970s. Red Snapper's roots with Warp Records only vaguely show, but is most present perhaps on 'Blue Chest' which maintains their edgy electronics side of old.
A twanging echo from a steel guitar gives 'Lassoo' a Hawaiian feel, but 'Traffic', upon which Red Snapper are again 'in the zone', has a jazzy strut. 'Mambety' is one of the few vocal tracks, and on it the vocals take the lead over the powerful percussion. There is more space and twang in a subtle mix of offbeat rhythms, before the closing track 'No Exit' wanders off into the desert, building a steady, stimulating beat.
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01) Card Trick
02) Walking Man
03) Village Tap
04) Herder Can Ride
05) Wonky Bikes
06) Dock Running
07) Blue Chest
08) Lassoo
09) Trafic
10) Mambetty
11) Archout
12) No Exit
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Superb new soundtrack album to 1970's Senegalese cult film, 'Touki Bouki', from experimental trio, Red Snapper
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Superb new soundtrack album to 1970's Senegalese cult film, 'Touki Bouki', from experimental trio, Red Snapper
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Excellent seventh album from jazz-influenced London-based experimental act, Red Snapper
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