Mabulu - Karimbo
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Artist: MabuluEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-09-26
Music Label: Riverboat
Soundtracks:
- N'twananu
- Yingisa
- Mahanhela
- Shitaratwini
- Ngole Ngole
- Shihitani Sha Mina
- Karimbo
- N'dambi
- Niyaliwile
- Swi Fambu
- Shikwata
- Kombela Ka Shikwembu
- N'mbinheto
- Ngoma Macandju
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Free Music Review: Don't like the Buena Vista Social Club? Listen anyway.
Hit: 5 Stars
The main review compares this to the Buena Vista Social Club. I can see why they are pitching to that crowd, but this music is completely different. I like Ry Cooder and all, but I didn't care for the BVSC (it was well - boring). (I haven't watched the BVSC video, though.)
Mabulu, on the other hand is African and polyrhythmic at it's core, infused with modern electric sounds and vocals (+some great rap). While the description in the review of the evolution of the music is probably technically accurate, the only similarities I've found to the BVSC is that you can detect latin roots in the music and that Mabulu is perhaps the best example from an entire regional music scene that is internationally underappreciated.
Bottom line: listen to the clips even if you thought the Buena Vista Social Club stank.
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The terrible Mozambique floods that occurred early in 2000 aroused the world's sympathy. One of the positive things that emerged from that catastrophe was this landmark recording of contemporary Mozambican music. The main rhythm that permeates this CD is the marrabenta, which emerged in the Portuguese colonial period and which resembles Latin salsa, Trinidadian calypso, and Angolan merengue. Just as the Buena Vista Social Club united several generations of Cuban musicians, this CD pairs the legendary singer Lisboa Mataval, who was big in the '60s, with rapper Chiquito and the reggae MC Mr. Arssen. They're backed by a combo consisting of guitars, drums, percussion, and background vocals, and the music rocks with tinges of reggae and rap, especially on "Yingisa" and the Afro-dancehall version of the traditional Mozambican song "Ngoma Macandju." The most poignant track is "Ndambi" ("Floods"), which highlights the true wealth of this musical nation. --Eugene Holley Jr.International Music CDs
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