Manu Chao - Proxima Estaci?n: Esperanza
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Artist: Manu ChaoEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Music Label: Virgin France
Soundtracks:
- Merry Blues
- Bixo
- El Dorado 1997
- Promiscuity
- La Primavera
- Me Gustas Tu
- Denia
- Mi Vida
- Trapped By Love
- Le Rendez Vous
- Mr Bobby
- Papito
- La Chinita
- La Marea
- Homens
- La Vacaloca
- Infinita Tristeza
Free Music Notes for Proxima Estaci?n: Esperanza
Free Music Review: This Album Knocked Me Out (in a good way)
Hit: 5 Stars
This album was my first experience with Manu Chao. The style is simultaneously simple and complex. From a musical standpoint, the instrumentation is primarily acoustic with simple rhythms, but lyrically and conceptually, nothing is simplistic about this masterpiece. Various audio and linguistic themes weave their way through the work, giving the listener the experience of time suspension much like that of an insomniac in a sedated state of relaxed almost-sleep where thoughts almost form, transform into other thoughts, and then evaporate only to be replaced by new thoughts.
Manu Chao employs a unique mixture of languages which form a drifting and ever changing cultural context. I've never heard anything like it.
Proxima Estaci?n: Esperanza Poster
The debut from Manu Chao, the former leader of French world-punks Lo Mano Negra, leaned heavily on Latin America for its inspiration, but this time around he's obviously been spending time--at least in his head--in the Caribbean. Reggae rhythms abound, and the opener "Merry Blues" features some wonderfully wonky Jamaican-style brass, while "Promiscuity" takes its cue from Trinidadian calypso. Of course, this being Chao, there are plenty of playful touches--from ringing cell phones to speeded-up vocals--and inevitably there are the Latin influences throughout to remind you of what remains close to his heart ("La Primavera" in particular is a standout). But there's also some recycling from the last album, with two pieces sharing the "King of Bongo" melody, including "Mr. Bobby," his tribute to Bob Marley, and that's a little worrying. Is Manu Chao running out of inspiration? Certainly this doesn't have the freshness of Clandestino, however enjoyable it may be. If anything, it seems more of a holding action rather than a giant step forward. But sometimes that's necessary to be able to look to the future. --Chris NicksonInternational Music CDs
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