Somnabulista

Somnabulista Artist: Brazzaville
Label: South China Sea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 751937156420
EAN: 0751937156420
ASIN: B0000589F5


Release Date: 2001-02-20

Somnabulista


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Tracks:

  1. Air Mail
  2. Foreign Disaster Days
  3. Sandman
  4. Boeing
  5. Casa Batllo
  6. Lazy, Flawed + Hopeless
  7. Jane
  8. Super Gizi
  9. 4 A.M. Osaka
  10. Old Man Dub
  11. 3rd + Broadway

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Perfectly comfortable on the street........2005-05-04

I found this by accident. Actually, make that "happy accident." It never ceases to amaze me how much of what I like has its roots in Barcelona, and this group is no exception. The whole time I was listening to it I was thinking "where have I heard this before..." Then I read the liner notes and realized "Barcelona." The CD captures the essence of what it is to walk through Barrio Gotico, down the Ramblas, or though barrio chino at night. A little edgy, a little out there. Perfectly comfortable on the street.

5 out of 5 stars going strong.......2002-12-14

After a awesome debut album (2002), I wondered if they could keep up the same level of brilliance in their second CD. To my delight, they did! My record/CD collection is fast approaching 1,000 entires, and I would place anything Brazzaville easily into the top 100.

5 out of 5 stars Fine wine and cigars at night.......2002-01-13

Perhaps best known to the public for their haunting ska-raggae piece "Old man Dub" currently being used by the Ford Motor Company for the 2002 Thunderbird commercial ("The race"), Brazzaville's music hits at many levels.
I was initially drawn to the piece used in the commercial, being a great fan of reggae that features a horn section and bought the CD expecting more of the same in the album. I actually was quite surprised at the breadth of the music. To call it jazz or ska or reggae doesn't quite capture the full richness of the music. "Air Mail" and "Foreign Disaster days" do have that jazzy feel to them - but a very hip modern jazzy feel - like it belongs in a South Beach Cafe on a Friday night. Precise guitar work that betrays a very Les Paul heritage. "Sandman" & "Casa Batllo" takes on a more samba or Cuban Jazz flow with crisp keyboard work. While "Boeing" & "4am Osaka" have heavier guitar work with a rock and roll edge. It is definately and interesting journey - song to song with enough variety to make the listener pay attention to the music.

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  2. Beautiful Light ~ The Fleshtones
  3. Junior's Wailing ~ Steamhammer
  4. The Stranger ~ Billy Joel
  5. Control Freak
  6. Electro Trash Undone: An Electro Tribute to Duran Duran ~ Various Artists
  7. Fireworks ~ Tragically Hip
  8. Neo
  9. Zwei II Two ~ Megaherz
  10. 1 ~ Simple Kid

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Cosmopolitan Life ~ Al di Meola, Leonid Agutin

All Business ~ Nick Brignola

Get Out of Town ~ Richard Wyands

Out of the Cool

Mod Years: 1965-1969 ~ Jeff Auger

Caught in the Act ~ Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band

Wie Im Film ~ Pur

Farewell to Arms ~ Endzweck

Galeria De La Copla ~ Concha Piquer

Hit Collection 99 ~ Ryo Kamon