Generally, funk and African music are not my cup of tea, so I'm totally the wrong audience for this CD! I would happily listen to it as background music, but it's not something I would actively listen to. Despite this, I still rate this as a great CD. The funk, jazz and African influences are brilliantly combined, with a great variety of styles used throughout the album.
The recording quality is fantastic- always crisp (the cymbals are wonderful) and a great sense of power when required.
The final song, Ca Va Chouia, is the sole reason I bought the album and remains the standout song for me on this album. This song has all the epic-ness of orchestral rock done right, for me it has similar impact to Climbatize by The Prodigy. Like Sympony and Metallica, this is an orchestra and band playing as if the world is about to end. It's stunning. There are so many voices, so many great musical ideas, so many contrasting sections, and they're all blended together brilliantly. My favourite passage is the trumpet solo in the middle, where after the allotted time, it seems the backing instruments slowly increase their intensity to politely hint that the solo should wrap up. But the trumpeter is not done yet, so he/she matches the ever-rising intensity in a wonderful combination of trying to drown each other out while making incredible music together at the same time. Exhilarating.
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