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Sample Track 1:
"Haiku de Paz" from Yusa
Sample Track 2:
"Conga Pasajera" from Yusa
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**** (4-stars) Haiku, from the young Cuban singer Yusa, is alive with sonic detail. Each song has its defining sound: the huffing, clicking rhythm track that underpins "Walking Heads"; the far-off whistling at the start of "No Tengo Otro Lugar"; the languid conga drums of "Conga Pasagera"; the slow trumpet vamp of "Paris, Muy Bien"; the hazy guitar toccatas of "Gente Simple". One track, "Minimum", passes in a frozen swirl of electronica, but the rest of the album is resolutely Caribbean and summery.

-by David Honigmann 06/14/08 >> go there
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