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Hazmat Modine [ft. Huun Huur Tu]
"Everybody Loves You"
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Turns out Tuvan throat singers and the blues make a pretty good pair. Hazmat Modine specializes in a kind of generalized roots music that takes from pretty much any roots it sees fit, be they American, Romany, Bulgarian, African or Central Asian, throwing tubas and harmonicas at cultural walls until they collapse. "Everybody Loves You" is a blues crawl built on a lurching rhythm that falls about halfway between Tom Waits and Ali Farka Touré. The members of Huun Huur Tu chant the chorus, then back Wade Schuman's brokedown vocal with rich throat drones and the buzzing overtones that distinguish Tuvan music. Harmonicas wheeze on the sidelines, mingling with Tuvan lutes, while Joe Daley's nimbly played tuba takes the bassline. It's true world music, weird and wonderful to the last note. 01/04/07 >> go there
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