|
|
 |
Album Review
|
| Click Here to go back. |
Muzikifan, Album Review >>
CHICHA LIBRE
CANIBALISMO (Barbès)
The new album from Chicha Libre is a great follow-up to their debut which was inspired by The Roots of Chicha. They are still gobbling up global beats and rendering them afresh on their retro-sounding instruments but I would call them bone-collectors rather than cannibals. They are not afraid to bathe in pure kitsch such as "L'Age d'Or," with its echoes of the sleazy side of Serge Gainsbourg complete with vocals that sounded like they were recorded under a trench coat in an old cinema. But that's just a brief change from the chicha and cumbia beats they mastered on their first album Sonido Amazonica and continue to capitalize on here with bubbly Farfisa and echoey Fender guitars. There's still strong doses of psychedelia and surf guitar but this time the compositions are all originals (with one exception: a cute cover of "the Ride of the Valkyries," which sounds more like the Bonanza TV theme). They will play May 9 at the Bootleg Theatre on Beverly Blvd in LA, May 10 at the Brick & Mortar in SF, followed by Chicago on Saturday the 12th and Tribeca Y on the 19th. 04/01/12 >> go there
|
| Click Here to go back. |
|
 |
|
|
|
