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North Adams Transcript, CD Review >>
New York musician Martin Perna -- a player in the city’s Afrobeat revival -- teams up with Adrian Quesada of the Austin, Texas, band Grupo Fantasma for "Coconut Rock," their new release under the band name Ocote Soul Sounds. Often the work is a jaunty disco romp, but every once in a while, something akin to The Residents will rear its head in the music and take it somewhere you don’t expect.
The duo open the album with the dance number "The Revolt of the Cockroach Peoples," which launches into a steady flow of strutting Latin electronica. These aren’t vapid numbers built around beats-per-minute, though -- Perna and Quesada have fashioned almost jazz-like structures around the electronica back drops, with an infectious dollop of exotica looming.
What results is less the sound of nightclubs than that of the streets outside -- a little sleazy, a little mysterious and a lot atmospheric, as well as experimental. Add in some great vocal numbers, particularly "Vampires," which boasts an odd early-’60s pop feel to it, and the listener is blessed with an evocative soundtrack for a secret evening in a hidden part of town.
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