Bassy, Blick / Ako
Album: Ako   Collection:World
Artist:Bassy, Blick   Added:Aug 2017
Label:No Format!  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-08-26 Pull Date: 2017-10-28 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Oct 8 Oct 1 Sep 24 Sep 17 Sep 10 Sep 3
Airplays: 2 1 2 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 22, 2018: Melange
Ake
4. Oct 05, 2017: Melange
Lon, Wap Do Wap, Ake
2. Jan 11, 2018: Melange
Wap Do Wap, Ake
5. Sep 30, 2017: Music Casserole
Ake
3. Oct 07, 2017: Old Fart at Play
One Love
6. Sep 20, 2017: At the Cafe Bohemian
Wap Do Wap

Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2017-08-19
Magical sounding CD by singer from Cameroon singing in his native Bassa language in homage to his hero, blues legend Skip James; accompanied by guitar, banjo, cello, and trombone; definitely a unique sound with lively accompaniment from a variety of unexpected instruments; if you like Digdig, you'll like this; fusion that's so fused it sparkles from its many facets; great rhythms

NO FCC's: Favorite tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11

*1- Ake – 3:33 – haunting voice echoed with what sounds like harmonica; steady drum and chorus

2-- Kiki – 1:51 – uptempo – catchy

*3—Wap Do Wap –2:15 – starts with cello segues to fingerpicking guitar and voice --- very danceable

*4 –Lon –3:00 – starts almost Hawaiian sounding with harmonics; segues to a kind scat in conversation with the trombone

*5—Tell Me –4:19 – starts with humming underpinned by guitar; lyrics in English pidgin; lovely

6- One Love—2:04—at least partly in English with interesting string and vocal underpinning

7 – SJ – :46 – plaintive lyrics

*8 –Mama –2:04 – island style rhythm, subtle instrumentation

9 –Ndje Yem –3:16 – walking bass intro; slower beat; very cool trombone

*10- Mout – 2:22 – lyrics over fingerpicking guitar with trombone wailing in

*11-Ndjel –3:28 – light-fingerpicking with delicate lyrics gathers steam with sounds from all corners

Track Listing
1. Ake   6. One Love
2. Kiki   7. Sj
3. Wap Do Wap   8. Mama
4. Lon   9. Ndje Yem
5. Tell Me   10. Mout
  11. Ndjel