| Bombay Rickey / Cinefonia |
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| Album: | Cinefonia | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Bombay Rickey | Added: | Aug 2014 | |
| Label: | Collectrecords.Org | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-08-15 | Pull Date: | 2014-10-17 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 19 | Oct 12 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 | Sep 21 | Sep 7 | Aug 31 | Aug 24 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 17, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Taki Rari, Pondicherry Surf | 4. | Oct 07, 2014: | Deep Sea Didgeridoo Taki Rari | |
| 2. | Oct 14, 2014: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Bombay 5.0 | 5. | Oct 07, 2014: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Pondicherry Surf | |
| 3. | Oct 09, 2014: | The Extended Morning Coyote In The Land Of The Dead | 6. | Oct 04, 2014: | Music Casserole El Final Del Pachanga, Taki Rari |
| Album Review |
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| Kamla Bhatt Reviewed 2014-08-11 | ||
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Brooklyn-based Bombay Rickey consisting of Kamala Sankaram, Drew Fleming & Jeff Hudginswith introduce their debut album Cinefonia. This is an interesting & unusual album that combines Bollywood,Indian & Western Classical, surf & jazz. Each track is different & what stitches them together is the funky, versatile & operatic voice of Kamala Sankaram, a colatura soprano. Yma Sumac, a Peruvian soprano is the muse that inspired this group of musicians & that explains the operatic influence you hear in almost all the tracks. Kamala Sankaram has worked with Philip Glass Ensemble & Anti-Social music. Try 1, 2,6. 7, 8,9,10 1. Latin sounding track that makes you want to get up & dance.An interesting twist is the operatic voice that works in an unexpected sort of way. 2. Classical Hindustani classical tune sung in a funky, operatic fashion. 3. Slow & mesmerizing track. 4. A reimagined version of Dum Maro Dum, a classic Bollywood song from 1970s. A brave attempt. 5. A mellow surf tune with operatic overtones that works. 6. A bit of Afro-Caribbean influence & a big of surf guitar. Funky. 7. This ballad instantly reminds you of Western films & cowboys. Lovely. 8. Queen of the Rhumba - instead it should say Queen of the Opera - this track shines light on the extraordinary range of Kamala Sankaram’s voice.Reminds you of an aria from the operas. 9. Opening notes reminds you of Django Reinhardt’s music + western films.Nice. 10. The Ventures that is what you think in the first few seconded & then Kamala’s voice kicks in & suddenly the tune turns into something very different. Kind of interesting. Kamla Aug, 2014 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Taki Rari | 6. | El Final Del Pachanga | |||
| 2. | Bombay 5.0 | 7. | Coyote In The Land Of The Dead | |||
| 3. | Promontory Summit | 8. | Queen Of The Rhumba | |||
| 4. | Dum Maro Dum | 9. | Pilgrim | |||
| 5. | Pondicherry Surf | 10. | Tuco's Last Stand |