Aphrodesia / Precious Commodity
Album: | Precious Commodity | Collection: | World | |
Artist: | Aphrodesia | Added: | Nov 2009 | |
Label: | (No Label Information) |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2009-11-22 | Pull Date: | 2010-01-24 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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Week Ending: | Jan 24 | Jan 17 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 13 | Dec 6 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Aug 15, 2017: | audio ambrosia
Make Up Your Mind |
4. | Jan 29, 2010: | Memory Select
Think/Suffer |
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2. | Mar 09, 2013: | Music Casserole
Ayala |
5. | Jan 19, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Special Girl |
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3. | Feb 22, 2011: | anti-heroine
Make Up Your Mind |
6. | Jan 12, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Ayala |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2009-11-09
Reviewed 2009-11-09
Aphrodesia – Precious Commodity
Reviewed by Sadie O., 11//9/09
Big band Afro-funk from SF, but with its heart in Ghana and Zimbabwe. Powerhouse female vocals and horns, bass and percussion – and also gnarly guitar; I guess that about covers it! Excellent musicianship and serious funk.
No FCCs detected. I like 3, 4 and 10 best.
1. 1:19 **chimes – almost like gamelon – then a midtempo highlife funk riddim gradually comes in.
2. 4:43 ***galloping highlife funk, complex rhythm, lots of bass and horns. Jazzy female vocals.
3. 6:01 ****female afro-jazz vocal intro, uptempo makossa groove, vocals in an African language and English, about orishas. Sweet. Some kind of crazy distorted guitar solo in second half – gnarly!
4. 5:06 ****downtempo SUPER funky strut, pretty vocal harmonies and grunty electronics (as well as funky guitars).
5. 4:18 ***midtempo, lilting South Afro-Caribbean groove with funny pidgin lyrics.
6. 5:46 **bass and claps intro, relaxed midtempo syncopated sway
7. 8:13 **grunty bass and horns, slow, pretty lyrics in an African language. Very mellow, rather sad sounding.
8. 4:27 ***upbeat and a bit uptempo, highly syncopated and danceable. African lyrics, a bit of odd harmonies.
9. 3:43 **downtempo, builds syncopated groove out of odd elements, interesting. Instrumental, super-cool sax solo.
10. 6:11 ****slow SUPERFUNK, highly syncopated, African lyrics.
11. 1:46 **swingy hand percussion, bass, chimes. It actually seems like it should lead into track 1. Fades to a few hand claps.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 11//9/09
Big band Afro-funk from SF, but with its heart in Ghana and Zimbabwe. Powerhouse female vocals and horns, bass and percussion – and also gnarly guitar; I guess that about covers it! Excellent musicianship and serious funk.
No FCCs detected. I like 3, 4 and 10 best.
1. 1:19 **chimes – almost like gamelon – then a midtempo highlife funk riddim gradually comes in.
2. 4:43 ***galloping highlife funk, complex rhythm, lots of bass and horns. Jazzy female vocals.
3. 6:01 ****female afro-jazz vocal intro, uptempo makossa groove, vocals in an African language and English, about orishas. Sweet. Some kind of crazy distorted guitar solo in second half – gnarly!
4. 5:06 ****downtempo SUPER funky strut, pretty vocal harmonies and grunty electronics (as well as funky guitars).
5. 4:18 ***midtempo, lilting South Afro-Caribbean groove with funny pidgin lyrics.
6. 5:46 **bass and claps intro, relaxed midtempo syncopated sway
7. 8:13 **grunty bass and horns, slow, pretty lyrics in an African language. Very mellow, rather sad sounding.
8. 4:27 ***upbeat and a bit uptempo, highly syncopated and danceable. African lyrics, a bit of odd harmonies.
9. 3:43 **downtempo, builds syncopated groove out of odd elements, interesting. Instrumental, super-cool sax solo.
10. 6:11 ****slow SUPERFUNK, highly syncopated, African lyrics.
11. 1:46 **swingy hand percussion, bass, chimes. It actually seems like it should lead into track 1. Fades to a few hand claps.
Track Listing
1. | Nov. 5 (Part I) | 6. | Say What | |||
2. | Special Girl | 7. | By The Iron | |||
3. | Make Up Your Mind | 8. | Ayala | |||
4. | Think/Suffer | 9. | Merit Badge | |||
5. | Friday Night | 10. | Camnando | |||
11. | Nov. 5 (Part Ii) |