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Music CD - NOMO: New Tones
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Music CD: New Tones
Artist: NOMO
List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $11.62
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Manufacturer: Ubiquity
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Tracks:
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1. Nu Tones
2. Hand And Mouth
3. Fourth Ward
4. Reasons
5. New Song
6. Divisions
7. Where Do We Go
8. One To One
9. If You Want
10. Book Of Right On
11. Sarvodaya
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0780661119425
Label: Ubiquity
Manufacturer: Ubiquity
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Ubiquity
Release Date: 2006-05-09
Studio: Ubiquity
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Music for car chases
Comment: Nomo is funky, frantic music. As such it is the perfect soundtrack for chase scenes and montages of Shaft walking down the street. Before you get offended and start to snap off an angry letter, you can't imagine what high praise that soundtrack sentence is meant to be.
The percussion wades neck deep into polyrhythms that call to mind generations of African drummers, the bass-lines rest firmly in the tradition of American funk, and everything else sticks closely to the basics of big band jazz. Nomo hit the ground already at full sprint and top quality with "Nu Tone." No build-up here, just right into things, and we hope you catch up. A deep Detroit electro-style bass line sets the pace and the horn players expend every ounce of their strength in keeping up.
The horns and other instrumentation are excellent, but it's really the rhythm section that drives New Tones. By the time the percussion and bass lines are established, it would take an assortment of miserable artists to mess up the songs presented here. Need proof? Listen to the bass line on "We Do We Go" or the absolute grime of the rhythm on "Fourth Ward." Occasionally add a funky rhythm guitar to the mix like Nomo does on "If You Want" and it becomes clear which side of the rhythm vs. melody spectrum this group butters its bread on.
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Summary: Afrobeat is Only the Beginning
Comment: Calling this album afrobeat is a bit of a disservice. While that is one of its undeniable roots and what brought me to buy the album, as other reviewers have pointed out it has none of the pitfalls of the genre. The songs are not all interchangeable or unbearably long. A few of them are even beautiful. All of them, however, are fantastic.
And yes, it's jazzy, it's funky, and some times it even rocks. Nu Tones shows NOMO's remarkable diversity, track to track.
Add to that consistency. There's no filler here, just a fantastic album from opening notes to epic finale.
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Summary: Wow
Comment: This album is simply amazing. Nomo delivers a group of funky instrumental tracks unlike anything else. You have to hear it to believe it.
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing
Comment: I've been listening to jazz and world music for almost four decades, i grew up on Coltrane and Miles and all of it... This group is simply unbelievalbe. Yes, it's very painful how unknown they are. It's been many years since i've been this excited about a new group/CD on the horizon. Fantatsic stuff, just check it out!
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Summary: Afrobeat Plus Much More.....
Comment: This talented group of musicians has taken Afrobeat to next level. Combining elements of Soul, Funk and Avant-garde Jazz to create the most groovin' get your booty movin' sound around. With horn passages that are catchy and memorable throughout the album. Just pop this baby in and you're good to go.
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Editorial Reviews:
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On New Tones home-made Detroit electronics and huge horn sections blast big band funk and riotous jazz. NOMO’s roots are firmly planted in the fertile soil of African polyrhythm and American free jazz, and bandleader Elliot Bergman’s tracks draw inspiration from cultures and generations wildly different than his home setting. In many ways (at least geographically and sonically) NOMO are a distant relative of the TRIBE collective. Undoubtedly they carry the spirit of the legendary Detroit-label’s creative output.
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