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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Double 'O' Groove Of is a one-off gem of an album. It successfully blends Punjabi folk style lyrics with an array of different musical styles & instruments - my favourite being 'Double Decker Eyelashes' which includes a harpsichord! Random - yes, but it's really well produced and am pleased to say it works!! The album was the soundtrack to my 2011 summer. The tracks still warm me up in the cold months too. Go out and get this, you won't be disappointed!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Oh! This is lovely. Really, really lovely and light as air!
Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayers are back with a truly delightful
collection of songs recorded with the allegedly unknown Punjabi
singer Bubbley Kaur whose voice really is as pretty as her name.
The mood of the album is gentle, whimsical and full of strong
melodies and catchy beats. There are ten tracks in the collection,
all sung in Punjabi by Ms Kaur with fresh-voiced enthusiasm.
I worried that my complete lack of understanding of the language
might hamper my enjoyment but I was so immediately absorbed by
the tunes and gently lilting cadences that any anxiety was quickly
swept away by the easy accessibility and charm of the music.
The marriage of Indian compositional form and percussion to a breezy
Western pop ambience is entirely successful. This stuff is beyond
fusion; it is organic, sonically cohesive and a big bundle of fun!
Top tracks would have to include 'Topknot', a kind of jaunty hoedown
with its slippery instrumental and percussive accompaniment; 'The 911
Curry', which whips up a storm of brass studded mayhem over a complex
polyrhythmic tabla pattern and a beautifully simple folksy vocal
performance from Ms Kaur; 'Double Decker Eyelashes' (loving the title!)
with its curious neo-classical keyboard decorations and four-square bass
and the irrisistably raucous funk of 'Supercomputed'. Heck! It's all good!
Cornershop deserve pats on the back and big claps for this little leftfield
marvel. It is one of the most refreshing recordings of the year so-far.
Highly Recommended.
Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayers are back with a truly delightful
collection of songs recorded with the allegedly unknown Punjabi
singer Bubbley Kaur whose voice really is as pretty as her name.
The mood of the album is gentle, whimsical and full of strong
melodies and catchy beats. There are ten tracks in the collection,
all sung in Punjabi by Ms Kaur with fresh-voiced enthusiasm.
I worried that my complete lack of understanding of the language
might hamper my enjoyment but I was so immediately absorbed by
the tunes and gently lilting cadences that any anxiety was quickly
swept away by the easy accessibility and charm of the music.
The marriage of Indian compositional form and percussion to a breezy
Western pop ambience is entirely successful. This stuff is beyond
fusion; it is organic, sonically cohesive and a big bundle of fun!
Top tracks would have to include 'Topknot', a kind of jaunty hoedown
with its slippery instrumental and percussive accompaniment; 'The 911
Curry', which whips up a storm of brass studded mayhem over a complex
polyrhythmic tabla pattern and a beautifully simple folksy vocal
performance from Ms Kaur; 'Double Decker Eyelashes' (loving the title!)
with its curious neo-classical keyboard decorations and four-square bass
and the irrisistably raucous funk of 'Supercomputed'. Heck! It's all good!
Cornershop deserve pats on the back and big claps for this little leftfield
marvel. It is one of the most refreshing recordings of the year so-far.
Highly Recommended.
Format:Audio CD
I really like Tracks 2 and 8 - definite favourites. The rest I could get along without. Track 10 has plenty of energy, but the lyrics are very repetitive, almost like a mantra and if you are not in the mood then it can get irritating - this track reminded me slightly of Ravi Shankar's collaboration with George Harrison on sanskrit chants.
Track 2 is really groovy, sort of in the vein of Nightmares on Wax mid-2000s work.
Favourite is definitely Track 8 - they've sampled some interesting horns and stringed instruments in there, which from time to time sound like a medieval madrigal, with Bubbly Kaur on top!
Enjoy the parts that you like.
Track 2 is really groovy, sort of in the vein of Nightmares on Wax mid-2000s work.
Favourite is definitely Track 8 - they've sampled some interesting horns and stringed instruments in there, which from time to time sound like a medieval madrigal, with Bubbly Kaur on top!
Enjoy the parts that you like.
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Cornershop & the Double O Groove of
I was really disappointed with this, especially after the brilliant first album which included the wonderful Brimful of Asha. Read more
Published 12 months ago by josiek
Worst Cornershop album release !!
Don't get me wrong, I love Cornershop, it's one of my favorites UK bands. But this album, I really don't like at all. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Savin N. Cristian
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Wonderful recored! The honey coated Punjabi folk vocals of Bubbley Kaur are perfectly complimented by the rich soul, funk, indie sound palettes painted by Tjinder and Ben. Read more
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