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Another collection of fast and lively songs and tunes in Kíla's gloriously eclectic style. World, Irish and Street music collide in a fusion of fun and full-on energy.
Irish band Kila have been perfecting their musical skills for over twenty years. They formed in Colaiste Eoin school in Dublin, back in 1987. Since then they have travelled and toured extensively across the globe, enriching their musical skills and rich vocabulary of sounds.
Bubbling over with new ideas, but still full of the energetic tunes and percussive Gaelic vocals that are Kila's trademark.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Gambler's Ballet is a great place to encounter Kila. Starting out as an Irish folk band, their music has gradually evolved over many years to include elements of many other cultures they've encountered - including the Ainu culture of northern Japan, whose musical emissary Oki collaborated with them on their last album. This time there are also strong African, jazz and Latin influences, though the songs are all in Gaelic - with English translations for those of us who need them.
Opener "Leath Ina Dhiadh A Hocht" (Half Eight) is an ecstatic paean to a great night out while the passionate "Seo Me Leaba" sounds like an African love song which somehow got translated into Gaelic. "Her Royal Waggledy Toes" has jazz tin whistle, and "Cardinal Knowledge" contains some of the most aggressive flute playing I've ever heard. "Fir Bolg" is an fiddle-led Eastern European tune which later morphs into something which Robert Rodrigues might be proud of for one of his ironic westerns, and the wild and woolly "Boy Racer" has so much energy it could resurrect a corpse.
Fusion is a concept which doesn't always work, but that can't be said of this nuclear blend of influences, energy and sheer musical joy. Kila's instrumentals are so strong that you don't miss a vocal for a moment - and it's almost impossible not to get up and dance, so don't listen to this album in the car!
Opener "Leath Ina Dhiadh A Hocht" (Half Eight) is an ecstatic paean to a great night out while the passionate "Seo Me Leaba" sounds like an African love song which somehow got translated into Gaelic. "Her Royal Waggledy Toes" has jazz tin whistle, and "Cardinal Knowledge" contains some of the most aggressive flute playing I've ever heard. "Fir Bolg" is an fiddle-led Eastern European tune which later morphs into something which Robert Rodrigues might be proud of for one of his ironic westerns, and the wild and woolly "Boy Racer" has so much energy it could resurrect a corpse.
Fusion is a concept which doesn't always work, but that can't be said of this nuclear blend of influences, energy and sheer musical joy. Kila's instrumentals are so strong that you don't miss a vocal for a moment - and it's almost impossible not to get up and dance, so don't listen to this album in the car!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I like it. My wife doesn't. Thank heavens for headphones :) Very celtic/gaelic sound.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Bet on dancing
2 April 2010
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3 1/2
Slightly less of a consistent knockout than their previous masterwork, GB nonetheless asserts why the inventive Irish group continues to enjoy a reputation as one of the country's most visionary groups..... Now if less tracks insisted on rustic oddball folk and exhibited the unbridled melodic joy found wrapped around "Her Royal Waggeldy Toes", we'd really have a historical force.
Slightly less of a consistent knockout than their previous masterwork, GB nonetheless asserts why the inventive Irish group continues to enjoy a reputation as one of the country's most visionary groups..... Now if less tracks insisted on rustic oddball folk and exhibited the unbridled melodic joy found wrapped around "Her Royal Waggeldy Toes", we'd really have a historical force.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Kila is expanding it's sound and it's reach
28 Feb 2008
Format:Audio CD
Kila's newest CD "Gambler's Ballet" is not only VERY hard to come by in US, it's also incredible. For a long time, Kila has been taking contemporary Irish music to a new level, and with this release, they explore even more territory. I'm simply in awe of their talent.
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