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The perfect soundtrack for a summer roadtrip in an old car across Death Valley. Calexico's musical textures are woven out of a dazzling array of instruments and styles, including mariachi trumpets, countrified pedal steel, Latin jazz percussion, and carnival organ, just to name a few. The songs move at siesta speed, casually looping and loping along, never getting overheated. Bandmates Joey Burns and John Convertino have their hands in so many musical pies--including projects with OP8, Giant Sand, Victoria Williams, Giant Sand, and Richard Buckner--one wonders how they find the time to create the sun-soaked music of Calexico. But thank God they have. --Tod Nelson
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you have never heard Calexico, don't worry: you *will* love them. Because how could anybody not? They encompass such a wide range of styles and always manage to produce songs that are both melodically beautiful, rhythmically stunning and generally quite amazing.
They do this on The Black Light. There are several story themes running through this album about two lovers (one of the lovers dies) and the album takes you on an adventure following through highs and lows, cities and mountains and the outbacks of America. If you want to relax in the warm evening sun, or to dance late into the night, or to take a drive somewhere in the rain, this album can, should and will be your soundtrack.
They do this on The Black Light. There are several story themes running through this album about two lovers (one of the lovers dies) and the album takes you on an adventure following through highs and lows, cities and mountains and the outbacks of America. If you want to relax in the warm evening sun, or to dance late into the night, or to take a drive somewhere in the rain, this album can, should and will be your soundtrack.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I heard this CD as background music when I was round at a friend's house and was just enchanted by it. Are there a posse of bands out there in the wilderness making music like Calexico? I don't know, but this is a great album.
It's Ry Cooder meets Tom Waits meets a wandering band of mariachis in the desert, but the blend changes throughout the album: the dark guitar opens beautifully on "Gypsy's Curse" till the melody's taken on and up by the dreamy acordian; "Minas de Cobre" is pure mariachi brilliance, the chorusing trumpets blending with guitars and fabulous strings in music that should have been in a Sergio Leone film. The lyrics are dark and brooding - the chilling and desperate "Bloodflow", the empty waste of "The Ride (pt II)".
In fact the whole thing is cinematic in its evocativeness. Not to be missed.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the great Americana CDs of all time and probably the most underrated. The mood relates to the name of the band - California mixed with Mexico. Put it on and imagine you are out in a border town with a Mariachi band playing in a small bar and you get the feel of the record. Beautifully played with a mix of strings, horns and pedal steel and the tight rhythmn section of Convertino and Burns (Giant Sand. You will love it. Give it a try!!
KGB
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Harder to trim than I thought!
Having been recently filling up a large (but not large enough!) ipod I wacked this not often listened to album on expecting to find I'd whittle it down fairly easily, but no. Read more
Published 10 months ago by blodwynswayze
Mariachi and experimental classic
Calexico's 'The Black Light' (1998), is an orchestrated music of guitar, accordian, violin and cello that is steeped in French and central European moods. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Daniel Margrain
For completeness' sake
Nice album, no doubt about it. Only, this one helped creating a genre that is now wide spread, so it doesn't sound as a discovery to me. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Giorgio Maria Visimberga
Apes
This album is totally awesome, dude. Your ears catch waves on its majestic audio currents.
Published on 9 April 2009 by Maresco Puglia
7/10. Spaghetti westerns and pulp fiction
Calexico's second album is a sprawling, doom-laden and cinematic work that draws heavily on latin jazz, mariachi, country and gypsy folk. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2008 by Demob Happy
7/10. Spaghetti westerns and pulp fiction
Calexico's second album is a sprawling, doom-laden and cinematic work that draws heavily on latin jazz, mariachi, country and gypsy folk. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2008 by Demob Happy
Calexico is really Jazz!
A lot of reviews I've read of "Black Light" complain about the slow tempo of a lot of the songs on this CD, but I get the feeling they're approaching this music from what really is... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2003 by Walter von Wegen
Snore!
The idea of blending Californian, Mexican, and the country and Tex-Mex things together is good. The competence of these players is fine. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2002
Just wonderful
This cd is wonderful, just as most calexico's works. The peaceful guitar melodies combined with some the other instruments give a fragrance of classic latin, resulting in an... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2001 by xmantelis@yahoo.com
SILENT NOTES
This album is a example of silent notes in the latin music.In swizzerland called "soach".But don't forget the typically latin music !
Published on 17 Aug 2001
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