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Paddy Free (Pitch Black) - Karekare: Te Reo O Te Whenua
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crazybaldhead
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Posted : Mar 25, 2009 13:46:17
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Better known as one half of multi-media outfit Pitch Black or producer for Salmonella Dub, Paddy has finally released his own solo album.
Subtitled “The Language of the Land”, Karekare is a collaboration with Taonga Puoro (traditional Maori instruments) specialist Richard Nunns, which marries electronica and Maori music to great effect: imbued with the sounds of the bush and native birds, the album has a brooding and sometimes windswept quality that conjures up the environment around Karekare (on the West coast of New Zealand).
Thankfully it is not one of those “fusion” albums where the divergent genres sound forced together: it was Paddy's intention that the electronic parts always serve the kaupapa (principle) behind the Taonga Puoro– that nothing be taken out of context, or dominated by the electronic elements.
Very much a sonic landscape, the album opens with the mysterious call of flute, before breaking into Lali, a dub drenched growler of a tune. Other stand out tracks include the collaboration with Tiki Taane (formerly of Salmonella Dub and Concord Dawn) Wairua, the drum and bass ‘haka’ Whai Atu and the mournful Kohatu.
Karekare reveals itself to be, on repeat listenings, an album replete with tiny details that can easily get lost on a first hearing so please bear with it!
You can check out all the tracks in full at http://www.last.fm/music/Paddy+Free, read an excellent review of it at http://www.globalnoize.blogspot.com/ or best of all, download Kohatu for free from either http://www.last.fm/music/Paddy+Free/Karekare%3A+Te+Reo+O+Te+Whenua/Kohatu or http://www.myspace.com/paddyfree.
Out on Dubmission April 6, through Arabesque Distribution and all good download stores. |
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O-I
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Posted : Mar 28, 2009 00:11
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Definately going to order this, I was pretty impressed with the samples. Sounds like a project with a lot of heart and something you can really disappear into. Dubmission seem to always deliver the goods, a pretty forward thinking label I reckon.
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crazybaldhead
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Posted : Mar 29, 2009 12:52
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o-i, thanks for kind comments - lovely way to start the day.
can i cheekily point out you can buy this album and other direct from us for £5.99 +p&p via either dubmissionrecords.com or discogs.com |
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O-I
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Posted : Mar 29, 2009 13:52
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On 2009-03-29 12:52, crazybaldhead wrote:
o-i, thanks for kind comments - lovely way to start the day.
can i cheekily point out you can buy this album and other direct from us for £5.99 +p&p via either dubmissionrecords.com or discogs.com
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Thanks for the tip m8, not cheeky at all - I'd rather go direct from you especially at that price. Just going to order now 
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andrew interchill
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Posted : Apr 2, 2009 06:16
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this is very highly recommended....
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shahar
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Posted : Apr 2, 2009 18:27
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I'm still digesting, but already like it a lot. Hope to have my review soon.
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