Indian Summer

King Kooba | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Om Records
• ASIN: B00006JM4T
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,512 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't impressed...in fact, I was disappointed, June 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Indian Summer (Audio CD)

This wasn't the King Kooba I've loved especially since my introduction to him from the Om label. I wasn't very impressed with this particular album at all. For the hip-hop lovers, drum-n-bass fiends of old, this won't be your type of hype. I'd say this album was too "house"/disco-nouveau diva if anything. I miss the old Kooba. I have to say "Man Like Andre", "Blue Mosque" and "Salutation" were the only stand-outs for me; the other songs just got too long and boring...Well, I guess they're alright; just gotta pay attention. Just keep and make it plain ol' instrumentally jazzed-hip-hop funky for me! I hope he (Charlie Tate) will produce an album under his other pseudonym "Colossus". A taste of what that is like can be heard on Om Lounge, Vol. 7.

So, three stars for three songs--

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "INDIAN SUMMER" JAMS!!!, March 15, 2006

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Darrell L. Lee "dlatrell" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indian Summer (Audio CD)

Charlie Tate and Matt Harris of King Kooba have done a masterful job of producing some exceptionally beautiful, original, soulful and jazzy selections sure to appeal to all. There's truly something for everyone on "Indian Summer"...The carefree opener "Honey Locust", the cool-urbane "A Man Like Andre" and the sassy "You Don't Know" offer futuristic basslines, haunting vocals and stellar scratching and mixing for the consummate jazz/lounge-lizzard. Neo-soul connoiseurs will find tracks like "Losing You", "Barefoot", and "If I Could" a real delight, while your more discerning music listeners will dig other cuts like "Indian Summer", "Blue Mosque" and "Dreaming of You". This one comes highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indian Summer, February 6, 2004

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John Dark "flatcat" (Walnut Creek, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indian Summer (Audio CD)

If this were the first album by King Kooba, the other reviews here would be different. This is a marvellously rich album that explores downtempo music in all its complexity without getting too edgy or dark. I didn't like the first King Kooba album NuFound Funk except for Koobesq and California Suite. If you like Air, Stereolab, or some of the softer downtempo artists like Zero 7, you'll probably like this as well.