From Serengethi To Taklamakan

Alquilbencil, Alquilbencil | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 2002)
• Original Release Date: February 5, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00006F2P8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,497,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Spain's Alquilbencil are another one of those bands that defy easy description. For every element you mention, there two or more others that you overlook. Their rich sound incorporates various forms of jazz, including some avant styling, ethnic textures (Middle Eastern motifs mostly), and symphonic rock styles (notable in the spacey "Waiting Room" and "Fertil Crescent"). In a way, there's something for everyone - even a little bit of ragtime (a brief piano solo from keyboardist Alex Alguacil). The band's sound is coloured by sax, baritone sax, tenor sax, flute, trumpet all of which add warmth to the arrangements, though for the most part they're warm anyway. Throughout, the members of Alquibencil prove to be accomplished musicians, feeling equally at home with swingy jazz and moody atmospherics, with rock and world music. It is a fascinating and entertaining mix of styles that you would think would work, but it does, and seamlessly. Something for everyone, and the best of all worlds.

Customer Reviews

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars smooth electro!!!, September 6, 2003

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This review is from: From Serengethi To Taklamakan (Audio CD)

taklamakan is a song worth listening too... way cool!