Customer Reviews

Songman

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This album is definitely an auditory feast, but one that requires a certain taste. I bought this after having heard and purchasing "Winds of Warning" and the self-titled "Nomad" and loving them both. I wish I had listened to "Songman" before purchasing it, though. While the album is well-produced and of very high quality, and the chanting adds an interesting element, the musical evolution away from traditional didj, drums and nature sounds rather put me off. Perhaps a bit too much "funk" and "groove." So, if you're in the market for more of the traditional style, you'll probably not like this as well as Plack's other works. Definitely give the sample tracks a listen.

I guess I was a bit put off by the white-man-in-dreadlocks flavor here. I tasted pretension. Just a bit too much funk for me. The didgeridoo is a back up instrument played again by the white-guy-in-dreads. Nature sounds here and there...loons and owls and some bush birds. Are there loons in Australia? Occasional cuts with Mr. Nomad singing totally average pop stuff. Perfectly pleasant music at times, but nothing that grabbed me. But perhaps I was influenced by Didjworks - Collective Unconscious purchased at the same time. Now that was real world music!

review from Magical Blend magazine (US) "NOMAD (aka Adam Plack) lived, wrote and recorded this phenomenal work under the skies of the Ramingining community in Arnhem Land. It's all about sultry grooves, entrancing Tribal beats and snake-charming didgeridoo laced with exotic chants of Aboriginal Dreamtime. This is one of the most interesting pieces of musical artist I've ventured through recently. This story is enchanting...the music comes from the Ramingining and was composed by merging ancient beats with the sounds of the Australian landscape. It is full of modern pathos and ancient chant. Listening reminds me that life is a cycle and we come "full circle" in the end." MARA BENSON, MAGICAL BLEND

Very few of the songs on this album are good- only one is great IMO. If you are only going to buy one CD by Nomad, get the first one. The first is true musical genius- a fusion of traditional aboriginal music with modern instumentation and 'pop' beats. The second is an abysmal failure by comparison.

What a deception
Nomad first album (called Nomad)is a musical feast, a masterpiece that i have recommended to many friends. It brought together musics from 3 different cultural back ground namely australian, african, and american indian.
Now here we have a disco/dance/world/newage piece of crap.
Where has the spirit gone?? ....fishing!!

Nomad ~ Songman starts out as a really great ride with aborigines tones and Deep Forest-like qualities, but ends up a blank emotion. I'm not saying it is a terrible album, I am just saying listen with patience ... It's a fair album with some really great songs as well as some snoozers.

I discovered this album when I was with my friends.

Then I found it on Internet.

I read reviews here and I listened the tracks.

thanks to Amazon they provided this opportunity.

I trust myself and my ears. It was what I was looking for.

Dear Nomad, you are wonderful !

Thank you !

Love,

Leo