Customer Reviews

Suave Suave

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I stumbled across this one in a pawn shop and it has moved up the ranks to be one of my favorite albums. I'm not quite sure how to describe it (often the sign of a great album). Take a little Spanish guitar, some cool ambient grooves, some sparse vocals and other sounds floating about and you've got a great album. I hate to compare it to other artists because this only reveals the uniqueness of this particular album.

The highlight of the album is the eight minute Hablando with a great drum track and ambient soundscape with some very lush and soothing vocal work.

If you're looking for a break from the overtaxed techno and/or pop scene, this one will engage you and set you free.

I heard B-tribe for the first time at a party my brother had at his house about five years ago and I have been hooked ever since. I could not belive what a great collection of music is included. I usually listen to this while I am working on the computer, it is extremely relaxing. If you like soft music with a new age beat I highly recommend this cd. I own both Suave Suave and Fiesta Fatal and I can tell you they are both great cd's. I am looking forward to purchasing Sensual Sensual.

Here's a question: it's 4am, you're in a DB7 Vantage, and you're driving somewhere in the Pacific Northwest of the US with your windows down at 90mph in mid-Autumn, what are you listening to on your CD player? I'm sure everyone has different choices but one of mine is this album. I'll try to give you a little idea of my favourite tracks on this wonderful CD and please take the time to listen to the samples even though they are just not quite enough. The title track, Suave Suave (track #1) is both energetic and mellow and evokes this feeling that just clears your mind and you are instantly relaxed. Not bad eh? But it gets better with the darker and more mysterious sound of Que Mala Vida or in English That Bad Life (track #2), after one or two listens you find yourself nodding along with the beat and singing. Onward, Sensual (track #3) is interesting, sort of cinematic actually. Now one of my personal favourite tracks on any of the few hundred CDs I own, Hablando (track #5), is just incredible. It starts off and you are immediately drawn in because it sounds complex and haunting and then exactly one minute and twenty-one seconds into the track, Deborah Blando comes in with her incredibly sensual voice and then about twenty-five seconds later an Enigma-like flute comes in and that's all it takes... you know at that point that when this track ends you will be playing it again without going forward. Next on our list is Te Siento (track #8) and this one evokes a similar feeling to Suave Suave (track #1) but stays more energetic and wonderful Spanish guitar intro just lures your senses and suddenly you are a big fan of the instrument and what can be done with it. Nanita (track #9) is a lullaby put to wonderful music by B-Tribe. It is a beautiful track that evokes a wonderful and sad feeling all at once, again with the sensuous voice that already has you hooked. Track #9 is the English version while track #11 is in Spanish. Well, ok, take a deep breath, come back down, and order it.

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music we own. I would listen to it all day long if I didn't have to share it with my partner. The haunting voices, the seductive rhythms and melodies that pick you up and move you through a room that suddenly feels like a hot salsa vacation will make any time a very special time.

This CD is realy worth a listen. great music to have on when you have someone over for dinner ...definately not a reminder of Sat. nite at the club but the guitars and soft vocals are a welcome change of pace on an off day or quiet nite. by the way in my opinion this is best CD by this groupe out of the three ... if your looking for something to relax you this could be the one

Start with a hypnotising rythm; contemporary, very deep, ambient. The tunes are vaguely familiar yet executed in a rich and sophisticated way, blending in various moods imaginatively.

Mix in a Spanish theme, a passionate and deep male voice and a female singing in English. The Spanish guitar is present, but more to help visualise sitting around a campfire somewhere in rural Spain.

I've played this CD as much as Enigma, yet both CDS dip into something deeper than pop. If you like world music, dance music and ambient, B-tribe brings them together very well.

I love this CD. A brilliant mixture of flamingo and new age music. Almost sounds like a cross between the Gypsy Kings and Enigma. I love all genres of music, but I have not found too many new age musicians that would inspire me to actually pay for their CD. However the flamingo roots really make this a special CD. After hearing this one I went out and brought all the other tribe CDs. Some of my head banger friends may not appreciate this music but that is their loss.

Ever since I started listening to B-Tribe (I have all the albums) I've become addicted and I can't listen to anything else. It's like candy for the brain and nothing else gives you the same experience. I don't put anything else in the player anymore. Night and day--at work and at home--over and over and over. I can't get enough, man! Keep the kiddies away from this stuff..only the grownups will understand, man. Yeah!

That's all I can say---the music of B-tribe thrills my soul. The voice is out of this world, along with the guitar and lower end.

it is a sensual music, that is great to listen to in peace and quiet. there are lots of different musical influences that make this record so interesing. it is a "nice-to-have" but surely not a must.