Trafico

Think of One | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Crammed Discs
• ASIN: B000EZ8ON6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Brazilian > Afro Brazilian

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Think of One are an aggressively eclectic band from Antwerp, which is in the Flemish-speaking (Walloon) sector of Belgium. T.O.O. has been diligently attempting to evade fame by putting out seven albums under four aliases over five years. In fact, some collectors may already own a few of their releases unawares. The key to identifying their output is to be on the lookout for previously unimaginable juxtapositions of influences that can be from literally anywhere, as old as the ages or new as tomorrow. Big-band brass, clunky bass lines, electronica, quick-frozen beats, reggae, punk, samba, hip-hop and the proverbial kitchen sink are all grist for their mill. This time out, the tracks were composed and recorded in Recife, a city in Northern Brazil, sung in Flemish and Portuguese and mixed by an Englishman, two Belgians, a Frenchman and a Brazilian. Even amid the polyglot ambience that is presently taking the world and its music by storm, T.O.O. have relatively few forebears -- the French multi-kulti outfit Lo’Jo, and the wacky, faux-whatever 3 Mustaphas 3 outfit spring immediately to mind. But T.O.O.’s mad genius goes a step further -- the album is funny, enchanting, deranged, and absolutely essential. --Christina Roden

Product Description

Think Of One see themselves as musical explorers. They love nothing more than traveling to distant countries to record with Moroccan, Inuit, Congolese or Brazilian musicians. Tráfico was written and prepared during the band’s extended stay in Recife, Brazil where the band worked closely with several musicians and vocalists including 66-year old veteran singer Dona Cila do Côco, percussion wizard Carranca, and vocalists/percussionists Cris Nolasco and Ganga Barreto. Many of the tracks on Tráfico are infused with rhythms from the Brazilian northeast interspersed with ambient keyboards, thundering horns, quirky call-and-response vocals in Portuguese and Flemish, a cavalo marinho rhythm which mutates into a neo-punk jam, strange stories hummed in Antwerp dialect and some remarkable avante-jazz horn arrangements performed by a quasi-big band.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best... but good enough, April 25, 2010

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Felipe Medina "Pusilánime" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trafico (Audio CD)

Still believe Think of One has better albums, like Marrakesh Emballage Ensemble 3 or Camp Shaabi. Honestly, the other good ones are really difficult to find because of the limited copies that came out originally into the market. Too bad really since the band is one of the most fruitful and original when it comes to their music. In sum, this album is for collectors only.