I have rather a lot going on in what laughably passes for real life at the moment, and as a result I have let some things slide.
One of those things is the task is whittling down the pile of CDs that I have bought but not got round to listening to. Having nearly eliminated it at one point, it has now crept up to 20+ again.
So I am enlisting your help. Among the pile are two albums by acts that I had never heard of before but which I thought were worth taking a punt on as two-thirds of a '3 for £1' offer. I have picked a track from each of them at random, without having listened to either, and I am relying on you to let me know if they are any good.
The two albums in question are "Masri Mokkassar: Definitive Works" by Mutamassik, a compilation of tracks recorded between 1996 and 2004, and the self-titled album from 2010 by Drunken Balordi. Now over to you.
"High Alert A'ala Teta" - Mutamassik
"Matilda" - Drunken Balordi
I couldn't find any Mutamassik videos on YouTube, but here is the first Drunken Balordi video that cropped up. Not watched it, obviously.
There's a plethora of Mutamassik music at Bandcamp. If you like music that's heavy on percussion you might like it. Drunken Balordi are good at what at they do, if you like music that seems to have a gypsy/balkan flavour. I think Charity Chic would prefer them to Mutamassik.
ReplyDeleteThanks George. Very good of you to find the time to do that for me, especially as old Clickbait Chic is already forcing you to review two crap albums a week for him.
DeleteI'm not that fussed with either of them to be honest but worth a 3 for a pound punt
DeleteThanks CC. Your collective views do not exactly make me want to drop everything and listen to them a.s.a.p. but I will bring them up the to do list
DeleteDrunken Balordi are my pick of the two. I really enjoyed Matilda particularly. The singer has a touch of Greg Dulli in his voice.
ReplyDeleteThanks Swede. Looks like that's the one I should listen to first.
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