The term 'Dust My Broom' is rooted in the blues music of Robert Johnson. In the figurative sense, among others, this term means to "make a clean sweep" and as such indicates the beginning of something new. It?s an appropri... more »ate title for the second album by Boozoo Bajou, two Nuremberg based producers Peter Heider and Florian Seyberth who have joined the !K7 Records family after years of collaboration with German independent label Stereo Deluxe. It?s also an appropriate term for a group that takes a huge amount of inspiration from the diverse musical landscape of the deep-south "Bayou" culture - from blues to country to soul. Dust My Broom marks a fresh chapter in the sound of Boozoo Bajou. Their famous laidback sound has been extended into a broader territory that borrows from blues, jazz, reggae and soca rhythms. This new territory is deep, with wide, rejuvenating references that are multi-layered. Boozoo Bajou communicate different types of "roots" music and convey their intrinsic affinity to it. Blaxploitation style soul, deep blues, Southern folk, jazz and original R&B all combine with Boozoo Bajou dub to form a beautiful mosaic. The album features collaborations with UK based MC Top Cat (known for his work with Shy FX), country legend Tony Joe White, U-Brown, Joe Dukie, and soul crooner and voice of the infamous Foxy Brown film soundtrack, Willie Hutch. These highly impressive guest vocalists contribute to the overall impact of Dust My Broom which despite the German conception has its roots firmly planted in the USA. Both White and Hutch were recorded in their native Tennessee and it?s this TN feeling that sweeps through the album. Like taking a boat through the bayou, the Boozoo Bajou duo has created a captivating guide through exotic lands.« less
The term 'Dust My Broom' is rooted in the blues music of Robert Johnson. In the figurative sense, among others, this term means to "make a clean sweep" and as such indicates the beginning of something new. It?s an appropriate title for the second album by Boozoo Bajou, two Nuremberg based producers Peter Heider and Florian Seyberth who have joined the !K7 Records family after years of collaboration with German independent label Stereo Deluxe. It?s also an appropriate term for a group that takes a huge amount of inspiration from the diverse musical landscape of the deep-south "Bayou" culture - from blues to country to soul. Dust My Broom marks a fresh chapter in the sound of Boozoo Bajou. Their famous laidback sound has been extended into a broader territory that borrows from blues, jazz, reggae and soca rhythms. This new territory is deep, with wide, rejuvenating references that are multi-layered. Boozoo Bajou communicate different types of "roots" music and convey their intrinsic affinity to it. Blaxploitation style soul, deep blues, Southern folk, jazz and original R&B all combine with Boozoo Bajou dub to form a beautiful mosaic. The album features collaborations with UK based MC Top Cat (known for his work with Shy FX), country legend Tony Joe White, U-Brown, Joe Dukie, and soul crooner and voice of the infamous Foxy Brown film soundtrack, Willie Hutch. These highly impressive guest vocalists contribute to the overall impact of Dust My Broom which despite the German conception has its roots firmly planted in the USA. Both White and Hutch were recorded in their native Tennessee and it?s this TN feeling that sweeps through the album. Like taking a boat through the bayou, the Boozoo Bajou duo has created a captivating guide through exotic lands.
"How do Europeans manage to absorb the musical idioms of the US and project them back at us so accurately, and in such an artfully distilled fashion? It's like Dr. John's "Gris-Gris" channeled through the very best of Martin Denny's lounge music, then launched into the future. Like movies, music can suffer from their special effects. Not the case here. Very, very cool stuff. "Take it Slow" is a great, great song; so is "Treat Me." For the moment, at least, this is the music of my life."
DUSTIN' MY BROOM OFF!!!
Darrell L. Lee | Jackson, MS | 10/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Even though Boozoo Bajou's "Satta" is without a doubt a classic in its own right, their very impressive follow up "Dust My Broom" catapults this German duo into a whole nother hemisphere...after repeat listens one can't help but get the feelin' that he (or she) is in some steamy, bayou jook joint on a hot summer night! "Dust My Broom" is a combination of down home blues mixed with serious funk, dashed with sizzlin' reggae, soul and electronica to make it all STANK!!! "Satta" was excellent, but with the addition of vocals from Top Cat, Ben Weaver and the legendary Willie Hutch on "Dust My Broom", Boozoo Bajou has matured its sound and possibly reached an audience they didn't reach the first go round. If my mama can dig these guys, anybody can!!! Highly recommended!!!"
Pure driving "atmosphere"...
nicjaytee | London | 02/24/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Boozoo Bajou aren't your normal, run of the mill electronica/dance outfit... they're somewhere else. Quite where can be difficult to fathom out at times but don't let that put you off because "Dust My Broom" like "Boozoo Bajou Remixes" is a clever and hugely addictive album. Soaked in driving beats, wonderful reggae & dub overlays and some ridiculously atmospheric, heavily reverbed guitar riffs, it's like Kruder & Dorfmeister meet Dr John and King Tubby with a bit of Luther Vandross thrown in for good measure. Sounds odd... well it is - check out "Keep Going", "Blast", "Killer", "Take it Slow" & "Treat Me" to see what you're in for - but then that's what makes it so good."
Decent album, but diluted compared to Satta
4RillaGorilla | 01/14/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"3.5 stars. There are some very nice tracks on Dust My Broom. There are some grooved-out tracks that would feel at home on Satta, Boozoo's previous album that was characterized by chill, funky, instrumental, swamp mood music. And there are some nice tracks with guest vocalists that go in slightly different directions. But this follow-up album feels like too many other follow-up albums to me. It seems like these artists get some spotlight from superb debut albums, and then use that success to hire a bunch of guest stars for their next, in an effort to make something more "grand." But instead of improving on the originals, these sophomore attempts feel like disparate pieces thrown together in a manner that to a great extent abandons the elements that made the artists successful in the first place. This is a good album, but feels a bit artificially varied, and could never put you in the awed and ecstatic trance that Satta can."
Wonderful concept album!
Sebastian Hilpo | Finland | 10/20/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I hadn't really paid attention to these guys until Six Degrees Records co-founder Bob Duskis mentioned them as one of his favourite groups in his weekly Traveler internet show ([...]). I liked the track he played in the show so I bought the album and found out that I enjoy it very much. Straight from the beginning till the very end it's pure entertainment, conscious and fun. If you can't enjoy this alone invite some friends (boys and girls) and put this on to work it's magic.
Love songs in this cd are so beautiful and honest that you cannot help singing along (Joe Dukie on "Take It Slow" is one of my favourite male singers today and doesn't fail to excel with the rasta U-Brown and Willie Hutch on "Treat Me" is doing a gorgeous job with female backups). Dancehall party burner anthem "Killer" with MC Top Cat is so cool and catchy that it's sure to move many sexy bodies on global dancefloors. "Way Down" is a deliciously creepy tune with cool spoken word by Ben Weaver, who says things like "You'll never find a religion . in a perfectly clean soul" and other cool stuff. But most of all it's the FEELING that's all over this album you know...A very nice one with a lot of street credibility and that's not really so easy to create.
Biggups to the producers Peter and Florian and their collaborators, and to the whole !K7 crew. One of the best downtempo releases for me in 2005 (and as a DJ I've heard a few)."