Search - El Haru Kuroi :: Sabung

Sabung!!

Mister Charlie | Los Angeles, CA | 12/01/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There's no review posted here, nor is there any info on this cd from amazon. SO!



Letra: E Organista; Musica Por: Eddika Organista, Michael Ibarra y Dominique Rodriguez. Recorded in 2006 in Glassell Park, CA.



"Starting out as an acoustic band El-Haru Kuroi slowly began to incorporate electric styles to provide a more rounded sound. The songs range from a traditional mexican folk waltz with a bit of jazz swing, afro-peruvian, to other latin-brazilian rhythms, infused with a [more than a] tinge of rock [and a healthy streak of experimentalism]. The music glues together with a powerful mix of a commanding upright bass, flavorful fingerpick/strummed guitar style, and powerful supportive drumming. The final element is the swimming of [female-sung] Spanish and Brazilian Portugese lyrics which glide right on top. Based in the Multi cultural "Ciudad de Los Angeles," El Haru Kuroi seem to blend the musical ethnicities which define them....be sure to listen for the "Grito.""



I chopped that from a bio I found elsewhere, with a couple of parenthetical comments by me. It gives a good sense of this music. Clocking in at just under 26 minutes, though, with a "mid-fi" sound, it makes me want to hear them get into a Big Time studio with someone like T Bone Burnett, and a make a full-fledged record."