Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Nomad Title: Songman Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Australian Music Original Release Date: 11/23/1999 Re-Release Date: 10/12/1999 Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, New Age, Pop, Rock Styles: Australia & New Zealand, Meditation Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 016998312124, 763912700726, 661868312126 |
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Adam Plack (Nomad), together with Aboriginal songmen Bobby Bunnungurr, David Gulpilil, and Jimmy Jidamin, created Songman in the Aborignal territory known as Ramingining. A cohesive blend of ancient traditionals, landscape... more » |
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Amazon.com Adam Plack (Nomad), together with Aboriginal songmen Bobby Bunnungurr, David Gulpilil, and Jimmy Jidamin, created Songman in the Aborignal territory known as Ramingining. A cohesive blend of ancient traditionals, landscape-influenced sound, and contemporary groove, Songman is a strange and enchanting mix of chant, phat funky club beats, didjeridoo, horns, and Hank Marr-styled jazziness, along with Nomad's Phil Collins-eque vocals. This heady song cycle incorporates vibes, whirring organ, drum loops, and electric guitar as well, resulting in a very ambitious rave up. Overwhelming in some instances, Songman is intoxicating, lively, and endlessly unfolding. Of particular beauty is the traditional chant: potent, raw, and intriguing when mixed in with dense grooves. An appealing if not altogether even recording. --Paige La Grone Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsA Matter of Taste C. Holcomb | Upstate NY USA | 04/05/2000 (3 out of 5 stars) "This album is definitely an auditory feast, but one that requires a certain taste. I bought this after having heard and purchasing "Winds of Warning" and the self-titled "Nomad" and loving them both. I wish I had listened to "Songman" before purchasing it, though. While the album is well-produced and of very high quality, and the chanting adds an interesting element, the musical evolution away from traditional didj, drums and nature sounds rather put me off. Perhaps a bit too much "funk" and "groove." So, if you're in the market for more of the traditional style, you'll probably not like this as well as Plack's other works. Definitely give the sample tracks a listen." Missed the AUSSIE flavor C. Holcomb | 03/23/2001 (3 out of 5 stars) "I guess I was a bit put off by the white-man-in-dreadlocks flavor here. I tasted pretension. Just a bit too much funk for me. The didgeridoo is a back up instrument played again by the white-guy-in-dreads. Nature sounds here and there...loons and owls and some bush birds. Are there loons in Australia? Occasional cuts with Mr. Nomad singing totally average pop stuff. Perfectly pleasant music at times, but nothing that grabbed me. But perhaps I was influenced by Didjworks - Collective Unconscious purchased at the same time. Now that was real world music!" COMING FULL CIRCLE ABookAbout | 12/03/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "review from Magical Blend magazine (US) "NOMAD (aka Adam Plack) lived, wrote and recorded this phenomenal work under the skies of the Ramingining community in Arnhem Land. It's all about sultry grooves, entrancing Tribal beats and snake-charming didgeridoo laced with exotic chants of Aboriginal Dreamtime. This is one of the most interesting pieces of musical artist I've ventured through recently. This story is enchanting...the music comes from the Ramingining and was composed by merging ancient beats with the sounds of the Australian landscape. It is full of modern pathos and ancient chant. Listening reminds me that life is a cycle and we come "full circle" in the end." MARA BENSON, MAGICAL BLEND"
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