Sunday, October 22, 2006

Finding Treasures in 2nd Hand CD's and Vinyl Shops
One of joys of travelling (besides site seeing, food, wine tasting and simply bumming around) is checking out the local market for 2nd hand CD's shops and vinyl records. On my recent trip to the UK, I checked the shops and as usual found the CD shops in Camden Market (such as rough trade) filled with treasure trove of new music, world beat and some rare jazz treasures.

This is a series of the CD's which I have had the pleasure of listening and ultimately buying, much to the chagrin of my wife (i can almost hear her now.. NOT AGAIN ANOTHER CD!!!) The prices range from UK 2.00 to 6.00 (roughly translated to about Php 200 - 600). Not bad considering the cost of new CDs (typical between 10.00 - 16.00) in Europe and the States is almost beyond the reach of us ordinary Pinoys.

1. Ojos de Brujo - Bari
Released sometime in 2004, this is Ojos de Brujo 2nd CD. Consisting of 13 tracks of non stop flamenco, hip hop and pure organic percussion beat. From the 1st cut simply entitled "Intro" to last titled "Rememonix" this CD brings Flamenco music one notch higher from being a Spanish tradition to the mainstream world beat. I particularly found the combination of scratch machine and cahons (those wooden percussion beat boxes popularize unfortunately here in the Philippines by the so called "accoustic groups AKA diva wanna bes) intriguing at the very least. While flamenco purist would surely 'frown' of this rather eccentric mix of musical styles (i called it "urban guerilla flamenco"), this is for me what music should be... obviously influenced and grounded from the past, but forward looking to the future.

Tracks Listing
1. Intro
2. Tiempo de Soleil
3. Ventilaor
4. Naita
5. Queen Engana no gana
6. Zembra (This is my fav!)
7. Ley de Gravidad
8. Meorias Perdias
9. Tanguillo de Maria
10.Buleria del Ay
11.Cafe Bari
12.Accion Raccion Repurcussion (a mix of cahon, tabla and turntable!!!)
13. Rememorix

Unfortunately, they costs something like US 15.00 for new CD. I was fortunate to get them at UK 4.00!!
 
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