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 | RA Review Considering the naturalistic spirituality often associated with Mala's earthy dubstep, an exploration into actual "world music," in retrospect, shouldn't come as a surprise—particularly the heavily syncopated shuffle of Cuban music. Hence, we have Mala in Cuba , the announcement of which by Gilles..
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| #1 / Mon, 06 Aug 12 13:47 Not sure if Ryce is going for the astute critic or contrarian stance with that score... though I tend to agree with it. Solid.
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| #2 / Mon, 06 Aug 12 13:53 I nearly thought that this was another ZeroDB tune, but indeed it sounds like the latter broken beat tunes. Seeing that, seeing the name of Giles Peterson, makes me think that Mala is approaching a dangerous territory here. 'Calle F' could be confused with a lost Afronaught single any day.
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| #3 / Mon, 06 Aug 12 15:32 Some call it Cuba Electronica, and yet its moving, versatile beats sound like Gilles Peterson.... nevertheless really good vibe for a dancefloor... www.clubbingunlimited.com
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| #4 / Mon, 06 Aug 12 17:39 I really like Calle F, great summer tune.
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| #5 / Mon, 06 Aug 12 18:50 Erm, we really should not be using terms such as 'World Music' any more. Its pretty straightforward - this is Cuban music. In the hands of Mala.
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| #6 / Tue, 07 Aug 12 00:51 Just a note here that I'm using 'world music' in the sense of how it was originally conceived, e.g. music that appropriates the music from other cultures into something synthetic and new, and very often, neutered and not very interesting (this is an exception, but Calle F leans towards the latter for me).
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| #7 / Tue, 07 Aug 12 09:27 A side is pretty special. B side is nice and pleasant and not much more. Hope the album leans more towards the A than the B.
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| #8 / Wed, 08 Aug 12 23:02 BOMB!
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| #9 / Sat, 11 Aug 12 14:02 Calle F is deep! Inspired decision by Gilles P.
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| #10 / Sat, 11 Aug 12 20:05 such a great Album.. Mala does no wrong
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| #11 / Tue, 14 Aug 12 18:56 Soo Good!!
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| #12 / Sat, 18 Aug 12 06:32 Me Gusta
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