Name: Think of One
Album: Trafico
Year: 2006
Style: Afro Beat, Funk, Samba, Jazz
Similar Bands: Stereolab, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Sergio Mendez
"One-Word" Review: Energetic Jazzy Big World Band
Based Out Of: Antwerp, Belgium
Label: Crammed Discs, Ryko
Cover, Back & Fold Out
Inner Pics, CD Tray, CD, Liner Notes, Booklet Cover and Back
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Trafico (2006)
- Essa Mesa 4:55 (single)
- Samba Belga 4:47
- Tirar Onda 3:35
- Trafico 4:08
- Tahina 4:39
- Aai 4:59 (single)
- Maria Chegou 4:39
- Flor d'Agua 4:13
- Feira de Mangaio 4:17
- Maracatu Misterioso 6:10
- Coracao de Papel 4:16
- Tirar Onda (Chorinho) 3:14
Album Rating (1-10): 7.5
Members & Other Bands:
- David Bovee - Guitar, Vox, Keys, Producer, Photos (Flat Earth Society, SWAN, Ansatz Der Maschine, DAAU, Fes, Josse De Pauw, Orquestra Frevo do Mundo)
- Eric Morel - Sax (Flat Earth Society, Shakara United, Virginia Woolf, D'Stephanie, Zita Swoon, Arno, Fes, Josse De Pauw, Arno, Crayon Sun, Rise & Fall of an Individual, DJ Aldolino)
- Roel Poriau - Trumpet, Bugle, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording, Editing, Mixing (Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkesrtra, Flat Earth Society, Flowers for Breakfast, Flemming, Daau, Myrddin, Lady Angelina, Les Blauw, Rum Baristas, Gansan)
- Tomas De Smet - Bass, Keys, Photos (Front Cafe Band, King Dalton, Les Blauw, Moondog Jr, Zita Swoon, Broken Circle Breakdown Bluegrass Band, Kiss My Jazz, Magnus, Myrddin, dEUS, Het Zesde Metaal, Birds that Change Colour, Crayon Sun,
- Dona Cils do Coco - Vox
- Hugo Carranca - Drums, Percussion (Sheik Tosado)
- Peter Vanderberg - Hammond Organ (Alain Cupper Quartet, Caca, Flat Earth Society, Monsoon, Orchestra Exotica, Shakara United, Too Noisy Fish, Universe Zero, X-Legged Sally, nAncy, Sharko, Pierre Vervloesem, FES, Payskens & Van Hoeck, Josse De Pauw, Katja Vandl, My TV is Dead, Bruno Vansina, Goudi, Das Kapital,
- Bruno Van Sina - Baritone Sax
- Marc Meeuwissen - Trombone (Flat Earth Society, Monza, Marie Dauine, FES, Belgian Afro beat Association, Peter Vermeersch, The National, Shakara United)
- Stefaan Blancke - Trombone (Bar8, Capsule, Flat Earth Society, Sharaka United, Chitlin Fooks, Arno, Josse De Pauw, Jempy En Bongo, Franco Saint De Bakker, Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra)
- Michael Weilacher - Marimba, Vibraphone (Ictus, MDuo, Karel Goeyvaerts, Paulo Chagas, Champ D'Action, Volker Staub, Bherman, Vanishing Pictures, Guy De Bievre, Dirk Wachtelaer, COIN, Kris Dane, Heaven And, Riccardo Nova, Luciano Berio, Mike PattonJonathan Harvey, Mark Andre, Automat, Warble, Somnambulist)
- Ricardo Lourenco - Violao
- Sergio Lemos - Cuica (Linda Martini)
- Fernanda Boechat - Vox
- Sheyla Vidal - Vox
- Ale Oliviera - Vox, Photos
- Carolina de Renesse - Vox
- Lucie de Renesse - Vox
- Pitcho Bovee - Sounds
- Bert Van Roy - Recording Engineer, Mixing
- Yann Arnaud - Mixing
- Chris Harrison - Mixing
- Andre Oliveira - Mixing
- Vincent Kenis - Mixing, Mastering
- Karel De Backer - Mastering
- Tom Hautekiet - Artwork
- Rob Walbers - Photos
- Mary Gatis - Photos
- Hannah Gorjaczkowska - Art Direction
Unknown-ness: Never heard of them when i got this, and i'm not even that sure when i got it...it might have been at a Tower Records listening booth and i liked it, but i don't remember the circumstances. For the longest time, i thought the band name & album title were reversed, and that they were a Hispanic / Mexican band from So Cal. But based on the liner notes, i don't think that's true at all.
Album Review: Apparently they are a nomad-like band, who travel to different places and cultures to absorb the music and work with musicians of that area to create multi-cultural albums, in this case, Brasil. Other cultures they studied were Moroccan, Inuit, and Congolese. They even toured around Europe in a van that could convert into a sound stage for outdoor or spurt-of-the-moment shows, and have won awards for best World / Boundary Crossing Music.
The songs contain a large amount of brass and jazzy swing. Most are very energetic songs to make you move, like a Samba. One quieter songs add a little reggae vibe, and another adds a jazzy french Stereolab sort of song (Aai)
Stand Out Track:
AaiLinks:
