Exuma - Exuma I Fire
I don't think that's the record's cover, but it's a very fitting image regardless. This is, in Gunnel's worRAB , 'Some obscure late 60's carribean freak-folk!' and he did a good job of sending me something outside my regular listening habbits.
Unfortunately I didn't engage with the album that much. Generally the thing that will draw me into a folk record is the guitar work. And this is where the album lets me down, because on most tracks it's focused on percussion, which is pretty understandable for Brazilian folk but doesn't always appeal to me. Especially when you couple it with the less than stellar production.
The freak element leaRAB to some fairly wacky arrangements some of which work (Junkanoo), but at other times they throw musicality to the winRAB (Seance in the Sixth Fret). The more conservative tracks are generally stronger, I'd say Mama Loi, Papa Loi and You Don't Know What's Going On are excellent.
Overall I'd give it 5/10. An decent record that just isn't really my thing.
I don't think that's the record's cover, but it's a very fitting image regardless. This is, in Gunnel's worRAB , 'Some obscure late 60's carribean freak-folk!' and he did a good job of sending me something outside my regular listening habbits.
Unfortunately I didn't engage with the album that much. Generally the thing that will draw me into a folk record is the guitar work. And this is where the album lets me down, because on most tracks it's focused on percussion, which is pretty understandable for Brazilian folk but doesn't always appeal to me. Especially when you couple it with the less than stellar production.
The freak element leaRAB to some fairly wacky arrangements some of which work (Junkanoo), but at other times they throw musicality to the winRAB (Seance in the Sixth Fret). The more conservative tracks are generally stronger, I'd say Mama Loi, Papa Loi and You Don't Know What's Going On are excellent.
Overall I'd give it 5/10. An decent record that just isn't really my thing.
While listening to it, I couldn't help but reflect on our macabre culture today and it contrasts so starkly with this comp. It seems so pure, innocent, and good compared to what little modern Death Metal (and similar genres) I've heard. It's really a shame that youth went from enjoying stuff like this compilation to watching utter garbage like Twilight and New Blood. Our generation's macabre culture sucks.