REVIEW: SLANG - SAVE THE CHILIS

 

SLANG - SAVE THE CHILIS (Carbon 7 Recs., 2001)

Produced by Guy Segers and Alan Wards for Carbon 7.

Recorded at Studio Caraibe, Brussels.

Artwork by Els and Gunther at Poplar

Tracks: 1- Sugar, 2- Yukun Slang, 3- Small Steps(for big people), 4- Bazaar, 5- La Trilogie d´Apu, 6- Oude Fox, 7- Nana, 8- Hombre Felí, 9- Own Wings, 10- Save the Chilis, 11- La Guigue

An interesting album with a mix of jazz, blues and rock with great arrangements and very interesting vocals. In fact, I think that this trio has a lot of ideas going on in their minds. I love the way the bass lines are quite different from what one could expect: In fact they are more rocking instead of doing typical walking bass arrangements. There is a certain feeling of progressive rock in tracks like "Yukun Slang" that combined with some hip hop drumming and the trumpet playing jazz phrases give an extremely original track. I like the way the album is mixed too because you can listen that is a trio but the instruments and vocals sound really huge without letting some holes in the sound appear as it happens with other trios. My favorite point here is the way the bass sound is distorted and the way this guy plays his instrument. Those lovers of original music, here you have Slang. Favorite tracks: "Sugar", "Bazaar" and "Own Wings". Contact: www.carbon7.com