Review: Argentinian producer and re-editor Alexny returns to Furious Mandrill with the third installment in a series that draws heavily on world music influences, though whether the three tracks here are re-edits or original productions is a little unclear. Either way, 'Que Pasa' is, unsurprisingly, a Latin-flavoured affair with dense layers of percussion and a one-line vocal, 'Conmbe' is a somewhat funkier affair with a full male vocal in an unknown language and some energetic guitar work that hints at highlife, while finally 'Donme' is a deep, shufflin' groove with choral vox (again in an unidentified tongue) and probably the best bet for non-specialist floors.
Review: Argentina's Alexny drops a second set of re-edits of world music cuts. First to get the treatment is the late, great Astrud Gilberto's 'Agua De Beber' which - some four months on from the great lady's passing, and 58 years on from its original 1965 release - gets respectfully chopped and looped atop a ponderous 4/4 backbeat on a track that'll help introduce that amazing voice to new generations. The source material for the other two has us beat but 'Que Me Quieras' is a lively, uptempo Latin funk/disco shaker while the Afro-Cuban tinged 'Oye' comes the closest to straight-up disco of the three.
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