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Estevan -> RE: Ojos De Brujo (Aug. 8 2007 23:31:01)
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Yes, they're fusion and they do it extremely well. They have two flamenco guitarists and a flamenco singer in the band and various other people as well as interesting guest artists.
It started from a basis of flamenco and rumba catalana mixed with stuff that I don't usually like such as scratch and hip-hop, but they integrate it so well that they've put these elements in a much better musical light for me. They are also big fans of bhangra and you can hear this worked in to some of their latest album. It's all done at a very high level of musicianship and the arrangements are often quite brilliant.
If you go to this page, click on Radio Diquela and listen to track 13, 'Respira', you'll see what I mean - you never heard a martinete/siguiriyas like this before! Love it or hate it, it's clever stuff.
Stu, you might also want to hear the following track 'Nana' as you were asking about nanas recently. There's a nice intro played by Pepe Habichuela, then the song itself is given a very middle-eastern treatment.
http://ojosdebrujo.com/diquelaweb/index.html
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