UP BUSTLE & OUT:
The Cuban influences are very prominent in that they are recordings of authentic Cuban compositions performed by Cubans recorded in Cuban studios, done in very "raw" fashion. Those performances are surrounded by tracks with programmed beats, and instruments played by the Cubans, and sounds recorded during sessions or excursions by Rupert Mould (Roody). The tracks that are programmed have the UP BUSTLE & OUT influence and, from reading the paperback, I gather that certain adventures by Rupert Mould, while visiting Cuban towns and performances, inspired these tracks (i.e. Hip Hop Barrio: he witnessed Cuban Hip Hop in Holguin). Master Sessions 1, it seems will be followed up by a Master Sessions 2 (according to an excerpt out of the book).
The paperback, which I had only seen @ 1 spot (Alien Records in Austin) I picked up and have read 3/4 through. Its not your standard clinical account, but a very poetic diary in which Rupert describes his adventures with the natives as he visits various locales in Cuba. You get a lush decription of a paradise in which it seems that time has stood still. He compares his visit to Cuba with other travels to the Andes, Spain, Amsterdam, etc. and once in a while offers his political opinions on the social situations in Cuba (embargo, constant police presence, etc.). Hailing from Suriname, myself, and having familiarity with violent communist influences in Suriname (by way of Cuba, 1980-1984), I do wish for a bit more objective viewpoint (his comments seem anti-American, because of the effects on the Cuban people due to the embargo). Otherwise, its been a fun read and has piqued my interest in wanting to know more about Cuban history & music.
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-Up, Bustle and Out- I don't know the title of their last one, but it's the one that was half recorded in Cuba. Are the Cuban influences prominent, and for those of you who bought the version that came with the paperback, was it worth reading?
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