On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Owen Carroll wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
> As a matter of interest, have you seen Ozomatli play live ?
> How do they compare ? Is the music anything like Manu Chao (or, more likely
> from your description, Mano Negra) ?
Actually, not, I have not, but I doubt they, or anyone for that matter,
may ever be able to match Mano negra's live performances. I had never felt
anything like their raw energy on stage (coupled with tight musicianship),
I have never since, and I doubt I will ever. . . .However, this may be
just my punk side showing. The closest thing I can remember where Maldita
Vecindad y los Hijos del QUinto Patio early shows, but they are now a
small shadow of what they used to be.
cheers
axel
>
> cheers,
>
> OwenC
>
>
> >From: "Dr. Axel Barcelo Aspeitia -- Investigador"
> ><abarcelo@minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx>
> >To: Owen Carroll <owenc1@hotmail.com>
> >CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >Subject: Re: gotan project and london
> >Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:13:27 -0600 (CST)
> >
> > > Also, a band called Los de Abajo are playing at Ronnie Scotts on Sunday
> > > (apparently, signed to Luaka Bop label). Does anyone know what they're
> >like
> > > ?
> >Yesp, I have know them since they started as a living room band back in
> >the late eighties, here in Mexico City. Actually, a lot of their first
> >(and, as far as I know only) album dates as back as those days. They were
> >part of a huge wave of political bands that mixed punkish ska with Mexican
> >music in those days. They were not by far the best of the movement, but
> >they hold their own and have somehow managed to survive this far. They may
> >be a little limited on their musical abilities (no virtuosos here), but
> >they have a great live show. I saw them a few times during their US tour
> >last year and they rocked everywhere they played, to a dominantly white
> >anglo audience, which probably missed the whole political element, but
> >danced and pogoed like I had never seen them in that part of the world.
> >They start their show very latin and finish very punkish. Nice people,
> >too.
> >
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> >On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Owen Carroll wrote:
> >
> > > Did anyone catch the Gotan Project on Worldwide last night ?
> > >
> > > La Revancha Del Tango sounds like a fantastic album, and, as Gilles
> >said, a
> > > fusion that actually works.
> > > Really brought back some fond memories of Summer 2000, some of which I
> >spent
> > > in Buenos Aires (which has a fantastic club life, by the way).
> > > BTW, believe that the word play mentioned last night, and used to form
> >the
> > > group's name (Gotan) is known as lunfardo. Can any portenos/portenas out
> > > there confirm this ?
> > >
> > > Looking forward to seeing them if/when they come to London.
> > > Speaking of which, looks like a fantastic week ahead, gig wise.
> > > Coldcut and DJ Food at Cargo tonight, Oneness of JuJu at Jazz Cafe
> >tomorrow
> > > night, DJ Shadow on Sunday at the Scala, and Ozomatli on Thursday at the
> > > Astoria.
> > > Am going to try to get to Coldcut/DJ Food tonight (depends on my resolve
> >and
> > > the queue length), and Ozomatli on Thursday.
> >
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > >
> > > OwenC
> > >
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