Colours

Billy Cobham's Culturemix "Colours" was released a decade ago. In the present tense, especially on the first few listenings, this offering easily serves as Mr. Cobham's latest studio release. It incorporates the Steel Pan performance of Junior Gill which has become one of the elements in Cobham's sound over the last decade or so. Fusion is the function by which the musicians on this recording "speak" as a musical entity collectively as well as individually. For the genre conscious, "World Music" perhaps best describes the styles within. "Colours" gets underway with "Cuba On The Horizon", a somewhat heavy but floating up tempo "Island" flavored Samba. It's followed by a revisited edition of "Dessicated Coconuts" from the 1986 "Powerplay" LP. It carries all the intensity of "Stratus" from the LP "Spectrum". Next is "monster" Shuffle "Volcano", a composition by Keyboardist Marcos Uneda. Song four, which is the work of Junior Gill, is an "Island" sounding piece which seems to include a few familiar melodies within. Let your own ears be the judge! Next, is one of my personal favorites, "Black Orchid", a rather "Ethereal" sounding slow Samba. "Cara Mia" by Bassist Stefan Rademacher follows. It's a "Spacial" Swing, especially on the descending release. "Coffee Brown-Olive Green" is next, a slow "Airy" Samba. This features the Flumpet and Trumpet work of special guest Guy Barker. Next, a composition by Guitarist Per Gade, "Moscow Meeting" also features Mr. Barker. Second to last, "There And Back", has two distinct sections with which it does just that. The second of the two, in a good way is quite reminiscent of Ronny Jordan's "Vanston Place". The offering concludes with another revisited edition, from the 1985 LP "Warning", "Red & Yellow Cabriolet". It features an impeccable 32 measure Drum solo within the rhythmic framework, as well as Mr. Barker. Mr. Cobham's playing at the time of this recording is at a very high "plateau". The ensemble as a whole is right there with him. The overall production and sound on the album is second to none. Songs not listing the writer are the work of Mr. Cobham. This album is a must buy for any fans or lovers of Billy Cobham or music in general!

Rademacher and. Cobham. Must be heard amazing '!!

Auf dem mittlerweile zweiten Culure Mix-Album gibt es vom Fusion-Drummer-King nicht viel neues, einige Stücke sind sogar Neuaufnahmen bereits bekannter Titel. Das die CD trotzdem spannend ist liegt an der Tatsache, dass hier nicht zum x-ten Mal Stratus und Red Baron interpretiert werden, sondern eher unbekanntere (trotzdem gute) Cobham-Kompositionen aus den 80ern neu-aufgelegt werden. Außerdem verstehen es Per Gade an der Gitarre und Marcos Ubeda an den Keyboards der Musik mit virtuosen, manchmal sogar richtig mitreissenden Soli einiges an Biß, Spannung und Würze zu verleihen. Billy Cobham selber hält sich merklich zurück, bietet aber in ein paar excellenten Einlagen ( vor allem bei Red and yellow cabriolet ) einige Kostproben seines einzigartigen Könnens.

Top-Qualität, guter Preis und schnelle Lieferung.

本作はバンドCULTUREMIXとしてのアルバムである。コブハムの曲が６曲と他の４人のメンバーの曲が各１曲ずつで計１０曲という構成になっている。全体的にバンド色のやや強いものとなっているが、コブハムのパワフルなドラムは健在であり、聴き応えのある作品となっている。もう少し緊張感が強く出ているとさらによいように思われる。