The sounds of a shaky accordion and what seems like an even shakier Casio kick off the latest album from Nortec Collective’s rebel sons, Bostich + Fussible’s album.
“Akai 47″
This is only marginally tongue-in-cheek, as a similar theme pervades the entire work. Part humorous, part deadly serious, Tijuana Sound Machine is toying with Mexican music stereotypes, yet it ends up sounding pretty good. Sticking with childlike instruments, but treating them with reverence, Bostich + Fussible ensure that you’ll soon get over the Mickey Mouse aspect of what’s happening and end up going with the flow. “Akai 47,” with its skipping accordion hits, confirm there might be some child’s play involved. But “Jacinto” takes the same sounds and gives them a somber tone that borders on downright melancholic. Horns sound like they are being played by cartoon elephants (think Jungle Book) on “Mi Casita,” but again, this works somehow. For a fun time with a hint of making fun, Tijuana Sound Machine is it.
“Jacinto”
August 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
man it was the bassline on akai 47 that killed me. Bowm-Bowm-Bowm…lame, the other stuff was artistic, tongue-and-cheek whatever, but that bassline seemed weak for the statement… Jacinto was better but Im not really sure I’d rather jam to this than say, panoptica, or gotan or something…this just seems ‘too’ overcomposed
http://remixmag.com/artists/electronic/remix_chameleon_colors/ has some interesting stuff on em fyi
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