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Elixir

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Album description

The songs on ELIXIR reflect some of the musical range experienced at a TenGooz LIVE

show. These tracks were recorded in 2 days at a small studio among the blueberry fields of northern Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan.

Backwards Peeker was written by Tom Debor, an original member of the TenGooz now residing

in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.

Avi Landau-vocals  Sagara Kenya-Trombone  Hase G-Bass  Tanaka-Guitar

Jon Hicks- Bass

 

 



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26/05/06

Wow!All the songs are great!I like the funky bass and horn on Chills,
the guitar also really moves me.The Irish style song has a great beat.
I love that rapping song too.Mary Mack.Anyway, after hearing a few times I think this is my favorite Tengooz album. All the songs are really
GREAT! Continue making good music!!!!

29/05/07

I like fresh sounds. I like it if a music is not about love or self-referring (an example for this is rapper rapping about rap). Also, I like general weirdness. This album has a nice variety of sounds and it does not take itself all that serious. It presents different styles with a wink and a smile. It is not talking about music and it is funky with catchy tunes. My favorite tracks are Innishmoore and Mary-Mack (You gotta love the lyrics: Mary-Mack's mother making Mary Mack marry me, my mother's making me marry Mary-Mack).

07/11/06

This is very cool! I like the witty lyrics! Danceable,too!

27/09/06

It's really not common to find such a varied album, even on Jamendo. I don't think I've ever heard such a collection of styles and genres on one small album! Almost everything is a long way out of my experience, but not comfort zone, and has introduced me to quite a few new styles which I'll be able to explore further from here. There is a real flow through the entire set of tracks which accentuates The TenGooz's bizarre and amazing style.

My personal favourite two tracks are probably Mary-Mack and Mio Mine, which are extremely funky, fun and catchy - I find myself singing them constantly! Having said that, the opening The Chills is also rather haunting and slick - It sounds like a spaced-out 'Back in '72' era Bob Seger. The rest of the album is difficult to place alongside another artist, as the styles are not ones I am really familiar with. Perhaps a more upbeat and happier Space.

The cover is also rather eyecatching and amusing, and seems to encapture the entire style of The TenGooz, both in its drole design and flowing, spacey colours.

According to The TenGooz's personal description of this album, this is intended to mimic the sound of the band live. If that's the case, then it'd be very good - I can certainly see these guys playing small jazz venues or open air festivals quite happily!

All in all, it's a remarkable album, but almost too varied to pin it down to the supreme refinement of an excellent style.

16/07/06

This is the kind of band which would have the marketing guy of a conventional record label tear our large tufts of his hair because a band like this has no market niche.

Bands are typecast (by labels and by consumers) for the fragmented music market (a classic being the 5-6-7-8s, the band in Kill Bill, doing squeaky-voiced girly punk 50s covers). On the other hand, The TenGooz are fairly eclectic pop/rock and seem to like it that way.

I say eclectic, but actually if I think about it, their pieces all pretty much have a characteristic feel to them - in particular I found voice and horn have the same kind of inflections. The changes in everything else keep it from getting boring.

There is nothing to actively dislike here if you like normal music. And you may find something you like in their works.

15/07/06

A mysterious new sound!I like it alot! Who is that bass player?
He~s a real magician. I think this collection of songs has something for everyone.Though one person might not like all the songs.Surely a great effort
and worth checking out.The cver almost jumps out at you.
It gives me the CHILLS!Good Luck!!

30/06/06

This album is great from start to finish. My favorite song so far is Bailar (Comical Spanish Dance). I'm glad I found this album on here.

30/06/06

I really enjoy listening to this album repeatedly.Its like
a musical journey

26/06/06

These guys are good!is that Jaco on the bass!!!
the recording quality is just ok but the songs and performances
are as good as anything ive heard these days!
Banzai!!!

23/06/06

The first thing that appear clearly to me is that the band likes to experiment with differents genres of music. The second thing is that they do that very well.

Elixir is a stylish mix of influences with the really appreciated plus of having an inner coherence. No sharp boundaries between songs, although you can clearly perceive the differences between the styles.

This album is also greatly played... I personally like the personality of the bass guitar lines and the clear impact of the singer.

It worth a try... then it will deserve more.

 

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Album information

JPN
Genre eclectic-celtic-okinawan-funky-flamenco-rock
Release May 25, 2006
Listens 23504 Downloads 2840
Starred 149 Playlisted 90    
Reviews 37 Rating 7.7/10

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