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艺人

Sonia Dada

语种

英语

厂牌

Calliope

发行时间

2004年06月22日

专辑类别

录音室专辑

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专辑介绍

by James Christopher Monger

Some bands defy categorization on purpose; Chicago's Sonia Dada do it naturally. Their intoxicating blend of R&B, pop, and worldbeat has found them wrongfully lumped into the jam band scene, a genre that, while supportive, tends to pigeonhole artists indefinitely. Their latest, the ambitious Test Pattern, opens in a wash of tablas and &Bollywood& vocals before morphing into a sun-drenched Americana road trip led by the distinctive vocals of Sam Hogan, Michael Scott, and Paris Delane. Test Pattern works as a single song, flowing effortlessly between gospel-tinged soundscapes like &Saturday& and soul-jazz rave-ups like &Take Back.& At times it's like a sequel to Prince's 1987 &everything including the kitchen sink& double-disc Sign 'O' the Times, if the Purple One had allowed Daniel Lanois to produce it. The slick production works because the material warrants it -- the down-on-your-luck &Gordon& is as warm as it is heartbreaking and the rolling thunder of percussion that fuels &Dark Visions& is vast and majestic. The sampled bombardes, bursts of mandolins and sitars, and truly sublime and soulful vocals keep Test Pattern from unraveling into a slick piece of adult contemporary refuse, something that could easily have happened had the members not been blessed with impeccable restraint. Swirling beneath each track is a multicultural symphony, but that symphony prefers to accompany the song rather than bury it in unnecessary pomp and circumstance.