Wandering around the labyrinth of grooves that is Quannum Records, I discovered something familiar sounding yet completely unknown to me: Curumin. Steeped in the best of '70's Brazil, with vocals reminiscent of Seu Jorge and Tom Ze, Curumin has created a warm and funky record that I will be playing a lot this summer.
Achados E Perdidos has been out since 2005. The title means "Found and Lost", which can easily apply to the musical references apparent in each song. Just look at a list of his influences: "Well, basically Afro-American music. What happened with the African music after the diaspora: the mixtures and recombinations of this music here in America (including South America)... samba, soul, salsa, funk, reggae, hip hop. From Stevie Wonder to Originais do Samba to Lebron Brothers to Augustus Pablo to Jorge Ben to Meters to Tim Maia to Cedric Brooks to De La Soul to Black Rio and the originals too, like Fela, Peter King, Lafayete, Geraldo Piño and here we go!"
Let's get this guy on MOG!
Luckily, I found a track to share with you on the Promonet site, which has kindly provided legal MP3's to all MOG users:
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I can smell the cocoa butter...this _is_ great summer tunage. Awesome.
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good post. i really dig curumin. i saw 'em in seattle about three months ago. i have listened to quannum alot. more specifically in the early stages of my hip-hop development. they have laid the ground work for my recent music interests. i never heard curumin before i went to the show. i have only heard OF them. i was not the least bit disappointed in the quannum artist. he blew the crowd away. it was so funky flavorful. good times for sure.
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Nice one. I was wondering when I was going to find somebody mixing up 70s sambasoul stuff in a non-cheezy way. This sounds pretty great!
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sweetnees kate,score!
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Love it. Feel the Michigan ice melting below me.
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It sounds good. It has a similar melody to Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" also covered by Joe Cocker.
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i want some sun & warmth... badly...
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Can I 'borrow' your music collection...I can't guarantee I'll give it back. :)
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Oh this sounds so nice. Some thing bright and sunny to help me with this Seasonal Affective Disorder I seem to be experiencing. It's bad enough it's snowing right now. Thanks Kate. This is just what the witchdoctor ordered. I think I'll be checking out Quannum when I get home.
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NICE. i want to do a dorky white-person dance to this. maybe later though.
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Love this madly. Thanks for calling it to our colelctive attention.
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Is that also a hint of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band groovin' with Bill Cosby? Mmm-mmm-mmm. Nice.
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this has to be a cover type thing of "Feeling Alright" by Joe Cocker (at least thats the version i know). Really nice groove. Thanks for the promonet notice :-)
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'my bad...didn't Spikes post.....
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I love those "When You PLAY IT, SAY IT" stickers. Wish I had a whole sheet of 'em to stick on random stuff.
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I had to dance around a bit listening to this guy.
Grrrrreat post, though I'm not partial or anything ;)