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Kali Gadji

 
Album Review: Kali Gadji
 

  • Artist: Thierry Robin
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: July 14, 1998
  • Total Time: 55:05
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: World

Review

In the first five minutes of this album, Titi Robin makes two mistakes that just about scuttle the whole project: he lays down a track that's nothing but sound effects -- rain, a horse, a woman's laugh -- and he talks over an otherwise fine flamenco song. He is not singing; he is not rapping; he is talking. Maybe Maurice Chevalier can get away with this sort of thing, but from Titi Robin it is merely pretentious and God-awful. On later tracks the talking approximates rap (admittedly, it even works on "L'Ombre de Dieu"), but between them, sound effects and recitation ruin almost half the disc, so caveat emptor.

Oddly enough, the rest of the album is quite nice. Robin plays his characteristic guitar and oud, but he often relies on the bouzouki, which gives the proceedings a nice, sharp timbre. But the album suffers for lack of a unifying principle. There is some flamenco, some Moroccan influence (including the passionate shouting of Abdelkrim Sami "Diablo" on "Swing Wassalou," a touch of Klezmer, and some very good jazz on "Le Vent (The Wind)." Perhaps the unifying element is Afro-pop music, which several tracks seem to be imitating. The way in which everything is drenched in saxophone lends some credence to this hypothesis, but we might never know. ~ Kurt Keefner, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Prelude Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (1:46)
Pañolero/L'Or du Mali Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (5:54)
Bleu Indigo Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (2:28)
Swing Wassoulou Thierry Robin, Abdelkrim Sami Thierry Robin (2:41)
Lovari Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (4:11)
Anita Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (5:15)
Guitarra Mia Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (5:45)
L' Ombre de Dieu Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (3:00)
Salutations Thierry Robin, Abdelkrim Sami Thierry Robin (3:30)
Interlude Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (1:23)
Le Vent Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (6:13)
Amande/Suite Morena Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (6:41)
Choucar Zizou Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (3:01)
Chaabi Michto Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (2:27)
Postlude Thierry Robin Thierry Robin (1:05)

Credits

Renaud Pion (Clarinet), Renaud Pion (Saxophone), Thierry Robin (Main Performer), Silvio Soave (Engineer), Silvio Soave (Mastering), Silvio Soave (Mixing), Silvio Soave (Realization), Alain Genty (Bass), Bernard Subert (?), Bernard Subert (Bombardes), Bernard Subert (Bombard), Bernard Subert (Hautbois), Gabriel Levasseur (Accordion)
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