Andres Garcia & The Ghost - Haunted Love (Poor Records)
What the funk is this? And why am I enjoying it? Music like this should not be turning up at my house. I left this sort of stuff behind years ago, and even then I only liked a bit of it, a tiny bit of it actually. Get down leg! Stop moving! You are too old to be doing that! My weakened body and empty mind cannot take eleven tracks like this!
Good job, then, that these eleven tracks are not just funky, with each one overlapping the next as they pound along, and your concentrations grinds to a halt as you reach for the bottle, or whatever else you may have at hand. This is way, way more interesting than that! Crikey, squelch, what a mix is this!
Techno, funk, electronica, soul, dub, dance, disco (er, maybe?), and all in the opening song, "Playing Love", with vocals so crisply assured they must have come straight from the dry cleaners. Next up is "Sur Les Wagons" featuring a French narration (also used on "I Am No Longer", "Forgive Me" and "Suite 415" with aplomb), the voice having a liquid charm all of its own, enhancing the chic and cool jazzy French feel of the backing, which is both bizarre and beautiful - just check out that harmonica!
"All My Tropics" (and the later, longer, "Still Your Tropics") continues along the diverse, audacious route, with a smooth and frisky tempo, and vocals to match; "Wavelengths And Passions" slows it all down to a gentle stroll after the continuously speedy musical journey, and the beauty here is enhanced by the superb production and timing.
The production values don't change, and they lift the modern soul/R&B of "Believe" and the one instrumental, "Deep Down", just above the ordinary, but these are the only tracks that skirt this label. Check out closer "Suite 415", a reminder of French cinema back in the ‘60s. This is such a fitting climax to the whole scene that’s presented here, eight minutes long and not a word or note wasted. Glorious! And in a word – that’s the album!
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Kev A.
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