Shawn Lee's Ping-Pong Orchestra - World of Funk
An ambitious project that works really well. Using the sort of world music elements he does always prensents a dilema, in that you will inevitably dilute parts of the musical traditions you are are borrowing from, simplifying rhythmic and melodic elements so that the borrowed material will fit with the western framework. Shawn doesn't solve this dilema, but he does end up with a simbiosis that ends up being starkly original even if it's not particularly risky. I'll definitely keep this in my library and will probably search out other stuff he's done.
9/10
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