Argentina Hotels Travel - Panamericana
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Manufacturer: Eighteenth Street Lounge
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0795103011724
Label: Eighteenth Street Lounge
Manufacturer: Eighteenth Street Lounge
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Eighteenth Street Lounge
Release Date: 2007-09-18
Studio: Eighteenth Street Lounge
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Editorial Reviews:
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The name of Federico Aubele's new record references the Pan-American highway, a road that stretches--except for a 54-mile gap in the Columbian rainforest--from northern Alaska all the way to the southernmost tip of Latin America. Built as a supply chain during World War II, long stretches of it are more dirt than concrete, and less than obvious signage could leave you hopelessly lost. It's more of an idea than a road really, a metaphor for the complicated connections between these two continents. For Aubele, it's a way to summarize the fused cultural mismatch at the heart of his sound. As on his 2004 debut Gran Hotel Buenos Aires, Panamericana is grounded in Latin guitar, tango, and Argentine flavor, but it's also steeped in a more modern brew of trip-hop, dub, and ambient textures. The combination works, of course; released on Thievery Corp's ESL label, it fits nicely with the subgenre of ethnic-infused acid jazz that's also sprung up around artists like Gotan Project and Fila Brazilia over the last decade or so. Still, one wonders what Aubele's music would be like without the velvety bass hooks and electronic sheen. His guitar work here, though not as prominently featured as it was on Gran Hotel, beams through the production rumble like filtered sunshine as it wraps around a mix of male and female voices (all singing in Spanish). He could probably ditch the whole fusion approach and release straight world music (à la Seu Jorge, say) that matches or exceeds the material here. But though it can get weighed down by its reverb-laden haze, Panamericana's airy melodies and sensual tunes will still set you adrift in a warm sea of daydreamy armchair travel. --Matthew Cooke
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: cocktail/dinner Latin lounge
Comment: His first CD was very good, and this one is great. Same style as the first, but less of the street-sounds sampling and the music is better integrated and flows well throughout the course of the CD. If you like euro lounge, like Hotel Costes, you'll probably like this. It has a more Latin feel and it's smoother, but it still has an "xm chill" energy.
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Summary: Panamazing....
Comment: Every few years I come across a record that just floors me. Something fresh that has a really good vibe start to finish. This album is one of those albums. In short, Panamericana is an album that captures one's mind and allows them to drift to s different place. A chill voyage accompanied by seductive voices and spanish guitar.
If you are sitting there at your computer debating if it is worth separating yourself from your hard earned money for this disc, seriously just buy it. You won't be sorry. This is one of the best purchases I've made in recent memory.
Cheers Federico and Natalia... it was great saying hello in San Diego.
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Summary: Aubele guitar + Clavier vocal = pleasure to listen
Comment: Excellent delicate, natural music with perfect relaxing argentinian cafe atmosphere. It ask me to fly to Buenos Aires.
Music: 5 of 5
Aubele Guitar: 5 of 5
Clavier, Sanchez, Varela vocal: 5 of 5
Sonics/Sound/Recording: 3-4 of 5
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Summary: Just as good as the first
Comment: I have no idea why some people think this album is so different from Gran Hotel, but it's not at all. It's a pretty common phenomenon for people to react that way to an album they've been anticipating with high hopes I guess. But the fact is, this is along the exact same lines. There's very few stylistic changes, and the overall feel is almost exactly the same. It's slightly less lush because he cut out some of the atmospheric background, but mix up the songs from the 2 albums and no one would be able to tell you which songs were from which. I was weary before I got this because people say it doesn't live up to his debut, but I was wasting my time worrying about those people. Not only does it live up to it, but it's basically an extension of it. If you love Gran Hotel, you should definitely give this a try. If you're not familiar with Federico already, he makes chilled-out latin lounge music with Spanish lyrics. It's all very mellow with lots and lots of Spanish guitar and pleasant voices.
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Summary: Better the second time
Comment: Federico Aubele writes,plays, and sings a style of music that is nice to listen to over and over...and should age well
This album, is a little less pop (to me) than his first but in a very nice way
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