Spinning Tourists in a City of Ghosts

Editorial Reviews
Bizarre - #12
Shifting from dance orientated to soundscape mixing in Kitsch and exotica along the way, producing a dream-like travelogue.

Digital Artifact - Issue #14
Like a twisting, non-linear progression of sound... an enigmatically appealing, chaotically rhythmic experimentalist's vision of a Utopian world.

Album Description
Dunno who or what Kobalt 6 is, but M'lumbo are a trio of talented musical jokers aided by various guest musicians and hangers-on, who are more interested in challenging themselves than in reaching a mass audience. Previous releases have offered wacky interpretations of movie and TV themes, played with a vaguely free-jazz/world-beat orientation, but on this Spinning Tourists In A City Of Ghosts, M'lumbo jump headfirst into sampling and studio wizardry, moving obliquely in various directions and often sounding a lot like the Orb in their most mind-expanding incarnation. The seven generously proportioned pieces on the CD are loosely stitched together with vocal loops, music samples, nature sounds, drones and the riff-oriented playing of the trio and guests, who can be heard on muted trumpet, sax, guitar, bass, keyboards, and percussion - generally laying down a skewed but urbane jazz-funk goove with occaisional ethnic overtones (sitar, hand percussion, etc) Sometimes, as on the long and sprawling "Soul Exchange," the thread gets lost, and the vision quest threatens to degenerate into a disjointed fever dream. Elsewhere, though, an overall shape is at least hinted at, or a direction maintained, or an atmosphere sustained - which makes most of the aural journeys on this CD well worth listening. - Alternative Press

Spinning Tourists in a City of Ghosts

Spinning Tourists in a City of Ghosts
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    		Spinning Tourists in a City of Ghosts
    M'lumbo
    Manufacturer: Unit Circle
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Jazz FusionJazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Fusion & World FusionFusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B000035X5I
    Release Date: 1999-11-30

    Tracks:

    1. Science Headquarters
    2. Soul Exchange
    3. Secret of Fear
    4. Playing at Random
    5. Call This Number Now and Change Your Life Forever
    6. Sprawling Masoleums
    7. All You Have to Do Is Relax and Listen [And Let Your Subconscious Do T]

    Album Description

    Dunno who or what Kobalt 6 is, but M'lumbo are a trio of talented musical jokers aided by various guest musicians and hangers-on, who are more interested in challenging themselves than in reaching a mass audience. Previous releases have offered wacky interpretations of movie and TV themes, played with a vaguely free-jazz/world-beat orientation, but on this Spinning Tourists In A City Of Ghosts, M'lumbo jump headfirst into sampling and studio wizardry, moving obliquely in various directions and often sounding a lot like the Orb in their most mind-expanding incarnation. The seven generously proportioned pieces on the CD are loosely stitched together with vocal loops, music samples, nature sounds, drones and the riff-oriented playing of the trio and guests, who can be heard on muted trumpet, sax, guitar, bass, keyboards, and percussion - generally laying down a skewed but urbane jazz-funk goove with occaisional ethnic overtones (sitar, hand percussion, etc) Sometimes, as on the long and sprawling "Soul Exchange," the thread gets lost, and the vision quest threatens to degenerate into a disjointed fever dream. Elsewhere, though, an overall shape is at least hinted at, or a direction maintained, or an atmosphere sustained - which makes most of the aural journeys on this CD well worth listening. - Alternative Press

    Music:

    1. Stay the Course
    2. The Dirty Boogie
    3. There Is Nothing Left to
    4. There Is Nothing Left to Lose
    5. Title of Record [Import]
    6. Torch Division [Import]
    7. Trust [Import]
    8. Vault
    9. Voices
    10. Warriors

    Music

    music

    Music

    Torquay

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc.

    Cantatas Bwv 82, 159 & 57

    Easy Come Easy Go [CD-single]

    Best 1200 [Limited Edition] [Import]

    Closer [Enhanced]

    Celebration of Disco

    Brahms: Symphony in Cm No1, Op68; Strauss: Kaiser Walzer Op437

    Beyond Time

    Cool Grooves

    August and Everything After [Gold CD]

    Beyond the Beyond

    Brazilectro: Latin Flavoured Club Tunes, Session 6

    Best

    Hymns