Have you ever found a band at a fantastic live show, only to buy their CD and find out it makes you a bit sleepy next to the live experience? I have. Many times. The most recent for me was Tarrus Riley, my great live find at Reggae Sumfest.
Zalama Crew live @ La Negra Noche, La Feria de las Flores Medellin – August 2013
I loved Zalama Crew’s live show at Negra Noche in Medellin last month.
From there I kind of expected their 2013 EP Everyday Fight to be disappointing. It definitely was not that.
If you love like I do, good sounds of really well blended hip-hop, dub reggae & soul, with some Latin rhythms in the mix, you’ll love the tunes on Everyday Fight.
My ears lock into the intro beats of Track 1 immediately. Slowly slowly the sounds keep building. I can’t stop listening. I wonder, and wait in anticipation for whatever might be coming next.
01 Llego La Melodia
It sounds like it could be something special yes?
Track 2 kicks in, and there it is. My body has to move to the music. And I’m in it.
02 Escucha & Rota
From there I stay in it. Engaged with each of the different soundings songs on Everyday Fight until the end.
That end is my only disappointment with the EP really. After the 7 songs are over I always wish there were more to come.
Listen to Everyday Fight tracks @ soundcloud.com/zalamarecords & soundcloud.com/zalamacrew.
You can buy Everyday Fight from:
* Almacenes la Musica (in Cali, Colombia), or
* ITunes (elsewhere in the world): https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/zalama-crew/id516662793
& find more Zalama Crew music too…
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- Echos del Ghetto (2010)
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- Zalama Lekum (2011)
Zalama Crew are a collective of independent artists from Cali, Colombia.
Zalama Crew = band (human bass, drums, flute & guitar players yes + DJ Cronic + 4 MC/Vocalists + VJ Paul Dub.
Anyone want to go to Cali this week for the live Zalama Crew experience? Yo si.
DJ Cronic chatting about Zalama Crew, Zalama Producciones, fusion music in Colombia, working with Sergent Garcia and more, soon.
