Rhythms Del Mundo : Cuba

Rhythms del Mundo is a nonprofit collaborative album, which fuses an all-star cast of Cuban musicians including Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo of the the Buena Vista Social Club with tracks from US, UK and Irish artists such as U2, Coldplay, Sting, Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and others.


About Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba

Artists' Project Earth (APE), a group committed to bringing about awareness of environmental disasters, climate change, and related challenges, spearheaded Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba. The compilation CD pairs a roster of wellknown British pop/rock stars with a number of Cuban musicians billed as the Buena Vista Sound (after the muchcelebrated Buena Vista Social Club, some of whose members are featured here, notably Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo). Conceived and produced by Kenny Young, Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba seems to have been recorded separately: the musicians recording versions of hit songs in Cuba and the Brits laying down the vocals afterward in either London or Barcelona (according to the engineering credits, at least). It's a little bizarre to hear "Clocks" (Coldplay) and "She Will Be Loved" (Maroon 5) get the Cuban treatment, granted, but it's curious all the same. Then there are a pair of Coco Freeman performances, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (U2) and "High and Dry" (Radiohead), that are especially bizarre, as they incorporate not the bands themselves, but rather samples of the original versions of the songs. In contrast, the more straightforward performances by Latin performers such as Vania Borges, Ferrer, and Portuondo are never less than pleasant, ensuring that the entire CD doesn't play like a crosscultural mashup. In the end, it's difficult to imagine who exactly is the target audience of Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba. Those who are fond of Cuban music, or Buena Vista Social Club specifically, aren't likely to spring for a compilation featuring the Arctic Monkeys or Dido, to single out a couple of the other pop stars not yet mentioned. Conversely, those who are fond of British pop/rock likely aren't going to be wild about Cuban music such as that featured here. In any event, the intention of APE was good, no question about that. For instance, the CD booklet is laden with essays about global warming, and while some of the writing seems rather polemic for the context, if not downright doomsaying in its urgency, it all is well intended and written, notably including a short piece by Al Gore related to his An Inconvenient Truth project.

Tracklist:

1. Clocks - Coldplay
2. Better Together - Jack Johnson
3. Dancing Shoes - Arctic Monkeys
4. One Step Too Far - Dido & faithless
5. As Time Goes By - Ibrahim Ferrer
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Coco & U2
7. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
8. Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs
9. Killing Me Softly - Omara Portuondo
10. Ai No Corrida - Vanya & Quincy
11. Fragilidad - Sting
12. Don't Know Why - Vanya
13. Hotel Buena Vista - Aquila Rose & Idana
14. The Dark of the Matinée - Coco & Franz Ferdinand
15. High and Dry - Lele & Radiohead
16. Casablanca - Ibrahim & Omara (Bonus track)


...:::WATCH SOME RDM::::....

RDM myspace
www.apeuk.org
You Tube - RDM feat. Coco Freeman & U2
You Tube - RDM feat. Vania Borges
You Tube - RDM feat. Arctic Monkeys

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