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The Budos Band
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Price: $8.54
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 8231340005208
Label: Daptone
Manufacturer: Daptone
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Daptone
Release Date: 2005-11-29
Studio: Daptone
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Customer reviews of The Budos Band
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: Kung-Fu Soul Brother BGM
Comment: First the good: They have almost perfectly nailed the late 1960s - early 1970s funk/jazz fusion sound with bass, guitar, eclectic percussion, big horns with a bright spacious reverb that reminds me of classic Stax sessions, and basic old-school mixing techniques. Sounds like it could be background music from an old Blaxploitation movie.
Now the bad: I love this kind of groove/funk/soul stuff, and I wanted to give it five stars like everybody else... but ... This album sounds like background music from an old Blaxploitation movie. Emphasis on the word BACKGROUND. Track after track, the Budos Band lays down a really sweet-sounding bed and then does nothing with it. Each song is built around a basic musical phrase. After you hear the repeated phrase a couple of times, you start thinking "okay, now do something with it." You want to hear a solo or a melodic change or a drum break or something, but the band never adds any punctuation and the song ends up being an underscore that never quite pays off.
To be fair, not all the songs are like this. There are 4 tracks I liked, but 4 out of 11 is less than 50%.
And then there's the organ. I find no fault with Mike Deller's playing; he did the best he could with what he had. It's just that the organ itself sounds like crap. It's a thin, wimpy synth imitation of a Hammond (I myself have long suffered the heartbreak of playing an inadequate organ synth; it's hard to find one that sounds good these days.) Compounding the organ's inherent deficiency is the fact that apparently it was plugged straight into the board, because it has no reverb and sounds almost like it came from somewhere else .. floating on top of the mix and just not belonging there. It was heart-breaking to hear that cheesy organ slapped down on top of the big, ballsy horn section. Just didn't work for me. Thankfully the organ was not prominent on most tracks on the album.
Still, for the price this is a pretty okay album. I've heard a lot worse. I just feel like the Budos Band could do a lot better ... In fact, I know they do, because i also got Budos II, which I more highly recommend.
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Summary: REBIRTH OF FUNK
Comment: Is it a global message to all funk lovers ? i think yes. i have not heard till now so powerful and intelligent funk compositions with such a refinement .simplicity and authenticity at its best .
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Summary: i love it!
Comment: i was searching amazon for funk one day and came upon this. i have listened to it over and over and i still love it. such a great instrumental album!
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Summary: The Sound I've Been Looking For
Comment: What a phenomenal album this is. I found them after hearing one of their tracks on an episode of Entourage, and I haven't stopped playing this album since. Perfect summertime soundtrack music for a bbq, or if you just feel like tapping your feet, bobbing your head and being in a good mood. It's funky, soulful, jazzy, almost latin at times, and super catchy throughout. No need to skip any tracks here, these guys are awesome.
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Summary: hard hittin raw afro-soul at its finest
Comment: any lover of funk/hip hop or soul will love this album, keeps you shakin your boooty all the way through, a must have for anyone who loves to boogie on down to some sweet raw funk, as advertised on the back of the cd: we are confident that you will feel and enjoy this music thoroughly from the soles of your feet to the inner santorium of your mind, if youre already looking at this cd, do yourself a favor and buy it, and commence the groove.
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