Top Tracks of 2008, Part Two
5. Allá – Es Tiempo – (2008) Es Tiempo
One of the highlights of my free time has been a podcast that a friend and I have created. Discovering music through friends is infinitely better than being assaulted with It-Girl fads from mass media. Allá is just one artist I discovered through my podcasting partner. This chicano trio out of Chicago blends sounds from latin roots with elements of 60s psychadelic music.
I am a huge fan of artists that successfully blend genres and styles into new creations. It’s a hard thing to get right. Often, the result mixes as well as oil and water. Case in point: Audioslave, the project of Chris Cornell and members of Rage Against the Machine. I felt that their album was like being at a music festival while Rage and Soundgarden played simultaneously on adjacent stages. The music just didn’t blend.
Allá’s blend of music was a frequent soundtrack for roadtrips in the blending between Spring and Summer.
[audio=http://simpleharmonicmotion.net/htc/20090114/mp3/top2008-04.mp3,Allá - Es Tiempo]
Dayv rocks an open mic at a local coffee shop every Saturday. He also co-produces a podcast of mixes at http://simpleharmonicmotion.net
