with Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
Bebek
- Bebek
Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
is a veteran syndicated music critic, his reviews appear in over 35 publications
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Bebek
- Bebek
The city of brotherly love has more to
offer than the Liberty Bell and cheese and steak hoagies, they have a great
band called Bebek.
Lynn Michalopoulos fronts the band. She
is a hypnotic vocalist that has a range as high and broad as an opera performer.
She is a gifted performer surrounded by equally strong talent. Michalopoulos
is the focal point of a band trying to accomplish a complexity and uniqueness
rarely found in music today. These elements are evident on their self-titled
recording. What is nice to point out for a change is that their sound is
actually distinctive. They combine electronica, a heavy dose of thumping
bass lines and keyboards that form dreamy layers so Lynn can capitalize
on her vocal powers. That combination formulates a stunning blend of pop-electronica-world-jazz
that will entice you and suck you into their world on every track.
On songs like “Traffic”, the band decides
to go in a decidedly jazz direction, most notably with Lynn’s vocal style,
then “Palm Tree” gets you right back into a late nightclub atmosphere with
all energy, sparkle and pulsating rhythms that are a constant element that
drives the entire culture. When you think you may be listening to a track
leaning strongly towards electronica, Nero Catalano brings to the party
some rockin’ guitar or the worldly flavor of the bouzouki to give the song
an essence that you will not typically hear in the genre. This is not club
music, I do not want to mislead you, even though those elements of electronica
are there, this is not what you would expect to hear walking into a late
night dance club, it creates the ambiance of that, however it is not that
at all. You have to hear it for yourself to understand where I am coming
from. I loved this CD, and for many reasons, enough to feel the need to
keep listening to see what else I could hear on the next spin. The bass
is predominant with this music, it is the driving force of their sound,
and everything else follows in line. In the end, Bebek is one of those
bands that is nearly impossible to categorize and that is a good thing.
CD info and links
Rating:
Tracks:
01. 807 dub (5:11)
02. Rollerderby (3:25)
03. Frozen (3:25)
04. Grace 6 5 (5:40)
05. Good News (3:23)
06. Traffic (3:35)
07. She knows (5:07)
08. Palm Tree (5:06)
09. The Bricks (4:42)
10. Today (6:32)
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