The Putumayo label has sometimes been guilty of a certain overweening multicultural earnestness in its presentation of various ethnic music traditions. On this winning compilation, though, it's all about the groove. Leading off with a cool, beat-heavy remake of Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata" and proceeding through examples of, among other things, Senegalese funk ("Xel" by Aby N'Dour), reggae-inflected Haitian creole hip-hop (Wyclef Jean's exceptionally fine "Sang Fezi"), and bouncy South Asia-influenced pop (Dissidenten's "Lobster Song"), New World Party delivers a pretty flawless combination of cultural edification and booty shakification.Los Mocosos, a San Francisco-based Latin band, contribute a sort of salsa-reggae fusion on "La Boa"; Algeria's Hamid Baroudi delivers straight-ahead funk that George Clinton could be proud of (albeit with a quavering Arabic vocal accompaniment); Daude combines downtempo hip-hop with Brazilian soul on the lovely "Vamos Fugir." The album title says it all.
New World Party
Various Artists
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New World Party Review
by Rick Anderson
Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Miriam Makeba | 03:50 | Amazon | ||||
2 | Dissidenten | 03:35 | Amazon | ||||
3 | Hamid Baroudi | 03:30 | Amazon | ||||
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Aby N'Dour | 04:32 | Amazon | |||
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Ramata Diakité | 04:44 | Amazon | |||
6 | Gal Costa | 04:50 | Amazon | ||||
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Chico César | 03:32 | Amazon | |||
8 | Los Mocosos | 03:12 | Amazon | ||||
9 | Zeca Baleiro | 03:46 | Amazon | ||||
10 | Refugee Camp Allstars / Wyclef Jean | 04:02 | Amazon | ||||
11 | Daúde / Djavan | 04:27 | Amazon |