Rythms Del Mundo - Classics.


The biggest stars in the music industry have joined forces with the sublime talent of Cuba's finest musicians to raise their voices to the latest RDM album, 'Rhythms del Mundo Classics', produced to raise awareness and funds for climate crisis projects and natural disaster relief. Visit www.apeuk.org for more information about these projects.

http://www.rhythmsdelmundo.com/classics/

Listen to it here...
http://www.we7.com/album/Classics?albumId=323826&m=0

I'm surprised Bowienet haven't mentioned this release. It's as good as any news they give us. It has a few Bowie related covers on it..
Rhythms Del Mundo with the Editors doing Walk on the Wild Side
http://www.we7.com/track/Walk-On-The-Wild-Side?trackId=2523451&m=0

Rhythms Del Mundo With Keane doing Under Pressure
http://www.we7.com/track/Under-Pressure?trackId=2523450&m=0

also contains the Killers doing Hotel California and Amy Winehouse doing Cupid.

Interesting, thanks.

The Keane cover of Under Pressure sounds identical to the one they contributed to the Established 1967 Radio 1 cover versions album. Note the Vanilla Ice version of the bassline! Sounds like Rhythms Del Mundo re-arranged it with their own instruments.

Love the Editors cover of Walk On The Wild Side. Never thought Lou Reed was a brilliant vocalist anyway (sorry, Bettina) Hotel California sounds pretty decent too.

yeah I like the Editors one. He sounds like the singer from Tindersticks in this one.

... Thanks for the heads-up, SOS - this is wonderful.

"The Keane cover of Under Pressure sounds identical to the one they contributed to the Established 1967 Radio 1 cover versions album. Note the Vanilla Ice version of the bassline! Sounds like Rhythms Del Mundo re-arranged it with their own instruments. "
I think they get the masters and just add their own music. Quite an interesting approach using cuban music.

here's the first album
http://www.we7.com/album/Rhythms-Del-Mundo-Cuba-Digital-?albumId=218123&m=0

also a pretty good one

" Thanks for the heads-up, SOS - this is wonderful" yes it's perect summer music or for that BBQ.

I'm loving it. Yeah, it does seem that they've been given covers that they've just added their own music to (brilliantly), but their own cover of Purple Haze is excellent too.

I love those rhythms. Makes me wish I'd learned "latin" dancing at some time, 'cos it just makes me want to move.

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It certainly gets my juices flowing!

Is that what that smell is?

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So what Bowie songs do you think would be good to have this treatment?

I think Everyone Says Hi would be perfect?

Yeah, either that or We Are The Dead.

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I reckon I Can't Read would be injected with some optimism with some Cuban sounds.

What was it Bowie said on Oy Vey, Baby before playing I Can't Read?


"Latin America does not sound like this"

Actually..

'Days' would be perfect. Would love to hear Days Cuban-ised.

Always felt that it would benefit from some percussion.

yes Days would benefit from it. Anything is better than that horrible synth bass that's in it at the moment.

We are the Dead? ha ha how about Please Mr Gravedigger

Of course The Laughing Gnome would sound good in any style.

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> here's the first album
>http://www.we7.com/album/Rhythms-Del-Mundo-Cuba-Digital-?albumId=218123&m=0
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> also a pretty good one

Pretty good indeed. Many of the tracks on that one are sung in Spanish. There are some highlights, in particular Franz's The Dark Of The Matinee (in Spanish), Arctic Monkeys' Dancing Shoes, Jack Johnson's Better Together, Quincy Jones' Ai No Corrida and my favourite track, Kaiser Chiefs' Modern Way.

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Funny enough the version of the first album has a different playlist from my own one. It's missing a spanish version of Killing Me Softly..which is one of my favourites.