M.I.A. - Kala poll

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the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link

.. and i still stand by that earlier bafflement.

piscesx, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link

I posted this on the other Kala thread. Bird Flu is still dope but the beat being a whole-cloth Bollywood sample takes a little something away from it, especially after those stories around the release about going to India and recording with drummers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQyMmjMrP4

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-m-i-a-made-kala-20130319

"For "Bird Flu," M.I.A. harnessed the power of South Indian percussion: "30 drummers in a room" playing an instrument called the urmi, a which is used in temple rituals. The result, M.I.A. recalled, was "a massive beat – the total opposite of the snap beat sound that was popular in the U.S. at that time. People kept telling me: That record is going to clear the dance floor.""

Maybe she did record with a bunch of drummers but it didn't sound as good as the sample...

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link

yeah i was gonna ask if she did that. you are probably right. i love the loops. this record is very instant classic.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link

XR2 is a banger

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link

The Turn is making me think of Bow Wow Wow

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:27 (six years ago) link

this album is really very good

plax (ico), Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link


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