{"id":6042,"date":"2023-10-30T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:30:56","slug":"single-review-brother-chumbo-kontiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/30\/single-review-brother-chumbo-kontiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Brother Chumbo&#8221; &#8211; Kontiki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_0600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_0600.jpg 871w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_0600-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_0600-768x756.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_0600-61x60.jpg 61w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1SG4gWGF3nycrrDW4UDsPW?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>Years ago I knew a kid in my neighbourhood called Chumbo. His family were from North Africa. I\u2019m not sure exactly where. He was a bright kid, loved his football, and always had a big smile. When he moved, his friends around him were so sad, I never saw him again, and nothing on the internet turns up anything. I wonder what happened to him \u2014 I haven\u2019t seen him in something like 37 years.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I digress. This is a really expressive piece of afro jazz, the guitar line and drum intro fool you into thinking that this is going to a drum and bass thing. It\u2019s in the hi hats but when the whole thing comes in it\u2019s definitely not, but believe me when the tempo change kicks in you just want to dance! But just when you think the party\u2019s over\u2026 it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>No way. Let the bass player lull you into that false sense of security from 2:53, you\u2019d think it\u2019s going to fade out, but the sax is giving you hint this ain\u2019t over till the drummer gets some\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s building.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n<p>Wait for it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Waaaaaait for it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Big grin on my face right now.<\/p>\n<p>Stabs from 3:57\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Hoooooold\u2026<\/p>\n<p>WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOO!<\/p>\n<p>Hey it\u2019s on the track, that wasn\u2019t me!<\/p>\n<p>DRUM SOLO!!!!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not telling you where.<\/p>\n<p>Let the beat hit you.<\/p>\n<p>OH GOD this track.<\/p>\n<p>It bangs.<\/p>\n<p>So naturally it\u2019s my track of the week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kontiki<\/strong> are a Leeds \/ Bradford five-piece that make raucous, dancefloor-destroying, hypnotic afro fusion grooves.<\/p>\n<p>Hey I wonder what Jon and Ming of the Monday Night Ride Out will make of this?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago I knew a kid in my neighbourhood called Chumbo. His family were from North Africa. I\u2019m not sure exactly where. He was a bright kid, loved his football, and always had a big smile. When he moved, his friends around him were so sad, I never saw him again, and nothing on the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,42,118,157,229,40,129,256,52,139,30,153,142,150,162,154,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrobeat","category-band","category-bass","category-brass","category-composer","category-dance","category-drums","category-funk","category-guitar","category-jazz","category-music","category-percussion","category-producer","category-songwriter","category-uk","category-woodwind","category-world-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6044,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042\/revisions\/6044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}