Released: 2005
SCEP 400 | EAN: 8018344114002 | EP 12" Out of stock
The new stunning single by The Dining Rooms contains 3 tracks.
Two mixes of ‘Afrolicious’ on Side A: the original and the Carmel remix. Afrolicious is a great dance track. Perfectly combining elements of Ambient, Afrobeat and Funk, the tune takes shape into a cinematic theme, with an irresistibly driving hook. Class, diversity and a whole heap of groove come out of this track to shake even the most sophisticated dance-floor. The vocal intro sounding like Martin Luther King, disguises a house/broken beat track with fat bass-line. Nasty, sweaty yet unmistakably funky, this is a tune evolving into many sounds.
On Side B “Thin Ice” gets the Paul & Mark (aka Fedreghini & Bianchi) cool lick. The vocals introduce a Latin-Jazz track where the piano drives rhythms through echoes of Latin America. A splendid trumpet solo garnishes the tune, giving way to another fabulous trombone solo just when the palate seems to feel satisfied. So the song slips away gently yet rhythmically energetic.
CREDITS
A1:written by Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti
Don "much respect" Freeman: Rhodes and clavinova
Marcello Testa: double bass
Cesare Malfatti: acoustic guitar
Stefania Giarlotta: backing vocals
A2:
additional production and remix by Carmel
B1:
written by Stefano Ghittoni, Cesare Malfatti and Marta Collica
lyrics and vocal arrangements by Marta Collica
additional production and remix by Paolo Fedreghini and Marco Bianchi
Fabrizio Bosso: trumpet
Gianluca Petrella: trombone
mastered by Giovanni Versari at Nautilus, Milan
cover photograph: Maria Arena
sleeve design: Enrico Gianfranchi
original versions included on the "Experimental in Ambient Soul" album - SCCD/LP 389