Earlier this week I went music browsing and without intending to
buy this, I ended up having a serious love affair with Khan's "No
Comprendo" (Matador). My main reason forgrabbing it without road-
testing in-store was the inclusion of the wonderful track "Vaseline"
that was on one of the Wire's freebies a while ago.
Khan (Can Oral - Air Liquide etc etc) has had a pretty large output
under various guises, some of which has been quite patchy. Despite
my usual "I Hate Vocals" dictum, this release, with vocal
contributions by so many varied artists, is just plain great (**IMO**)
Starting with the unusual and attractive cover art depicting two
cocks (yay! cocks on the cover... - you silly people, of the fowl, not
foul, variety) I was drawn to this album that doesn't give away much
information.
I gather from other reviews (they obviously had press releases) that
the general feel is "an illusion to being a tourist and feeling out of
sync in a strange land and the music remains faithful to that central
idea" (from AMG).
The vocals are by courtesy of Francoise Cactus, Kid Congo Powers,
Jon Spencer, Julee Cruise, Diamanda Galas, Hanin Elias, Andre
Williams (who he??) as well as one by Khan himself. As you might
guess from this list, there are fairly varied styles on offer here.
I feel that this is a stronger release than '99's 1-900-Get-Khan and
worthy of a look-in, if you can get over the fact that there are vocals
:-) Mercy Mama, especially, begs instant reply.
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