Friday, May 15, 2015

#1743 Yma Sumac - Mambo!

The usual exotica stuff, those bubbling beats and extra flourishes, plus:
 - searing blasts of horns, coming in bright enough to make you squint
 - Yma's bonkers operatic howling, piping voice. I mean full on range, swinging from Louis Armstrong growls to some beep boop Fifth Element opera shit on a dime

That voice is a thing to behold, and an interesting curiosity, but pretty goddamn unpleasant to listen to. Same goes for the album  2.5/5

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