When I see the words “Special Sphere” I’m going to have
\nexpectations. I am a very literal person. If you say it’s special,
\nwell, it had better be. But YUCK! This album was ghastly. It was
\nawful. I rarely trash a person or group’s hard work because I
\nappreciate the effort, even if I don’t personally like the music.
\nBut give me a break. There was no energy expended on this pathetic
\nattempt to make music. There was no polish applied, no character or
\ntalent displayed. Let me explain.<\/p>\n
Zufolo is a 14-member group — rather large for a “band.” They
\nbreak the language barriers of Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and
\nEnglish. Lots of people, lots of talent. Right? With such a large
\ngroup of people you’d think that there would, at the very least, be
\nan infinitesimal amount of talent. I was in for an unexpected
\nride\u2026.and not a good one.<\/p>\n
They drove me straight into music hell. And the ride didn’t end
\nthere. Every song is the same thing over and over. It’s monotonous
\nand dull all the way through. The only emotion I felt was pain; as
\nif someone was sticking needles into my skin and then twisting them
\naround.<\/p>\n
The picture on the CD sleeve hinted that it they played techno
\nmusic. “Perfect Style” is anything but perfect, and as far as
\n“style,” there is none. It sounds like a blend of techno-jazz with
\nsappy cocktail lounge music in some old dingy nightclub where a
\ngo-go dancer is frantically trying to keep the attention of the
\naudience. Alicia (one-name only) performs the vocals, and I use the
\nword “perform” loosely.<\/p>\n
“Forever” aptly describes how I feel about the entire CD; it
\ngoes on forever and ever. It was repetitious to agitation, and it’s
\nso broken into pieces that you get lost in the drone. Similar to
\njazz’s fragmented style, but further broken down into such tiny
\near-slicing pieces that you are exhausted and bloody when it’s all
\nover.<\/p>\n
“Crazy World” had redeeming horn work but the vocals were
\noff-key and Mark Valley stretched his abilities to the point of no
\nreturn. Sorry man, it was just bad! “Pretty City” was musically
\nokay, but just okay. Unfortunately, the duet of Alicia’s singing
\nand Valley’s talking totally screwed it up. (A wasted attempt at
\nrapping? I’m not sure.)<\/p>\n
“Experience” aptly describes what I endured to review this crap.
\nChoppy and idiotic, it just doesn’t come together. I kept hoping
\nthat it would all end. My experience with this album will not be
\nrepeated. I won’t endure this one again. The whole CD is like
\nlistening to cats mate — lots of obnoxious noise and irritating to
\nthe neighbors.<\/p>\n
Oddly enough this group is described by its producers as
\nfeaturing “some of the finest UK-based jazz and Latin musicians.” I
\nmust be missing something. Have UK listeners gotten jaded? Or just
\nlost their hearing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":27095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7174],"rating":[5620],"class_list":["post-38428","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-zufolo","rating-rating-f"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38428"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38428"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}