Koom.H - Koom.H (2007)

1. (00:04:20) Koom H - Rain
2. (00:06:17) Koom H - Song For Mozambique+
3. (00:06:25) Koom H - Mr. Cool
4. (00:05:10) Koom H - Ghost In Paradise
5. (00:04:36) Koom H - Come To Me+
6. (00:07:57) Koom H - Home
7. (00:05:56) Koom H - Move Yor Funk Take 2
8. (00:07:25) Koom H - Estate+
9. (00:04:55) Koom H - Don Vito Corleone
10. (00:05:04) Koom H - Just For A While
11. (00:06:33) Koom H - Rain - The Dining Room Rework
Playing Time: 01:04:38
Total Size: 74,31 MB

Koom.H is a Sicilian project manned by DJ's Salvo Borrelli and Massimo Napoli,
resident DJ at Mercati Generali in Catania, with die-hard producer Salvo Dub.
Working together, they unify their different musical origins giving life to an
original sort of techno-jazz style. Their debut album opens with "Rain", an
intense tune with deep atmospheres. A jazz trumpet mute converse with a
classic piano, although almost in contrast. The same melancholic feeling
starting the album resurfaces in the last track, which is a rework by The
Dining Room of the same song "Rain" where the beat is more marked by the
drum. The second tune is a cover of an Archie Shepp composition. The style
is nearly lounge and could be associated to those collections of jazz classics
remixed by contemporary producers. The third track "Mr. Cool" just displays
how detailed the production is on this album. It is a thumping funky bass that
trespasses the tune from cool ambient into acid jazz. It is almost visible the
scene of Mr. Cool attending a party in France's Cote d'Azure at sunset.
"Ghost In Paradise" starts with a jazz drum kick but sound effects and piano
chords make it quite cinematic. It could be a spy movie chase-up in the
streets of Paris, on the contrary the title suggests rather different moods:
the ethereal and spiritualistic ambience of a ghost going around in paradise.
"Come to Me" is the fifth track of the album reaching the peak of yearning as
represented. Ambient meets jazz courtesy of the touch Marco Bianchi on
piano but also from the emphasis in the singing style. The rhythmic texture is
remarkably interesting as highlighted by percussions and bass. The following
track "Home" was written with Stefano Ghittoni (The Dining Rooms/Double
Beat) and is a piece of bastard jazz mixing together Detroit techno, batucada
flavours and epic drum solos. Their first single "Move your funk" is track 7 in
the album; a tune based on their Afro and soul background with influences
from funk and breakbeat to spiritual voices. "Estate" is a tune that spreads all
the heath of the season to which is dedicated. The feeling is relaxed. It's a
track inviting imaginary moods where sound effects transcend, from the
skilful touch of Paolo Fedreghini. "Don Vito Corleone" is a piece paying
homage to a hugely popular, Sicilian character of literature and cinema. "Just
for a while" is the second last track in the album, before The Dining Rooms'
re-work of "Rain". Jazz colours melt into resonances that virtually recall
Trip-Hop, a trumpet solo transcends remarkably but delicately.