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| | Koop: Waltz for Koop - PopMatters Music Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | When you hear the new album by Swedish duo Koop, your first instinctive thought is, "This is a jazz album." Even when you notice that this CD is filed under the electronic category in your local record store, when you give it a listen, you're thinking this is a jazz album. |
 | | Yes, there are samples (primarily the drums and the odd bassline here and there), but Koop know the purpose of the samples are to provide the rhythmic foundation, with live instruments like bass, flute, vibes, bongos, and the five guest vocalists providing the soul. |
 | | There are also two neat little instrumentals on the album: "Soul for Sahib", a tribute to jazz flautist Sahib Shihab, during which, over a swingin' walking bass, guest musician Magnus Lindgren pulls off a virtuoso flute solo of his own, as samples of Shihab himself explaining his music bookend the piece. |
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