{"id":6927,"date":"2012-11-16T20:48:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T01:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motionfm.com\/?p=6927"},"modified":"2012-11-16T20:56:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T01:56:34","slug":"flamingo-star-nothing-sweeta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/releases\/flamingo-star-nothing-sweeta\/","title":{"rendered":"Flamingo Star – Nothing Sweeta"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BUY from JUNO Records<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Not only Caf\u00e9 Del Mar-Legend Jos\u00e9 Padilla is among his fans, but also colleagues like Ralf and Foh from Mo\u00b4Horizons with whom he not only shares his Hometown (Hannover), but also an affectation for danceable music with substance: Latin meets Disco, exotic beats meet vintage funk and soul vibes, jazz hits the dancefloor and this is just the beginning\u2026<\/p>\n

It is for a reason that his fellow campaigners and fans know him by the name of Matthias \u201cHit\u201d Becker, because the multiinstrumentalist and composer behind the Band\/ Project FLAMINGO STAR has a unmistakable feeling for Hooks and Grooves \u2013 his music makes you tap your feet just as elegantly as it sneaks into your ears.<\/p>\n

After his celebrated debut-longplayer I Wouldn\u2019t Wait No Longer (peal 017, 2007) and dozens of very prominent compilation-placements (for example on Jos\u00e9 Padilla\u2019s Bella Musica Series as well as several Brazilelectro, Brazilution and Bar Lounge Classics), the man from a different (Flamingo) star went AWOL for a while, traveling \u2013 as it turned out \u2013 in outer space. Although out of range of our tracking devices he was by no means inactive, but rather phoned home (like E.T.) every once in a while to play us some new great melodies. And so it happens that just about five years after his first, FLAMINGO STAR\u2019s 2nd longplayer Nothing Sweeta is to finally see the light of day under our earthly autumn sun.<\/p>\n

For the title track, Matthias\u2019s old friends Ralf and Foh aka Mo\u2019Horizons created an excellent \u201cHippie remix\u201d. The vocals belong to Jazz Diva Alison Degbe, formerly based in Cologne and now living in Munich. She and Matthias met over two years ago in the course of a peacelounge Label Event. Apparently they hit it off well, musically, because Miss Degbe ended up performing not just one, but four (and a \u2018half\u2019) Songs on the album as a featured artist: Apart from \u201cNothing Sweeta\u201d,Alison lends her trademark voice to the ballad \u201cThere\u2019s A Place\u201d and also sings the Blues-inspired \u201cLeave Me Alone\u201d as well as the midtempo jazz number \u201cNo More Trouble\u201d and last, but not least \u2013 backing vocals for Rafael Wilke\u2019s happy summer song \u201cWon\u2019t You Come Into My Life\u201d. Rafael sings another potential FS hit, namely \u201cCosmic Plan\u201d. This one takes off as a BlueEyed Soul-Pop-Ballad and \u2013 while airborne \u2013 the track evolves into a heavy grooving Vintage Funk-number. Another \u2018old\u2019 musical companion and vocalist for Flamingo Star is Marco Hauburg, whose strong, soulful and versatile voice can be heard on \u201cThe Messengers\u201d, a massive space-funk downtempo track also featuring Matthias himself working the vocoder.<\/p>\n

Instead of going into greater detail on each and every one of the sixteen tracks of NOTHING SWEETA, we want to direct your attention to one of the few pieces where the master\u2019s voice can be heard (again, filtered through some space age technical device): \u201cSaw A UFO Today\u201d best described album\u2019s secret theme song. This Retro-Disco-Boogie Track with a classic \u2018Roswell\u2019-feeling can be watched on video (Youtube) as well as on various Web TV and other music channels.<\/p>\n

Tracklisting:<\/p>\n

01. Nothing Sweeta (feat. Alison Degbe) 03:31
\n02. Saw A UFO today 03:43
\n03. Sooner Or Later 03:58
\n04. There’s A Place (feat. Alison Degbe) 04:00
\n05. The Messengers (feat. Marko Hauburg) 04:31
\n06. Lovely Dream 04:02
\n07. Won\u2019t You Come Into My Life (feat. Rafael Wilke) 03:51
\n08. Un Poema Con Amor 04:13
\n09. Leave Me Alone (feat. Alison Degbe) 03:34
\n10. You Don’t Know 04:32
\n11. No More Trouble (feat. Alison Degbe) 04:52
\n12. Syncrostar 06:11
\n13. Cosmic Plan (feat. Rafael Wilke) 05:35
\n14. Cornelita 03:58
\n15. Old Pictures 05:04
\n16. Nothing Sweeta mo’horizons hippie remix 04:25 <\/p>\n

additional credits:
\n04 drums : Dirk Erchinger
\n05 bass: Margot Gontarski, vocoder: FS
\n06 vocoder: FS
\n07 chorus: Alison Degbe, vocoder: FS
\n08 trumpet: FS
\n10 bass: Margot Gontarski, vocoder: FS, claps: Sugarhat
\n13 drums: Dirk Erchinger, perc: Marc Amadeus Figge, bass: Bj\u00f6rn Teubner, chorus: Iyabo & Nina
\n14 additional drums: Lars \u201aSoulsurfer\u2019 Heindorf<\/p>\n

Nothing Sweeta will be released on CD und Download <\/p>\n

(with iTunes Bonus Track \u201cOnly Dancing\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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