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"The Qualitons -
the clue is in the name. Pure quality funk, soul and
afro flavoured retro sounds for now."
Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s, Echoes, Shook)
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'a truly special genre bashing set from the Qualitons,
they cruise effortlessly between outstanding Afrobeat,
organ driven R&B and soul jazz. It's like The Kinks,
Tony Allen, Brian Auger and The Beach Boys have been
chopped up and fused together to create a trippy, rollercoaster
musical tour de force. Buy the album for the funk epic
'Soul Bowl', and the Afro monster in 'Mellbimbo', then
the rest of the LP is a pure bonus! Love it'
Pete Isaac - Jelly Jazz
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Young Budapest outfit „The Qualitons“ delivers
an unique and charming mix of 60s Garage Rock, Organ
Funk, Eastern Jazz and Afro Beats. Great musicianship
meets catchy songwriting - you simply can`t go wrong
with The Qualitons!
Karsten John (Vinyl Vibes/Cologne)
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The Qualitons - Panoramic Tymes (Tramp Records, distributed
by Kudos / OUR)
Unter dem Eindruck von Groovebands wie den Whitefield
Brothers und der Berliner Afrobeat Academey gründete
der DJ und Produzent Kanada Kaosz diese Combo und malt
damit einen weitern weißen Flecken auf der Landkarte
des weiterhin expandieren Soul&Funk-Live-Circuit
aus: Ungarn, an dessen renommierter Franz Liszt Music
Academy sich die Band und ein großer Teil des
versammelten Studiopersonals im Jazz ausbilden ließen.
Die Farben und Muster, die Kaosz dabei wählt, sind
dabei psychedelisch abgetönt, denn die Band hat
sich als Zielperiode ihrer Zeitreise die Sechziger vorgenommen
und offenbart dabei eine Vorliebe für britischen
Beat („C’mon Baby Get Heavy With Me“)
und Surf-Rock („Overdose“), um dann ganz überraschend
in Richtung Afro- („A.C.Blues“) und New Orleans-Funk
ab zubiegen. Den lokalen Anker bilden die ungarischen
Texte – eine fantastische Gesangssprache für
diese Musik! – und das Repertoire des legendären
ungarischen Qualiton-Labels, von dem sich die Band nicht
nur im Namen inspirieren ließ. All das wurde in
stilechtem Analogsound eingefangen und pointiert in
Richtung Tanzfeger arrangiert und ist im Konzert sicherlich
ein Fest des Schweißes und der Freude.
Eric Mandel (Jazzthing)
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I love all the music from the consistent German label
Tramp but was initially surprised to hear this new release.
I have a wide-open taste or virtually any music black
or white but after listening to the first few tracks
on this CD by the Hungarian The Qualitons I was wondering
why they expected a Black music magazine such as Blues
& Soul to review it. What I heard was something
very quite 60's Mod, almost Psyche, rocky…. frankly,
all sounding fantastic but not right for here, and then
as the CD unfolds it takes us into the realms of authentic
Meters-style Funk and (you won't believe this) Fela
Kuti-style Afro Beat. It's all done so correctly and
with a lot of soul. On paper, this CD shouldn't work
but it does. It all makes sense and it's a wonderful
journey.
Snowboy (Blues&Soul)
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The content leans a little more to psych rock at times
but this mix of sixties modbeat, Hammond funk, and funky/
garagey psychedelia from Hungary's The Qualitons might
seem more than a little familiar to fans of the UK's
Big Boss Man. Not that there's any harm in that you
understand since Big Boss Man rule, but you might injure
yourself trying to pronounce the names of those tracks
which are Magyar. At least, I'm assuming they're Magyar
- the online translating device I found was less than
illuminating with "word/phrase not in dictionary,"
turning up a lot. Maybe they're slang titles. Or names.
Or just not Magyar. Anyway - Hungary's got (mod) soul.
Who knew? A more than respectable debut. Chek!
monkeyboxing.com
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review on 1beat.de by Peter Hagen
click
here.
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review on wasser-prawda.de by Nathan Norgel
click here.
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