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FC APATRIDE UNITED
Them
Release date :
05-07-2007
Label :
Makasound / Makafresh
Tracklist :
01. Them
02. Tricks
03. What an occupation
04. Jah is dead
05. Serbia '99
06. Rebel Soul
07. Wife Strong
08. Heaven
09. Sunday
10. H.R.
11. Tell dem
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REVIEW
Review written by Nicolas Pradat
on Friday, May 11th 2007 - 13 556 views
It was just a year ago that the first album by Football Club Apatride Utd came out, the very original and convincing "On The Fronteline Menu". Their second opus, "Them", is a continuation: it extends and completes it, both in the themes tackled and in the radically minimalist sound. FC Apatride Utd has a controlled, original and uncompromising artistic approach. And when you are a reggae fan, that is enough to arouse interest, as authentic approaches are so rare. In the spirit of FC Apatride this takes the form of a "sonic militancy" where only drums, bass and guitar have the right to speak. Neither keyboard nor percussion is added to the mix. As a result, there is space. The tracks breathe, live. It is the playing, the feeling, that leads the dance. The vocal melodies, fragilely laid over the instrumentals, quickly become very endearing. To underline the roots side, the band cultivates three-part harmonies. The colour is rather rock because the voices are raspy, even raw, but the arrangements are good and well felt. One thinks in particular of the very good "Tricks" that opens the album, where the backing vocals play an essential role by answering the lead voice.
FC Apatride is also a committed and protest-minded band. Serbian, Muslim and Marxist all at once, they are not at a paradox more or less. They sometimes hit the bull's-eye, notably when they attack the American army currently occupying Iraq on the vibrant "What an Occupation" or when they describe a conflict that has not yet healed for them on "Serbia 99". They can also miss the mark, as on the disappointing "Jah Is Dead", which calls into question one of the essential convictions of Rasta, that God is alive. FC Apatride's lyrics come out of the pain of war. That war which destroyed Yugoslavia. This in fact raises the question of identity-based withdrawal, which, let us note, is spreading into the reggae sphere: one thinks of Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jewish artist who recently broke through. There is now with FC Apatride a Muslim branch on the reggae tree. Bob Marley advocated unity and peace while Peter Tosh above all wanted to restore justice for the people. Everyone agrees with Bob, but in practice, it seems that Peter is right.
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Absolument excellent ! Et ô combien reposant ! J'adore notamment Serbia 99
Mais où les voir en France ?
des mecs super sympa surtout et tres ouvert avec des riddim profond vous pouvez discutez avec eux sur leur myspace il ne manqueront pas de vous repondre avec plaisir Big up a mes freres de belgrade
yes hi!!!
j'ai suivi le premier opus, il est enorme!!!
le deuxieme peut s'ecouter a la suite c'est son jumeaux...
le son est enorme les voix sont sympa (on a vite envie de chanter en meme tant que le lead)....
j'aime ces groupes engagés et ce groupe ne manque pas de traités bcp de sujets piquants....
mon seul regret est qu'ils sont passés au festival Zigalize en region parisienne et je ne l'ai vu que qq jours plus tard (tro le sum)...
si ils viennent en france on sera au moins une vingtaine vers chez moi a aller les voirs!!!
big UP FCA!!!!!!!!!!
peace
enfin ouai sans discuter de l'originalité du son et tout ca je trouve que la subjectivité ainsi que la simplicité de la chronique la rend décevante....
son role est d'informer le public et non de dire si tel ou telle parole "tombe à coté" ou si ce groupe ne manque pas de "paradoxes"§!
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