Track Listing

1. Mi Swing Es Tropical - Nickodemus & Quantic/Tempo
2. Funky In The Middle - Nickodemus & Jay Rodriguez/Ticklah
3. Give The Drummer Some - Nickodemus & Real Live Show/Nappy G
4. Crazy Stranger - Nickodemus & Harel Shachal
5. Cleopatra In New York - Nickodemus & Carol C
6. Peace Pipe - Nickodemus & Jean Shepherd
7. Spirits Within - Nickodemus & Apani B
8. Bailamos En El Junque - Nickodemus & Malena Perez
9. Back From Africa - Nickodemus & Mitch Stein
10. Rhythm Love Reprise - Nickodemus (1)
11. Global Village - Nickodemus (1)
12. Mystery Of Life - Nickodemus & Andrea Monterio
13. Endangered Species - Nickodemus (1)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84438 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .17 pounds

Customer Reviews

a little gem
A fine collection of fantastic tracks with a world flavour.from arabic to africa from chilling out to dance your pants off."Funky In The Middle" is one of the funkiest afro 70's tracks you'll find. "cleopatra in new york" a hipnotic desert slinky song."Endangered Species"pure chill."The Global Village" a right hip hop global fusion with a driving organ ."Mystery Of Life" pure Augustus pablo organ heaven... it's a mystery to me why nobody else is raving about this cd..... a gem.

Album of the year?
Blimey, where to start? I first got to hear of Nickodemus through his collaboration with Quantic on the opener Mi Swing es Tropical. This is a likeable tune with it's sunny loping groove, but it is not exactly a showstopper. Have to admit to being a little nonplussed when I heard of the album, but I read some positive reviews and thought it might be worth buying...after all Quantic rarely works with anyone not 'up there'.

There was also a warning sign when I found the aforementioned single was track one. This can mean two things:
Sometimes it indicates that the rest of the album is a turkey and the label hopes people will buy it after hearing track one alone...
... or the album is so good, they can drop the single first and still excite people with the rest of the content.
Thankfully Endangered Species falls into the latter category...Since buying it over a month ago, I have had great difficulty extracting it from my CD player...it is a real grower!

From the Eastern tinged pneumatic funk of Funky in the Middle to the hypnotically compelling Mystery of Life with it's repetitively plucked stringed instrument (no idea what it is, but it's lovely!) and sweet vocal from Andrea Monteiro, here is an artist who isn't afraid to play with 'World' styles without going down the worthy route. There really isn't a bad track on this wonderful disc.

The whole album is a melting pot, he really does delight in bringing in global influences; Middle Eastern vibe in Cleopatra in New York... Kalimba-based rap on The Spirits Within, the Soukous inspired sunshiney Back From Africa...we go all over...but for me the crowning glory is Give The Drummer Some. This bass-powered funky monster is a real mover. Nickodemus collaborates with Stimulus and Dyonysios of Real Live Show and Nappy G who unleashes a cool-as-you-like rap/vocal in praise of the drummer. The tune ends with him, in his super-hip drawl, simply listing the names of all the great drummers in recorded music, and it's a bomb. I have used this tune at several DJ gigs and it has ignited the dancefloor every time. It really is pure dynamite.

Don't miss out...this is the real deal for all you fans of cutting edge Funk/Jazz/Hip Hop/World Fusion styles. It's full to the brim with great grooves and a positive feel. My album of 09?...well it's only September, and the heavyweights are all waiting in the wings to release their offerings...but so far, it's an emphatic YES...I Love it!

Quality tunage
Bought this after hearing the first track in an iPod advert, love the salsa beats and the splendid combination of grooves on Endangered Species. Cool tunes.