''Scratch to Reveal'' was released by Kenyan
house
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/
funk
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trio
Just A Band in 2008.
Combining features of
disco
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, funk and
electronica
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, this was the first
studio album
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by the Kenyan trio. The album includes "Oh Ndio", a remix of a song by defunct Kenyan pop group Five Alive.
Album information
''Scratch to Reveal'' was initially slated for a May 10, 2007 release. This release date was pushed to May 17.
The album starts off with the disco/house vibes of "Fly" and "Oh Ndio", explores softer acoustic tones towards the middle and returns to the disco feel with "Lights*Music*Stars". "Iwinyo Piny" appears as a bonus track, and a hidden track appears at the end of the album.
Reception
''Scratch to Reveal'' received generally positive reviews, garnering a five-star rating from ''WAPI Times'', who described it as "full of dancy house gems laced with a little bit of
industrial techno
Industrial techno is a subgenre of techno and industrial dance music that originated in the 1990s. Characteristically, it incorporates influences from the bleak, noisy sound and aesthetics of early industrial music acts, particularly Cabaret Volta ...
and drum and bass." ''Drum'' Magazine called it "a break from tradition, the trio have done a record completely devoid of the usual pseudo-reggae influences...truly avant-garde." ''Adam'' Magazine called it "a pleasant departure from usual Kenyan music."
["Reviews". ''Adam Magazine''. September 2, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2008.]
Just A Band's Single "Hey", off the album Scratch To Reveal was released on October 22, 2008. It was first played on Citizen TV's Power Breakfast. Hey is a powerful song with a powerful track and out of the ordinary actors to back it. The story of an ordinary guy, missing his girlfriend is portrayed by two puppets 'Boflo' and 'Katunge'. Boflo is professing his undying love for Katunge and calls all other girls 'Kadhalika' which roughly translated means etc...
Track listing
# "Fly" – 3:52
# "Oh Ndio" – 3:28
# "Maro Pa More" – 3:24
# "FunkyFineBeautiful" – 3:24
# "Do You Mind" – 2:39
# "Hey!" – 3:49
# "Bye Bye" – 3:54
# "If I Could" – 3:05
# "Twende Kazi" – 3:47
# "Have You Seen Her?" – 3:20
# "Lights*Music*Stars" - 3:51
# "Iwinyo Piny" (bonus track) - 3:34
# "Beba Na Finje" (
hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track, secret track or unlisted track) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as t ...
) - 1:29
Personnel
Production
References
External links
just-a-band.com(Official website)
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Just a Band albums
2008 albums