Kava Kava

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Part of a three-disc collection of instrumental music that purports to mimic the effects of various herbs, Kava Kava (the recording) aims to alter your mood in a way that kava kava (an herb from the South Pacific) is said to "promote a sense of calm and well-being." The music, composed by pianist Joseph Nagler (designer of the ensemble-based works heard on the collection's companion discs, Ginseng and Gingko Biloba), is acceptably innocuous as a background audio distraction, but is not the grand merger of science and art the disc's packaging would have you believe. "Rain Forest Meditation" opens the disc with a sad, somewhat annoying violin drone that eventually yields to Nagler's gentler keyboards amid randomly falling raindrops. He shares space with a softly flowing flute passage on "Earth Meditation," then interacts with acoustic guitar and surf sounds, respectively, on the final two tracks. Quiet and uncomplicated, this 58-minute disc (and the collection in general) offers an inoffensive, restful assortment of sounds that, to meditation music's most earnest fans, may divert your attention but will likely not change your life. --Terry Wood

Kava Kava,Harmonix Ensemble,Relaxation,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Relaxation

Kava Kava

Tracks:

Intro
Don't Stop the Music
Space People (a&rlien)
Terrorists
Sicfuck
Maui
Bankjob
Swans
Funked Up and Freaked Out
Beats for Cheats
Tic
NFA
Faith

Album Description

Kava Kava 'Maui' CD album. Enhanced US edition.

Customer Reviews:

Tic! Thank Goodness Someone Knew..........2007-06-21

I am ecstatic right at this moment. HBO has a new series "John From Cincinatti". In episode 2 of the show, there is a song playing as the guys are waxing their surfboards inside the surf tent. It is MESMERIZING! To my dismay, and apparently hundreds of other people, the song credits were not listed. The bulletin board was filled with people begging to know what the song was. I even e-mailed HBO to ask them to release the name of the song. Luckily, someone replied and said "The song playing in the surfer tent scene was TIC by Kava Kava." I immediately went to amazon, found the cd, and clicked on the song Tic with my fingers crossed. Low and behold, that was it! I'm giving the rating of a 5 even though I have no idea about the other songs, just because I am soooo in love with that one song and happy that I found it.

"Don't Stop the Music".......2007-01-11

Kava Kava are hard to describe, and the cover is a bit misleading. This is a four-piece band from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who look like British hard rockers but produce an eclectic, energetic sound that falls somewhere between Massive Attack and Parliament. Each track on this flawlessly produced CD is refreshingly unexpected, pulling in sounds from trip hop, funky breaks, and plain old jamming blues and soul. The music has bite, and lead singer Pat Fulgoni's voice is just fantastic. What some others have said... NME Magazine calls them as "psychedelic funk" and Alt.Culture.Guide says their sound is "as indebted to Stax soul and the Philly sound as it is to the Manchester beat and Brian Eno." For me, the standout tracks include Maui, Don't Stop the Music, Tic, and Bankjob, but it's all strong material.

Relentless and funky.......2005-04-08

For such a cohesive piece of work this certainly contains enough variety to surprise or to alter the tone yet Maui runs seamlessly from one track to the next to form a marathon of rich versatile sounds. The album has touches of talent from many genres, and particularly excels at departing from mediocrity with an effusion of dynamic synthesisers, funky guitars & bass drums all providing the perfect complement to the leading vocalist and backing singers. The backdrop is most apparent in lulls as the tempo drops and entices the listener with an abundance of sound, serving to emphasise the build up and maintaining flow.

the bomb.......2004-11-23

i don't know who they are, or what the idea was naming it kava kava and have some cactus for a cover but this is one hot, funky experience.
'dont stop the music' freaked me like isleys 'who's that lady' with a voice so sweet and soul you just get up and listen to that. SO ...... DONT STOP THE MUSIC you ram jam fat boys!

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Departure Exotica: tiki music

Manufacturer: white label detroit
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-08-24

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You Can Live Here
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Manufacturer: Deler
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Maui Wowee
Maui Wowee
Maui review
Funky to the max - the future of dance?

Maui
Kava Kava
Manufacturer: Chocolate Fireguard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00009QEOO
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

Intro
Don't Stop the Music
Space People (a&rlien)
Terrorists
Sicfuck
Maui
Bankjob
Swans
Funked Up and Freaked Out
Beats for Cheats
Tic
nfa
Faith

Album Description

Description by Nicky Trax (Phuture PR/Blues and Soul magazine)

Where Northern soul collides with electronica in a funked up stylee, there's even more amazing soundscapes on Kava Kava's hotly anticipated new album "Maui". With diverse fans such as Mary Anne Hobbs, Freddy Fresh, Capoeira Twins, Rob Da Bank (Sunday Best) through to Simon Mu (Back To Basics), Kava Kava are exploding as a kick ass band with more festival credentials under their belt than even Pete Tong!

The new album sampler contains the big dancefloor number, "Don't Stop The Music" and the Cienna Remix of "Maui", and Kava Kava are hotting floors up with their heady mix of French -styled funked up disco, electro sounds, raw live acoustic soulful ensemble playing and some greats beats.

Impossible to pin down musically...they combine souped-up baggy beats and 80's atmospherics with richly melodic grooves, led by Fulgoni's crisp and uplifting Northen Soul vocals.

Kicking off the album is the unashamed feelgood "Don't Stop The Music" already getting the San Fran thumbs up, and set to be remixed for even wider appeal.

"Space People" unleashes an upbeat breaks excursion with trumpets and strings, and another album highlight. Squelchy skanking Ram Jam Band sounds rocks "Terrrorists" as Pat Fulgoni's strong vocal presence runs through.

Then electro opens the irrepressible wah wah funk ridin' groove, "Sicfuck". The title track "Maui" unfolds in soft vocal n strings style as the breaks push this soundscape out into trippy terrain. And then KK turn it up on the rockin leftfielder beats n guitar thrash, "Bank Job". "Swans" is a soundtrack style interlude before KK then spin back in time with their chirpy, breaky first single, "Funked Up And Freaked Out".

"Beats For Cheats" adds a rave flava with Eastern sounds meshing with nasal beats and nagging keys that then breaks into funk...mad stuff.

"Tic" is a more acoustic eastern "Beatles" styled jaunt and then more leftfield musical arcadia can be found on "nfa" alongside the closing instrumental oddity "Faith".

It's funky with guitars, soulful and squelchy, and you can dance to Kava Kava's music which mixes it all up with live musicianship, electronica, samples and beats. A bit Polyphonic, nu Talking Hards. It's one of this year's more out there album sets and all the better for it.

Customer Reviews:

Maui Wowee.......2004-04-10

I'm thinking Groove Armada meets Funkadelic meets Primal Scream behind an original male vocal with a big soul sound! I love this album!
It is quite unique but still consistent in its diversity........'Terrorists' starts off like a classic old school hip hop tune, wanders off into funk rock and psychedelic soul territories and frankly any song with a chorus line "soul and love" has to be applauded in this day and age. 'Dont Stop The Music' has some high energy disco beats and an Isley Brothers feel before it kicks in some blatant house textures. 'Bank Job' is a sledge hammer of a song with big strings, brass and a Tom Jones vibe in a Daft Punk setting! I can't get enough of this and can't wait to see them live! What is it? I don't care. Its music and its about time someone pushed the boat out.

Maui Wowee.......2004-04-10

Maui review.......2003-12-11

On the outside an up-tempo dancy feel good album - on the inside dark lyrics and very intelligent music. Kava Kava have produced an eclectic and interesting album that decends across the genres with the icing on the top in the form of Pat Fulgoni's slick vocals.A exceptional album!

Funky to the max - the future of dance?.......2003-10-18

I read somewhere that this album by Kava Kava could be the future of dance music. Yeah right!? I bought this CD (albeit cynically) and you know the reviewer may just have a point.

Frankly its a STORMER! Deep soulful beats and grooves, huge brass and string sections, chucka guitars and the MASSIVE vocal presence of wonder voice Fulgoni. Watch this space........

"Don't Stop The Music" is simply the freshest sounding live disco/funk/house track I've ever heard. Cut to title track "Maui" for mature chilled downtempo in a 4 Hero style (more what I expected from label Chocolate Fireguard after the superb Bluefoot Project Observations EP) Then the Kavas reveal they know how to rock out with the best of them on tunes like "Terrorists" and the superb "Funked Up and Freaked Out".

Its Northern Soul for an E generation, Psychedelia for the 4 on the floor Freaks. You heard it hear first people! Halleluya !!!

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Beladona
The Iry
Manufacturer: Kava Blu Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAFTWC
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

No Cry
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Esra
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Funked Up & Freaked Out

Manufacturer: Chocolate Fireguard Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAACDI
Release Date: 2003-12-23

Tracks:

Beats for Cheats
Funked Up and Freaked Out
NFA
Kamikaze
Beats for Cheats (Cheat Beat Manifesto remix - Germander Speedwe

Average customer rating:

This album is crazy

Vena Kava
Bionica
Manufacturer: bang pow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00092CJR6

Customer Reviews:

This album is crazy.......2006-01-27

One of a kind theatrical rock music. Good to vacuum or do speed to.

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FUNKED UP AND FREAKED OUT REVIEW
Funked Up and Freaked Out!

Funked Up and Freaked Out EP
Kava Kava
Manufacturer: Chocolate Fireguard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000520AQ

Tracks:

Beats for Cheats
Funked Up and Freaked Out
nfa
Kamikaze
Beats for Cheats (Cheat Beat Manifesto remix - Germander Speedwell)

Album Description

the loudest space funk band on the planet are back with more soul and grooves than you can shake a rubber chicken at and believe me, kava kava are truly "funked up and freaked out" ........here the energy and dedication of the band's live performances across Europe are captured on some intensely emotional studio performances.

check out tune "beats for cheats" for attitude (remixed here by Zion Train/Germander Speedwell)

check out "n.f.a." for an almost religious like passion. "....that voice! in their singer, kava kava possess a rare effortless instrument, a timeless soulful presence able to weave in and out of diverse sample based technologies and decades of influences..." once described as "the Jack Bruce of the e-generation" (ben watson of the wire) that's just what it is - a timely fix of old school, soul-drenching, over washes of lush bleeps, beats, live funk and ass kicking underground grooves.

Daring, eclectic, refreshing with lush instrumentation and a full live line up ….. Kava Kava are going where many bragging dance acts claim to be via the odd bongo player …..

The Funked Up And Freaked Out EP is a taster for the awesome 2003 full length "Maui" album

Customer Reviews:

FUNKED UP AND FREAKED OUT REVIEW.......2003-12-11

Kava Kava definatly deliver the goods on this funky release. Funked Up and Freaked Out being the 'must hear' song of the album. This album borrows from old school funk and disco but creates something on a totally new level unique to Kava Kava. An amazingly produced album with even greater songs.

Funked Up and Freaked Out!.......2003-10-18

What a fantastic collection of early Kava Kava recordings. I bought the album "Maui" and it totally blew me away. On this EP you get Soul, Funkadelia, Beats n Breaks...a funky mash up with the superb bonus French electro Germander Speedwell remix.

Highlights include the anthemic Propellorheads style "Kamikaze" with its awesome strings and squelchy keyboards. I see this band one day playing stadiums if there is any justice. "Beats for Cheats" is an outstanding song with a killer acid riff and a message. "Funked Up and Freaked Out" deserves to be the theme tune for an extreme sports TV ad. "NFA" is a stunning, soulful Portishead/Death In Vegas style psychedelic monster with a beautiful melody. BUY IT!

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Manufacturer: Purrgirl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAECFM
Release Date: 2004-07-13

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