Native Unit

Track Listings

1. Moshi Moshi

2. Arenys By the Sea

3. Casa La Femme

4. Take A Ride

5. Thug Life

6. Habana Noche

7. Broken Hearted

8. Native Tongue

9. The Sphinx's Dream

10. Barcelona Boo

11. My Father's Mandolin

12. Mykonos At Midnight

Editorial Reviews
MusesMuse.com November 2005 'Best Instrumental CD of the Year Award'
'... nothing short of phenomenal ... will appeal to hardcore hip-hop fans, jazz enthusiasts, and world music lovers alike...

Product Description
Winner of the prestigious Muses Muse 'Best Instrumental CD of Year Award' for 2005, this ground-breaking critically acclaimed CD fuses smokin' contemporary R&B and Hip Hop beats with new age World music, focusing on Spanish guitar and other exotic instruments.

The music is sexy and sensual - perfect for restaurants, lounges or simply, for your personal listening pleasure - especially 'round midnight.

Native Unit

Native Unit,Eric Kamen,E*Traxxx,A fusion of various World Music instrumental motifs on top of some very smokin' R&B and Hip Hop beats.,New Age,R&B/Soul

Native Unit

Tracks:

Moshi Moshi
Arenys By the Sea
Casa La Femme
Take A Ride
Thug Life
Habana Noche
Broken Hearted
Native Tongue
The Sphinx's Dream
Barcelona Boo
My Father's Mandolin
Mykonos At Midnight

Product Description

Native Unit is an experimental project, fusing smokin' contemporary R&B and Hip Hop beats with some very serious World music, focusing on Spanish guitar, other world stringed instruments and a touch of acoustic piano. The project covers a wide range of emotions, from party to pretty. By any standard, it is intimate and sexy - good for restaurants, lounges and home listening - especially 'round midnight.

Customer Reviews:

Tasty Licks.......2007-01-22

Eric Kamen's instrumental range and versility is truly a treat for the ears and soul. I listened to this CD for five hours straight the day it arrived. While I listened, I experienced a whole range of emotions, from sensual to cool and cocky, from sassy to warm and full, to downright titilated. This is adult music you can sink your emotions into. None of the cookie cutter stuff for Mr. Kamen. Bravo to you sir and I'm still listening.

Barcelona Boo baby -.......2006-03-02

I bumped into this music by accident and sometimes those finds for me are the most thrilling. I'm elated when I feel like all my eclectic tastes are expressed in one unique and diverse way. This man obviously has traveled the world and has taken World Music, Flamenco, Urban and whatever else he could find and used his artistic imagination to combine it all seamlessly to make his mark. I highly recommend this listen to anyone who has an open mind about the aesthetic available from Independent artists with lots to give, guts and talent. (PS the artistic picture on the cover is Eric Kamen's wife not Eric Kamen)

This Jazz fusion is a gift to world-weary travelers.......2006-02-19

It's steamy and seductive, hypnotic and haunting. Eric Kamen's Native Unit CD is filled with the ultra-lush sounds of Spanish guitar, acoustic piano, bass, drums, bazukis, sitar, strings, tubular bells, and Japanese Koto. Listening to this fused Jazz collection makes me feel less world-weary! It is like a beautiful musical oasis, where I can go and shut the door behind me! Produced as a series of "first takes" it has that raw here-and-now honesty and freshness that is lacking in so much of the current "spin" music... you must hear it! And then you are going to want to own it!

Brilliant New Artist and Album!.......2006-02-15

My friend recently introduced me to the music of Eric Kamen and I love it! She made me listen to his song "Moshi Moshi" that is on this album and I was hooked. The great percussion beats along with the guitar that has a latin/spanish feel were just a great mix that pulled me in. Now that I have the whole CD, I have to praise Kamen even more for his incredible musical talents and creativity. I have yet to hear any other CD that blends so many different instrumental and international sounds together to make something completely unique and beautiful.

If you like world, new age, fusion, instrumental, latin, r&b or international music, you will absolutely enjoy this album and quickly become an Eric Kamen fan as well.