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Gecko Turner: Guapapasea!
by Chris M. Slawecki
Maybe it's because I grew up around Philadelphia through the 1970s, but I always remember soul music around--soul music light enough to dance like a butterfly on a breeze yet knee-deep enough in the funk that one could dive in and swim. Its charm was easy to recognize and feel, but hard to describe and define.
Gecko Turner's Guapapasea! feels like one of those great breezy soul records. It comes from Spain via his nimble twelve-piece Afrobeatnik Orchestra, ...
read moreAfrobeatnik Meets the Deep South: Gecko Turner New Release
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Chris M. Slawecki
An Afrobeatnik by the Riverside: Spain's Gecko Turner Gets Funky on the Soulful Gone Down South
In Gecko Turner's world, Bob Dylan smokes up with Motown's legendary Funk Brothers. Marvin Gaye and D'Angelo jam with Jorge Ben. A Cuban pulse, a lush chorus of Afrobeat horns, and Ray Charles-esque vintage flourishes roll effortlessly into one laidback, soulful smile on Gone Down South (Lovemonk Records; October 11, 2010), the culmination of years on the roadliterally and musicallyand a masterful sense of ...
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Gecko Turner Takes His 'Afrobeatnik" Sound to SXSW
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All About Jazz
GECKO BRINGS HIS AFROBEATNIK" STYLE TO SXSW:
Wednesday, March l6th at Caribbean Nights for The World / KUT Showcase & Saturday, March l8 at Spiro's
Guapapasea! Out on Quango Records April 4 - #8 on I-Tunes!
Los Angeles, CA - Quango recording artist Gecko Turner calls his music afrobeatnik," combining his love of the beat poets, Nigerian Afrobeat sounds, jazz, blues and reggae. Gecko will play two showcases at SXSW (see below), as part of PRI The World / KUT's ...
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Quango Records to Release Gecko Turner's "Guapapasea" on March 7
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All About Jazz
Los Angeles, CA - Spanish singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist and visionary Gecko Turner is part of a new generation of musicians whose imagination is unfettered by imaginary boundaries. His omnivorous appetite for the groove is evident on every track of Guapapasea!, his stunning debut album. His unique blend of jazz, blues, samba, reggae, hip hop, rock, Spanish and Arab music with songs in English and Spanish is unlike anything you've ever heard, and yet there's something strangely familiar about it ...
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