Stewart Copeland / The Rhythmatist
Artist Stewart Copeland
Album Title: The Rhythmatist
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Primary Genre Rock: General Rock
Format CD
Released 00/00/1985
Label A&M Records, Inc.
Catalog No CD 5084
Bar Code No 0 7502-15084-2
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Koteja (Oh Bolilla) (3:29)
2. Brazzaville (4:11)
3. Liberte (4:04)
4. Coco (3:55)
5. Kemba (5:53)
6. Samburu Sunset (6:17)
7. Gong Rock (3:36)
8. Franco (2:10)
9. Serengeti Long Walk (4:28)
10. African Dream (3:25)
Date Acquired 01/01/1986
Personal Rating
Acquired from Down In The Valley
Purchase Price 14.00

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Review by Paul Collins
With the breakup of the Police, the bandmembers found themselves free to indulge their personal musical obsessions. And so while Sting made a very lucrative venture into working with jazz musicians -- a logical step for a bassist -- Stewart Copeland made a drummer's pilgrimage to Africa. Combining field recordings with Copeland's multi-instrumental work in an Assyrian studio, The Rhythmatist is light years ahead of his sophomorically amiable work as Klark Kent. The album and accompanying video didn't make much of a dent in any market, except among fellow drummers and die-hard Police fans. It's an unfortunate oversight, because its enthusiastic world music fusion has held up better than the other Police solo efforts of this period. The album as a whole focuses on (not surprisingly) the rhythm section of tastefully syncopated drums and percussion against a backdrop of atmospheric synthesizers. Ray Lema's chorused vocals over the pulsing beat of "Koteja" are absolutely hypnotic, while Copeland's dry narration after the clattering drum solo of "Serengeti Long Walk" is awkwardly endearing.
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