Audio Adventure Tours - Malabar Hotel Sounds

Get ready for a new audio journey, put on your headphones, fasten your seatbelts, and have an alcoholic beverage on standby…

                                                Cover artwork by Julia Soboleva

We start by checking in at Malabar Hotel, Cochin Moon, where we are warmly received by Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo.

Once we have settled in a bit, the mood turns a bit sinister when Yello warns us about a local lady having a gun.

Next comes a modern version of Arvo Pärt’s Fratres by The Electric Chamber, which is actually William Orbit in disguise.

We take a detour to the moon and meet Clint Mansell, who gives us a Welcome to Lunar Industries.

Another musical dub shift comes through Secrets Of Fascination, courtesy of Beatundercontrol, translated by Bill Laswell.

From there we depart for South America to absorb Chancha Vía Circuito’s Puente’s beats & sounds.

I hope you brought an umbrella with you on this sonic adventure as we’re encountering some of John Martyn’s Acid Rain, re-edited by The Kleptones.

After the rains, more unusual beats follow thanks to GoGo Penguin who will explain to us What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be.

The journey continues, no chance for a break and we’re more than halfway anyway, so immerse yourself in Taka by Pino Palladino + Blake Mills ft. Chris Dave.

Next is the only piece with a vocal chant: (I’m Free,) Free As I Want to Be by ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea.

This is followed by a quick side trip to South America again with Hermanos Gutiérrez to Los Andes.

We are almost at our destination but still have a few minutes to go, and use these to listen to Mark Isham’s Tales Of The Street Piano.

Alright everybody, after absorbing Rodrigo y Gabriela’s wonderful workout Akatsuki (with some help from Hiromi on piano), you can return Home; hope you enjoyed the trip!