La Arménica Feat Chucky De Ipola [2021] - It's Bad You Know [Self Released]

A real 'left-fielder' (i.e. marmite tune) that has been burning up Northern Soul dancefloors in the last decade is a predominantly blues track by R.L. Burnside from a 1998 album "Come On In" called "It's Bad You Know" (it's played speeded up around +4). It was played on the first series of The Sopranos in 1999 and features on the soundtrack.

It was an album only track first played around 2009/10 until legally pressed on a Pyramid 7" (approx. 2010/11) by Eddy Edmundson to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Only 100 were produced and the last two copies to sell on Discogs have sold for £200! 

Whether that has influenced this strange cover version (which has elements of jazz-hop and is predominantly instrumental with chants in Spanish) or not I don't know, but I somehow doubt it as, from what I can ascertain,  La Arménica hail from Argentina.  Formed by vocalist, harmonica player Ruben Vaneske (Vaneskeheian) in 2016 who was previously with La Mississippi (aka Mississippi Blues Band) also from Argentina.

It will be interesting to see if this gets any traction on the scene, I somehow doubt it, but posted out of interest and intrigue! 

For some odd reason The Old Grey Whistle Test theme sprung to mind listening to this! i.e. "Stone Fox Chase" by Area Code 615, but probably only because of the harmonica similarities!

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Details

Rating:	7.4
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/08/2021
Key/BPM:	7A/115
Value:	£1