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Frequency (Db Boulevard) is palya!

Brian Tucker | Brisbane, Qld, Australia | 09/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In the language of the Pitjantjatjara (Aboriginal) people of Central Australia, palya means "good" which really means "the best". I bought the CD on the strength of one track, "Point of View" - which is a masterpiece. The tinkling, beguiling opening, slowly building with the background percussion swelling, and then that driving, thumping rhythm before Mooney launches into the vocals, is just mesmerising, an aural feast - I listen to it over and over. It reminds me so much of Ravel's "Bolero". The rest of the CD is an excellent mix of vocal and instrumental styles, but always consistently underpinned by the percussion. If there is one very niggling comment, it is that "Point of View" is such an outstanding track, and keeps hauling you back for more, more, more, that you tend to overlook the rest. Mooney has nailed that song!

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