Ko-Dan - Bamboo One (2008)

Downbeat with Asia-Flair Bamboo One is the name of the first CD produced by the guitarist and live musician Bernhard Kowatsch and composer and keyboarder Daniel Huber. As Ko-Dan they will take you to foreign lands with their exciting sound mixture. You mustn't travel to Asia, to listen to far-eastern-sounds: Ko-Dan have written most of their tracks in Thailand, India and Vietnam and even some were recorded there. That is why Bamboo One is a melting pot of downbeat-grooves and music-styles that create a promising and slightly foreign sound. Ko-Dan's Asian inspired music mixture carries the listener, with out of the ordinary and soft sounds, to the point it will remind you of Pat Metheny's soft and unobtrusive guitar playing. Flexible like bamboo in the wind, the musical journey takes you on a housboat down the Mekong river or by train through India, accompanied by soft synthesizer and guitar sounds. The daybreak song "Suria" enveloped in silk soft sound with a sunrising feeling, "Township Hope" and "Monsoon Lagoon" convey a feeling of exotic asian sensitivities. The cultural diversity can be heard on "Gekko Lokomotive" with it's funky, groovy and lively sounds, " No Water No Moon", with light percussions and synthi-sounds is a sensitive flirt, and the relaxed "Tatvamsi" that mixes different sounds with a slight touch of a sitar. Ko-Dan's first work Bamboo One starts under the label Musicpark Records and serves as the Austrian answer to Cafe del Mar's exciting and gripping sounds and is an enrichment to the Chill-Out genre.