King Deco - Tigris Mini EP (Night Beach)
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| King Deco - Tigris Mini EP |
Release Date: 14th April 2014
Ugh, there's that annoying format
thing again. Three tracks = single, surely? Not 'mini EP', that's just silly.
Nevertheless, I'm not one to judge a book by its dust jacket so let's give the
music a listen. King Deco is the stage name of Jordanian born singer Dana Salah
who is now based in New York and lists Enya and Elvis among her influences. Opening
track 'Ocean' immediately throws up those Enya comparisons but there is a
slightly middle-eastern influence to the melodies as Salah's vocal style is
somewhere between Shakira and Beyonce. 'Laila' is a big, bassy pop ballad with
that middle-eastern influence again and the smooth vocal tones of King Deco
weave throughout the beats like caramel over the engine of a Formula 1 car. The
final of these three tracks is 'One (feat. Kinetics)' which has a timeless
quality but not in a particularly good way. King Deco/Dana Salah, whatever you
want to call her, has a sumptuous voice but I don't think she's quite found the
vehicle for it yet as most of the music sounds like it would have been better
placed in a promotional video for an airline company. Even a bit of rapping
from Kinetics doesn't quite pull this far enough from the beige Enya
influences.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/iamkingdeco?fref=ts