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"When the first guitar accords supported by bass, exact and steady as if it was a timekeeper sounded, the audience was seized by ecstasy which seemed to reach to top of the obelisk", described one reviewer the performance of Gipsy Kings which took place on a square in Arles, where 30.000 people gathered around a ten metres high obelisk.
And the London Evening Standard adds: "The Gipsy Kings´ music incorporates timeless melodies with contemporary rhythms, plus Middle Eastern, Latin and African influences, and has earned them global platinum status."
"Before the term ´world music´ became familiar to all of us, the Gipsy Kings made a huge impact with their modern take on Django Reinhardt-style guitar playing. A couple of decades on, they have gone back to basics for the album Roots, a deceptively simple feast of improvisation", wrote the British Independent. Copyright © Radio Praha, 1996 - 2003 |