Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra feat. Bardo Martinez – La Eterna Felicidad
The amazingly prolific Shawn Lee returns with another mix-mash of funky styles from all over the world with World of Funk, his 3,277th record (okay, perhaps it’s closer to 20, but dude puts out three records a year!). As with several of his recent releases, Lee brings in a number of guest players to feature on these tracks, including Natacha Atlas, Curumin, Eliot Bergman of Nomo, Michael Leonheart, Clutchy Hopkins and Cava. The track I’ll feature includes work from Bardo Martinez of LA group Chicano Batman, finally showing more of the influence of Tropicalia in a nice bit of Latin-Psych titled “La Eterna Felicidad.” Seems like a lot of this was put together during Lee’s recent stint in LA, during which he spent a little time at KPFK. World Of Funk might just be Shawn Lee’s best realized project since 2008’s Miles of Styles.