Scootering Scootering ‘Single Of The Month’ The Bongolian

Published on 1st December 2001 (UK)

Media title : Scootering

The Bongolian Bongohead Blow Up. With a blend of funky flavoured bongo driven rhythm married with a forfisa organ, the end result is an astral trip of spaced out funky grooves, with a fat back vibe reminiscent of the very early seventies. Add a massive injection of manic bongo workouts and a smattering of machine gun style drum riffs.. Last ingredient being an occasional yet essential repetition of this uplifting funky Soul ‘n Jazz workouts title, and voila, an absolutely wicked and captivatingly cooking number. Who, what or for that matter where(!) is The Bongolian. Actually that’s quite an easy one, and let me tell you The Bongolian is no stranger to the pages of Scootering. It’s none other than Nasser Bousida, currently drummer and main man with Big Boss Man, his musical CV including The Loafers, Skooby and The Coffin Nails to name but a few. Of course percussion and drums are Nasser’s main instruments, which is more than blatantly obvious on this blistering hot slab of funky soul. Bongohead is a taster for Nasser’s side project The Bongolian, album of the same name is set for release early next year. On the strength of Bongohead it should be an absolute scorcher.