Chris JossMonomaniacs Vol 1
(Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
Chris Joss is one funky man. If you don't believe me, haven't heard of him, or if you love funk music, you owe it to yourself to check out his latest album, Monomaniacs Vol. 1. I interviewed him back when his last album was out and he spoke a bit about this one. His original intention was to present this album as if it were a compilation. That explains the title. He was even considering making up fictitious bands to credit. He scrapped that idea, and that's good for him. He deserves all the credit here. ... read more
The Sales DepartmentMeasured Life
(Noise Factory Records)
There is a really large pool of music that exists at the triangular center of idm, ambient, and ambient trance. That's a somewhat harsh triangulation, and of course doesn't say everything, but it's not so far off either. In fact, with an album like Measured Life, by The Sales Department, I think it's undeniable. By the way, The Sales Department is a project founded by Mike Matheson, who previously founded Beef Terminal. ... read more
The EmbassadorsCoptic Dub
(Nonplace)
Embassadors are a sleepy, live jazz dub band. I guess that could really conclude my review, because it really sums it all up. The thing is, they do sleepy jazz dub really, really well. The Embassadors are something of an avant-jazz world supergroup, with each of the players being at the top of their game. It shows here. While most avant-jazz I've heard is too schizophrenic and unbound to enjoy, this album, Coptic Dub is very different. ... read more
DymonsDruids Brew
(Elestial Records)
This one is for all you smokers. It's for all you mushroomers too. Seriously. It is. Dymons or Daniel Symons, is for all purposes, indistinguishable from Elestial, the label on which his music is released. I'm talking about Druids Brew here, and this is the first solo album effort from Dymons and the first release on Elestial. If you've been into the dub stylings of Interchill lately, you should pay attention here. ... read more
Mr. AnonymousMr. Anonymous 2
(Black Bridge)
Bubbling up out of the primordial soup of Kingston and its famed Liguanea Club, a venue filmed in the James Bond classic, Dr. No, Mr. Anonymous is something curious. This is in fact a collective of musicians you've probably already heard of, like Sly & Robbie, Ranking Roger, Dave Wakeling of The English Beat organization, Ranking Jr. of Birmingham, England, as well as Kingston residents Mega Banton and Pinchers. This is the groups second album, and it's a deep dancehall and reggae excursion that rolls from laid back slow burners to full on dancehall floor killers. ... read more
Mavis (Presented by Ashley Beedle & Darren Morris)Mavis
(!K7 Records)
In a lot of ways this is music for those peculiarly shattered moments, when you're dealing with some heavy emotions, and because of them feel a kind of renewed strength, empathy and humility. It's disarming like that, and not at all simple. I'm talking about Mavis, a project from Ashley Beedle and Darren Morris, that holds as its sole major inspiration a cover version of a Burt Bacharach tune called "A House is Not a Home". The version was performed by the revered Mavis Staples. If you know that song, one listen here and you'll know that Mavis have faithfully recreated and explored its soul throughout each of the songs on this album. ... read more
!DeladapSara La Kali
(Chat Chapeau)
There is a place here on earth where a band with the sounds of !Deladap should enjoy the sickening celebrity of pop stars. That place is unfortunately nowhere near where I live. That would give me reason to respect the artistic inclination of the masses. For which I have none. Deladap call their style Nu Roma, or "The Urban Gypsy Sound". You are likely to file them under something like Balkan Beat, right next to the recent works of Shantel and Boban Markovic. There is something about this style of music that just makes you smile and want to jump around a room, or street. ... read more
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