New Jersey's Loud Apartment are back with the bands third album, that is as ever produced by the bands Bass Player Bill Laswell along with DJ Logic as Turntablist, Nevaris A.C. On vocals technology and Percussion and keyboards with Peter Apfelbaum providing the Sax and flute.
The album opens by shaking the walls on Rhythm And Rhyme a dubby rap that's hoping to find a miracle or two to help create a new Future better than the current one. The swirling organ underneath goes nicely with the horns when they finally come in.
Technology takes an afrobeat rhythm and runs with it, while stating clearly that Technology should be for the people and should be used for good rather than evil or to produce more weapons as the underlying groove keeps on pushing through, as the horns have a very mid 70's Fela feel to them, as DJ Logic does all sorts of stuff on his turntable and the flute solo gives it a slight Philly Funk soul edge.
Rebellion is the bands rebel rocker as they tell us it's about time, we tore down the existing structures and created a far smarter future than the current malaise. Garrison Hawk's rap has a Junior Delgado type delivery to it.
Blessing has a sparse bass driven exploratory feel to it, coupled with a message of hope for change and a wish to bring about a more peaceful and equitable world as they bless the world and all who seek to do good the instrumental break towards the end is magical and very Augustus Pablo influenced.
The B-side of the vinyl is the dub side and it opens with the heavy heavy dub sounds of Dub Rhythm where the bassline needs to be heard on huge speakers wobbling your innards as that scratching keeps things street, before the horns signal it's time for some of the vocals to come in, before it gets properly spacey.
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Dub Rebellion is thumping bass and turntable magic with those glorious horns coming and going to keep everyone on there toes as Garrison Hawk raps at about twice the speed of the music that becomes more and more intoxicating as it goes on.
The album closes with Dub Technology wherein the turntable does battle with the horns for supremacy as the vocals are used like another texture to ram home the point of needing positive change.
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