ARTIST: Elmore Judd
TITLE: Insect Funk
LABEL: Honest Jons Records
GENRE: Funk
BITRATE: 170kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 46m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-09-10
RIP DATE: 2007-08-21
Track List
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1. Pirate Song 1:59
2. Disco In 4 Pieces 4:06
3. We Float In Time 3:56
4. Dead Men Walk In A Straight 9 3:58
5. Insect Funk 3:33
6. Ultra Busy 3:15
7. Rats 3:07
8. Funky Nerd 3:35
9. Evil Laughs 3:14
10. Samba Apocalypse 2000 3:54
11. Tron Song 3:10
12. Dont Lie 3:22
13. Happy Bass Caravan 3:59
14. Balafonix 0:59
Release Notes:
Angel Sound Elmore Judd is the alter ego of one Jesse Hackett - brother of Louis
Slipperz, keyboard player for Raw Dog and co-producer of many of Taskforce's
works, he is also a session keyboard player who has worked with, amongst others,
Barrington Levy and Miss Dynamite.
We'd heard tales long ago of strange noises eminating from his house during
studio down-time - sounds which didn't seem to quite sit right with the MCs he
was working with but that nevertheless struck awe into anyone that heard them.
Angel Sound is Elmore's first solo outing and features collaborations with new
vocalists Ias Balaskas and Fae, session musician brothers Adriano and Dario
Rosseti Bonell and Jade Fox's Tom Skinner, widely regarded as one of the UK's
most talented drummers.
With inspiration in evidence from Prince to The Specials, Jaydee to ESG and
Mantronix to Axelrod, it is little surprise that the album is a somewhat
multi-directional affair, especially considering it's compact running time of
under 45 minutes.
What is surprising is the fact that simultaneously, it sounds like nothing we've
ever heard before. From the opening Birth of Elmore and Intro to Judd World, a
corner is turned with every track. From instrumental cuts that fuse clipped
Prefuse-esque electronics with Waajid's sparse drum programming, to electro
fused vocal psychedelia via punk-funk rock-out interludes and a wide-screen jazz
opus, Elmore Judd's is a schizoid existence.
If there is something that underpins Angel Sound it is a sense of the emergence
of a very new Electronic Soul sensibility. Edgier and less romantic than the
music emerging from the Philly Soul scene yet more soulful and song-based than
the electronic hip-hop of the Lex camp, Elmore's sound is distinctly British and
totally fresh.
Elmore judd recentley visited Mali (West africa) with a group of musicians
including Damon albarn (GORILLAZ), Scratch (THE ROOTS) and Jamie T. During his
stay there he had the chance to play with some of the leading names in Mali
music including Salief Keita, Tomani Diabate and Amadou and Mariam. Look out for
future collaberations including a track on Scratch's album due out early next
year... Look out for future projects being released on the Honest Jon's record
label.