If Hanna feels any conflict between his twin commitments to house music and hardcore drum'n'bass, none of that comes through on this darkly brilliant gem of an album, which fuses apparently non-ironic religious sentiments (mainly of the voice crying in the wilderness variety) with echoey minor-chord washes and slamming tech-step breakbeat mayhem. This is not music for relaxing, and like most drum'n'bass, it's also music that would prove difficult to dance to for anyone with a metabolism slower ...   [ read more ]

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The challenge to recording works from the Great American Songbook is for an artist to come up with a fresh approach, which is rather difficult due to the numerous recordings of the music George Gershwin made by jazz musicians over many decades. But Sir Roland Hanna is up to the task, accompanied by a strong supporting cast, including Bill Easley (tenor and soprano saxes), bassist Jon Burr, and drummer Ronnie Burrage. "Summertime," likely the most frequently done Gershwin compositio...   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! New York City's Le Tigre's collaboration is a deliriously addictive, hybrid sound the band calls "feminist punk electronic music." It's a mix of drum-machine samples, synth hooks, buzzing guitar loops, gang vocals, and foolproof bass-lines. Le Tigre's roots go all the way back to a Bikini Kill show in Portland, Oregon: Johanna, in the audience, was impressed and intrigued, and approached Kathleen to give her a copy of her feminist art zine, Snarla. The two became fast friends, an...   [ read more ]

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