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Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity, An- cients Speak, LiveWired Music
"When the ancients speak, descendents listen." -- "Ancients Speak"
Throughout Ancients Speak, programmer/bassist Melvin Gibbs (Defunkt, Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society) combines funk, hip-hop, Afrobeat, and other sympathetic sounds.
On "Canto por Odudua," he ev- en throws a little psychedelia in- to the mix. Gibbs' multi-talented collaborators include DNA's Arto Lindsay (co-producer), Medeski, Martin and Wood's John Med- eski (keyboards), and P-Funk's Blackbyrd McKnight (guitar).
In his openness to a variety of African-oriented genres, Gibbs' fabulous confabulation—27 musicians altogether—recalls Bill Laswell's ever-evolving Material supergroup. Though I didn't like "Macumba" at first, even that growly, beat-heavy num- ber eventually won me over. For open-minded groove ad- dicts: he offers the perfect prescription for your condition.
By: Kathy Fennessy 03/17/09 >> go there
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