"NIGO" & "BROKEN HEAD" 2 GREAT CD ALBUMS

 

 

2 GREAT CD ALBUMS

 

NIGO – APE SOUNDS

Ape Sounds is the debut LP from Japan's Nigo, best known for his clothing label Bathing Ape--a cult product dripping with Planet of the Apes motifs and celebrated status as a hyper-cool brand. Not a regular musician, Nigo performs an art director's role (although he also plays drums) on the album--guiding a creative team of Lavelle, DJ Kudo, Money Mark, Ben Lee, Cornelius, and Takagi Ken (Major Force). The result is (at times) a self-consciously cool mix of punk, trip-hop and knowing adult pop. Some of it's fun--"Kung Fu Fighting" combines laconic Japanese rap with a neatly orchestrated remake of a Bruce Lee soundtrack. Ben Lee's contribution, "Free Diving," is breathlessly fantastic--a wry and urbane vocal walking smoothly over an explosive, pop-rock thrashout. Also good is "The Very Urgent Dub," in which Money Mark brings sass to a Pablo and Maurizio-referencing stoner anthem. Some cuts feel vague but whatever Nigo lacks in expression he more than compensates for with style. --Tony Marcus

 

BROKEN HEAD – LOCARNO

Ben from Regurgitator's previous dub project.

 Ben Ely (bass, guitar), Guy Webster (vocals, guitar), Skritch (drums), Paulie Bromley (bass, guitar)

 

 

 

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