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Vikter Duplaix: DJ Kicks
by AAJ Staff
Appearing on the album cover wearing a multicolored headwrap, dark shades and a pimped-out furry coat that would send animal activists scurrying for their petitions, Vikter Duplaix cuts an enigmatic, imposing figure. His eclectic wardrobe is one indication of the man’s musical style. Duplaix is both producer and DJ and has worked with neo-soul luminaries such as Erykah Badu, Eric Benet and Musiq Soulchild. Additionally, he is one half of deep house outfit Scuba that he formed with King Britt. ...
read moreUrsula Rucker: Supa Sista
by AAJ Staff
Rucker’s seductive tones have appeared on albums by artists from King Britt to the Roots and Josh Wink. Part of the ever-burgeoning Philly scene, Rucker’s is the voice of social consciousness and truth that hip-hop has become too egomaniacal to express. Her spoken word is intimate, startling, and powerful. Stripped of all useless posturing or needless rhymes, she comes with a pure flow that is intensely honest. The musical backing is a fusion of jazz, hip-hop and soul. 4Hero’s jazz ...
read moreHerbert: Bodily Functions
by David Adler
Matthew Herbert, the London-based music visionary, has recorded under the monikers Wishmountain, Radio Boy, and Doctor Rockit. Here, as “Herbert," he offers the remarkable Bodily Functions, an album that at once exemplifies the new trend called “electro-acoustic" music and yet seems to occupy a genre all its own. Blending piano, woodwinds, strings, house-music beats, musique-concrete samples, and the sultry vocals of Dani Siciliano, Herbert doggedly observes Article One of his Personal Contract for the Composition of Music (PCCOM): “The use ...
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