NØ sez:
The electronic spawn of Godzilla is about to funktify your fuzzface. Yes, indeed, it is none other than Bootsy Collins in one of his many various personalities...this time Zillatron Fuzzface Bootsy, the Lord of the Harvest (of souls, we might ask???).
Describing the musick on this album is no simple matter. There are elements of metal, funk metal, funk, hip-hop & some leftfield type stuff as might be expected with Bill Laswell, Buckethead, & Bernie Worrell having their hands in this album. This is one of the earlier projects featuring these cats, much in line with later releases by Praxis or other Bill Laswell releases. Fans of Bootsy's work with Praxis should definitely enjoy this, but it still packs enough straight forward funk punch for more diehard Rubber Band fans.
A great concept for Bootsy has him playing bass as only he can. The theme of paranoia, both from within & without, is excellent. An extremely ambitious project utilizing: some heavy HEAVY fuzz bass; funked up guitar sounds from Buckethead; vocal samples from the film Naked Lunch; & other high weirdness. Zillatron lays down a coherent (if chaotic) landscape of funk fused with almost industrial music. It is very futuristic-sounding 'Cyberfunk' with snatches of techno, rock, & spaced-out ambient sounds all vying for supremacy. All the weirdness is capped off by a real zinger of a song, the hauntingly beautiful finale "The Passion Continues", a song that reverently references some great lines from some great ParliaFunkaRubber songs of the past.
Take the time to really listen to this album, both musickally & lyrically. You will not be disappointed.
"This Record is Dedicated to Eddie Hazel - The Maggot Brain of Funkadelic"
Zillatron is: Bootsy Collins - bass, sampler, & vocals; Buckethead - guitar; Bernie Worrell - piano, organ, & synthesizer; Bill Laswell - noises; Brenda Holloway, Debra Barsha, Kristen Gray, Momma Collins, & Patti Willis - backing vocals; & Grandmaster Melle Mel & Umar Bin Hassan (of the legendary Last Poets) - rapping & chanting. Recorded at Greenpoint Studio & Bootzilla Studio.
C.B.I. Files (Central Bug Intelligence)
Bugg Lite
Fuzz Face
Exterminate
Smell the Secrets
Count Zero
Bootsy & the Beast
No Fly Zone (The Devil's Playground)
The Passion Continues
I'm having a meltd0wn, a Digital Meltd0wn,
NØ
Lord of the Harvest
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Always carefully dressed to blend with the locals...
ReplyDeleteSir Bootsalot in his finery, just passing as regular folk...
DeleteNicely, thank you. I really like Praxis so this should go down well.
ReplyDeleteRight up there with the Praxis that followed closely.
DeleteBootsy! This sounds like a good one -- thanks N0!
ReplyDeleteLaswell, Worrell, Buckethead...all the crazees gather together...having a swell time before the swelling went down.
DeleteMuch love NØ! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou wanted FUNK! It's all your fault.
DeleteI'll take the blame! Thanks again!
DeleteThis one is wild! Count Zero is straight up FUNK DUB
ReplyDeleteGreetings, aboynamedstew. I was actually thinking of you right when I posted this up, the Dayton/Cincinnati/Ohio Funk connection & all, but in an extreme way. "Count Zero" oh yeah right. "You're hallucinating" FUNK DUB of the finest!
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