Monomaniacs Vol.1
Download links and information about Monomaniacs Vol.1 by Chris Joss. This album was released in 2015 and it belongs to Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop genres. It contains 12 tracks with total duration of 39:56 minutes.
Artist: | Chris Joss |
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Release date: | 2015 |
Genre: | Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop |
Tracks: | 12 |
Duration: | 39:56 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | We Got Some, Pt 1 & 2 | 4:11 |
2. | Optical | 3:01 |
3. | Kali Flowers | 2:40 |
4. | Re-Volt | 3:24 |
5. | Ford Mustard Cutter | 3:26 |
6. | Keep on Digging | 3:22 |
7. | Mo Lovin | 3:29 |
8. | Shafro | 3:05 |
9. | Backbeating | 3:02 |
10. | Highway 75 | 3:26 |
11. | Within | 3:25 |
12. | Jha Mon | 3:25 |
Details
[Edit]After his sonic journey through the Indian subcontinent on Sticks, producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Joss has returned to the hardened, dusty, grime-covered grooves and soundscapes of the '70s with Monomaniacs, Vol. 1. The inspiration here is simple: soundtrack music from kung fu, blaxploitation, vintage porn, and grindhouse soundtracks, early-'70s discotheque dance vamps, and even some tough rockist guitar mania fill all 12 tracks. Given the vibe, it's mandatory that three elements are in the formula: breakbeats galore, rubbery, pumped up basslines, and handclaps. Hints of melodies assert themselves on tracks such as “Optical” via a funky B-3, but it's rhythm that drives this mess. Horn sections and primitive synth sounds glide in and out of the mix, as does some spaced-out reverb, but it’s the breaks and bass vamps that hold court. Indian music does make a brief appearance here in “Kali Flowers,” but the phase-shifted sitar is backed by outrageously funky wah-wah guitar, and cracking breaks. It’s got a tough, middle-four bridge that turns it inside out into a rocking soul riff before the sitar and guitars bring us back to the exotic. You can smell the incense. The cowbell breaks on “Ford Mustang Cutter” fuel a banging bassline, a tripped reverb-laden flute solo, and some outre synth sounds in a tough mix that pushes the vamp into overdrive — naturally. The hard funk in “Mo Lovin,” could be Brother Jack McDuff and his trio with Stevie Wonder on clavinet and the Santana congueros, as it vamps on a theme derived from “Superstition.” Clocking in at under 40 minutes, this is a bangin,’ dancefloor strutting, creatively inspired set that showcases Joss at his nasty best.