9/8/08

Nu Tones

Ghost Rock is the new album from the Michigan-based collective NOMO. The album, produced by Warn Defever, sheds light on the way forward for a band that has been forging its own vital sound. This is not the Afrobeat of Fela, nor the revivalist funk of a forgotten decade. This record owes as much to Can, Eno, and MIA as it does Kuti, Francis Bebey, and Funkadelic. On Ghost Rock, NOMO arrives in a new place. There’s no loss of steam as they incorporate new influences, instead NOMO breaks through with a matured and developed sound that is fully its own. http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/NOMO.html dig the distorted electric thumb piano thang. Thanks to Jacob Campbell for involving my lazy ass with new music. Always see Transafixion's podcast for the latest finds as this man has the ear to the ground for the latest.