Alternate Universe Blaxploitation Music
10/18/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Low Res will forever be in our debt. As one half of the mighty Trash Aesthetic he turned our world upside down when he produced the legendary Shadow Huntaz 12" on Plug Research a few years ago. Then the killer tracks on the two Scape comps, (Staeditizm 1 & 2), then nothing. It's been nearly four years since Low Res' last album 'Approximate Love Boat' , so has the wait been worth it? Yes (of course). 'Blue Ramen' is alternate universe blaxploitation music - blues, jazz, soul transmitted from the Starship Enterprise in 1977. In fact this album claims to be improvised, hard to figure.... a deranged jazz big band locked in a sampler / a loungey Atom Heart minus the glitch, Duke Ellington conducting robots. All of this and nothing applies to 'Blue Ramen'.Indulge yourself. Buy."