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Is it instrumental hip-hop or hard-hitting jazz? Critics agree that Plate Fork Knife Spoon is carving out its own brand of music. Born from the critically acclaimed, Crown City Rockers? rhythm section: Kat Ouano (keyboards), Headnodic (bass/producer) and Max MacVeety (drums), Plate Fork Knife Spoon premier a self-titled release on San Francisco based, Wide Hive Records. The Bay Area based rhythm section lay down a firm foundation for the albums guest performers, Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno, The Broun Fellinis saxophonist David Boyce and fellow Crown City Rocker emcee, Raashan Ahmad. What happens when you combine trained musicians from the world-renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston, with an articulate emcee and breathtaking beat-wizard? A genre blending hip-hop and crossover jazz collective whose music is original, powerful and provocative all in the same breath. With an organic blend of lush, funk-drenched grooves, sharp live instrumentation and a touch of old-school inflected soul, Plate Fork Knife Spoon is a welcome breath of fresh air in today's commercially cluttered hip-hop cosmos. This ensemble boldly follows in the storied footsteps of such pioneers as The Roots, De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest.