Madlib is an American producer who likes to move in jazz. After first editing a number of Blue Note classics on a remix compilation he made for this label, he hits this time with his Yesterday's New Quintet. On The Funky Side Of Life he profiles himself as a technician who wants to turn as many knobs as possible on his effects equipment at any cost. Beautiful melodies are unfortunately pushed away
… by echoes, tremolos, phasers and flangers. Forty Days by Billy Brooks, The Horse by Cliff Nobles (once the signature tune of the Veronica Drive-In Show) and Over The Hill by Oliver Sain will be edited in a way that will make many listeners rush for the warranty certificate of their sound system. . Still a few more, lo-fi grooves filled with little imagination, so we can speak of a disappointing product. (AD)more
