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Titel: Short Staffed at the Gene Pool
Zustand: Neu
Description: EDITORIAL REVIEWS
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REVIEW
This one is pure indulgence. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool. Ruby is the moniker adopted by vocalist Lesley Rankine (of grrl-power Silverfish fame) and producer Mark Walk (Pigface, Skinny Puppy). The duo offers pop vocals with a twist: steady insistence on the groove. Rather than sticking to a certain style, Ruby summons the total package from straight-up rock to disco/lounge, from tricky funk to Latin grooves. Rankine, whose voice is seductively smooth, spans the range from throaty swing to crisp vocal percussion. Her approach is like rap soaked in honey: the chant and the saunter issue forth wrapped up in layers of twist and twirl. (Did someone say trip hop?)

The indulgence part comes from Ruby's self-conscious obsession with the hook. Pop needs its standard bearers, especially when it thumbs its nose at so-called "art." And Ruby does not fall short at all in the craft department. It's the kind of music one doesn't have to suffer to enjoy and I'll admit I enjoy the other kind, too. If you take a moment to absorb the lyrics, you'll discover some strikingly intense, honest, and visceral poetics. Ruby's words on the subject, from "Lamplight":

"If I bear my fruit, and invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit, would you tear it from my tree..."

In this reviewer's opinion, Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool is ripe for the picking. --All ABout jazz

Short Staffed...' veers wildly across the spectrum of post-club pop, coming on all eerie speed garage on 'Beefheart' and evolving into vocoder jazz with tickertape clicks on 'Fuse Again'. Oh yes, and there's a bit in 'Fly' where she scats like Cleo Laine.


Caught at the crossroads between jazzbo-Tricky nastiness and Morcheeba Fiat Uno chic, 'Short-Staffed...' is nice --NME music magazine
Format: CD
Genre: Dance & Electronic
Interpret: Ruby
Anzahl der Scheiben: 1
Herstellungsland und -region: USA
Musiklabel: Thirsty Ear
Sprache: Englisch
EAN: 0700435710122
Title Format: CD

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