Future Reference

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Disc 1:
#	Track Name	MP3 Sample
1	Jiro	MP3 sample

2	Mile High	MP3 sample

3	Future Reference	MP3 sample

4	Haver	MP3 sample

5	Together	MP3 sample

6	Interlude	MP3 sample

7	Pokcet Full of Seconds	MP3 sample

8	Swans	MP3 sample

9	Soul	MP3 sample

10	Coudkicks	MP3 sample

11	Interlude II	MP3 sample

12	True Rub-A-Dub Love Style	MP3 sample

13	Scorching Bay	MP3 sample

14	Spread Love	MP3 sample

15	Sjoare	MP3 sample

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The long-awaited, much anticipated follow up to their best-selling 2002 debut album "Bass Player" sees Rhombus exploring new sonic territory while keeping one foot firmly in the NZ roots field which they – among others of course - helped establish. Things have changed in a fairly dramatic manner with that sound since then, with both Fat Freddy's Drop and the late, lamented Trinity Roots delivering albums that pushed the genre - and I used that word in its loosest sense - into more abstract, and quite conversely, more commercially successful territory.
The two core producer-members of Rhombus are still there in Thomas Voyce and Simon Rycroft, with manager Koa Williams now apparently taking on a production role too, while satellite members/vocalists Imon Starr, MC Mana, MC Antsman, Lisa Tomlins, Deva Mahal (Imon's sister) all contribute large smearings of talent.
From the opening Japanese drum-led into of "Jiro" straight into the massive "Mile High" (the first single) with its enormous Hammond organ & horn sound, "Future Reference" is a clever blend of mellow material like "Together" with its gorgeous vocal duet from Imon, Lisa and Deva with more uptempo rapped tracks like "Haver" and "Soul". Then there's straight-out leftfield material like "Cloudkicks" with its mix of heavy beats, Cook Island and Tahitian log drums and vocal samples. In all, it's a varied but coherent album that suffers none of the slightly rushed feel that "Bass Player" – for all its commercial success – had. It fits perfectly with FFD's "Based on a True Story" and Recloose's "Hiatus on the Horizon" as capturing the eclectic essence of the NZ roots 'sound' in 2005. Highly recommended.

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Artist: Rhombus
Album: Future Reference
Cat #: 82876720402
Date: 14/10/2005
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Label: Sony
Usually Ships: 2 - 6 Days
Genres: Electronic , New Zealand , Pop , Reggae/Roots/Dub
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SmokeCDs Price: $27.95

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