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MP3 HB3 - Luminosity
11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Modern Rock, POP: Quirky
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Take a ride in the high-octane Dream-machine of HB3''s debut CD, "Luminosity" -- quirky, aggressive alt-rock from the creator of Radio Enigma''s "From the Laboratory."
Who is HB3? He''s the man, the man with the Midas touch! Beginning his life as a poor black child, he was soon an infrequently published critic for LA WEEKLY and SPIN magazine, as well as a "worst-selling" author of fiction, including a novel, AVALON, due in 2007. He has played in the bands Ack-Ack, Jirar, 3rd Story Blonde, Skippy''s Hot Heaven, and Nature, which released one album on Zoo Entertainment before that misbegotten label imploded in a blaze of terrible hellfire. He plays bass and trumpet. He swings with the best of them down at Dino''s Cafe and once fell backwards into a tuba while drinking a glass of bordeaux.
Says HB3: "Zappa once asked, ''Does humor belong in music?'' I''d have to say it does, at least more than we''re typically getting. Soaring guitar solos are also important; however, since I play them on piccolo bass, one of the fun things about playing live is having this stuff come out of a Fender Jazz, not what one would normally expect."
Regarding the songs: "Turkish Delight is a good example of my approach. The lyrics parody 60s sensualized spirituality but kind of revel in it at the same time. Bundewehr adapts music from a 70s German TV commercial and adds lyrics about an aging hippie accosted one night by interdimensional beings reminiscent of Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show." "Rom, Spaceknight" describes the life and times of the failed action figure robot from Kenner, "perhaps the most pathetic toy of all time. It was more successful as a Marvel comic than an action figure." In the song, Rom, the Spaceknight, raps triumphantly that he "rocks the house just like Kenny G," a notion as sad as it is, no doubt, undeniably true, culminating in an extended solo rife with guitar god cliches.
But man is not fed on cutesy cultural references alone. Songs like "Doggyville" strive for legitimate emotional impact: "Here we deal with the slow devolution of the American landscape into tacky crap, and the often painful discrepancy between an idealized memory and the present." And throwing all forms of restraint to the wind, "Another (I &II)" is a 12 minute neo-prog epic inviting comparisons to the extended classics on Jane''s Addictions Ritual De Lo Habitual, "Three Days" and "Then She Did." The opening instrumental section is performed exclusively on piccolo bass, including the apparent pipe organ: "That''s actually performed via a clever effects pedal -- I''m able to fade in the chords and then play the melody line on top, which leads to an interesting effect." The second part of the song expresses hope in the face of devastation: "Look behind the veil, and they''ll throw your ass in jail," but "the songs you learn to sing/Will amuse the ocean king."
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