Mahjongg
Machinegong
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The voices on Mahjongg's Machinegong are a bit muted, but the music cries out like a politician on the campaign trail. This quintet blends a bevy of instruments that are not overdone, overplayed or even very obvious. When fused together, however, they project a distinctive take on late Seventies funk that slinks along aimlessly in parts, jumps into a pop song here and there, and otherwise goes wherever it wants. Some sections are drenched in fuzzy, spacey synthesizers, others with noodling guitars that follow more than they lead, all of it held together by a rhythm section which falls more in line with Latin percussion than it does rock, giving these tracks a loose shape with a dub feel.
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(March 1, 2004)
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