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20 November 2003
Unagi, Unagi (442/Kimosciotic)
Musical collage artist Unagi combines the soundscape aesthetics of film scorekeepers like Ennio Morricone and Craig Armstrong, Public Enemy's Bomb Squad, trip-hop's Massive Attack, and Wu-Tang architect RZA with the cinematic vision of a filmmaker created from the DNA of Melvin Van Peebles and Gordon Parks. Unagi is what would happen if the sketchy interludes from a Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul were performed battle of the bands style by the Brand New Heavies and the Roots along with special guests including trumpeter Roy Hargrove, M-Base saxophonist Steve Coleman, b-girl bassist Me'Shell NdegéOcello, and acid jazz guitarist Ronny Jordan down at the old Stax Recording Studios in Memphis. Only one of the 17 tracks clocks in at over three minutes, but the disc succinctly captures an evocative series of ever-changing moods waiting to be committed to film. As trippy as this soundtrack is, when the hell is writer Darius James (Negrophobia) going to finish the screenplay so that Spike can shoot this joint?
— tt clinkscales
.: posted by Editor 3:29 PM
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