So tight that merely listening to it raises shoulders to ears, Portland trio 31 Knots mixes the dissonance of Sonic Youth, the time signatures and stop-start changes of Fugazi, and the deconstructed funk of Talking Heads to create a nervous, hysterical din that reads like Michel Foucault having a nervous breakdown. (more…)
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31 Knots: Worried Well
Thursday, March 19th, 2009Interview: NOMO Defies Categorization with Expanded Electronics of Ghost Rock
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
NOMO, the alternative Afrobeat collective from Ann Arbor, Michigan, march es to its own beat, or more accurately, to the beat of four different percussionists.
Led by the lanky, baby-faced founder and composer Elliot Bergman, the nine-piece multi-ethnic/gender brigade is a mash-up of cultural and musical influences.
Defying classification to create an Afrobeat/funk/electronic hybrid (think Remain in Light-era Talking Heads with the sensibilities of Fela Kuti), the band has old-school jazz purists, hipsters, and indie rockers cocking an ear and taking notice. (more…)
