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M’ Lumba vs. Kobalt 6
Spinning Tourists in a City of Ghosts
Rob Von Roy, Ron Banji, Kurt Leege
M’ Lumbo reminds me of White Noise, a doozy electronic band
of the mid-Seventies that combined a vague pop sensibility with the lazy, ambient sound of
far-off radio stations fading in and out of your tuner. They anticipated a lot of rave
stuff by 15 years, not to mention 80’s electro pop. The best stuff here, such as
"The Soul Exchange," is that kind of thing at its best. Some of it does,
however, succumb to the boredom that can creep into those shifting stations. At times it
sounds like a logical outgrowth of the Beatles’ "Revolution 9," although
here there’s not as much affinity with conventional musical sense. If folks are tired
of the easy listening music that characterizes so much of rave and techno, this is where
they may want to go. Happy landings to them.
-Richard
Grooms
Unit Circle Records
www.unitcircle.com