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"CHRIS DAVE AND THE DRUMHEDZ"
CHRIS DAVE AND THE DRUMHEDZ
Released January 26, 2018
NEW 2018 MUSIC: This is the first new release of 2018 that I have heard and it is already one of the very best albums of the year, as far as I am concerned.

Drummer extraordinaire Chris "Daddy" Dave, who has performed with the likes of D'Angelo, Adele, Robert Glasper and even more has at long last struck out upon his own with his band's debut album, a staggeringly well recorded, produced and performed deep dive into neo-soul psychedelia which feels to be the next quantum leap from the musical big bang that produced D'Angelo's "Voodoo" (released January 25, 2000), The Roots' "Phrenology" (released November 26, 2002), Common's "Electric Circus" (released December 10, 2002), Erykah Badu's "Mama's Gun" (released November 21, 2000). J Dilla's "Donuts" (released February 7, 2006) and especially, Q-Tip's far ahead of the curve "Kamaal The Abstract," a work recorded and originally planned for release in 2002 but did not officially see the light of day until September 15, 2009.

Of course, "Chris Dave And The Drumhedz" sounds like the full extension of all of those aforementioned albums. But, the album is not solely an excursion into 21st century psychedelic soul. In fact, in track after track, we can hear the history of Black music, in all of its incarnations from R&B, jazz, hip-hop, rock and roll, blues, funk and variations of Fela Kuti inspired African rhythms through the audio "lens" of an interstellar journey (certainly, nods to Parliament Funkadelic) with Dave's spectacularly elastic drums serving as the engine, as well as the sonic glue, pushing the songs forwards while holding everything together.

Intoxicating, enveloping, succulent, surprising, immersive, flowing, sumptuous and even more, Chris Dave has thrown down the gauntlet superbly, challenging the music year of 2018 to follow suit in the fullness of artistry and creativity.