PLASMATIC BRAIN SPASM
PLASMATICBRAINSPASM

TFS/TCC Release Date:04/01/2005
LABEL: Pears Publishing
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
DISC : 1
CONDITION:NEW
STOCK STATUS:INSTOCK

Question. Mix one part psychedelic blues, throw in some hip hop, Funkadelia, futuristic concept , slick 80s Minneapolis synth-funk grooves, real drums, spaced reggae and a dose of strong ambient trance-like vocalization?

A Plasmatic Brain Spasm.

This self-described multi-gendered rock/funk quintet does all of the above and then some on its self-titled debut CD. Axeman Ryan Branstner carves up some of the most shredded eargasm guitar rantings this side of Buckethead. He’s going for some incredible tones here, and oh yea, his unmistakable chops are oft turned waaaay up in the colorful, thick melange of sounds thru 10 tracks that seamlessly sequeway into one another.

Shawn Bachinski’s bubbling Bootsyesque bass thumping and Aaron Bellamy’s hard pounding skins to complete the searing rythum section. Don’t know who is doing most of the synth effects but they are on the one. And then those funky, swangy vocals. Anna Marie (Pepper) Engstrom and Erica (Red) Shepard’s voices sound like they are lifted right off of an old Brides of Funkenstein album. Not satisfied by being simply funky, Plasmatic Brain Spasm has somn to say as well. Singing about stuff like the Illuminati and other zeep subject matter like "Asteroids & Jellybeans",lol. "Dancefloor Virus" is just a wicked, heavy, funky, polyrhythmic groove. And although I could use that description for all the tracks (ain’t no filler no where), each song truly has a personality of its own.

At times the band just builds up this full head of steam only to melt the groove down into a smoldering cauldron of sound, and then they come out of it right back on the one. Its some rocked out funk alright. Whoever that is rapping over the blistering groove of "Squareware Sucker" got his chops strate from Chuck D. The set closes with the jazzy, mid-tempo dreamy funk of "Supersize Afternoon". This is just another outstanding effort from some great musicians raised up at the foot of the Pee. And it goes into heavy rotation in my player. The future of funk music is now!!

Reviewed For TheFunkStore.com..By
Funk Journalist&Atlanta Radio Personality~"Bustin'"Bob Mitchell

Compiled For TheFunkStore.com..By:Tylard Tatt II

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TRACK LISTING
1.THE FURTHEST STAR~Listen
2.ALL AROUND~Listen
3.ABSTRACTLY INVOLVED~Listen
4.THE GREAT EMBRACE~Listen
5.DANCE FLOOR VIRUS~Listen
6.ASTEROIDS AND JELLYBEANS
7.SQUAREWAVE SHOCKER~Listen
8.AMSTERDAM~Listen
9.H2O~Listen
10.SUPERSIZE AFTERNOON

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