New Music Survey: Dr. Who Dat?
Posted: July 19, 2006
Album: Beat Journey
Artist: Dr. Who Dat?
Label: Lex Records
Release date: Summer 2006
Attempts at comparison: Digible Planets' Blowout Comb,
Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory, DJ Krush, Pharcyde's
Bizarre Ride, Questlove's Babies Making Babies,
Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, Dub (King Tubby, Keith Hudson),
Dalek, DJ Shadow, Qbert.
Adjectives: instrumental, cosmic, pre-Dr. Dre, Brazilian, sedate,
meditative, loose, dark.
Nouns: 1970’s R&B, afro, good drugs, thick synths, percussion,
Tardis, scratching, lounge, handclaps, vocal samples, move.
Notable Musicians: Jneiro Jarel (producer)
Special Moments: "Pharoah's Dream" (featuring Capital
Peoples)
Past albums: Three Piece Puzzle
Websites: www.jneirojarel.com,
http://www.myspace.com/drwhodat,
http://www.lexrecords.com/,
http://www.myspace.com/labelwho
-Ross Simonini
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