Don’t you dare EVER say I can’t get downright eclectic with the variety of music I post to my page. This is Jessie Evans, and this track is afro-beat, a genre I hardly knew existed before falling ass-backwards into it by searching through random electro-funk tracks recently. For those who have no idea what afro-beat is, think about it as a rare four-way marriage between west African fuji, jazz, soul and funk. You’d think if you combined this with a white girl from California, you’d just completely and unforgivably jam up the works. However, quite to the contrary, this is probably some of the most oddly cool music I’ve had the fortune of inadvertently blundering over in the last two decades. The artist herself is a talented saxophonist who adds sensual vocals to the mix. When you combine that with the fact that the drummer (Toby Dammit from Iggy Pop fame) provides experienced and excellent beats, you have to at least marvel at how polished the final product sounds. This is Black Sand from the 2009 album Is It Fire? and the song is straight-up sexy as hell. Apparently her live performances also include elements of burlesque and tragi-comic theater which me wants to purchase some tickets right the hell now. You want completely original music from a virtually unknown indie/punk artist? Well, then, don't say your ol’ pal th3-0bjectivist never did anything for ya. Smash play, and experience a completely different kind of electronic sound that WILL make you want more of the same. Maravilloso!!!
