Busted Flat Records artists: Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne - Amoeba Collective - New Release Review

I just received a new recording, The Amoeba Collective, that is quite out of the box. Songwriters Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne complimented by Madagascar Slim on guitar and Michelle Josef on drums have put together something new. The first track, Yo Mojo, is a loose jam track with a funky slack beat and a twist of reggae creating a unique sound. I like it. Mud Bears Park is a modern interpretation of an 8 bar blues...say Canned Heat but with extraneous guitar soloing during the melody as opposed to after ... it is self defined and interesting. Marketplace has a definite world sound with warm vocal harmonies and African rhythms. MS plays some very intricate guitar riffs throughout this track. Bobby Johnson is a hip hop style track but without the harsh street lyrics. Black Banks is a different mix of R&B and Louisiana country blues. Cool track with cool guitar riffs. Old Crow has the distinct sound of early country music. Very authentic and very cool. Oh, How Beautiful has a lot of free space and ethereal sounds with traces to the original San Francisco sound. Ascending/Descending is a mixture again or world music to my ears sounding a lot like the middle east. It is a simple melodic track with a straight forward rhythm. Tin Metal is a strong rock like track with machine movements. I really like this track, drawing it's creativity from the modern industrial age. Free form instrumental inclusions and strong rhythms are supplemented with occasional lyric chants. The release is completed with Scarecrow Murders, another track with ethereal basis but more of a folk root. This is a pretty cool cd but one which takes a free thinker and someone who will open their mind and listen to something different.

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Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne Release Amoeba Collective

Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne Release Amoeba Collective National release date on November 6 from Busted Flat Records Songwriters Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne team up with virtuoso guitarist Madagascar Slim and veteran drummer Michelle Josef on a new recording Amoeba Collective. Amoeba Collective is a certified organic project featuring ten original songs that are a brilliant and compelling blend of Blues, Rock, World Beat Hip Hop, Electro-Acoustic with a dash of Country. Sharing the songwriting and lead vocals equally, Tippy and Bill constructed a variety of songs that serve as vehicles for a multi-genre improv romp that exudes a sense of celebration and conveys a global sensibility. Madagascar Slim contributes his inimitable Hendrix/Malagasy guitar to the colourful melee and drummer Michelle Josef ties it all together with rock solid grooves.  Tom Mennier's wonderful piano and Donato Scipioni's fat bass fill out the fusion feast! "Audiences have responded in various ways, some were comatose in their seats... others dancing like banshees." - The Local, Sunshine Coast Jazz & Entertainment Society Tour dates:  November 15 The Vat - Red Deer, AB November 16 The Ironwood - Calgary, AB November 17 Avenue Theatre - Edmonton, AB About Bill Bourne Bill was raised in a musical family in rural Alberta. When he was two years old, he was known to sleep behind the piano at country dances. His parents played dance music in community halls in beautiful farming country. The love of nature and of music and of people gathering for celebration has been with him for his whole life. A multiple Canadian Juno Award winner, Bill has received international acclaim for his recordings and live performances. A mainstay on the international roots scene, life on the road is reflected in Bill's music - powerful rhythms and soulful songs, steeped in World Beat, Blues, Cajun, Celtic, Folk, Flamenco, Funk, Poetry and more. Full bio at www.billbourne.com Tippy Agogo Bio As far as is known, Tippy Agogo has made four official albums between 1988 - 2008; ecclectic with global, experimental, folk, rock, dance and pop influences - each album, like the shows, have no two songs the same, resembling the live act. On his website, tippyagogo.com, these albums are listed, plus his work with such diverse artists as: SNFU, Sarah McLachlan, Cassandra Complex, Twilight Circus Dub, Legendary Pink Dots and so forth. He is credited as helping start some careers of famous Canadian artists, such as the Smalls, and based most of his work out of Edmonton, Vancouver and Montreal, plus some notable European cities - Antwerp, Hamburg and Bergen.  Full bio at www.tippyagogo.com Media contact: Sarah French Publicity Sarah French 416-566-4188 www.sarahfrenchpublicity.com Label Contact: Busted Flat Records Mark Logan 519-221-0884 www.bustedflatrecords.com