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October 23rd, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Album review: Adrian Younge – ‘Black Dynamite (Original Motion Picture Score)’ (Wax Poetics)
When you first lay ears on composer Adrian Younge’s soundtrack for the film Black Dynamite, you might start furiously searching your video library and vinyl shelves, wondering how a lost classic ’70s Blaxploitation film/music combo slipped through your fingers until now. Ultimately, you’ll get a little red-faced when you realize that Black Dynamite is in fact a 2009 Blaxploitation spoof, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still dig into the savory, soul-dripping grooves of the soundtrack album. Because, while the film may play the tradition of Shaft, Cotton Comes to Harlem, and their ilk for laughs, Younge is dead serious about his love for the ’70s sounds of Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Gene Page, et al. Accordingly, his tunes are teeming with stone-cold funk beats, sassy/sexy female vocal turns, and liberal doses of wah-wah guitar, tremolo-laden organ lines, and the occasional overdriven, psychedelia-soaked effect. Even if you laugh your butt off at the film itself, the Black Dynamite soundtrack can easily be enjoyed in a completely irony-free way.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 PM { # }
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the review. Please check out the score documentary at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/waxpoeticsmagazine#p/a/u/0/mYMy7awumSA
Thanks
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October 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 PM { # }
As I have said elsewhere, but like the sound of:
The Score has strong enough legs to stand, run and kick ass on it’s own.
Seeing the movie, which is truly Black Dynamite, is a big bonus ,but it is great to be able to hear this brilliant score, without the sound of your own and whole theatres laughter, covering it up.
Destined to be as much of a cult classic as the movie and looking forward to the remixes, authorized and otherwise, samplers delight from start, to flip, to finish.
On the technical end, brilliant production/engineering and vinyl quality is much better than a lot of supposed deluxe 180gr issues I have suffered through in recent years.
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