The Illogical Consequence

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Planet Funk

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This Italian group's debut CD "Non-Zero Sumness" blew me away and remains one of my favourite albums ... I couldn't get enough of it's multitextured, bass-heavy power-funk.

The follow-up "Illogical Consequnce" contains more dance-funk,

but it's a little more experimental and covers new ground that some hardcore dance-fans may not appreciate. It didn't grab me as much as "Non-Zero Sumness", but it's still a terrific listen.

Personally, I like to see musicians challenge themselves (and

their fans) by changing direction and trying new things ... as long as the core intention remains. Tracks such as "Everyday" and "Stop Me" satisfy the power-funk dance-requirements, while "Inhuman Perfection" and "Tears after the Rainbow" (containing voice samples by the "Father" of the Atomic bomb, J.

Robert Oppenheimer) cover new ground.

Dan Black returns and shares the majority of guest-vocals with John Graham. Disappointingly, Sally Doherty only features on one track "Dusk", but it's a beaut: a simple, haunting piano melody gradually gathers momentum before planting the foot down at the 3 minute 30 second mark.

Fave tracks include "Everyday", "Stop Me", "Laces", "Tears after the Rainbow" and "Dusk". I liked "Peak" the least ... in my view it's a retread of the stomping "Who Said" from NZS.

Like me, you may need to give this CD time to soak in, but it's a rewarding and worthy follow-up album. I look forward to the third installment.

After listening to a couple of hits on the radio I got this album thinking it could be as good as Non Zero Sumness, it was not.

Songs like "Stop Me" and "Come Alive" are the only ones in the record that maybe you want to hear more than once for a while, but that's it, you can keep the rest. Songs like "Inhuman Perfection" and "Out On The Dancefloor" are really bad and "Peak" pretends to be the new "Who Said", but this one's cheap and boring.

I keep listening to the first album. I know they are very young as a band yet but this is not their best effort.