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Mudville is the future-past, combining an ultra-modern electronic aesthetic with the classic sounds found on vintage vinyl. Think Curtis Mayfield’s weighty grooves, P.J. Harvey’s avant-blues passion, Roxy Music’s soaring, jazzy laments and the futurist soundscapes of Dan the Automator. Producer/bassist Ben Rubin (aka Benny Cha Cha) who has remixed tracks for Wu-Tang Clan's Killah Priest, Brazilian Girls, Karsh Kale, Marshall Crenshaw and others, skillfully combines fresh production (beats, samples, synths) with old-school instruments (double bass, Hammond B3 organ, whole orchestras) to create earthy, idiosyncratic music that spotlights songwriter/vocalist Marilyn Carino's keen prose and expansive wail. With "serious chops" (Time Out New York) and comparisons to Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Annie Lennox, Carino (who has also loaned her strange, fearless voice to projects produced by Billy Talbot of Neil Young and Crazy Horse and Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare) plays muse to Rubin's unsettling yet compelling blend of churning rhythms and lush symphonic arrangements. Mudville’s new record, Iris Nova, features R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, the maverick string quartet Ethel, pedal-steel guitar great Buddy Cage (Bob Dylan, New Riders of the Purple Sage), tabla player/producer Karsh Kale, Lounge Lizards saxophonist Michael Blake, telecaster maestro Jim Campilongo (The Little Willies), Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Bebel Gilberto) and trumpeter Chuck MacKinnon (John Mayer, Norah Jones). Iris Nova furthers the retro-futuristic excursions of 2005’s acclaimed The Glory of Man is Not in Vogue (hailed by Nylon as “enchanting…a testament to the healing powers of rhythm” and called “poetic” and “other-worldly” by the New York Post). With eleven original tunes plus a cover of The Police’s “Spirits in the Material World,” Mudville seamlessly blends old-school soul and hip-hop grooves with a jazz sensibility, electronica flourishes, dub and live orchestral arrangements. The songs on Iris Nova paint captivating portraits of spiritual ambivalence, anguish and liberation, all on a palette of juicy grooves.

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Sep 04 2007, 08:20 AM

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