Released
1988

Label
Jack Kettle Records

Reviewed by
Matt Simpson

Visit
Jack Kettle Records

Last Edit/Update
12 July, 1999

Jester's Longevity

Fluency

Track Listing

Side One:
1.  Faultline (Ecko Dech mix)
2.  Frog City
3.  That Sick Carnival

Side Two:
1.  Come Bearing Arms
2.  Eine Problem
3.  Frog City (lcycle mix)

      Jester's Longevity presents "Fluency", a cassette-only release from Jack Kettle Records from Tennessee (!).  Billed as a Sampler-Free Recording, "Fluency" presents grooves of a dub nature with experimental tape manipulation and beats.
      I started listening to this tape before I actually read the liner notes.  I was quite impressed with the production; the beats truly got into my soul, and what beats they are :)  I"m typically not a huge dub fan, but this is very laid back yet powerful groove.  The fact that it's sampler-free really floored me.  Seriously, these guys are really talented.  I thoroughly enjoyed this, and all through the album are sound manipulations typically done with samplers - for instance, noise and delay filtered and tweaked by hand rather than purely programmed.  The vocal and speech samples compliment the beats nicely.  Very impressive indeed :)