Promoter says:
The prolific, globetrotting Los Angeles emcee and vocalist, IAMOMNI, presents his defining work. IAMOMNI is produced by British musical visionary Tricky, who strips the trip-hop sound he created alongside Massive Attack and Portishead and on solo albums like Maxinquaye and Pre-Millennium Tension, down to a lean, sinewy hybrid of hip-hop, rock, dubstep and new wave, all intercut with heady, atmospheric vocals from singers Tiki Lews and Kassia Conway. Recorded between Los Angeles and Paris, IAMOMNI also features Japan’s premier emcee Shingo2, and Suffa from Australia’s hip-hop crew Hilltop Hoods, rounding out an album every bit as global as the struggle has become. As we fashion the future from the rubble of the 20th century, our hearts and minds are the frontline of the new war, and the enemy has become part of us. IAMOMNI is IAMOMNI’s call to arms for the youth to claim control of themselves, and to understand that in a world where nothing seems real, they are the only thing left that is.
RIYL: Tricky, Omni, Massive Attack, Blueprint
Melo says:
Tricky fans definitely check
FCC: Clean
Check 1, 2, 5
Debut CD from what The Village Voice calls “Brooklyn noise-punk scene’s very first funk band.” Born at a Brooklyn loft party, it’s hard to label the eclectic style of this 11 member collective; but it’s clearly thoughtful, danceable & funky.