ALPHEUS from CREATION

Fueled by imagination.

Science fiction writers have been going back and forth in these "vehicles" for generations. Hundreds of fantastic stories have taken place because of this contraption. In the real world Einstein suggested at it's theoretical existence. He published papers hoping that someday technology will play catch up to his "blueprints." 


 It has. What the hell am I babbling on about?  I'm talking about a time machine folks.  And it has arrived with this here disc! 

Proof that time is flexible!

Producer and musician, ROBERTO SANCHEZ, from northern Spain stuffed singer ALPHEUS into a time machine. And then loaded the entire LONE ARK RIDDIM FORCE band along with tons of today's state of the art recording gadgets. Must of been tight in there. And then ROBERTO spun the dial to mid 1968. They created the freshest batch of heart felt ROCKSTEADY since ALTON ELLIS'S heyday. And to keep things from getting too sleepy, they perked up the other half of the tunes with a percolating SKA shuffle. These beats are haunted by ghosts of horn greats TOMMY McCOOK and DON DRUMMOND! This is the genuine stuff. Not that rock-n-roll junk with a horn section. Along with COURTNEY JOHN'S latest flashback, I like this "new" trend. 

I guess the Grammy organization after ignoring JAMAICA'S massive contribution to music, is trying to right it's past wrongs. They started to include reggae in 1985. BLACK UHURU'S 1984 ANTHEM took the statue home. They're self admitted weakest inna brilliant run. Slightly weaker.

ALPHEUS. Making history by repeating it.

So they are nominating artists that have no or little importance to the current pulse. Proof needed? Out of all the acts of genius, Lee Scratch Perry, has committed to reggae history, they included the ramblings of a self medicated damaged soul. His current records are for the morbid curiosity seekers. Do not get me wrong, Scratch should have dozens of the award statue decorating his studio. One for the Dubs of the Blackboard Jungle, another one for the Super Ape series, another one for the Heart of the Congo, another one for Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves and so on and so on. But to place his latest releases against the work of young talent creatively peeking is ludicrous. 

A token for mediocrity.

What has this got to do with ALPHEUS'S brilliant follow up to Special Delivery's EVERYTHING FOR A REASON. Umm, nothing, I just never got a chance to foul mouth that music organization.

Should this disc win next years Grammy's? No this disc should clean sweep the Grammy's in 1969!