Review:
We've lost count of the number of albums Shawn Lee's made to date, but it's well in to double figures. Here, the prodigious beatmaker and studio veteran delivers a concept album built around an outer space theme. Down on earth, that means pitching his loose, live drums and rubbery basslines against a variety of far-out synthesizer sounds, presumably created using a variety of vintage machines. For the most part, it's a combination that works well, as Lee switches between recreations of famous basslines and drum breaks (see "Galactica") and distinctly dubbed-out material bearing his famous sonic trademarks (see the Meters-on-acid-meet-Lee Scratch Perry vibes of "Low Riders In Space").