Funky Onez - It Was All A Dream - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

As part of Sting's band, guitarist Dominic Miller sometimes gets overlooked. Even though the 40-year-old has the looks of a lean, shaggy-haired, Strat-toting youngster, he seems to get a little taken for granted in his role as guitar factotum. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the recent string of Sting gigs at the Albert Hall in which he was also accompanied by such jazz luminaries as keyboardist Jason Rebello and trumpeter Chris Botti. Now Miller's second solo album has arrived and it's time for him to take the spotlight. 'Second Nature' shows a very different side of this versatile Buenos Aires-born musician. Although Miller may have spent years playing rock'n'roll as a session player, his own music owes a huge debt to his Brazilian heroes Antonio Carlos Jobim and Baden Powell, and as a result the 12 songs here sing of South America - ringing, lyrical numbers plucked and strummed by a guitarist who remains true to his roots. The Time

The Funky Onez are an electrifying new spinoff project from the Bass City DJs, that dynamic duo consisting of producer/DJ/remixer/artist DIO and rapper/vocalist AJ. Their intoxicating, in your face attitude-filled brand of electro-hip/hop combined with lyrical themes of living the Inchgood lifeInch is already causing a stir down south and spreading it's way across America. The debut EP from this spin-off project couldn't be more on point in keeping with the spirit of Bass City DJs, only this time they bring more funk into the mix.

With their 2013 album Recurring Dream, Implodes breathes fresh air. Melodies that were once distant echoes are now suffused with energy and clarity of purpose, submerged rhythms now walk in the light of day. Implodes does not, however, eschew it's heritage. Heaviness abounds. The band has not abandoned the crushing pressure of the deep, dark places. But Recurring Dream breaches the thin membrane that contained it's previous efforts and preys unmolested in it's new environment.