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| 1. | Bittersweet
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| 2. | Bongo Joe
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| 3. | The Moil
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| 4. | Paint
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| 5. | Never Called You Crazy
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| 6. | Gypsy Fade
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| 7. | Mercamon
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| 8. | Uptown Odyssey
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| 9. | Kid Kenner
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| 10. | The Beast
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| 11. | Tenderness
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| 12. | All Behind You Now
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| 13. | Doomed
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Jazz / Rock, Funk, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Acid Jazz
Ben Ellman Harmonica, Saxophone, Programming, Group Member
Glenn Hartman Accordion
Howie Weinberg Mastering
Jim Greer Guitar, Keyboards
Ken Weinstein Publicity
Richard Vogel Group Member, Keyboards
Robert Mercurio Bass, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
Scott Harding Engineer
Stanton Moore Drums, Group Member, Loops
Teedy Boutte Vocals
Theryl DeClouet Group Member, Vocals
On their fourth studio album proper -- Vintage Reserve was a best-of, and We Love 'Em Tonight was a live offering -- Galactic wholeheartedly move not so much away from their past as a bad-ass new orleans jazz & roll concern, as they move toward another of its traditions: Voodoo funk. There is a twist though. Not merely content to grasp the Mardi Gras Indians or Dr. John esthetics, Galactic points firmly toward the technological present with their primordial groove machine music. Drummer Stanton Moore uses as many loops as he does organic drums, bass, bass, and more bass is the order of the day, and strange keyboard sounds come bubbling under like some lost Lee Perry session gone digital. Does that make this a techno or an electronica record? C'mon. Ruckus is a spooky ride to the other side of midnight. The party is either gonna break out or break up; it exists on the edge of that fine distinction, that moment in time when anything is possible. And possibility is what Ruckus is all about: simmering organ grooves encounter striated acoustic and electric guitars under a series of syncopated rhythms by Moore on "Bongo Joe." Jagged synth lines by Richard Vogel meet ragged-then-overdriven guitars from Jeffrey Raines on "The Moil," and monstrous tom tom loops collide with basslines and keyboard riffs before Raines comes in on the acoustic bottleneck to smooth out the off-kilter funk on "Kid Kenner." This is music as the deconstruction of a sonic palette, as the deconstruction, death, and rebirth of a band. And, like Medeski, Martin and Wood before them, Galactic is all the better for its brave new world direction. Ruckus is no less a roots album than Coolin' Off was. But perhaps it is more so because in order to use all this gear and create the kind of ass-burning grooves the band comes up with, there is only one place to go to find the source: rhythm itself (if you need further evidence check out "The Beast," and let it mess your head and backbone up). Highly recommended. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Galactic
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1993
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Styles: Acid Jazz, Fusion, Jam Bands, Jazz-Funk, Post-Bop
The New Orleans-based jazz-funk ensemble Galactic formed in 1994; originally an eight-piece, the group soon pared down to an instrumental sextet comprised of guitarist Jeff Raines, organist Rich Vogel, bassist Robert Mercurio, saxophonists Ben Ellman and Jason Mingledorff, and drummer Stanton Moore. Later adding Crescent City music scene vet Theryl deClouet on vocals, Galactic built a fervent local following on the strength of a relentless live schedule that included opening slots for group heroes including the Meters, Maceo Parker, and Medeski, Martin & Wood. In 1996 Galactic issued their debut LP, Coolin' Off; upon signing to major label Capricorn, they re-released the album two years later, soon followed by the all-new Crazyhorse Mongoose. Since that time, they have released a handful of albums including Late for the Future in 2000, Ruckus in 2003, and From the Corner to the Block in 2007. The band itself released a pair of live albums of its sets at Jazz Fest in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 they issued their most ambitious project to date with Ya-Ka-May, a wholesale New Orleans recording featuring guest appearances by everyone from Irma Thomas and Big Chief Bo Dollis to the Rebirth Brass Band and Walter "Wolfman" Washington.
---Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
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