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MKBOn Another Note Love And Mercy/Warner Aussie hip-hop is growing in leaps and bounds and it's good to see that not only are the more traditional groups like Hilltop Hoods, Koolism and 1200 Techniques getting exposure but that some of the more experimental groups are also getting on the airways. One such group is MKB, whose EP 'On Another Note' is funny, esoteric and entertaining without being... well, wankerish. This charming EP starts with Heatman, a song which places a senseless yet clever rhyme much like a Dr Seuss book against a bass-heavy backing track with some twanging rubber scratching. I Try is similarly nonsensical, rhyming words and sentences that are as far apart as the Arctic and Antarctica and Monkey Business takes the typical hip-hop braggadocio and twists it into a warped parody of itself. Weathering Industry has a funky breakbeat that borders on d'n'b and talks, perhaps, about MKB's entry into the music world. Whoops is jangly, happy nonsense which discusses coming out of the closet, among other things, and Positive Minds Attract reminds me somewhat of Ween (a good thing!) with a melodic chorus, acoustic guitar and great breakbeat. The last tune Summer With You is a little bit of a disappointment, being a bleepy experimental thing that sounds like it was made on an Amiga500. Luckily the EP contains a hidden 4 Yams Short of A Jam, which again takes a bunch of rhyming words and spits them out seemingly at random but with a particular sense of style, much like a Dali painting. As their website explains: "As a listener we value your powers of explanation and creative deduction, so we don't nark on you by ranting about the 'deep and meaningfuls' of our tracks," so I won't try to psychoanalyse them either: sit back, relax and enjoy the seven-track day trip into MKB land.  |
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