A 2 year labor of love went into this album. It just dropped this morning. We are enormously excited to see it launch and (at least initially) succeed. Our first album did well locally, but now it feels like our band might actually have a teensy chance of making it to “the big time”!
If you like reggae, South/West African music (think Paul Simon’s “Graceland”) or afrobeat, please check it out.
I play the kamale ngoni, the kora, the guitar, and a bunch of weird percussion stuff like the cuica.
The name was a double entendre on both “hip” and “abduction.” Also referring to music that makes folks want to dance (or abduct their hips for other reasons:D).
Two electric guitarists. Both playing through miked Fender twin reverb amps. I play a Buscarino custom guitar with live EMG pickups and extra fat frets. The other guitar is a 1956 Les Paul special.
Pedals are Lovepedal Superlead, Holy Grail Reverb, Moogerfooger phaser, Crybaby wah, and Keeley compressor.
The african harps that play a lot of the arpeggiated, syncopated sounds are miked but also run directly into the board through BigShot piezo setups.
The album was recorded at ClearTracks in Clearwater, FL on analog tape.
What the hell, I downloaded the album from iTunes. Really digging the African flavor to the instrumentation. Exactly the kind of world/fusion I like. Good job!
Dammit!! I totally should’ve called the Les Paul Special - I heard the Marley-ish tones, and I used to own a 1957 LP Special, so know it pretty well. Sounds great. Have to look up the Buscarino…
Steve Buscarino is an awesome luthier in Florida. I think Steve Morse and George Benson are both playing his guitars nowadays. I lucked out and got this one back in the early 90’s before he got world famous.
We’re big fans of West African music. We were lucky enough to see Ali Farka Toure before he died and we enjoy Salif Keita, Toumane Diabate and Habib Koite (who we’ve also seen). You guys have a great fusion sound going on there.
