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Planet Groove: Excessive Sonic Boom (Six-song demo) Every time you think you've heard it all in Providence, something fresh comes along that whacks you good. Local Latin/jazz/jamming music hounds Planet Groove really have something special going on. If you've seen them live recently at their triumphant Jazzmasters gigs or have been lucky enough to secure this six-song demo, then you already know. Planet Groove has the potential to turn casual toe-tapping fans into rabid music fans. Their bridge, which spans the gap between jam band whimsy and the sophisticated spheres of extrapolated fusion, is a wildly entertaining one to cross. Their arrangements never let up or let down, their instrumentation never lags. The six songs on Excessive Sonic Boom, beautifully recorded at Dream Edit in Newport back in November, is a better indication than their full-length debut of the band's power and glory. Highly recommended to fans of courageous funk and frenzied fusions of Latin jazz-pop. |