{"id":2313,"date":"2012-02-22T08:17:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T13:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2012-07-15T20:04:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T00:04:59","slug":"the-chill-funk-trip-review-by-marissa-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/the-chill-funk-trip-review-by-marissa-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chill Funk Trip REVIEW by Marissa Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ll be honest, my music library could stand to be matured. Like many of my peers, I\u2019ve been raised on the skin deep love lyrics and corporate infused messages that dominate the air waves today. Sure, they\u2019re fun to dance to and belt out the lyrics if you\u2019re alone in your car, but they\u2019re hardly the sort of songs that resonate and make you feel anything worth remembering. Admittedly, my knowledge of the music world is fairly limited, and while I do enjoy the occasional instrumental piece, it\u2019s not often that I sit down and listen to sixteen tracks in a row.<\/p>\n

But when I sat down to listen to Made of Wood\u2019s new album The Chill Funk Trip<\/em>, I really didn\u2019t want to turn it off. Made of Wood, created in 2010, is the solo project of musician and composer Dan Waldman. It combines instrumental, improvisation, and electronic elements to create a mix of lounge, rock, jazz, and 70s funk sounds. Aptly named, The Chill Funk Trip<\/em> has been described as \u201ceclectic and atmospheric\u201d with its trip-hop beats and intricate patterns of sound. With titles like \u201cElectric Funk Break for Addy\u201d and \u201cLow Earth Orbit,\u201d the album certainly delivers on its promise to provide a relaxing but still diverse range of tunes to chill out to.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s hard to pick a favorite song because each one has with it the ability to set a mood that just sinks into you. The strength of this album is its ability to make you feel through sound alone, and every song has a different emotion to inspire. Each song is incredibly dynamic, highlighting different ways to sync and synthesize sounds, varying tempos and melodies to keep your ear on the music and your mood in that chill groove that doesn\u2019t break once the track starts. And don\u2019t think one listen will be enough. Each time through, you\u2019ll catch some new subtle variation that you missed the first time around, and that\u2019s a reward in itself for repeat listeners.<\/p>\n

The songs range from upbeat and lively to mellow and contemplative. \u201cPersistence\u201d is the latter, featuring beautiful piano melodies, soft and mellow against a backdrop of cymbal tempos. \u201cDistraction\u201d follows in a similar vein, smooth and deep and rich and intricate. A few of the more lively tunes include \u201cFire Up the Sidewalk,\u201d \u201cIndore,\u201d and \u201cThe Switch.\u201d Every track on the listing offers up something fun and unique and deserves more than just a once-over.<\/p>\n

The Chill Funk Trip<\/em> was released on February 1st<\/sup>, 2012, and songs from the album have led to Made of Wood being rated one of the \u201cTop 10 Independent Artists\u201d on Jango.com in 2011.<\/p>\n

Made of Wood’s website can be found HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ll be honest, my music library could stand to be matured. Like many of my peers, I\u2019ve been raised on the skin deep love lyrics and corporate infused messages that dominate the air waves today. Sure, they\u2019re fun to dance to and belt out the lyrics if you\u2019re alone in your car, but they\u2019re hardly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,222,220],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}