I just wanna know how the conversation went down. There you had it; one fine bluegrass band, guitar, fiddle, resonator guitar, banjo and bass on hand, just hanging out in the studio one day with a jug of moonshine and some hayseed, when the guitarist looked over to the banjo player and said, "You know what we're missing here?" "No, what?" the banjo player must've replied, "Harmonica? Washboard?" "No," the guitarist stated, slinging his six-string over his shoulder. "What this bluegrass jam really needs to take off is a hot-ass rapper [...]
My favorite Alt Rock groups usually incorporate electronic instrumentals, but this is my first Country singer with an electro remix done well. I honestly couldn't tell that Rench's original, "Up From Low", was a Country song, nor I'm sure can most. His voice actually reminds me of Damon Albarn's of Gorillaz & Blur, probably because the mix of a detached, tripped-out vocalist with electro instrumentals was pretty much perfected by the guy. As for what Busta has given to Rench's vocals, he's done a job on the original and has created something I'm sure [...]
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Apr 18, 2008, 12:45pm
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Nope, I didn't mess up on those genres up there. Rench is a Brooklyn-based producer who mixes old bluegrass and country samples with a standup band that includes slide guitar and fiddle, and he pulls it all together with hip hop beats and splits vocals between country guys and gals and underground emcees from around the way. If your head's about to explode, join the club. The mere thought of it in abstract made me think of those fun but mostly throwaway "crossovers" like Hayseed Dixie and The Gourds' "Gin & Juice." But hey, if Snoop Dogg's gonna show up [...]
Rench's Life In Mean Season blends the rustic twang of fiddle, banjo, and weeping pedal steel with turntables to create a country meets hip-hop aesthetic. But this genre-hopping is not the cringe... **Click on the link to read the full post, download mp3s, and comment.**
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