David Axelrod - Heavy Axe Artist_Bertrand Burgalat

David Axelrod - Heavy Axe Artist_Bertrand BurgalatLegendary composer & producer David Axelrods solo album Heavy Axe is a jazz rock opus that encapsulated the preeminent sound of the of the mid 70s. With a little help from legendary players like Johnny Guitar Watson, Cannonball Adderley and George Duke, Heavy Axe crisscrosses between lush funk sounds and full, round low end and majestic orchestral flourishes that made Axelrods sonic realm a goldmine for sample hungry hip hop beatmakers from the 90s

and I Hear the Vibrations (the e-z version)

along with female rapper 7xvethegenius

It features guest appearances from Young Thug

Arrangement : Lisako Oshima

which sees the duo twisting the once pristine vocals into the corroded output of dying android launched into a network of mangled breaks

the fatalistic "No Epiphany")

A miraculous discovery

Can a self-portrait be a collage

London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases

while the tracks fuse live instrumentation and samples with a simpatico they’ve perfected since Check Your Head

Chicago *road hot* after our next shows and re-record the album LIVE

drum machinery framed in shivering reverb