The Pnuma Trio a truly fascinating and amazing band, comprised of Lane Shaw; the master drummer, Ben Hazelgrove ripping up the keys and Alex Botwin bringing the funk. Its these three men that make up the live electronic band who seems to be popping up everywhere on the scene recently and they certainly are making a name for themselves. One of the tough things for bands in the live/electronic genre is successfully transferring their live sound into a studio setting without sounding like generic electronic music.But in fact the music found on Character is certainly far from generic.
Each of the songs found on Character are so complex yet diverse that they themselves have enough character to stand independently. One of my favorite tracks on this album is “More Samples” which is an in your face heavy sounding track that leaves you breathless from beginning to end. One of the most interesting things about this album is the fact that it certainly is no common electronic album, the album even features some hip-hop tracks featuring MC’s Ced Hughes and Rashaan Ahmad and Pnuma’s music finds to be the perfect backdrop for a rapping and doesn’t out of context or unnatural which is really too perfect and is something the band should look into more of down the road.
Character is a great album in world of generic electronic albums they do what they do with originality and their music flows too well together at times, expect to see more out of these guys they’re hitting the road and dazzleing audiences and now with this release their blowing your mind in your very own home.
Score 5/5
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