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Stark Reality
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Out of 10 votes - Similar Artists: Galt MacDermot, David Axelrod, Cold Heat
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- Location: United States
- Genre: Hip-Hop » Beats/Instrumental Hip-Hop
Editor's review
With titles like "Roller Coaster Ride," "Rocket Ship," "Shooting Stars," and "Junkman's Song," you have to wonder what state of mind the bandmembers were in when writing these songs. Regardless, this is one funky group whose music can best be compared to David Axelrod and Galt MacDermot.
Biography
"Now" is the Stark Reality anthology containing their rarely heard gem “The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop” (1970) together with previously unreleased tracks on an anthology CD and double LP.
Stark Reality's original album, a funky, jazzy, fuzz-toned cult classic, consists of very original inpterpretations of songs written by Hoagy Carmichael. They've been sampled by the likes of Large Professor, J-Live, Madlib, and Black Eyed Peas.
The previously unreleased songs on the CD anthology (joined with other unreleased tracks) are released as "1969" on vinyl by Stones Throw's Now Again subsidiary.
