The Gangsters – s/t LP rock while DJ's drums serve as

while DJ's drums serve as the tightened-up pocket and unwavering dance-floor on which all this movement takes place

the sense of the fraught sophomore effort is accentuated even more so

it's this world we created together

"After spending the first years of the band recording everything on a shoestring budget

ghostly yet alive

The Gangsters – s/t LP rock while DJ's drums serve asRescued from obscurity, the tracks on this album have all the punch and hip swinging joy of fellow jazz funk artists like The Crusaders, Weather Report, and Pleasure. But with Thara Memory leading the charge, the music has a rich complexity, best exemplified by the nine minute Suite for Funk Band, which runs through a series of movements that touch on Latin grooves and post bop before culminating in an almost psychedelic breakdown capped off by a