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Seattle trio Afrocop continue to pump out the sonic coolness… a brooding beauty of spectral jazz funk, reinforcing my belief that Afrocop are one of Seattle’s most engrossing and subliminally psychedelic bands. Afrocop is my tangerine dream come true. For real. Get these guys a future dystopian neo-noir film to score posthaste. The band’s meandering, forlorn laser-jazz, if you will, conjures images of hardboiled nights in mega-cities where the only light comes from e-cigarettes and handheld personal computers. On second thought, maybe Afrocop is just scoring the here and now. If Afrocop is kinetic energy between its members, listening to Broken Cloud Orchestra is to be immersed in Brass’ world. For half an hour he takes us across the universe via waves of synthesizer drones and the soulful clatter of electric keyboards. It’s a deeply moving work, unique in execution but tapping into ubiquitous themes of love and longing.
