Drums & Tuba - Mostly Ape (2002)

Tracklist

01. Brain Liaters
02. Igor Rosso
03. Sevens
04. The Metrics
05. 4style
06. Elephants
07. Clashing
08. Air Con Dee
09. Super Bee
10. Breakfast with Miletus
11. Goose Geese
12. MaGoo

The N.Y.C.-based instrumental trio once again steps outside of the box that made their career such tough going early on. And like 2001's Vinyl Killer, it's a sloppy/happy mix of jazz, funk, R&B, space rock, and electronica that propels things here. It still doesn't make a whole lot of sense out of context, but Mostly Ape is Drums & Tuba's most consistent work, a piece that explores evolution, man's place in it, and what it all means for the future -- we think. The 12 songs are interchangeable (the closer, "4Style," with emphasis on the tuba half of its moniker, is the most distinct track), but they offer a thoroughly modern alternative to instrumental music.