Eliot Lipp
S/T
Eastern Developments 2004

01. Beverly Rhode
02. Deep
03. Botched
04. Next Beat
05. Gordo
06. Cashed
07. Neutral
08. One Knot
09. Ballkid
10. Abercrombie & Pitch
11. Like No Tomorrow
12. Linc

Eliot Lipp's self-titled solo debut sounds like what might happen if some of post-rock's elders received a healthy dose of hip-hop funk and pledged their undying devotion to the Sequential Circuits Six-Trak synthesizer. But Lipp is something of a newcomer, and his instrumental work shows much promise thanks to his ear for solid grooves and his attention to diversity of sound, which includes everything from straight-up hip-hop beats ("Deep") to guitar-based head-nodders ("One Knot"). Be sure to check out the summery, Latin-tinged "Gordo" and the laidback sound collage "Ballkid".

Definitely worth checking out, although it got so little press.

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