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| | Kobayashi Press - Another look at Montreal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Since their inception in 2000, Kobayashi has become one of the most noticed groove-jazz meets hip-hop bands in Canada, combining eccentric horn arrangements, sultry female vocals, and trenchant bass lines that whip up eclectic beats and smooth harmonies along the lines of the Thievery Corporation, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Ivana Santilli, all at once. |
 | | Kobayashi was up next and proceeded to put on a stylistic clinic on how to properly mould jazz, hip-hop, and funk without making it sound contrived, generic, or bland. |
 | | Primarily featuring cuts off their only full length, Strange Lights and Resolutions, Kobayashi attacked each style with supreme musicianship and careful attention to detail, inherently understanding what to leave out in order to emphasize everything that is crammed in. |
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