Blacktronic Science | ||||
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Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Funk | |||
Length | 55:57 | |||
Label | Gramavision | |||
Producer | Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell | |||
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Blacktronic Science is the third solo album by the former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell.[1][2] The album was released by Gramavision Records in 1993.[3]
The album was produced by Worrell and Bill Laswell.[4] It is a P-Funk reunion of sorts, as it contains guest appearances by George Clinton, bassist Bootsy Collins, trombonist Fred Wesley, singer Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, and saxophonist Maceo Parker.[5][6] Tony Williams played drums on some of the tracks.[7] Sly Dunbar provided the drum loop for "Dissinfordollars".[8]
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USA Today deemed the album an "ambitious, wildly eclectic project."[5] The Austin American-Statesman noted that it finds Worrell "extending the Mothership Connection into the hip-hop age, while a couple of string-laden chamber cuts reflect his classical training."[11]
The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that "Worrell seems to be expanding the definition of funk by juxtaposing it with other traditions ... 'Revelation in Black Light' features [Worrell] playing some lyrical harpsichord with an overlay of strings that has an almost baroque feel to it."[10] The Oregonian wrote that Worrell "uses hip hop and '60s jazz organ stylings as two elements in his alchemical new masterpiece."[12]
"Revelation in Black Light"
"Flex"
"Time Was"
"Blood Secrets"
"Dissinfordollars"
"The Vision"
"Won't Go Away"
"X-Factor"
"Disappearance"
Conducted by Karl Berger