Translated from Italian For lovers of funk jazz contamination from Parliament or Galliano, this New Future by New Yorkers is not to be missed.

"Simply said, New Future had us bouncing and barking in tandem and in swift time as Rhythm and Rhyme sets things off. Resonance clad rhythms and dub spurted inserts hits ears first, the rhythmic coaxing already in hips before Nevaris A.C strolls in with his ever potent tones. The expected bite and snarl is in his words but this time around they focus on the hope which can be shared in a time of global and intimate anxiety and with varying resourcefulness across the release."

"It’s a great album, one that seems to bring together everything that is cool about the urban underground, both in the sense of its musical genres and in a physical, inner-city sense. For an album forged from the sounds relating to where those genres have been, it is the perfect signpost as to where they might be going. How cool is that?"

NYC-based funk art collective Loud Apartment presents their ‘New Future’ album, the band’s third long-player, produced by legendary bassist / producer Bill Laswell at Orange Music in West Orange, New Jersey.

"Speaking of sick tunes, Brooklyn’s Loud Apartment just released their new LP, New Future, produced by Bill Laswell (Golden Palominos, Material, PiL), who also plays bass on the recording. Funky."

"Coming out of New York, the music collective Loud Apartment released their new album, New Future, on November 10. Since then, I have been listening to it daily; that’s five days ago for those who are counting."

Not only is the latest single, Rebellion, built on some reggae grooves and backbeats, although it is much more creatively driven to be merely labelled as a reggae song, the icing on the cake is also that they have invited Garrison Hawk, perhaps best known as a long-term collaborator of Tricky and Sly & Robbie, among other notable artists, along to provide some authentic toasting to add the vocal spice and making for a wonderful dynamic contrast with the smoother vocals of the verses. Although Loud Apartment’s music is often ornate and complex, here they opt for restraint and understatement, setting up exotic grooves and neat beats as a platform, adding those two blends of contrasting vocals to the top line of the song [ … ]

Eager rhythms instantly got under the skin, drawing out an instinctive shuffle in feet as the keys of Nevaris A.C. began to work on hips and imagination.

It is difficult to capture the sheer breadth of the band sound with easy generic labels. Can you explain how the sound came together and how it has evolved into what we hear on this album? Nevaris A.C: The sound is built around the drums, bass and vocals more than anything else. Lockatron, Bill Laswell and I recorded those rhythm and voice tracks first and foremost. All the other tracks were overdubbed on top of that foundation. The extended improvisations are one of my favorite parts of the record and that was about Peter Apfelbaum. DJ Logic and Will Bernard getting a chance to stretch out musically over the foundation. So that combination is what made the sound what it is.

I want to listen to this album while doing something proactive. This music makes me want to get up and change – myself and the surroundings. The revolution has to start somewhere so why not with “System Breakdown?”

[Translated from Italian] The lyrical aspect of the work almost seems to invoke an awakening of consciences and the rebirth of the force of aggregation between human beings, a feeling that over time has been increasingly put aside. Guilty. From an instrumental point of view, that of Loud Apartment is a fresh and energetic kaleidoscopic DJ set with fusion arias: the eight tracks of the release give life to an intoxicating journey, full of velvety groove nuances and vintage colors, with sounds that have their roots. sonorous in the pulsations and hypnotic basses of the Jamaican afro-beat dub, in the old reggae strings and in the languid funky soul samples of Motown.

"The album closes with the 9 minute long Dub Enough, so spark up a fat one sit back and let them slowly nail you to the couch with almost Nyabingi style percussion and shakers for the keyboards to float and explore... this will sound mammoth on a proper loud system as the flute helps you get deep into that zone of spectral keys...as the vocals finally come back in as the cry for revolution gets louder and we all want a peaceful sane world once more.

This year has been a big one for Bill Laswell and the many projects he is involved in. The latest of these to come to our attention is NYC-based funk art collective Loud Apartment, who has released their new long-play, called System Breakdown, Not only was this album produced by Laswell, but so too is the world-class bass legend a member of this collective, led by funk-dub visionary Nevaris A.C. Recorded at Orange Music in West Orange, New Jersey, this is Loud Apartment’s second studio album and the first with the current lineup. With a unique fusion of funk, soul and rock with Latin, reggae, dub and hip hop influences inspired by growing up on the old upper west side, this record ought to appeal to fans [ … ]

Spend any time listening to the lyrics of any song you choose on this latest album by NYC funk fusionaries Loud Apartment and you will realise that they have something to say. Listen to the whole album and you realise that they have a lot to say and across a wide variety of social subjects. And important things too. 70’s punk based a whole movement around the fact that they were vaguely bored. 90’s punk created a soundtrack for a generation who didn’t want to tidy their bedroom. Imagine what would happen if people got behind much needed rabble-rousers and social revolutionaries as these guys... Enough is Enough gets to the heart of the band’s outlook on this album and on life [ … ]

(Translated from Spanish) System Breakdown is, more than a collection of songs, a compilation of emotions of a universal nature in these times in which unemployment and the urge to sustain not a lifestyle, but life itself, forces us to mix in different contexts and project the different needs of human beings by nature.

"In short, Loud Apartment has taken a massive leap as a band. Every facet of this band has been realigned and reimagined. They’ve found a way to be a band with a message, but also a band continues to creates absolute head bopping anthems. It’s a fine line to walk and this band has found a way to do it was panache."

“System Breakdown” refers to the collapse of the systems meant to protect citizens during a time like this. Access to healthcare. Access to a vital financial lifeline after the collapse of the live music industry during the pandemic. The album also takes aim at the incompetence and negligence of the current administration in the first two songs. Most of us in the band, as well as our circle of friends and fellow musicians, are hurting financially because of the pandemic. We wanted to address this in the music beyond ourselves personally, addressing the collapse of the existing system as a whole.”

ondarock Translated from Italian: "Bill Laswell is back. Before an incredible series of reissues published on their Bandcamp page - including half a dozen collections of lost tracks, always made available in DL format - intrigued those who never stopped following him, even when the only one to publish him was there. 'friend John Zorn. Then, in recent months, confirmation: it seems that Laswell started recording and producing music at the rhythms of thirty years ago. We will soon return to the volume published last April under the name Against Empire, where the American bassist has put together a stratospheric band of his own, with Pharoah Sanders, Peter Apfelbaum, Herbie Hancock, Jerry Marotta, Chad Smith and others. At the beginning [ … ]

misterG of greenarrowradio chats up Nevaris A.C. of Loud Apartment about the new release, System Breakdown featuring/Produced by/Bass Bill Laswell and DJ Logic

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) NYC-based funk art collective Loud Apartment has released their new album, aptly titled 'System Breakdown', produced by Bill Laswell and created at OrangeMusic in West Orange, New Jersey. This is Loud Apartment's second studio album and the first with the current lineup. Their unique NYC fusion of funk, soul and rock with Latin, reggae, dub and hip hop influences is inspired by growing up on the old upper west side. The band debuted in 2012 with their 'Get Up Get Down' LP, which was mixed by Bill Laswell and featured Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads), who also appeared with them for live performances at Galapagos Art Space, Drom, and Public Assembly in NYC. Their sound embodies the intersection of [ … ]

Info: “The new LP refers to the collapse of the systems meant to protect citizens duringa time like this. Access to healthcare. Access to a vital financial lifeline after the collapse ofthe live music industry during the pandemic. The album also takes aim at the incompetenceand negligence of the current administration. We wanted to address this in the music beyond ourselves personally, addressing the collapse of the existing system as a whole.” Key references: P-Funk, Santanta, Willy Bobo, Los Lobos, Talking Heads,Ray Barretto and Jimmy Castor Bunch Turn Up The Volume: ‘The Times They Are A-Changin‘ sung living legend back in 1964.And they still do, unfortunately, in the wrong direction. We live in troubled times for a while now. It seems like [ … ]

WORLD I NYC-based funk art collective Loud Apartment has released their new album, aptly titled 'System Breakdown', produced by Bill Laswell and created at Orange Music in West Orange, New Jersey. This is Loud Apartment’s second studio album and the first with the current lineup. Their unique NYC fusion of funk, soul and rock with Latin, reggae, dub and hip hop influences is inspired by growing up on the old upper west side. The band debuted in 2012 with their 'Get Up Get Down' LP, which was mixed by Bill Laswell and featured Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads), who also appeared with them for live performances at Galapagos Art Space, Drom, and Public Assembly in NYC. Their sound embodies the intersection of culture that is New York City, loose enough to give room for improvisation [ … ]

NYC-based funk art collective Loud Apartmenthas released their new album, aptly titled ‘System Breakdown’, produced by Bill Laswell and created at Orange Music in West Orange, New Jersey. This is Loud Apartment’s second studio album and the first with the current lineup. Their unique NYC fusion of funk, soul and rock with Latin, reggae, dub and hip hop influences is inspired by growing up on the old upper west side. The band debuted in 2012 with their ‘Get Up Get Down’ LP, which was mixed by Bill Laswell and featured Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads), who also appeared with them for live performances at Galapagos Art Space, Drom, and Public Assembly in NYC. Their sound embodies the intersection of culture that is New York City, loose enough to give [ … ]