Lotus April 26, 2007

Lotus has always tip-toed the tight rope that is drawing on multiple genres, as with their new release, 'The Strength of Weak Ties' - glitch-hop programming meets rock 'n' roll drums, overdriven guitars meet overdriven synthesizers, primitive drum machines meet funky back beats and post-rock meets electronica. Telepath is a unique new voice in live-electronic music. The 3-piece from Asheville, NC incorporates a wide variety of sampled sounds -- horn lines, rhythm guitars, Indian and Arabic musicians and vocalists n- and lays them over deep groove drumming and dark, reggae-infused basslines. The result is a multi-layered journey of sound that can transport listeners from a remote village in Pakistan, to a dub studio in 1970s Jamaica, to a fat Philly hip-hop groove -- sometimes in the same song. It is this "ReWorld" approach that prompted Thievery Corporation's "Outernational Music" representation company to choose Telepath as one of its inaugural artists. Their debut album is 'Fire One.'