Notes from San Francisco

Dance Player

Dance Player, a vintage textile legend of San Francisco, released his new album Pleasuremint on WZRD MNTN. The album plots a dance party course in accordance to the “Dance Player Anthem,” from the now out of print and tape only release U Think Dance Player Is Not on the Scene?

In his graduation to the CD format, Pleasuremint is a whirling display of slick Casio keyboard soul with an equal affinity for Link Wray guitar samples. This is heard in the stoned, lusty-deadpan delivery over the licks of Mr. Guitar himself on “Link Wrayzer.” He also features psyched out banjo blues with an almost bluegrass sensibility on the aptly titled, “Blow My Mind.”

The near genius maneuvers Dance Player employs create wild stylistic shifts that sound studio toned, from the electro-Jacko opener, “Then You Feel It,” to the wonky beat boxing and harmonizing on “Cup of Coffee.” Plenty of surprising ghetto-tech funk n’ soul bubbles and bumps across jams like “Time Bomb,” “You’re My Best Friend,” “Super Automatic” and culminate with the semi-gangster, semi-punk closer “Livin’ on Large.” Face it, the world of polished, hi-fi, college radio friendly funk and R&B has got you down. Dance Player will either have you splicing your own bedroom studio four track demo tapes or saying good bye to the rental security deposit and opening a dance club in your living room.

Pleasuremint out on WZRD MNTN.

It is also available to San Francisco locals at Recycled Records on 1377 Haight St.

Dance Player, "Shitload of Love"

Dance Player, "Dance Player Anthem"

Posted on February 16, 2010. More on: dance player, wzrd mntn