which perhaps is best depicted in terms of polarized qualifiers: raw-sophisticated, hypnotically psychedelic-soberly disintoxicating, heavily plodding-solemnly soaring, sensual-aetherial, hilarious-dead serious, down-to-earth - unearthly, etc. -- catch my drift, don't you? Aussieman Brett Garsed and his guitar twin on the other side of the Pacific, tapping technique adept and studio recording expert (of MIT in L.A. surreal) T.J. Helmerich make a uniquely complementary pair for what amounts genrewise to an idiosyncratic concoction of twisted prog. rock, funk, blues elements, with a little bit of jazz, as far as certain scales and harmonies are concerned. Both players have demonstrably improved a lot since their 'space rancher' debut in 2001, with respect to the structuring, fluidity, expressiveness, and far-outness of their solos; hence a must for any up-and-coming guitarist. Base drone for their flight is furnished by the need-no-introduction, monster rhythm section of ultimate bass guitarist Gary Willis (ex Tribal Tech) and one-man power plant embodied in Dennis Chambers' drumwork, augmented by fellow Tribal Technician, keyboard wizard Scott Kinsey.

Yet don't expect this album to be some sort of replica or epigonization of T.T. ambience, for better or worse. The lack of attention devoted to composing tuneful/ whistleable, enthralling themes is compensated with the often unpredictable and precise execution in the arrangement of musical building-blocks. The irritating gripe I have, nonetheless, is that the final product at hand is too heavily overloaded with loops of techno -- or whatever you want to call it -- samples thumping in the fore- and background, which, coupled with the occasionally monotonous and mechanistic sound-vibe emanating from the top-notch bass-drum-synths. section, lends itself to an overall robotistic-golemlike impression. But maybe that's what this wretched Earth with humanity on the cusp of change appears to be like to participants on the CD; in this sense a reflection on the reality we have to live in/with -- dunno for sure. Definitely not for jazz purists!

Along with Planet-X's 'Quantum', Alex Argento's 'Ego', Moe's Town is one of the best fusion albums to come out recently. From the opening track to the last beat the music is relentless, fresh, full of complex rhythms, and fantastic melodies from Kinsey, Helmerich, Garsed. Overall, they sound like Tribal Tech on crack! Unusual and unexpected grooves, vocoder, virtuoso playing, and above all very tight compositions.
What can I say, a must-have.

Rock Fusion at it's finest! Headphone music no dought...enjoy with your favorite recreational substance and visualize!!!

So much to ubsorb in this one...take it a song at a time!

ENJOY!!! I did.

This cd is awesome. The songs are really well written and the playing is out of this world.

Moe's Town is an excellent album of hard edged fusion jams. One of my personal reason's that I liked the first Uncle Moe's Space Ranch album was because it did NOT sound like Tribal Tech as I thought it might have. The same is true with the release. I think it is well written and performed with enough versitality to keep me interested. They also experiment more with some electronic effects. HOWEVER, they maintain their musicianship playing prowess. 5 starts!