Ron Isley's impassioned vocals caressing the listener along withe younger Isley's thick production, it already with its nautical theme, brother Ernie Isley's underwater filtered guitar work and reflective sentiment seem to hint at a quiet storm vibe, yet another genre they would create a hit in, 1983's Between The Sheets. The theme of returning home in and the mythological subject create a deeper experience than say the Commodores simple grooves. For all the embrace of funk, rock, quiet storm and smooth disco trends they remained a raw act; all their records are soul 101.
Sunday 23 October 2016
The Isley Brothers (1977) Voyage To Atlantis
When funk groups like The Commodores and EWF broke out with Funkadelic sized versions of disco, The Isleys wisely went smoother yet keeping their talents in Raw 60's soul that they had over their competition, Voyage to Atlantis being a supreme example. The phased guitars create a Poseidon-esque soundscape, an ocean of emotion drenched in a meandering melody, characteristic of this album; note the sun kissed guitars of a track form the same album, Footsteps in the Dark, was sampled for Ice Cube's Today was a Good Day. Though they have some good funk and rock elements its this ballad that rises above all of the smoothness for a bit of their classic raw soul that set the world alight back in the early 60s.
Ron Isley's impassioned vocals caressing the listener along withe younger Isley's thick production, it already with its nautical theme, brother Ernie Isley's underwater filtered guitar work and reflective sentiment seem to hint at a quiet storm vibe, yet another genre they would create a hit in, 1983's Between The Sheets. The theme of returning home in and the mythological subject create a deeper experience than say the Commodores simple grooves. For all the embrace of funk, rock, quiet storm and smooth disco trends they remained a raw act; all their records are soul 101.
Ron Isley's impassioned vocals caressing the listener along withe younger Isley's thick production, it already with its nautical theme, brother Ernie Isley's underwater filtered guitar work and reflective sentiment seem to hint at a quiet storm vibe, yet another genre they would create a hit in, 1983's Between The Sheets. The theme of returning home in and the mythological subject create a deeper experience than say the Commodores simple grooves. For all the embrace of funk, rock, quiet storm and smooth disco trends they remained a raw act; all their records are soul 101.
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