Time travel. Comics. Funk. Jazz. Hiphop. Soul. Disco. Rock. All this and more rolled into one on Bye Time, a sprawling sci-fi concept album by 1UPYO, a band from Richmond, VA plus an assorted array of guest musicians and vocalists. Imagine a huge cauldron and throw in Phish, the Disco Biscuits, Sly and the Family Stone, Dr. Dre, The Flaming Lips, Gong, Can, Steve Miller and The Residents. The result: a spicy, weird and highly enjoyable album about time as the foe and friend of mankind. Plus it is a joy for music geeks to decipher.
Forget all the hoopla about a guitar player who supposedly came from the future, this a candy store sort of album, made by a band who outlined a story with a few inconsistencies in the plot, but with a firm grip on their musical prowess. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
IUPYO:
Messenger am9i: bass
Doc Wildman: guitar, vocals
Tripp Watson: controllerism, electronics, percussion
Brian ‘Piper’ Barbre: drums
Ben Hite: keyboards
Additional contributions:
Keller Williams: acoustic Guitar (8), kaosilator (8)
Schiavone McGee: vocals (2) (6)
Moe Marsh: vocals (1) (9), percussion (2) (3) (9)
Aerika Gabbin: vocals (4)
Brian ‘Piper’ Barbre: vocals (3), backing vocals (1) (9) (10)
Ben Hite: backing vocals (1) (3) (9)
Shore 20: vocals (1) (7)
Pandemic: vocals (1)
Fran Ahern Coleman: vocals (6)
Thomas Coleman: acoustic Guitar (6)
Bye Time is a self-released album. Buy it from their website.
Tracks:- Bye Time (feat. Moe Marsh, Shore 20, Pandemic)
- Enigma (feat. Schiavone McGee)
- Disaster
- Connected
- Apples to Oranges
- Sign (feat. Schiavone McGee, Fran Ahern Coleman, Thomas Coleman)
- Machines (feat. Shore 20)
- Let Me Dance (feat. Keller Williams)
- Be Fine (feat. Moe Marsh)
- Tom
- 10/11 Cary Street Cafe, Richmond, VA (free show)
- 11/23 The Camel, Richmond, VA
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