Lost Tribe

Lost Tribe (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B000008BM6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,185 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mythology

2. Dick Tracy

3. Procession

4. Letter To The Editor

5. Eargasm

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fusion at it's funkiest, January 21, 2006

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Meshica 7 (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Tribe (Audio CD)

I discovered this band by accident. I was searching for another band (since disbanded as well) by the same name when I came across this CD. Seeing as they were on a sister label of Windham Hill (High Street records) I quickly bought it.
I am glad I did.
From the opening sax punctuations and eclectic guitar pulloffs of "Mythology" I was hooked. Being a bass player also drew me into Fima Ephrom's kinetic bass lines with all it's pops,snaps,slurs and machine gun fills.
The odd time signatures did it for me as well. Who can argue with the funky 4/4-6/4 groove in the solo section of "Dick Tracy"?One of the best tracks on the album.
But these guys can lay back and be beautiful as a waterfall as well.the swelling chords and understated drums of "Procession" cascade over your senses like honey on a tangerine.
Fusion is truly a term which defines this band.Not convinced? How about some soulful rap for the unbeliever? "Open Letter To The Editor" does just that, complete with additude and streetwise rhyme.
Rock? No problem."Eargasm" should do the trick.Still not convinced? Check out the Heavy Metal-esque,in your face crunch of "T.A. The W."
"Four Directions" finds Lost Tribe at their best with lush layers of guitar and sax high-jinx. The cool slap bass and funk drums lay dowmn a bad-ass back beat that demands a standing ovation ( and a little James Brown dance move,if you please). The bass solo establishes Fima as a world class player with serious chops."Fool For Thought" revisits the themes established in "Four Directions" but leaves room for the guitars to do some serious fretwork.
The rest of the album boasts some serious moments of pure fusion frenzy and shinning moments of musical genious.Too bad these guys are no longer together.The ride was fun while it lasted...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inventive, forward thinking, funky and jazzy, November 17, 2003

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NDBx "NDBx" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Tribe (Audio CD)

This is what modern fusion is at it's best. This group combines multiple genre's into something fresh and original. The playing is first rate. All of the musicians are in demand session men. They combine to create something really fresh and interesting. David Gilmore, Ben Perowsky, David Binney, Fima Ephrom and David Rogers combine here to create a fine blend of jazz, rock, funk and hip-hop.

It's been a long time since there has been something as interesting as this. Dick Tracy, Procession, Letter to the Editor, Mofungo and Fool for Thought are real highpoints.

These musicians play with skill and with the pieces in mind. The virtuosity is there but not at the expense of the compositions.

Dynamic, clever and vital.... This one is a keeper.

5.0 out of 5 stars Glad I Found This At The Public Library!, August 31, 2011

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SimpsonsFan99 (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Tribe (Audio CD)

I have been waiting to finally get a copy of the Lost Tribe CD onto my iTunes player. I was a fan of this disc since the mid-2000s but could not find it at my local record store because I was told it was out of print. The standouts on this disc include the hard rockers Eargasm, Tender As The Wind and Four Directions as well as the solemn closer, Cause and Effect. A perfect fusion of jazz and hard rock that is a rarely accomplished feat that isn't a Steely Dan record, and even then, one of the men behind that group was responsible for this production.