Double LP version with download code. Displaying his mastery over an arsenal of studio weapons and synthesizers, Chico Mann (aka Marcos Garcia) scores his fifth album against a backdrop of pop sensibilities and guest vocalists. The album draws as much on '80s funk, boogie, and electro as merengue and Afro-beat. A member of Antibalas as a multi-instrumentalist and guitarist, Garcia has previously worked with the likes of TV On The Radio, The Roots, and Dam Funk, as well as remixing Little Dragon and Alice Russell. His LP Analog Drift (2010) was released through Wax Poetics Records, an album that he toured throughout the U.S. Jon Pareles (The New York Times) praised his live show's "far-reaching electronica" that had the ability "to dissolve decades, along with borders.
