Maetar - Love Dub & The Abstract One Drop [CD]

The music of Los Angeles trio Maetar (may'-tar) - Grammy winner Itai Disraeli (bass), Hagai Lev-Shalem Izraeli (horns), and Richard Fultineer (percussion) - unfolds like a beguiling trip to destinations unknown on their new album, their debut on Ropeadope and the culmination of a decade of harvesting magic and multi-faceted transformation. The band's name is a Hebrew word meaning "vibration of change." With a central ethos of freedom and flow in music, they effortlessly traverse vast stylistic ground as they marry smart jazz grooves with imaginative, challenging sonic explorations in psychedelia, funk, ambience, and electronica, as well as subtle classical references and world music flavors - not surprising, as two of the musicians are from the Middle East (Israel) and all three have extensive multi-ethnic interests and training.