Where Yat? Magazine
September 30, 2011
-Greg Roques
Renegade Masters Review
Gravity A’s Renegade Masters is the kind of album that keeps you guessing. Each of its mostly instrumental tracks progressively solidifies its sound from a selection of improvisational stylings—electronica, jazz and funk —stacking on new layers when you least expect it.
Renegade Masters breaks out with the title track, wasting no time prodding the party to life with a funky house beat that progressively streams into a tsnuami of break-beat drumming and wailing jazz guitars. “Goofy Song” begins with a sedate-synth rhythm, smoothly easing into a soothing, down-tempo lounge groove. The album closer, “Some1 Like U,” is a steadily-paced trance-y track that can both hype up a crowd, or play as a cool psychedelic vibe to chill out to—the EP’s stand out song.
Gravity A’s sound reminds me of a less calculated, more organic early Fatboy Slim.
As playfully unpredictable as this sampler is, it is an incomplete taste of the high-energy thrill of their live performance.
And the price is right—download Renegade Masters on the house at www.GravityA.com. —Greg Roques
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JuJu Association
October 17, 2011
Eric Ward
Gravity A, the New Orleans based electronica/funk/hip-hop outfit, produce tremendous energy, at times restrained, often completely wild; on tracks like “Renegade Master”, “Watching Myself Walk”, or “Some1 Like U” (for example), they offer a dense, billowing, genre-warping brand of aural sensation that – if the recordings are any indication – must be a hell of a thing to witness live. An orgiastic cornucopia of colliding sounds and moods, this is stuff to ignite your nerves, to get your mind and body off and spinning, till you wear down the soles of your shoes and/or sparks fly up from your heels.
Gravity A are:
Mike Fou – Drums and cymbals
Drew Meez – Keys and Synth
Bru Bruser – Bass
Danny Abel – Guitar
Don’t miss your chance to see them up-close: they play every Wednesday night at Blue Nile. Check out the following tracks, available online: “Renegade Master”, “Goofy Song”, “Some1 Like U”, “Watching Myself Walk”, and “Gooballs”. Discs also available: 2007’s “Naissance” LP, and this year’s “Renegade Masters” EP.
Also, don’t miss Gravity A off-shoot P.Y.M.P, a “hip-hop/funk/electronica/rage” duo who promise an incendiary evening’s worth of “Big Time Gamblin’ Hustlin’, Ragetastic Adventures, Full On Double Rainbows, Steaks Straight up”…and while you’re at it, check out their track “Undaground Kings”, available to stream online. P.Y.M.P consists of “Drew Meez on the keys” (as well as “historic vocals”) and Mike Fou on drums, loops, and “crunchy vocals”).
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“Gravity A distinguishes itself with an appealingly spacious sound that is often lush and mellow.” -Alex Rawls
Offbeat Magazine; December 2007
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Nominated Best Electronica/ DJ Act 2010
Gambit Best of the Big Easy Music Awards
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“Gravity A is another band to watch. With Bru Bruser of Gov’t Magick on bass and Tim Green on sax, they just tore up the stage. This is a band that can play to a big room.” -Jay Mazza
The Viynl District, April 2011
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Feeling the Pull
The Defender Talks With Gravity A
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Where Y’at magazine CD Review of “Naissance”
The highly anticipated premiere of local funktronica virtuosos Gravity A resonates with an exceptional artistry that is nothing short of their illustrious live shows. Their instrumental mastery manifests the complexity and uniqueness of their overall sound, while their youth renders their fresh and supple take on impressive genre fusions often only attempted via advanced computer music technology. The vitality these local 20-somethings have to offer to the ever-expanding NOLA music community is both uncanny and intriguing, exemplified clearly by this album. The title track, passionate and gentle, demonstrates the group’s ability to capture raw emotion in a slow and soulful ballad, and is then followed by the inescapably dance-provoking “Watching Myself Walk,” with bouncy syncopation and funk appeal to boot. These two tracks, especially when heard in succession, mark the unsuppressed and voluminous talents of this impressive quartet. Also certainly notable, “Requiem” features a guest saxophonist whose velvety melody compliments the group’s soft, but poignant tone on the track. Boasting a musical repertoire this intoxicating, Gravity A’s unbeatably energetic sound will make you think twice about just where that warm buzz is coming from. -Carolyn Heneghan