King Biscuit Time
'Black Gold'
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King Biscuit Time -
Black Gold
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Steve Mason has never
been afraid to break
boundaries. With the
beta band he re-invented
psychedelia for the
nineties, and influenced
the decade’s finest
indie top cheeses from
Super Furry Animals to
Radiohead. He started
his own record label ‘No
style’ after being
messed around by EMI and
is, as of the 15th July,
the first person to have
released a 100% bio
degradable album so it
is easily recyclable if
you ever tire of the
madness. For madness, is
certainly what is on
offer as Steve dons his
latest guise as ‘King
Biscuit Time’ for this
genre splicing album
which incorporates dance
hall, techno and hip
hop, among other genres
to create a dancey,
soulful and deeply
political album.
Mason has lost none of
his venom and opening
track ‘CIAM15’ is
loveably techno- tastic
but charged with
political sentiment,
with references to the
weapons of mass
destruction and George
Bush. The sadness is
that much of the
important message behind
each song is lost to the
stomping beats and
squelchy vocals. Despite
this, the album loses
none of its bite and is
refreshing in the way it
shoots off onto all
sorts of unexplored
tangents within the
course of one song and
then zooms onto another
plain altogether for the
next offering. Tireless
in its exploration of
different genres, the
album comes to a grind
with the mellow, kraut
rock inspired finisher
‘Metal biscuit’, the
perfect way to reflect
on the confusion and
ultimately, the
brilliance of the tracks
before.
Lucy Moore
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