Artist: ELECTRIC OUTLET
Album: ON! (CD)

Release date: 2006
Media type: CD

Call it jazz fusion groove metal, Electric Outlet, as the band themselves say pertaining to their name, perplexing power, energy, & electricity, which leads to spontaneous reactions and flowing circuitry to provide the all the melodies that this band exposes. Mixing heavy metal with soul, funk, and jam band pastures, along with the occasional improvisational techniques Electric Outlet firmly implant their musical stance with their record titled On!

Regardless of the whole jam relevant factor being present, the compositions are refined, without out going way into experimental territories, making the music much more accessible to the ear. On! features many different musical styles playing out, you have space rock tinged jazz/metal (“Propellerhead”), funk-rock (“Comprendes”), soulful hammond driven ditties (“We Need a Plan”), slick Steely Dan reminiscent rock (“Miles Away”), and more hard rock moments (“Tekky”), these guys know how to write material that deviates from being redundant.

Filled with guitar leads, synths, Rhodes, Hammonds, and a tight rhythm section, Electric Outlet sounds like Joe Satriani fronting Niacin. Fans of the jazz/rock genre or jazz metal fusion/musician oriented music dare not miss out on this one.

TRACKLIST:

01 Comprendes
02 Propellerhead
03 Odd Garage
04 We Need A Plan
05 Wanna Energy
06 Tekky
07 Gold III
08 Miles Ahead
09 Miles Away

LINE-UP:

Marcus Deml - Guitar
Tom Aeschbacher - Keys
Ralf Gustke - Drums
Frank Itt – Bass