85 decibel Monks | pt

A breakthrough for Iowa City hip-hop, 85 Decibel Monks - the latest from scene fixture Tack-Fu - is as much a treatise on locality as it is a statement of the role that the digital gear and Internet technology can play in the artistic process. Recorded gradually since the Monks dropped the scattershot beats and rhymes of 2000's Chained Reaction, 85 Decibel Monks - the third release masterminded by Tack-Fu (a.k.a. Tim Tack behind the production-team banner) - is a wide arc of voices, textures, and moods that not only reflects where the music springs from but lays out the larger picture of finding artistic identity in the middle of Iowa. - Amazon.com .