Nathaniel Merriweather - Lovage

Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By produced by Dan "The Automator" Nakamura the creative force behind barrier breaking, think-outside-the-box projects such as Gorillaz, Deltron 3030, Octagon, and Handsome Boy Modeling School fame, is a collector's piece. There is serious creativity at work here with serious music as the result. Don't let the tongue-in-cheek presentation fool you, nor the humorous interlude (Herbs, Good Hygiene & Socks featuring Afrika Bambaataa). Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By is a "5 stars out of 5 stars" release.While not for the Top 40 Pop 'till you drop crowd, this album will more than appeal to those with eclectic tastes and hyperactive sex drives. Trip-hop sensuality and "let me take you to another place" beats all come together in a very tasty offering.Lovage is best experienced through submission. Let yourself taste the pleasures without questioning the feast. If your inherent sensuality and musical tastes are even remotely conjoined you must pick up this album, you will not regret it.All the songs here were written by the trio of Dan The Automator, Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) & Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields). The sole exception is a cover version of Sex (I'm A) written by John Crawford, David Diamond and Terri Nunn of Berlin (Geffen). Each offering is far closer to performance art than straight presentation.Nakamura wields samples, beats and scratches as if he were conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Take for example the track Anger Management, which blends romantic strings and piano with Tom Jones styled vocals "...in all my dreams, I never thought I'd see a face that could launch a thousand ships... why must God punish me," and an Endless Summer/Summer of '42 refrain. Trust me, it works, "And can't you see, we could have had it all."Everyone Has A Summer (they want to remember) features Kid Koala on the decks scratching masterfully to enhance, not over power. Sampled sound bytes from a Hollywood gone by, hip-hop breaks and subtle harmonica accompaniment set a mood that is both whimsical and etrancing.Nathaniel Merriweather aka Dan "The Automator" Nakamura's Lovage provides more than just Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By, it allows the listener a taste of what is possible when creativity is allowed to roam, even if it's randy as caged rabbit.