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After yesterday's entry on Teapacks, today is as good a time as any to feature another Israeli band, The Apples. The "deep funk" sound has caught on worldwide; the Apples put their own stamp on it by adding a couple of DJs to their lineup. This approach can be very effective when a record is scratched and played like an actual musical instrument; it's less effective when it's just used to play the same vocal sample over and over again (file under "why I don't like St. Etienne Germain" (oops, got my Saints mixed up there)). The Apples stay on the good side of that line more often than not. The title track from their 2005 album, Attention!, has some especially funky sax, trumpet, and trombone interplay:
Samples of all their songs and several full-song downloads are available on the Audio page of The Apples' website; and they have two versions of their cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing" on their MySpace page. Hmm, that's the second Rage reference in two days; coincidence? I don't know.
