Amp Fiddler

Getting caught up in the day to day routine we often got trapped in the negative vibes that sometimes surrounds us from our interaction with family, work and society in general. These vibes could at times lead us to "misplace" ourselves in the midst of a chaotic world around us. As a music lover we sometimes turned to sounds and songs as an escape to our private calm oasis and we live for that moment when we discover a new sounds that gives us that sudden rush that blows our mind wide open and somehow lead the "misplace" part of ourselves back to us.

This is how I felt when I caught the live performance of the Detroit base Amp Fiddler at the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2005 last week. Their electronic jazz funk sound really speak to the soul and takes me to the place where I don't want to leave. Not having known anything about these guys before their performance at the festival defenetely was the nicest suprise I got from attending the 2 days out of a 3 days festival.

Their carefree attitude on stage and the smooth buttery voice of the vocalist Joseph Anthony "Amp" Fiddler really is a portrait about urban grace. Having heard the live performance I now look forward to hear Amp Fiddler’s debut album, "Waltz of a Ghetto Fly".