Bundle of Joy
Alan Sutherland, a.k.a. Land of the Loops, is part of a new breed of sampling geeks. He's not the most interesting, the most groundbreaking or even the best looking. OnBundle of Joy, he's more like a kid on an electric playground, unpretentiously laying down happy dance groves, bizarre ambient drones and bits of humor. The results are catchy and trippy with a little something for the goofball in all of us. If you can listen to tracks like "Multi-Family Garage Sale" and "I Confess" without cracking a smile and losing that cynical little composure you've groomed so well, your inner child is seriously ill ... and that's just too bad.--Bill Snyder