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Like the deadly scorpion of the album's cover, The Budos Band's second
release, The Budos Band II, creeps stealthily over the hot desert sand. It
is with unmistakable purpose that each beat of the music drives forth, one
footstep of many to carry the Scorpion toward it's meaning. With his tail
arched high in readiness, he maneuvers patiently under the scorching desert
sun, and chooses his prey. He strikes without warning and without remorse.
The venom of his sting, true to its reason; his victim, ever-intoxicated.
With it's twenty-two legs, three horns, and hallucinogenic venom, The Budos
Band, the un-heralded emperors of Instrumental Staten Island Afro-Soul,
continue to rule. The band commands their listeners to follow them on their
second journey into the depths of their poisonous vision. While their debut
album was itself heralded as a groundbreaking exploration of funk, afro-beat
and soul music, few could predict that their second effort would not only
match but surpass the realm of mind-expansion embodied on their first
sessions. Through ten exciting new instrumentals recorded live at Daptone's
House of Soul in Bushwick, Brookyln, The Budos Band pours themes at once
resonant and ethereal over Herculean rhythms.
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