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The time has come. It is with the excitement of a teenaged jackrabbit that, after 4 years of touring as a performance arts collective, we, iLL-Literacy, make our anxiously-awaited recorded debut. And our anxiousness has been supple and thick enough for the whole galaxy to share in the anticipation batter, canyadigit?

Synopsis: Insofar as the irony of “retro-futurist 80s rebel pop” was too overwhelming to recreate in sound or iconography, the band known as iLL-Literacy has either speciously or insightfully (maybe both) opted for sample-inspired, bass-driven electric gospel funk in the form of their new single, “Gentleman’s Kool-Aid.”  The soymilkbuttasmooth lead track from their debut project iB4the1.1 is both a reflection on the warped and often glennbeckianized historical narratives of what it means to be a “gentleman”, and perhaps a confession of the fragile ecology of male ego.  Let’s call it pollution of the Egology, otherwise known as “drinking thine own Kool-Aid.”

So find yourself a glass of the good red stuff, and engage in some communion with us. Gentleman’s Kool-Aid. You might see heaven’s gate.

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The composition in conversation features the soulful repository of Hi-Life drummer Rufus Redbone’s southern drawling voice, Billy Hi-Life’s bangtastic bass, and guestspots from former iLL-Literette Ruby and Hella U’s Glenda Mac. The track is a refreshing patchwork of vocal talent and live instrumentation organized by precocious new comers Dahlak and Ada Clock.

– Drizzletron, Dahlak & N.I.C = iLL-Literacy

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