When we think of rock and roll groove, we think of swaggering, low-slung guitar energy, all attitude and menace, don’t we? Well, not anymore. NBP Human has found another way of doing things. We are definitely in the realms of rock music, drums pound, and guitars grind away, and then through it all, he drives a funky, upbeat, super-infectious pop-jazz riff! Well, that’s my best guess, anyway. It sounds something like Queens of the Stone Age getting into jazz-handed musical theatre, which is a fantastic, not to mention totally original, place to find yourself!
It’s the perfect, lilting, and life-affirming sound for a song based on the idea that we should embrace the world and pursue our dreams with the openness and confidence of a six-year-old child in a Batman costume.
And it is an attitude that seems to pervade Balazs Janky’s music, first via the dark, bluesy groove of the previous single, “Morbid Craziness,” and now with the up-and-at-‘em funkiness of “The Fundamentals.” It’s rock music with a new lease of life.
As a self-contained artist, everything you hear on the track is Balazs Janky, and with the help of cameraman Lorant Hollay and his graphic designer son, Milan Janky, he’s even put together a neat video, one that proves that even grassroots artists can, with enough imagination, make videos that look more professional, expensive and lavish than such an artists budget would suggest!
This is my second encounter with NBP Human, and they are, as they might say in baseball terminology, two for two.
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