Westword Magazine(Denver)

Mr. Anonymous 2

By Jon Solomon

Published on March 04, 2009 at 10:43am
For Mr. Anonymous’s 2005 debut, former Samples drummer Jeep MacNichol went down to Kingston, Jamaica, and teamed up with Sly & Robbie, the English Beat’s Dave Wakeling, Brando and a bunch of other reggae superstars to record an album fused with reggae, dancehall, dub, hip-hop and electronica. On this followup, MacNichol explores similar territory and plays all of the instruments (drums, bass, percussion, keys, guitars, drum loops) save for the bass and drums from Sly & Robbie on “Breeze and River” and the bass-and-drum looping from 21 Dread. Brando and Wakeling are on board again, as is the latter’s former English Beat partner Ranking Roger, who adds some tasty vocals to the dance groove “Chi Widdley Bup.” MacNichol also brought in the all-star talent of Afrobot, Mega Banton, Pinchers, Ranking Jr. and Boubacar Diabate to contribute their vocals to this wonderfully eclectic disc.

Mr. Anonymous Interview (April 8th, 2009)

Hey just wanted to throw up this interview that just came out…It reveals various elements of the Mr. Anonymous musical journey, thought process on music, tidbits and stories from recording sessions, ummm tastes, values, calculus problems, bad habits, political and religious uhhh….just kidding…but the music info fo sho!!!

http://marcoonthebass.blogspot.com/2009/04/who-is-mr-anonymous-exclusive-interview.html