The follow up to 2003’s critically acclaimed ‘Nu Scientist’ is well worth the wait and features a veritable swag of  tasty tunes designed to invigorate your aural cavities.

Onelung’s latest album pushes the boundaries of electronic music, as he draws inspiration from a vast range of styles, fusing jazz, funk, soul, classical and blues elements with compelling rhythms and live instrumentation to create his own potent genre-defying mix.

Review

Behind the unappealing nom de disque is Auckland electronica musician Kevin Tutt whose previous album Nu Scientist was a real, if overlooked, gem.
Once again located somewhere between the harder end of Brian Eno ambient-pop and slightly funky electronica — with real instruments like cello and bass, and various vocalists alongside samples and electronics — this is music with heart, soul and smarts. It’s a wonder ad agencies and film producers aren’t sprinting to get Tutt onboard for soundtracks.
Here he effortlessly shuffles the deck again for an album which provokes and delights in equal measure.

Graham Reid, Elsewhere

Binary Pop Songs is the fifth instalment from Onelung (Kevin Tutt). Not as introspective as SJD, Onelung’s mix of jazz, pop, soul and funk spits from the speakers in a manner similar to the last two Sola Rosa albums; soulful horn stabs and punchy snare and kick combos. Tutt’s ability to seamlessly blend organic instrumentation (most of which he plays himself) and computer generated blips and bleeps was well established by the time of 2003’s Nu Scientist. Since then, he has kept the jazzy flow rollingthrough his new tracks, reaching back to blues and classical music for inspiration and creating modern pop songs in the process. The hip-hop feel of the title track is a jaunty highlight and the skitteringbeat behind Morning Wake Up Call provides another highlight. Like Sola Rosa’s Andrew Spraggon and Sean James Donnelly, Tutt is a bass player by trade – and these Binary Pop Songs are steeped in deep, rolling basslines.  Written, recorded and produced  at Onelung’s My Place studio sporadically over the last three years, this album will be enjoyed by all who like acid-jazz-influenced electronica.

Simon Sweetman, Dominion Post

Sample-based electronica from Monkey Records, these binary pop songs usher in a sunny jazz-pop vibe that somewhat vanquishes winter’s snuffling shroud. I’m getting flashbacks of Kronos Quartet, Galliano, Mr Scruff and Future Sound of London. Forget that though, the palette here is various and multi-hued and the styles wide-ranging and diverse. It’s mostly about good times with vocal cues dropping hints about feelin’ alright, holidays and sunshine. Seems like an exhortation to unwind, have a cocktail and slink into something comfy.

Jacob Connor, NZ Musician