Thrust Too, by Wilbur Niles

Thrust Too

by Wilbur Niles

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1.	Hang Ten 06:56	buy track
2.	Parrott City 05:36	buy track
3.	Electric Earth 04:07	buy track
4.	Machelle 03:03	buy track
5.	First Time Home 09:37	buy track
6.	Sevens Up 02:32	buy track
7.	Survival Of The Funkiest 04:36	buy track

about

Thrust barely made a blip in the marketplace; it was mostly available around the Akron area. But Niles was undeterred. He returned the following year with the just-as-good Thrust Too, which is a touch more muscular, more precise — partly due to being recorded in a slightly upgraded studio meant for jingles.

What Thrust Too loses in atmosphere, it makes up for in deep grooves, like on “Hang Ten,” “Parrott City,” and “Machelle.” McNeal — the namesake of the latter — appears on the final track, “Survival of the Funkiest,” featuring rap-inflected vocals from the trio Coffee, Cream and Sugar.

While Thrust Too is sometimes lost in the conversation surrounding its predecessor, it’s just as worthy from a musical and collector’s — hence We Are Busy Bodies releasing both records together, to trace Niles’ early evolution. But in a sense, Niles was just clearing his throat — he’d go on to make more mature, sophisticated works, from Re-Entry to Lunar.

credits

released March 31, 2023

John Mitchell: Drum Kit, Congas, Timbales, and Hand Percussion. All instruments on "Sevens Up."
Ceco Rose: Drum Kit
Lavelle Watson: Electric Bass
Bob Freid: Tenor Sax
Keith Jackson: Electric Piano
Machelle McNeal: Synthesizer
J.J. Johnson: Synthesizer solo on "Survival."
Wilbur Niles: Guitar, Hand Percussion

Vocals on "Survival" by:
Ceco Rose
Lavelle Watson
Bon Freid
Machelle McNeil
Wilbur Niles

All Songs Recorded at: Alcon Recording, Willoughby, Ohio
Engineer: Kevin Collins
Remastered By: Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel
Cover Concept: Wilbur Niles
Artwork: Steve Lewin

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Wilbur Niles Cleveland, Ohio

Thrust exists in that blurry, liminal space between jazz, funk, soul, and R&B.

discography

Brazil

Mar 2023
Global

Mar 2023
Liftoff

Mar 2023
Re-Entry

Mar 2023
Thrust

Mar 2023
Thrust Is

Mar 2023
Thrust Too

Mar 2023
Lunar

Mar 2023

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