me, you, Tribe Called Quest, G. Love and Special Sauce, Aretha Franklin, Paul Weller, Digable Planets, Portishead, Goldfrapp, Outkast, ATL, all golden hip hop, all golden melody, symphony, you, me.
Ph Balance: a southern soul girl who speaks Tokyo. PH is Pam Howe. Her conversational, powerful voice deciphers the melody puzzles and word paths that lead to and from you to me simply, spiritually. Resounding. Resonance. Phosphorescence...a very slow burn. Connecting groove with god (little g please) inside the fattest kick drum beat. The project Ph Balance transformed the scene in Atlanta GA at the turn of the millennium. Rooted in the ATL, the original five piece band consisted of Ph on vocals and guitar, Captain Mudfish Starbolt as MC and on MPC, Chris Fatty Burt on drums, Tony TJ Hooker James on percussion and Aaron Platt AKA Jack Lingo on bass.
Ph Balance was birthed from a love of hip-hop, trip-hop, Bossa Nova and acid jazz with a mission toward southern poetic communication transferred via soul hums and collard greens. Immediately and unanimously dubbed Atlanta’s premier trip-hop band. They infiltrated the underground DJ scene with a series of warehouse shows thrown by the Kaleidoscope Family (a collective they co-founded, consisting of hip-hop acts, DJ’s, visual artists and dancers) The band released 3 albums, played over a 1,000 shows all over the US, and basically laid it down tight and kept it for real for years.
look at my pics to see a shot of gene in the shirt...it looks like the logo you guys had for a while with the ph and a circle around it. his shirt could be for something else, because i don't remember EXACTLY what the old logo looked like.
Who would headline if Haircut 100 and Style Council toured? They would just do each other's hair, right? Maybe they could have a comeback tour with the Scissor Sisters.
Hey guys! Been a minute... Hope life in NC is lovely. Been considering relocating to Asheville myself. Time to get out of the durty durty. Miss the days of Pam paying homage to O.D.B.. Good times.
Thanks Pam! It is my Birthday on the 20th and we will probably go on at midnight so it will be a sweet beggining! Happy birthday to you too! I think you have a bday this month right? cheers Holiday
OMG!!! ph BALANCE!!!! It's so good to see you guys again after all this time! We should catch up soon. Maybe do a song or show, or something. Much love to all of you!
