DJ Logic

Zen Of Logic

[4/5] People outside of turntablism often find albums from the genre to be hard to listen to. With DJ Logic, that’s rarely the case. Since 1990, the Bronx-based DJ has been on a mission to educate people on the use of the turntable as an instrument, as well as trying to fuse it with a live-band setting (Project Logic, Eye & I). He’s worked with an impressive list of musicians that includes Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and even members of the Grateful Dead. And on his third solo recording, Logic continues to mix hip-hop and jazz into a crisp and refreshing blend of genres that also touches on Latin and Middle Eastern sounds. He pieces together a funky and vibrant musical collage and then dresses it up with some impressive scratch work. It’s a concoction that sounds like nothing else, and it’s also proof that the turntable is definitely not just for playing records-and that DJs are more than just hipsters with iPods. (ROPEADOPE) Eddie Fleisher