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Daydream Turbo Pro Project
Reviewed by: B Hough 5/5/2008 12:00:00 AM


Turbo Pro Project: Daydream www.turboproproject.com c. 2008 Song list: Intro, Cluck Old Hen, Daydream, Floo-id, Why Do I Tripp?, Turntables vs. Banjo, Java Groove, Outro Adrian “Turbo” Trbovich was a member of Laura Love’s Harper Ferry Band at Wintergrass, and his adroit banjo playing helped contribute to the band’s vibrant sound. Turbo’s Turbo Pro Project band features his “banjo hip hop fusion” music. Other band members include Chris “DJ Pro” Prear who manages the turntables sound in the band, Aaron Soots “the Rhythm Machine” on guitar, Kenn Smith on bass, Milton “DJ Deacon” Cockerham on beats and turntables, and Ryan “RnB” Barber on keyboards. The word “fusion” is the key word to this band. A heavy rhythm backdrop is punctuated by keyboard notes and heavy metal banjo. Turbo has an electric Deering banjo and his fluid playing makes “Cluck Old Hen” sound supercharged on chicken fuel. The melody is played simply and then all the other instruments are layered on top of the banjo until the whole tune vibrates with rhythm. “Floo-id” begins with the banjo laying down a melody line with the guitar and keyboards joining in a fluid romp through counter rhythms and melodies. Kenn Smith’s “Why do I Tripp?” has keyboards and bass in flight punctuated with some “ha ha ha ha” vocalizations. “Turntables vs. Banjo” turns the old Arthur Smith “Dueling Banjos” into a musical fantasia interlaced with an ongoing mantra - “to attack without knowing the enemy’s strength is foolish.” Turbo Pro Project has propelled the banjo into a new frontier!		More Information About This CD

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