Are + Be

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Personnel: Max Tundra (drums); Kevin Blechdom (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Shapemod; Renaud Letang; Mocky . Recording information: Mocky Recordings; Nitnbeat; Robert Defcon's; Studio Rapp Berlin; Weekend Warriors Studios. Approved by the mysterious J.D.Slazenger, the second album by Canadian-cum-Berliner Mocky isn't as shocking as he himself might hope. Sure, this is not the typical "R&B" (get the pun) fluff, but as has been proven by Super_Collider and Har Mar Superstar before him, white-boy laptop funk is a dicey proposition when the skin of the joke is too thin. Are + Be gets it right more often than not, tagging '80s blue-eyed soul with guest Jamie Lidell on "How Will I Know You," and solo on the brooding "Ready to Go." But the songcraft on "Mickey Mouse Muthaf****!" with Ad Hawk was no better when El Debarge did it in the '80s, and his rap on "Catch a Moment in Time" makes the Streets' Mike Skinner seem like Rakim in the lyrics department, although the baritone of Kitty-Yo guest Taylor Savvy almost saves the cut. With more syrup and less bark than his peers, Mocky seems to take this stuff just a little too seriously. We all hold a soft-spot for Hall & Oates, but that shouldn't let them dictate the sound of a whole album circa 2004. ~ Joshua Glazer