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Kaleidoscope Superior

Type: Techno-Rock

Albums: Kaleidoscope Superior (2000)

These guys are awesome!!!  Their first radio single "One Time" is one of my favorite songs.  Check it out!

Let's Meet the Band

Adam LaClave Vocals	Paul Meany Vocals & Keyboards	Dave Ramsey Electric & Acoustic Guitars

Roy Mitchell   Bass and Classical Guitar	David "Hutch" Hutchison, Jr. Drums and Percussion

CCM Magazine's CD Review on Kaleidoscope Superior:

To dissect the music of Earthsuit is to find nothing strikingly new. Among the components of Earthsuit's music you'll hear rap, reggae, jazz, stadium rock, techno, a bit of old school '80s synth pop and even some of the polyrhythmic grooves for which the band's hometown of New Orleans is famous.

The impressive burst of creativity and imagination comes when Earthsuit combines these diverse influences in a way that is very definitely of its own design. Rather than picking an individual style to feature in each separate song, the band chooses to integrate all its influences throughout every song. Thus, in the opener, "One Time," listeners are engaged with a loping reggae groove then slammed on the chorus with a metallic rap riff. "Wheel of God" is introduced by a jazzy jam and breaks into a mutant Journey vocal arrangement on the chorus. "Osmosis Land" swings from reggae to rap core in about four measures, then slides right back-and so on.

The band's post-hippie poetry is also quite impressive. "Whitehorse" and "Sky Flashings" survey apocalyptic imagery. "Wonder" and "Against the Grain" challenge the listener to an uncompromising walk with Christ, again using provocative and unconventional lyrics and arrangements. This captivating approach makes Kaleidoscope Superior a most satisfying listening experience.

An Interview with Earthsuit

by Guest Editor- Rebecca St.James

I remember well the day I first heard the name Earthsuit. I was in the middle of a songwriting session for my new album when I became distracted by what I was hearing from the next room. Sparrow Records was previewing a new five-piece, New Orleans-based band called Earthsuit, and they rocked! I was excited to interview a couple of the guys and get the scoop behind some of the freshest music I’ve heard in a long time.

—Rebecca St. James, guest editor

St. James: I know that every song happens differently, but tell me about some of the ways your songs are inspired.

Adam LaClave (vocals): Most times a song is inspired, at least lyrically, by something that God is speaking to us [about] first… Other times a song is birthed out of just a time of being together with the band and jamming.

St. James: Tell me about one of my favorite songs on Kaleidoscope Superior… "Said the Sun to the Shine."

LaClave: "Said the Sun" is kind of like an allegorical type of song. We just related it to the great commission—God speaking to us as His carriers, carriers of light.

St. James: I know you’ve been heavily involved with the Slam Camp youth camp in Lafayette, La., for a while now. What impacts you about that event?

Paul Meany (keyboards/backing vocals): Well, one of the most enjoyable things about these camps is just getting a chance to be in one place with the same audience for more than a night. And one of the exciting things is being able to see kids that come in, so detached from things of God… Each night you just try to encourage them, and let them know what you’re about… and the walls begin to break down around them. By the end of the week, you’ve got a group of kids that have just been transformed from little monsters.

St. James: Our generation is desperately in need of hope. What gives you hope?

Meany: What gives me hope is God’s grace. We don’t have to be perfect, and we don’t have to have it all together to do something meaningful with our lives and have God use us in an incredible way. He kind of looks for people who are flawed in a sense and don’t have it all together, so He can inject His nature into the whole and He gets the glory. And that’s awesome to be a part of that process and that’s what we try to convey to kids: Don’t be discouraged by what you can’t do, but [let it] inspire you in giving at least what you have to God to accomplish things beyond what you could ever think you could do. That definitely gives us hope.

Pictures of Earthsuit

Them at Spirit West Coast on July 28,01: