Honestly though, I feel like fans that think the material Tribe has been playing recently is better than the older stuff really don’t appreciate organic music played on INSTRUMENTS by talented musicians, but only about the electronic mechanically produced dance floor sounds that goes with the current scene. I mean, what good is a drummer as amazing as Zach, if kids just want to hear a drum machine?

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I saw them during those years and left tons of shows if I wasnt intoxicated enough, it wasnt good.”

You’re entitled to your opinion, but…
This is just insulting to the band and the amazing music they worked hard at for years which made them great. You don’t need to be intoxicated to enjoy good music; you’re just into the scene and the drugs weren’t good enough, and maybe it was too chill or too jazzy.

In those years, Tribe played with more finese and creativity, and more of the improv they became known and loved for, than any other years after Artifact. I mean, I became a fan after listening to Equinox and others off Seasons 01 in 2002. I was impressed by a talented mix of jazzy skills with an electronic dnb influenced sound, which was almost spiritual.

It IS spiritual now, to some of us, and they are still my favorite shows to go to in the world. But Tribe isn’t Tribe without that laid-back funk at their roots… If you don’t think so, go listen to a DJ… Pretty Lights is good, but what does that have to do with Tribe?