The Monthly Aspectarian - A Review by Forest
(June 99)

COXA
Richard Bone

     God bless Richard Bone . . . he continually pushes the musical envelope and in the process we all win. Richard shows a deeper and more mature approach to his work and the constant ability to reach into uncharted territory with his compositions is rewarding. Coxa, in this case referring to the hip joint or bone, is a masterpiece. It's jazz, man, jazz. Listening is like entering a smoke-filled sleaze bar with its requisite gritty lounge music. This is why his stuff fits our program so well. It follows our slogan, "Unusual but Enjoyable." That it is . . . an early and strong candidate for our list of Top Twenty Albums of 1999. Check out our three favorite tracks including the synthy, saxy "Playa Six" and the lounge-y "Amorita Dive" which would fit extremely well in a David Lynch soundtrack. Where's Twin Peaks when we need it? And don't overlook the tasty percussive flavored "Dragneta, My Love" again with a desirable dose of synthy sax and that despite the fact we usually avoid the overdroned world of fuzak sax on our program. Coxa is incredible. Go buy it now!

Forest (producer of Musical Starstreams)