Voodoo Visionary - Off The Ground CD

Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Voodoo Visionary's improvisational funk dance music delicately balances a tight, grooving rhythm section with diverse and dexterous keys and masterful guitar licks to create a sound the group calls psychofunk. Influenced by a wide array of artists such as Parliament Funkadelic, the Meters, the Grateful Dead, and Talking Heads, Voodoo Visionary has a uniquely blended sound that's guaranteed to put the 'oogie in yo boogie.

The band consists of Dennis Dowd (keys), Jimmy Lynch (bass), Scott MacDonald (vocals), Mac Schmitz (drums), and Mike Wilson (guitar). Over the past 11 years, these players have built a unique chemistry that allows for exceptional improvisation during live shows and relaxed and creative songwriting sessions. Jose Rivera (percussion), Martin Anderson (saxophone), and Ben Otieno (trumpet) are frequent collaborators and performers with Voodoo Visionary.

"Vooodoo Visionary is the next generation of Atlanta funk bands." - Seth Weiner, Inside Out WTNS

"Voodoo Visionary... synthesizes elements of funk, jazz, disco, and rock 'n' roll into their unique improvisational sound." - Live For Live Music

"A mix of psychedelic southern funk, Michigan soul, and gulf coast flavor." - Relix

"If this band had been around in the early '70s out of Atlanta, they would surely have been scooped up in a heartbeat by Capricorn Records... Repeated listenings reveal layer upon layer of elements. This is simply a superb recording, in terms of composition, performance, and sound." - Scott Hopkins, MusicFestNews.com

"Spirit of the Groove refuses to confine the band to a single genre and takes listeners on an adventure through sound and time... Voodoo Visionary has embraced and harnessed this epic blend [of influences], resulting in a truly amazing studio record." - Randy Harris, Live Music Daily

"While genre conventions are clearly upheld, driving rhythms, blistering lead guitar, and gospelesque lyrics, Voodoo Visionary escape the generic and create their own space, capitalizing on what works within funk as a genre. These guys will no doubt jam easily into the college bar scene, keeping the waning hippie contingent well fueled with healthy servings of funk. For that matter, Voodoo Visionary maintains the spirit of bump and sway in an otherwise monolithic universe of EDM. Before robots usurped dance music, this was what you dropped doses to. This is what outer space looked like from fifty thousand feet." - Jon Litten, The Artifact Magazine