Taproot - Gift
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In 1997, four young musicians from Ann Arbor, MI, assembled a ticking time bomb waiting to explode and change the hard rock genre forever. Now as we enter a new millennium, only a few bands are left that dare to defy musical norms. Enter TapRoot, an incendiary combination of progressive musicians pushing the limit of hardcore music to the extent of redefining it. "Like art, music is meant to be timeless," explains Mike DeWolf, TapRoot's guitar player, "In some ways, music is like movies-some make that special connection, touch you in a way that's new." TapRoot's music has an enduring quality, a sparkling emotion, so charged with energy that it captures, intrigues and inspires. The connection they make creates a depth of feeling capable of revealing unexpected insights from within. Adlin Rosli from the Michigan Daily writes, "With one foot firmly placed in heavy music and the other lost in experimentation, the group creates music that crushes, soothes, excites, more often than not, in the same song."
TapRoot - Gift, out on 27 June 2000
As 2000 opened, TapRoot witnessed their three year vision come into existence
when they recorded their major label debut as the first release on Velvet Hammer
Music/Atlantic Records. The band's collection of songs is assembled under the
name Gift, produced, engineered and mixed by Ulrich Wild, the studio intellect
credited for working with the Deftones, Static-X and Staind. According to Mike,
the name Gift has multiple meanings. The first is a play on words, an indirect
reference to the "here and now" or the "present" time. The
second is more straightforward, " it's our gift to the people around us,
family, friends and fans, all of which have given their upmost respect and
support," says Mike. Gift is TapRoot's prolific, progressively diverse
introduction to the world, a sonic barrage from every angle, blowing the curve
for every band only trying to be imitators.