Life Is Something Special Island (Island album 1983)
With a colorful Keith Haring graphic on the
cover, the interracial Peech Boys (starring
singer/guitarist Bernard Fowler, who's since
sung with Philip Glass and others, and
keyboardist Michael de Benedictus, co-producer
with Larry Levan) emerged from the downtown
club scene, cross-cultural loyalties obvious. A
funk band with rock instincts, or a rock band
adapting itself to urban dance music? Whatever
the modus operandi, this album stands as an
enjoyable pioneering hybrid, early proof that the
two sounds cannot only coexist peacefully, but
can mingle creatively.
(Ira Robbins)
