from inviolate’s last release (featuring Victor E.), The EP (Cargo):

The EP

"Inviolate is one of the many funk ensembles to surface in the mid-Nineties. This New York-based quartet has created a self-titled four song EP (Inviolate Recordings) that's more song-oriented than most of its contemporaries. Theresa Lies in Ecstasy, an original composition, has a tight focus and smart flute playing provided by Victor E. Also worth a listen is a cover of Stevie Wonder's Jesus Children of America."
- Nelson George
Playboy, August 1996 issue 		Playboy cover
New York Magazine cover NYMagazine photo "Recommended: Vibraphonist and "soul jazz" giant, Roy Ayers plays with his downtown disciples, Inviolate. 6/27 at 6P.M. South Street Seaport, Ambrose Stage, 89 South Street
- Chris Norris
New York Magazine, June 24, 1996
Village Voice logo "Hedonist, acid jazz hepcats who’ve taken a big dose of Joe Cocker/luv ta luv ya baybee flower power. Their new EP is full of chubby bass and staggering dance beats... Come down to it."
- Natasha Stovall
Village Voice
review: 4/23/96
TimeOut logo TimeOut photo
"Hyperglandular funk loaded with Victor E’s slow-speed Stevie Wonder-like rants... ‘Jesus Children of America’ has a terrific sample of echoey slap and bass glide...this is sexed-up dance music."
- Jessica Willis
TimeOut New York
review: 1/23/96

Option Magazine cover

"All this retro soul-jazz: you have to come strong or not at all... Inviolate's atmosphere-spiced beats and arty self-absorption make this EP more... This outfit's particular stylistic cubbyhole is somewhere to the left of bright, poppy outfits like the Jazzhole and Raw Stylus, yet not as far out as some of the more esoteric sound sculptors. Their cover of Stevie Wonder's ‘Jesus Children of America’ gets points for its languid, gooey production/trip-hop soul. Flutist/keyboardist Victor E. contributes some zapped-out vocals, which also add flavor to the vaguely Latin bounce of 'Love in Separation.' Other tunes, like 'Give It Up Child' and 'Theresa Lies In Ecstasy' are a bit more mainstream but still pleasantly quirky."
- Tony Green
Option
review: May/June 1996


ColorRed interview - ColorRed
feature: April, 1996
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