Album Notes

Abe's Logic is the musical extension of Abe Vandenberg’s multiple musical personalities. From a sort of surfer grunge alternative, to ska, to jazz, to flat out rock, Abe writes and plays with energy and vibrancy providing an enjoyable and thought provoking experience for fans of various musical genres.

Abe Vandenberg is a multi-instrumentalist, signer/songwriter with a Bachelor of Arts in Music from West Virginia University living in Hawaii who in the last two years has produced two solo "Abe’s Logic" albums (including the 2009 album "Wars Ragin") and two collaborative "Nomadic Profusion" albums.

In 2007 Vandenberg teamed up with Christopher Candito to produce the original score for the BBC documentary “Message in the Waves” (that also featured the music of Jack Johnson, Matt Costa, The Beautiful Girls, and Xavier Rudd) bringing the globally interconnected plastic epidemic plaguing Earth’s ocean to a world-wide audience in a creative and inspiring film that has inspired action for change.

The same spirit is carried through into “Wars Ragin”. Not an album to be handled lightly, the 2009 release "Wars Ragin” is a poignant, conscious, realistic understanding of the times that speaks out with lyrics that are not so much critical of the times we live in, but regretfully reflective, that what this planet and this culture needs in such wasteful times are cheerful reminders that encourage happiness and responsibility in all our lifestyles, instead of hammering us with guilt and hopelessness.

“Wars Ragin” is an appropriate title, as the first time listener is assaulted with a myriad of different music styles. Indeed, this is not an album to be judged by the first listening. It requires your attention like a great series of abstract art that piece by piece may seem outrageous, yet put all together they blend into an original understanding of new creative frontiers, through the mish-mashing of multiple styles into pastiche.

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