Album Notes

The Resonators
Oscillation
Family Business

"One won't ever find a hip-hop outfit quite like The Resonators. On Oscillation, the trio's unorthodoxed components result in a stylistically diverse palate of social awareness. Combining educational with inspirational, MC/DJ Hap Hathaway delivers long, convoluted lines of poetry, back-dropped by Shaul Chrysler's precise guitar work and David Deveaux's multi-layered keyboards. Soulful, Chrysler-led instrumentals, like "The Force", are also dispersed throughout, not only preserving continuity, but giving the listener a chance to reflect on Hathaway's substance-filled lyricism. The elements maximize on "Shugar In the Raw", where Deveuax lays a smooth riff that Hathaway, and guest MC C-Rayz Walz, throw down all over."
Dustin Bennett - Synthesis Magazine


The resonators are a West Coast based operation that has cultivated a unique sound, which combines components from a wide spectrum of musical, scientific, and philosophical influences. With a mixture of sounds derived from the roots of hip-hop, reggae, rock, blues, classical, jazz and even folk, the resonators create an uplifting vibe to tune the audience in with the poetry that the music carries. Our major influences include artists such as Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Rakim, Lauryn Hill, Vivaldi, Talib Kweli, Miles Davis, KRS-ONE, Public Enemy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, and so many more. the resonators also have also performed shows with many groups and artists, from multi-day festivals to one night shows with contracted headliners such as C-Rayz Walz, Mystic, 2Mex, Melvin Seals and the JGB, and many more. This is true and living Roots Music for the Real Evolutionaries!