CARLOS NINO and FABIAN AMMON (AMMONCONTACT) have long been fulcrums of LA Black music, perfectly poised between the jazz crowd centered around DWIGHT TRIBLE and classic group's like the ARMY OF HEALERS and BUILD AN ARK, the underground hip hop scene which grew from the GOOD LIFE and PROJECT BLOWED collectives and the heavy soul-beat sound of the likes of SA RA and MADLIB. "With Voices" is the album that Ammoncontact have been waiting to make - the point where the duo's own loping, deep production style could be melded, as the title has it, with the voices around them. The results are scintillating, a hip hop album bursting with spirituality and positively and a unique ambience. Guest vocalists include: DWIGHT TRIBLE, LIL SCI (SCIENZ OF LIFE and MF DOOM cohort), ABSTRACT RUDE (PROJECT BLOWED and BIG DADA), Sach (formerly of seminal LA group THE NONCE), PRINCE PO (one half of the mighty ORGANISED KONFUSION) and the Dark Sun Rider himself, BROTHER J (leader of X CLAN). In addition, CUT CHEMIST adds some cuts to the X CLAN man's "Drum Riders". And to round out the mix, there are contributions from DAEDELUS and MIA DOI TODD, who could be said to represent the more esoteric side of the music which has grown around the lynchpins.