Organic Records is known as an innovator in the Christian recording marketplace, and one of the newest Organic act, Human, continues this tradition. With their debut album, Out of the Dust, this five piece band delivers a futuristic and inventive concoction of thick, groove-laden, hook-rich rock and roll with plenty of distortion.
In 1992, within the hot and humid metropolis of Houston, Texas, bassist Vic Sapp had an idea. After years of involvement in mainstream music, Vic had a desire to play music which would touch people for the Lord. Wasting no time at all, Vic and drummer Erick Saravia began crafting a new band. Lead vocalist Randy Kinnett joined the pair in February of '93, while Carl Sapp hopped on board in '94 as guitarist. By 1995, the band had a steady lineup and was in excellent shape. In 1997, the guys decided that they wanted an additional guitarist and invited Dean Martin Vanderwoude to join them as rhythm guitarist and background vocalist. With the flip of a coin, literally, the band decided on the name, Human.
As a new rock outfit, Human cut their teeth opening for such notables as Petra, Audio Adrenaline, Geoff Moore and the Distance, among others. The guys spent time changing their image. "We went through several hairstyles," Vic sentimentally recalls. "Randy used to have hair down to the middle of his back. We decided to go for the modern look, and he got the hairstylist to whack it. We have it in a ponytail hanging on the wall in our rehearsal room."
One image that Human has not tried to alter is that of being a show band. While most modern rock acts have run away from presenting elaborate stage shows, Randy explains that Human has done the opposite. "For a long time, we toted around $15,000 worth of stage lights. The kids went berserk. Several people commented that some of these kids who are Generation X-ers have no clue what a real show is like. They're used to guys coming out in their oil-change-shop outfits and standing behind a microphone for an entire hour. What we're trying to do is bring these kids music that is completely relevant with a show to back it. If you pay money, you want to see something."
"What happened to the wall of Marshall speakers or the latest Intellabeams and stuff like that?" asks Vic. "That's worth paying money to see."
Human's goals go way beyond $15,000 light systems, a wall of Marshall stacks, and Intellabeams. "We feel that we need to be relevant and a cut above in our performance and our sound," proposes randy. "Spiritually, we know, without any doubt, that we've been called to be disciples first in our lives. Secondly, we've been called to share with people that they are valuable and worthy to have a relationship with the living God who laid His life down on the cross simply to have a relationship with them."
Out of the Dust provides the vehicle which Human can use to share their life-changing message. Produced by well-respected producers, Dino Elefante and Billy Smiley, Out of the Dust is piled with more than enough fuel to power its churning engine.
Discography
