Time Machine

Recorded at Sea-Saint Recording Studio in New Orleans during 1975, Time Machine featured Chocolate Milk's core ensemble, including Ernest Dabon on bass, Robert Dabon on keyboards and synthesizers, Mario Tio on guitar, Dwight Richards on drums, Kenneth Williams on percussion, Amadee Castenell Jr. on saxophones and Joseph Smith III on trumpet. The recording was produced by Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn, with engineering by Ken Laxton and Roberta Grace. Released on RCA Victor in 1975 as the second track on Chocolate Milk's debut album Action Speaks Louder Than Words, Time Machine showcased the group's tightly coordinated rhythm section, electronic keyboard textures and horn arrangements. The recording formed part of the New Orleans ensemble's emergence as an independent recording act following its association with producer Allen Toussaint. Time Machine remains part of Chocolate Milk's influential early catalogue, documenting the interplay between traditional New Orleans rhythm sections and the electronic instrumentation increasingly used during the mid-1970s. Its continued availability through reissues of Action Speaks Louder Than Words has introduced the recording to later generations of DJs, collectors and listeners exploring the group's work.