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MH-206 cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD  "It's all the same shit but they call it cLOUDDEAD." cLOUDDEAD is the avant-hip-hop grouping of Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam. Fusing abstract beats, ambient pads, and interweaving vocals, cLOUDDEAD has created a release that owes as much to the Beatles as it does to hip-hop. Like Doseone and why?'s Greenthink project, cLOUDDEAD renounces the traditional hip-hop song format in favor of music made in movements. Six such movements were created to be released as a limited edition ten-inch series. Each release features a guest (Illogic, Dj Signify, Sole, the Wolf Bros., Mr. Dibbs, and The Bay Area Animals) and focuses on a specific theme. All six are combined to create a full-length that nullifies any preconception of style and raises the artistic bar for future Mush releases. |
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| Genius. - Mixmag / Utterly Essential - NME / Enthralling - All Music Guide / Startlingly Original - Wax / Certainly Beautiful And Strange - Rocksound / Fascinating And Addictive - Esquire / A Landmark Album - Seven / No combination of adjectives could accurately portray what you'll hear and no second-hand gushing will prepare you for the immense pleasure that is sure to wash over you when you put this album on. - Stylus |
| cLOUDDEAD is the combination of Doseone, why? and odd nosdam. In late 2000/early 2001 they released a series of six ten-inches, including apt. A, and all you can do is laugh, and I promise never to get paint on my glasses again. It is very difficult to describe these ten-inches due to the sheer depth and variety each one presents. On one side, you might have the multi-layered harmonizing of why? over some obscure computer game music, on another you'll have some amazing Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works style aural landscape melodies, and on another you will hear Dose and why? singing about the remarkable physics of a bicycle. When I say difficult to describe, don't get the wrong idea - I just mean that words just can't describe what is going on here. I find it just beautiful and some of the most thought provoking work I've heard for a long time. I would say that they will make you glad you ever started listening to music. Buy them quick - rumour has it that when they are gone, they will not be restocked. - Rough Trade |
3XLP/Out Of Print