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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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| Reviews Summary |
| 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 are a Californian three-piece whose schtick is their steadfastly unfunky musical backings and surreal subject matter, coupled with pseudy pseudonyms Doseone, why? and odd nosdom. The opener "apt. A" has an almost familiar, Daisy Age looseness, with cartoon samples and a narrative about missing out on college education, but even here there's something otherworldly about Doseone's languid, extemporised vocal delivery. Things get weirder on "I promise never to get paint on my glasses again," which recycles, gulp, the Moody Blues. That they're named after the punch line to a five-year-old's mistold knock-knock joke is perhaps the least befuddling thing about this wry ensemble ‚ and theirs is a never less than intriguing debut. - Q |
3XLP/Out Of Print