MH-219 Villain Accelerate - Maid Of Gold Coming off a string of well received productions including work for Sage Francis' Personal Journals, his instrumental classic, Duration, his latest Vertical Form LP, Antagonist Survival Kit as well as a multi-record deal with Ninja Tune, Montreal transplant Sixtoo joins forces with his old production mate Stigg of the Dump to form the group Villain Accelerate. Their debut, Maid of Gold, may be the most accomplished instrumental release in the Mush catalog. A sonic barrage of breakneck drums, dark samples, pulsing bass, and unsettling electronics, it is the work of a hip-hop production team with the engineering chops of the most sonically skilled drum and bass producer. Maid of Gold is destined to be a staple of the Mush catalog.

Tracklist 01. Table Of Context 02. Maid Of Gold 03. Things Told 04. Paper, Boxcutter, Rock 05. Postcards 06. Duppies 07. Cracktivity 08. Revisit 09. Herd Whispers 10. Rookie Card 11. Worried.Look 12. Laurels Canyon 13. Pitch.Control 14. Surgery 15. Verify 16. When I Was Your Age

Release Details Release Date: 08/12/2003   Running Time: 53:14   Download/Available/$7.00 2XLP/Out Of Print CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World

Reviews Summary

They seamlessly mix dark, flowing beats with a bevy of eccentric concrete-ish sonics - XLR8R / Hardly has a familiar groove felt so comfortable - Entertainment Weekly / May make you want to nod your head, dance, start a revolution, start a fight, or just chill out - Hip-Hop DX / Polished and remarkably dusky-dark instrumental hip-hop - Undercover

Reviews

Backwash / Big Shot / Boomkat / Dot Alt / Download / Entertainment Weekly / Exclaim! / Ghetto Blaster / Hip-Hop DX / Impact Press / Magnet / Other Music / Pelican Neck / Properly Chilled / San Francisco Examiner / Splendid / Synthesis / The Brainwashed Brain / The Milk Factory / The Wire / Tiny Mix Tapes / Undercover / XLR8R / Zookeeper / Zulu /

Villain Accelerate is the combined effort of Sixtoo and Stigg of the Dump. The theme of the disc is melancholic instrumental hip hop. Fat DJ Shadow type beats bounce through the mix as strings and melodies get warped and bent into interesting pieces. "Duppies" feels like a tougher version of Boards of Canada’s latest work. "Table of Context" leans towards Meat Beat Manifesto reworked by Rjd2. They might get abstract and veer over into experimental with tracks like "Rookie Card" or "Worried.Look", but Villain Accelerate never get boring. Wisely keeping the songs short and to the point, the whole album blends elements throughout to keep a common theme and feel to the listening experience. Very heady stuff and when I mean heady I mean nodding and bouncing. The b-boys in the hood will look with jealous eyes as you come rolling down the street. Yell out “Mad beats by my boys Villain Accelerate” or namedrop them at the next staff meeting and watch your boss monitor the rest of your emails for the day. - Properly Chilled