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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. |
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| 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 |
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| Hip-hop means different things to different people. Hip-hop music does different things to different people. It may make you want to nod your head, dance, start a revolution, start a fight, or just chill the fuck out. Villain Accelerate's Maid of Gold certainly falls under the later category. Comprised of Montreal's Sixtoo and Stigg of the Dump, Villain Accelerate isn't much more than dark, moody instrumental hip-hop. Not the kind you would put in your headphones or in your car, the kind that you put on to zone out or read a book. Maid of Gold is pretty straight forward, plenty of hard-hitting, rigid drums surrounded by various dark and moody samples. Most of the tracks don't vary much as they play and the murky atmosphere remains consistent. Which is why this albums plays the best when your concentration is focused on something else and Villain Accelerate just seeps into your ears. I don't mean this in a bad way. Tracks such as Maid of Gold "When I Was Your Age" and "Postcards" are just beautifully haunting. "Table of Context," "Herd Whispers," and "Things Told," are definitely a few of the better selections as well. - Hip-Hop DX |
2XLP/Out Of Print