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 /

As half of legendary duo Sebutones, production guru Sixtoo (alongside Buck 65) was a driving force in the movement to drag hip-hop and its attendant narcissism kicking and screaming into left-field. The Sebutones are temporarily on hiatus while Buck does the solo thang, so Six has joined forces with longtime associate Stigg of the Dump to become Villain Accelerate. The duo's debut voyage could well be a companion piece to Dj Shadow's seminal Endtroducting - a crush of muted-to-midnight fervor lapping over meaty Rhodes fills and skunky basslines. Tracks like "Paper, Boxcutter, Rock" and "Herd Whispers" downplay visceral beatitude in favor of slinky passages that utilize moody dissonance and hop-along beats. Occasionally, the kids kick it into overdrive, as "Cracktivity" superbad drumming and ominous programming most righteously attests. - Splendid