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MH-222 Octavius - Audio Noir  Octavius has strived to perfect his stunning amalgam of hip-hop, electronic and avant-rock music in the San Francisco underground over the past four years. This dedication has culminated in his Mush full-length release Audio Noir. Serving as a slight departure from the beats and noise frenzy that ignited a buzz around his 2001 work with 4AM, the new release looks to establish Octavius as a purveyor of even more elaborate territories of sound. Experimental freak-outs collide with classic song structures, tension and attitude give way to raw vulnerability, and Octavius' vocal and production techniques are employed to unnerving effect. Audio Noir adds previously missing darkness and edge to the Mush catalog in a way that overwhelms, thrills, and astonishes in equal measure. |
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| This is an important record - LA Weekly / This record is literally unforgettable. - Industrial Nation / Delicious left-field despondency - Outburn / Great invention and blasted beauty throughout - The Wire / a tense, aggressive and surprisingly beautiful album that dares you to define it as hip-hop. - Signal to Noise / A new flavor of hop that's dangerous and mesmerizing. - San Francisco Examiner |
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| This is a truly genre bending album from San Francisco based artist, Octavius. The combination of IDM noise, avant style ambiance, and intense angry spoken word hip-hop lyrics make this album the perfect candidate for a Mush Records release. While it sits relatively small at only 9 tracks with album art strangely re mindful of a scene you might find in the first Quake, it’s actually a largely explosive album that will leave you questioning your own spiritual decisions. This album is some kind of strange experimental mixture of Techno Animal, The Opus, and Yen Pox and cannot be listened to casually. - Superill |
2XLP/Out Of Print