MH-228 Circus Vs. Andre Afram Asmar - Gawd Bless The Faceless Cowards Gawd Bless The Faceless Cowards counters the left of left-field raps of Circus (head honcho of the Shapeshifters) with Andre Afram Asmar’s elaborate, dub inflected world-beats. The results collage the socially relevant tones and playfulness of daisy-age hip-hop with the otherworldly word and sound barrage of space-rap. Asmar’s bed of glitchy, expertly processed rhythms pulse and flow as Circus' stream of consciousness lyrics dissect religious dogma, political power struggles, alien abductions, reptilian invaders, doomed relationships, and sucker MCs. A true collaboration, both artists veer slightly from their established forms to produce this strange and often hilarious joyride.

Tracklist 01. Bully 02. Army Of Fresh 03. We Are Not Alone 04. Sex In Space 05. Nobody Special 06. Biblical Proof Of UFOs 07. Holy Blood 08. Who Killed Me??? 09. Club Lights 10. Sir Romancealot 11. Smell The Ro$e$ 12. Redeemer

Release Details Release Date: 06/15/2004   Running Time: 58:18   Download/Available/$7.00 2XLP/Available/$10.00 CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World

Reviews Summary

This is an ambitious, highly intelligent record. - Metro.Pop / Highly recommended - In the Mix / Very Compelling - Impact Press / Better than any other anti-Bush record this year. - CMJ / Circus’s most accessible release to date. - Exclaim!

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All Music Guide / Boomkat / CMJ / Download / Exclaim! / Grooves / Impact Press / In the Mix / Metro.Pop / Music Spectrum / Portland Mercury / Splendid / Stanford Daily / The Content Magazine / Tiny Mix Tapes / Tucson Citizen / XLR8R /