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MH-232 Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse  The new release from Daedelus, Exquisite Corpse is an ode to, and a lament for hip-hop culture. Featuring solo contributions and collaborative efforts with guests whose performances range from traditional (MF Doom, Sci from Scienz of Life) to poetic (Mike Ladd, Cyne, Laura Darling) to experimental (Prefuse 73, Hrishikesh Hirway of the One AM Radio, TTC, Jogger), Daedelus forms the seemingly disparate elements of sound found on the album with a single-minded vision. The album's title has a triple meaning: a reference to death, a grand body of work, and the Impressionist group drawing game of the same name. The guest MCs and vocalists contrast their own styles with Daedelus' sugar-laden undercoating proving that there are no limits to what can be included on a hip-hop album. |
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| Exciting - Pitchfork / Exquisite Corpse is terrific proof of the underground's vitality - Rockpile / Alive From Beginning To End - Mean Street / Daedelus is a master mortician - CMJ / Full of humor, brains, passion and breathtaking sounds. - All Music Guide / Fascinating Music - Copper Press / Mad and beautiful, beautiful and mad. - Big Chill |
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| Joyce once quipped that one needed to leave home to write. His writing is characterized partially for his habit of illustrating and eulogizing his homeland. With Exquisite Corpse, left-of-center producer Daedelus follows a similar form with hip-hop. While the genres tradition of innovation should enable it to welcome all sorts of disparate experimentation, artists like Daedelus (to say nothing of his brethern on the Mush imprint) remain largely marginalized as rap's weird fringe. Daedelus' choice of cameos seems as diverse as his influences, with appearances from MF Doom, Prefuse 73, and singer-songwriter Hrishikesh Hirway of One AM Radio. It's dissapointing to think artists like Daedelus may not live to see their experiments incorporated into rap's mainstream, though at one time one might've said the same about emcees like Souls of Mischief, Del, or the today's current favorite, Doom himself. Largely down-tempo, impressionist in approach and richly layered, Exquisite Corpse is terrific proof of the underground's vitality. - Rockpile |
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