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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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| Gadzooks! Prolific, eccentric samplist Daedelus eschews a more contemporary wardrobe in favour of Edwardian-style velvet frock-coats and ruffed collars and his quirky aural montages sound like they have similarly vintage musical sources. The albums title comes from a surrealist consequences game whereby a collage of words and images is progressively constructed; the more random the better. A concept that suits the album perfectly when combined with Daedelus' guests - MF Doom, Prefuse 73, Mike Ladd (on the beautiful "Welcome Home") and TTC (on the translated "Cadavre Exquis"). A warped Saturday afternoon matinee soundtrack. - Straight No Chaser |
1XLP/Out Of Print