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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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| For all Daedelus' avant-electronica and intelligent dance music pretensions (his LP's title references a Surrealist game), there's no doubt that the US producer is an alchemist capable of forging beautiful moods from disjointed, jarring soundscapes. Daedelus is obviously respected - there are guest appearances from alt-rap's finest, including Mike Ladd, Prefuse 73, and masked rap anti-hero MF Doom, whose streams consciousness over Vaudeville ("Impending Doom") are inspired. Elsewhere, flatulent percussion dovetails with the soundtrack of children skipping down a cobbled street and there's an unlikely alliance between evocative 1930's music hall and what seems like a factory grinding to a halt. A pattern is emerging.; take two extreme, mismatched sounds into the studio, then confuse, challenge and win over skeptical ears. - Metro |
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