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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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| Hip-hop seems to be taking over the left-field as much as the mainstream, Where 90's electronic experimentalists elaborated on techno and drum and bass, today's heads are all about taking the stoned syncopated and sample collage techniques of hip-hop to the nth degree. Four Tet is the UK's prime example, and the USA is full of beatnik beat-heads trying different takes on avant-hop. Daedelus is probably the coolest. His combination of swooning, jazzy Hitchcockian soundtrack suspense and disorientating cyber spaceage processing creates classy, edgy atmospheres, a couple of noisy scares and several moments of staggering beauty. Vocals including the great rap subversive Mike Ladd and hugely underrated French rappers TTC embellish the weirdness. Freak-hop magic is thriving stateside. - Word |
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