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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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| Great name, apparently so called after an ancient Greek legend, I can't even say it, which is going to be hard when I want to recommend this insane changeling album. This man/Greek legend has shredded the genus of hip-hop and then arranged it like a series of bacon rashes in whatever damn order he likes, and incredibly it sounds like nothing you would have heard outside of an hallucination. He's more in tune with the avatars of the cut-up like the Avalanches or Dj Yoda who dissect the raw ingredients of a track and then realign the chromosomes in some other palatable order. A disparate album made by a strange genius. - New Noise |
1XLP/Out Of Print