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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 / Terrific proof of the underground’s vitality - Rockpile / Alive from beginning to end - Mean Street / A master mortician - CMJ / Full of humor, brains, passion and breathtaking sounds - All Music Guide / Mad and beautiful, beautiful and mad - Big Chill |
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| Daedelus is this weird guy who has been hanging around the underground in LA for the last few years, except that he's from Santa Monica. Anyone from LA knows that's a little different. He's kind of a cut-and-paste composr. He uses old music from the 30s and mixes it with weird techno and electronic music. Now he's doing hip-hop, and he's doing it pretty well. He worked with Busdriver, Madlib and a bunch of guys from Project Blowed. On this record, he's got all kinds of people: MF Doom, Prefuse 73, Jogger, Laura Darling, just to name a few. It's supposed to be a lament for hip-hop culture, but I don't hear that. I hear a weird, progressive hip-hop album that focuses on this guy's strange, out-of-the-box production. - Metro.Pop |
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