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MH-901 Various Artists - Mush Tour Spring 2002  In the spring of 2002, Mush records embarked on its first organized tour. After two weeks rehearsal in Los Angeles, seventeen people climbed aboard a tour bus for thirty North American and nine European shows. Headlined by cLOUDDEAD, the bill also included Reaching Quiet (backed by a full band), Boom Bip & Doseone, Radioinactive (with his Pyramidi all-stars band in full costume), and Labtekwon. The final two shows in the US were in San Francisco at The Great American Music Hall and Los Angeles at the El Rey. Both shows were professionally recorded and have been mixed down along with candid footage shot during the rest of the tour for a ninety minute DVD. The tracklist includes songs from the artist's Mush releases and is a testament to the amazing live show and hard work that made Mush's first tour an overwhelming success. |
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| It's fascinating, hilarious weirdness - The Stranger / Fun to watch and listen to - Ghetto Blaster / Drives home that point that Mush Tour 2002 was indeed a groundbreaking venture unto itself - Grooves / Transcendent and exciting - Pop Matters |
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| Since 1997, the Mush label has quietly built a large catalog of albums with a slew of inventive hip-hop artists. There's no marketing machine pushing their brand of noise; the label's artists don't fill the pages of rap magazines or even exploit the use of singular label aesthetic. In 2002 the label launched a cross-country tour of a few artists and recorded excerpts of live performances in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Labtekwon kicks things off with two songs with lyrics that go directly for the dome while the music is made to make your body move. Then there's the full band line-up of Radioinactive. Don't get caught up in the gimmickry as they hit the stage with seaweed-like costumes. When they begin performing, you'll be swaying to the band's grooves and dope vocal delivery. The everlasting collaboration of Boom Bip & Doseone, as on record, always seems to tear things up with their performance. They utilize guitars, keyboards, decks and computers to mess with your mind. Doseone's high pitched vocal mode may not work for everyone's ears but it works here. The rest of the DVD is filled with live cuts by cLOUDDEAD and Reaching Quiet. As a whole Mush 2002 is fun to watch and listen to. - Ghetto Blaster |
