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MH-247 Thavius Beck - Thru  Thavius Beck returns with his signature blend of mind bending experimental hip-hop and dark synth-driven industrial electronics on his new release Thru. Featuring thirteen tracks of densely layered samples, pulsating synths, and dizzying delay plastered over frantic drum tracks, the album builds on the sound established in his breakout release, Decomposition. In addition to providing vocals on two tracks himself, Thavius collaborates with touring partner and hip-hop's poet laureate, Saul Williams, folk-songstress Mia Doi Todd, Los Angeles staple 2Mex, and up-and-coming MC Nocando on individual tracks. Thru will cement Thavius Beck's position among electronic music production's boldest voices. |
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| A visionary sampling of sounds - Re:Up / A strong, distinctive offering - Music Australia Guide / You'd struggle to find a better alternative hip-hop record in this, or any other, year - Rock Sound / Undeniably impressive - The Wire / A damn nice and original album - UK Hip-Hop |
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| The future of underground hip-hop and electronic music is looking very bright these days, thanks to the likes of Los Angeles' Thavius Beck , whose new album, Thru, was recently released by Mush Records. No newcomer to the scene, the seasoned beat technician's 10th solo record features cameos by Saul Williams, 2Mex, and Nocando, who laces the intensely personal "'98" with a story about his father's battle with cancer over Beck's skittering electro beat. Whether setting bubbling drum and bass rhythms against ambient sound-washes, or juxtaposing Mia Doi Todd's softly meandering vocals against some glass-shatter samples, classical music, and hip-hop boom-bap, Beck diverges from the rank and file legions of rap to blaze his own trail. - SF Weekly |
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