| If you ain't got Busdriver's Fear of a Black Tangent, get it, rack it next to the Edan album and hibernate until 2006. "Avantcore" is one of the most purely fun moments of genius on that record, a lunatic mélange of piano sounds like it's being played by Schroder to a closely hotstepping snoopy. With big slamming danceable beats underneath, Busdriver never lets that crazy mouth of his stop spitting out greatness, the drone-soul chorus latching the whole firmly into your soft innards. "Happiness('s Unit of Measurement)" is queasy chamber pop of the Scott Walker school, skitted over by his ludicrously light speed vocals and a nagging breakbeat that keeps your skin and soul puckered in expectation throughout. "Unemployed Black Astronaut" is a stirring, sumptuous movie for the ears and head, Busdriver pushing out through the craters and discarded flags to put his own mark on the universe. On the flip, the remixes are what really makes this twelve essential. D-Styles spins "Avantcore" into something more like its title, a doomy slice of APC style permafrost only slightly less addictive than the original. Prefuse 73 strokes "Happiness('s Unit of Measurement)" until it rolls on its back and scratches his wrists like a cat on Calamine lotion (try your cat with a Calamine doused toy mouse - it'll go fucking mental). Finally, Nobody reworks "Unemployed Black Astronaut" into a funky little psyche stomper that Cherrystones would kill to uncover. Simply the finest half-hour of sonic carnage available this week. Drink deep. - DJ Mixed |
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