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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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| Enter California based producer Alfred Weisburg-Roberts aka Daedelus with his fifth album, Exquiste Corpse, an expertly executed work of currently unchallenged originality. The complexity of this collection of tracks is astonishing in terms of sonic depth and the extraordinary thing is, that it all hangs together so neatly, despite the spectrum of sound-worlds explored. A hard album to describe, Exquiste Corpse marries perfectly the antique and at times very twee, sound of 1950's television, with juddering electro hip-hop beats to unhinged effect. Daedelus' palette is almost as far reaching as his appeal (apparently he's collaborating with West Coast funk weirdoes Sa Ra Creative Partners in the not too distant...), which explains the notable collaborations with the likes of MF Doom, Mike Ladd and Prefuse 73 (incidentally the last person to confuse me in this way), all of whom lend themselves well to the surreal world of Exquiste Corpse. If you are none the wiser - I am still at a loss to talk about this record in an intelligible fashion - just go out and buy it because that's the only way you're gonna know what I'm on about. The one thing that really stands out for me, is that this record invites you to hear something new every time you listen to it - and if that's not a good reason to buy it I dunno what is. - Badly Stitched |
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