Mar 23, 2009

Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse (Ninja Tune, 2005)
This is sampling work at it's best. While Dj Shadow's Endtroducing is clearly a dj's technical prowess, Daedelus' work is a compositional one. There's no intention in hiding the seams of the copying/pasting to make it all sound like "normal music", those seams are actually aesthetically upheld and used musically in a natural flow somewhere between experimental electronica and old school hip-hop, in a travelling shot encompassing a multitude of styles from apparently disparate origins.

2 comments:

  1. listening to it as I write...

    review anytime today..

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  2. hmmmmm......
    .....
    I must confess.... not my cup of tea.

    Try earing "Flying Lotus" (Warp)
    abstract hip-hop with a twist...

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