This was on some kind of hip-hop list, and they seemed to keep coming up, so I checked them out. I also had fond / confused memories of watching them open for Radiohead, an act seemingly designed to make fun of performative DJing, with Paul and Dan traipsing around and taking pictures of eachother while records played.
This is a duby, heavy, hazy, scattered, dense hip hop production record. Think DJ Shadow if there was more actual rapping on top, and if there was more noise and buzzy, reverbed long-note bass underneath. Or Paul's Boutique, if the whole thing was darker, heavier and less fun. Its pretty interesting, featuring some nice verses from the likes of Del and El-P, and some wild beasties-like sampling.
But its also kind of unlistenable, with so many drones, twinkling noises, and bass releases ringing behind everything, it kind of gives me a headache. I don't know if its something they were going for, but every throbs and shines and tumor pulses, making everything so heavy.
I just don't think I want to listen to it anymore: more respect than enjoyment 3/5
You might like this if: You like adventurous instrumental-sounding-hip-hop-except-with-rapping, and don't mind a lot of dubby, reverbey bass underneath everything.
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