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Music > Dance
Fourth album by the highly acclaimed French producer (not to be
confused with former NWA member Ice Cube!). Features eight tracks
recorded during his 2005 StarBall Festival performance. Includes
assistance from Chateau Flight (AKA Nicholas Chaix). Versatile.
2006.
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Switch 10
(CD)
Switch 10, Various, Various Artists
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R365
Discovery Miles 3 650
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Out of stock
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Midnight Soul Serenade CD (2009)
(CD)
Heavy Trash; Contributions by Ed Turner, Matt Verta-Ray; Produced by Matt Verta-Ray; Performed by Heavy Trash
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R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
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Out of stock
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Hideout
(CD)
Dub Tractor
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R355
Discovery Miles 3 550
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Out of stock
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Wajid Yaseem's work over the years, both as backing performer and
solo artist, has covered an impressively wide range of work -- it's
no stretch to say that England provides a ready ferment for an
artist equally entranced by Pakistani music, dub, and punk, among
many other things. Flicknives continues this blend to excellent
effect -- after his initial turns on NovaMute, this debut effort on
Quatermass helps to further that label's increasing stature.
Opening song "Evox," for instance, could in many hands simply be
cod-Indian drone but here restores and extends the lost power of
mid-'90s isolationist performers in combination with the haunting
flow of strings and guitars -- and that it then leads to the brutal
techno/feedback riff of "Middle Finger Motif" is all the more
captivating. While the album is definitely all of a piece --
tending toward the darker and more ominous -- it makes the variety
on display all the more involving, drawing connections between many
different approaches effortlessly. Thus, there's Olga Naiman's
semi-spoken word vocal on "Post Modern Martyrs" over a deep,
brusque hip-hop crawl, electronic distortion adding to the murky
chaos, or the soft chimes (real bells? electronics?) set against
the brisker tech-step beats of "Paper Veins," all while a deep
bassline snarls beneath it all. The glowering moods throughout
suggest both Scorn's astringent sense of doom (check the
combination of electronic growl and crisp beats on the title track)
and Yaseem's former employers Fun-da-Mental, who never shirked away
from cranking up the volume in chaotic fashion. Though the album
doesn't maintain a full involvement to the end, the massive beats
of "Some Dirt You Just Can't Wash Away" help provide a good final
kick. ~ Ned Raggett
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