Deadbeat_Vs_Stephen_Beaupre-Its_A_Crackhaus_Thing-2003-RNS

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  ▀   ▄▄  ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Deadbeat vs. Stephen Beaupre▐████▄███▀▄█▀  ▄▄
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         ▀▀███████▀   track list                               ▀███████≥▄▄▄
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  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐█≥   01 Coquille                       7:37   ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄2▓≥▌  02 Shine Your Light               6:37  ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   03 Little Cosmonaut               6:22   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     04 Single MTL                     6:52     ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   05 Ample Slacks                   6:06   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  06 Spinout                        7:34  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ 07 Who Says                       5:44 ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  08 Trunk8                         6:47  ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   09 Coquille (RMX)                 6:04   ▀█████████
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  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐█≥                                            ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄2▓≥▌  Scott Monteith (aka Deadbeat) raised    ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   his international                        ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     profile considerably with 2002s            ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   exceptional scape release                ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  Wild Life Documentaries, in spite of    ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ the fact that its atmospheric          ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  dub evidenced the pronounced influence  ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   of Stefan Betkes Pole style.             ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    While Deadbeat fans anticipate his next   ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐█≥   ~scape release, Something                ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   2▓≥▌  Borrowed, Something Blue, scheduled for ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   early 2004, they can tide                ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     themselves over with this superb           ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   collaborative effort with fellow         ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  Montraler Stephen Beaupr. Its a         ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ Crackhaus Thing has little in          ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  common with the dub-heavy feel of       ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   Monteiths ~scape debut, but is,          ▀███████≥▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    instead, definitive click-house that      ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐█≥   blends stylistic traces of GeeeznGosh,   ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄2▓≥▌  Akufen, and Perlon micro-house into an  ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   incredible concoction.                   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
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        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   Akufen casts a long shadow here as       ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  Crackhaus exhibits a                    ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ similar predilection for               ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  micro-sampling, with Marc Leclairs      ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   influence so pervasive on Ample Slacks   ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    one might assume                          ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐█≥   it to be a direct homage. But there are  ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   2▓≥▌  key differences between                 ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   My Way and Its a Crackhaus Thing.        ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     Leclairs stunning debut                    ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   dazzles as its miniscule fragments       ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  coalesce to form masterfully            ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ constructed house compositions, its    ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  array of musical (guitars, strings)     ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   and nonmusical (voice snippets) samples  ▀███████≥▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    primarily from radio                      ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐█≥   stitched together ingeniously.           ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄2▓≥▌  Crackhauss range of sampling            ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   sources is more widespread than Leclairs ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     (the dingling sample                       ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   on Shine Your Light, for example,        ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  suggests clanging bottles               ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ or keys, and the gospel-soul Shine     ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  Your Light vocal                        ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   snippet recalls Uwe Schmidts             ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    GeeeznGosh), and,                         ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐█≥   while the group deploys similar          ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   2▓≥▌  techniques, the tracks                  ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   never devolve into mere intellectual     ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     exercises. Rather,                         ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   Crackhaus strikes a perfect balance      ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  between mind and body,                  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ as the tracks chopped and sliced       ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  funk-house beats and                    ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   perpetually cycling bass lines keep them ▀███████≥▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    irresistibly rooted                       ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐█≥   to the dance floor. Crackhaus typically  ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄2▓≥▌  overlays its skipping                   ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   house beats with interweaving patterns   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     of voice samples and                       ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   sharp, swishing hi-hat accents that on   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  Spinout especially                      ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ resemble the scissors-like sounds of   ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  unsheathed swords.                      ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   Highlights? Of the innumerable number    ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    one could cite,                           ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐█≥   how about Little Cosmonaut whose         ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   2▓≥▌  slithering bass grounds                 ▓≥▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   its endlessly permutating percussive     ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     patterns until they abruptly               ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   drop out, leaving the delectable         ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  shuffle-funk beat alone before          ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ voice overlays and clattering patterns ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  reappear. Perhaps the                   ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   magnificent vocal cross-cutting and horn ▀███████≥▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    riffs on Ample Slacks                     ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐█≥   or the masterful funk patterns of Who    ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄2▓≥▌  Says are peaks worth                    ▓≥▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   noting. In general, what impresses most  ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     of all is the poise and                    ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   restraint Monteith and Beaupr            ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐≥  demonstrate in measuredly pacing        ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ each tracks development throughout its ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓█≥  numerous episodes.                      ▓█≥  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   All told, the level of invention and     ▀█████████
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