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cdr|m's
.:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::.
artist :: cellar dwellas
release :: another bushwacka !production
year :: 2000
genre :: hip-hop
label :: plank record
catalogue :: plankcd02
ripper :: soulfiction
date :: 21-sep-2002
quality :: 192kbps/44,1khz
source :: compact disc
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01 ambient dub 6:04
02 rubber band 6:29
03 life goes on 7:02
04 baseball bat 7:01
05 bluntski 6:41
06 here us now 6:45
07 i don't need you now 7:43
08 v.o.a.t. 6:31
09 no name 5:45
playtime :: 01h 00m 01s
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i should have known by the fact that this album is credited as
"another 'bushwacka!' production" that this was not going to be
bushwacka's real follow-up to low life
<http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/bush.html>, last year's
excellent album made in conjunction with layo, co-owner of the
end. the "another" has implications for the release: it's one of
many, a collection of songs that should be viewed in the context
of the artist's entire back catalogue rather than an individual
work. in fact i did know, and besides which the title "cellar
dwellas" hardly suggests a particularly charismatic, definitive
collection. it didn't stop me from snapping it up though,
reasoning that even if these tracks didn't approach the anthemic
status of "deep south", they'd still be excellent produced and
quite a bit of fun.
and given the nature of these expectations, i'm not disappointed.
when it comes to laidback breakbeat excursions, you'll find little
that matches these tracks for sheer sonic inventiveness.
bushwacka's knack is for making the utterly bizarre sound
completely normal: "life goes on" manages to construct something
approaching soulful house out of mutated vocal samples,
unpleasantly phased sounds and ungainly breakbeats. "baseball
bat", like the orb on fast-forward, lays spacy keyboard work over
a sprightly-yet-undulating aquafunk groove which changes its break
pattern more times than is decent. "bluntski" is cinematic electro
reminiscent of orbital circa. snivilisation. "v.o.a.t." rides a
constantly mutating acid line swiped from psychedelic trance over
a sea of compulsive electro breaks. this isn't dance music, but on
every track except the tellingly titled "ambient dub", bushwacka
patches together dense polyrhythmic grooves which undermine any
chances of a backslide into the headnodding torpor of most
breakbeat.
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc
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