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█░ Artist : Antipop Consortium ░█
█░ Album Title : Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp - The Blue Series ░█
█░ Record Label : Thirsty Ear Recordings, Inc. (THI57120.2) ░█
█░ Genre : Crossover ░█
█░ Rip Date : 02/04/03 ░█
█░ Ripped By : Team CHR ░█
█░ Source : Compact Disc ░█
█░ Encode Bitrate : 192k ░█
█░ Total Size : 57MB ░█
█░ Tracks : 10 ░█
█░ Total Length : 42:00 ░█
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█░ 01. Places I've Never Been ░█
█░ 02. Staph ░█
█░ 03. Slow Horn ░█
█░ 04. A Knot In Your Bop ░█
█░ 05. SVP ░█
█░ 06. Coda ░█
█░ 07. Stream Light ░█
█░ 08. Monstro City ░█
█░ 09. Real Is Surreal ░█
█░ 10. Free Hop ░█
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█░ "Upon first glance, the pairing of hip-hop revolutionaries ░█
█░ Antipop Consortium with lower Manhattan free-jazz piano ░█
█░ master Matthew Shipp seems an unlikely combination. ░█
█░ However, the fact is this collaboration has been waiting to ░█
█░ happen, it is the next logical step in the Thirsty Ear ░█
█░ Records' Blue Series. You might even say it's been nearly a ░█
█░ century in the making, a new form born of an awareness of ░█
█░ the traditions it springs from as well as a desire to move ░█
█░ beyond them." - PR blip ░█
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█░ "He grooves, he dances (figuratively) on his keys, he ░█
█░ delights with phantasmagorical wonders: He is none other ░█
█░ than the wondrous Matthew Shipp, who invites you into his ░█
█░ den of magical juxtapositions. Step right up, ladies and ░█
█░ gentlemen, right this way, and open the doorway to new ░█
█░ sounds, or at least combinations you never expected. This ░█
█░ one matches the hip-hop conundrums of Anti Pop Consortium, ░█
█░ who will wow you with its revolutionary discombobulations, ░█
█░ with the cerebral machinations of free jazz wizard Matthew ░█
█░ Shipp, who lays it down low with stretched fingers that ░█
█░ scratch the pavement. The pianist brings with him old ░█
█░ friends -- bassist William Parker, trumpeter Daniel Carter, ░█
█░ drummer Guillermo E. Brown, and vibist Khan Jamal -- but ░█
█░ when they confront the cool sounds of Anti Pop, they defer ░█
█░ with respectful submission. The fireworks do not ignite the ░█
█░ way they might have, but that is the nature of ░█
█░ experimentation. Nevertheless, this is all great fun, a ░█
█░ function of Shipp's slippery mind, and the results are not ░█
█░ only danceable but disconcertingly so. Shipp is downright ░█
█░ melodic for the most part, and even the hip hip-hoppers seem ░█
█░ barely radical, and yet the outcome is not liable to be ░█
█░ quite anything you've heard before. Sure, it crosses over ░█
█░ and you have to suspend critical analysis, at least ░█
█░ sometimes, but kudos to Anti Pop and Shipp for expanding ░█
█░ their horizons, for dreaming, and for trying something new ░█
█░ and keeping it fresh." -- Steven Loewy, All Music Guide blip ░█
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█░ "Another instalment in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series which has ░█
█░ teamed a variety of musicians with free jazz ensembles, ░█
█░ usually involving Matthew Shipp, who has been overseeing the ░█
█░ series. In this case, Shipp takes the lead in a group with ░█
█░ vibes player Khan Jamal, bassist William Parker and drummer ░█
█░ Guilliermo E Brown, with Daniel Carter on trumpet, for a ░█
█░ soundclash with hip-hop trio The Antipop Consortium on what ░█
█░ has turned out to be their final recording as a group." ░█
█░ -- Ian Simmons, NthPosition.com ░█
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█░ This is some amazing stuff. I don't really know where to ░█
█░ start, how to classify this album. Leaning towards ░█
█░ free-jazz one moment, then getting beat-heavy and lyricists ░█
█░ jump in the mix. And it always works out. I can't really ░█
█░ say anything, you must listen. ░█
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█░ *NOTE* if you're wondering about tagging this as "Antipop ░█
█░ Consortium" as the group, I'm taking the style as ░█
█░ used on Thirsty Ear's promotions sheet and website >> ░█
█░ www.thirstyear.com/thirsty_content/release_shell_frameset.html ░█
█░ >> even though I would tag this as more jazz-heavy ░█
█░ than ApC focused, I'm following the label's style. ░█
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█░ :: Chromance :: we're all about the beautiful complexities :: ░█
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█░ URLs >> ░█
█░ >> www.thirstyear.com >> label's site, sweet stuff found here ░█
█░ >> www.matthewshipp.com >> dated artist's site ░█
█░ >> www.warprecords.com/antipop >> another dated site, flash-tastic ░█
█░ >> www.nthposition.com/reviews_antipop.html >> review blip URL ░█
█░ www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=2:24:35|AM&sql=Anr1m968okep2 ░█
█░ >> All Music Guide URL for the album blip ░█
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