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│ s o u p p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s │
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│ caural-blurred july ep
│
│ artist ........ caural
│ title ......... blurred july ep
│ release date .. 00-00-0000
│ label ......... chocolate industries
│ cat. no ....... chlt032cd
│ url ........... www.chocolateindustries.net
│
│ rip date ...... 08-29-2003
│ genre ......... lo-fi
│ quality ....... 192kbps / 44.1Hz
│ time .......... 17:52 min
│ size .......... 24,6 MB
│ source ........ cdda
│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┐
│ RELEASE INFO │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ I don't doubt that Kid Acne's consistently adorable cover │
│ artwork has something to do with it, but my abstract impression │
│ of Caural, otherwise known as one Zachary Mastoon of Chicago, │
│ has been that of a bright, if innocent and impressionable, │
│ child. Certainly he's one of the more talented children to hit │
│ the instrumental hip-hop scene of late, proven amply by his │
│ full-length debut Stars on My Ceiling, but that doesn't have to │
│ mean he's all grown up. There's something charmingly simple, │
│ almost naive, about his work û perhaps in the delicate jazz nods │
│ or the grassroots funk influences that course through it û which │
│ would place him after, say, Boom Bip on the list of heirs to the │
│ DJ throne which Shadow recently relinquished to Rjd2. │
│ │
│ │
│ Now let us abandon this fanciful world of my own imagination for │
│ the present day and the release of Caural's latest offering, │
│ Blurred July. If Stars was the plaything of a precocious child, │
│ then this EP is the sound of that child being taken by the wrist │
│ and intermingled with high society by its wealthy and │
│ influential benefactor (played to perfection by hepper-daily │
│ institution Chocolate Industries). After "Goodbye May Kasahara," │
│ a lovely, though not terribly imaginative, piece along the lines │
│ of the better and more coherent songs from Stars, we are jerked │
│ û not even coaxed û out of Caural's reverie and into that │
│ obligatory collaboration with an MC from the label's roster. │
│ Said track, "Blacktops & Plains," isn't done any favors by │
│ Diverse's scatterbrained and relatively bland flow, but fares no │
│ better with Mastoon's crunchy and abrasive background, which │
│ sounds little different from Prefuse 73's generally amelodic and │
│ repetitive ventures into hip-hop production (see the Urban │
│ Renewal Program). │
│ │
│ │
│ As the EP continues, the Scott Herren connection rears its head │
│ more and more. Left to his own devices again on "Visuals," │
│ Mastoon sounds conflicted between his own passive, carefree │
│ dreamworld and the mechanical-sounding rigor that has come to │
│ embody the Chocolate Industries style. The track is reasonably │
│ pleasant thanks to its watery effects and jazzy overdubs, but │
│ the persistence of a disembodied breakbeat doesn't quite align │
│ right. The final track, a Savath & Savalas (Herren again) remix │
│ of "Sipping Snake Blood Wine" from Stars, is a nicely chilled │
│ affair which emphasizes the highlights of the original song, but │
│ HerrenÆs drunken handclaps threatens to outlast the novelty of │
│ Caural's lush backdrop. Fortunately, the S&S remix narrowly │
│ avoids outstaying its welcome, but by the conclusion of the EP │
│ one can't help but notice Chocolate/Warp conglomerate │
│ illuminatiÆs palpable influence. │
│ │
│ │
│ As a piece of work standing alone, Blurred July is decidedly │
│ above average, but on a broader scale it seems to herald │
│ something dangerous. The Rhodes-soaked splendor of the pure │
│ Caural û the vintage stuff that presented Mastoon as that │
│ endearing child in the first place û is in satisfactory supply, │
│ but doesn't come off as fresh as it once did. Meanwhile, the │
│ points where he stretches to fit in with the Chocolate thang │
│ only sound derivative in comparison to the work of luminaries │
│ like Herren who more or less invented it, and thus their │
│ mentoring ends up somewhat damning. Still, worse things have │
│ happened, and the flaws of Blurred July are by no means │
│ irrevocable. As long as Caural stays innocent enough and doesn't │
│ get too jaded, things should be fine. │
│ │
│ --http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/921 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┤
│ TRACK LIST │
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│ │
│ 01 goodbye may kasahara 04:18 │
│ 02 blacktops and plains (feat. diverse) 03:40 │
│ 03 visuals 04:59 │
│ 04 sipping snake blood wine (savath and savalas remix) 04:55 │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┤
│ TEAM INFO / CONTACTS │
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│ GROUP NEWS:
│ As of July 2003, soup have merged with CQi. We have joined forces
│ with the intention of releasing a wider range of musical styles
│ and to make soup stronger. We are proud to have CQi rippers
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