Archives de février 2002 (14)

Parler des Restiform Bodies serait comme parler d'une énigme, on l'écoute, ensuite on élude nos questions qui resteront peut-être sans réponse et puis finalement on prend notre courage à deux mains et on cherche le fin mot de l'histoire. Qui sont-ils ?

This is the solo album of the beatmaker who brought to you Float by Aesop Rock. This instrumental LP is a little short, and has heavy tendancies toward melodic music. Everything here is so fluid that it's hard to imagine that you're listening to sampled music.

This record is probably the most diverse amon the DJ albums published by Anticon. At the same time a collection of beats and a selection, this album walks us through different feelings: the sadness of "Love", who was used on Sole's "Nevertheless", the worrying of "Morality" with Dose, the mindlessness of "Test 3", the triumph of "The World outside my Door", etc.

This record sticks to the rules of turntablism: extracts from speeches, lots of diversity in the selection, strange sounds pieced together, killing breaks, scratches everywhere… You have to look for this record's originality in a voice (Ginsberg ?) who talks about the Beat generation (interesting parallel), a loop made from a Bjorkan voice, or the integration of "world music", as they say.

Firstly, can you say to our readers who you are and what you make within Restiform Bodies? Who’s who ? Passage handles lead vocals, production and alcohol management. Telephone Jim Jesus does production, secondary vocals, catering and carpentry. The Bomarr Monk handles production, bad movies, transportation and moral management. Agent Six handles production and is the number one crowd go-getter and ambassador to the pyrranese on the side.

Already on the Material and Deeper Concentration compilations, Eddie Def comes back with Stuff, a sonic exploration somewhere between electro and hip-hop.

Smokey atmosphere: "I think the music is what makes the smoke stand still" Mayonnaise is as much a DJ as he is a musical decorator. His album, even though he grasps all the ingredients of turntablism, sounds different. No more coherence, stranger scratches, and always these low guitar samples… It's kind of high and then suddenly groovy on 'Wizard Unrobed'.. As you get out of the couch you knock down your ashtray but you don't care…And then a well-known excerpt (Jackie Brown) and the music goes on. Sounds a lot like Shadow sometimes ("Ozzy Rules"). Oh well...