Denies The Day's Demise

by Daedelus

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1.	At My Heels 03:19	buy track
2.	Sundown 03:18	buy track
3.	Nouveau Nova 03:36	buy track
4.	Vida Vida 03:18	buy track
5.	Samba Legrand 05:48	buy track
6.	Like Clockwork Springs 02:46	buy track
7.	Lights Out 03:12	buy track
8.	Bahia 03:35	buy track
9.	Our Last Stand 05:21	buy track
10.	Patent Pending 02:35	buy track
11.	Sawtooth Ekg 02:53	buy track
12.	Dreamt Of Drowning 02:43	buy track
13.	Sunrise 02:56	buy track
14.	Petite Samba 01:57	buy track
15.	Never None The Wiser 03:38	buy track

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Daedelus aka Alfred Darlington returns to the fray with "Denies The Day's Demise,". The LA-based musician and producer always attempts the thematic with every release and the contrast with their first Ninja Tune record could hardly be starker. If "Exquisite Corpse" was their hip-hop album, this is their samba record. There are no collaborations here, Daedelus choosing to strip right back to their own music and voice. In a further departure, this production focuses on the live elements of their previous recordings rather then their well-known sampling style. This is
Daedelus laid bare, so to speak.

So what is "Denies The Day's Demise" all about? On one hand it's a child's temper tantrum to stay up late, on the other hand it's a grand desire to amend the world. "Day's Demise" starts with "At My Heels" a world roaming song, lyrically tongue-in-cheek. Then the riotous "Sundown" officially sets off to the Southern Hemisphere with a full Brazilian bloco band and a stadium rock audience. "Nouveau Nova" a driving, multi-layered exercise which sounds like Bach played on a Bontempi organ ends up as post-bossa, whereas "Viva Vida" sounds like carnivalé in halftime, all lament, and redemption. "Like Clockwork Springs" pulses unlike any previous Daedelus affair, while "Samba Legrand" exudes an easy, lilting charm. "Lights Out" proceeds as a freaked-out exercise in tempo-teased hiphop-isms. Then without any slackening of rhythmical power we reach "Bahia," wherein Daedelus' famous bass clarinet chops get an outing on a celebratory, beautifully broken track. Before the dawn there are tracks like "Patent Pending,"full of fluttering flutes and suspense. Then finally, the hyperkinetic loveliness of "Sunrise" gives way to the sheer morning brilliance of "Never None The Wiser", like awakening after a particularly heavy dream...

A thematic and musical tour de force which repays repeated listenings, Daedelus' "Denies The Day's Demise" is all about raging against the dying of the light, the romance of the night and the sheer arse-waggling marvelousness of Brazilian rhythms. Don't sleep...

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released May 1, 2006

album cover by Laura Darlington

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Daedelus Providence, Rhode Island

Daedelus is an aspiration of music without limit. Their discography stretching back more than 20 years is fittingly erratic, and list of collaborators dizzying. Most recently releasing with Albert's Favourites, artist in residence at S.E.T.I., and founding faculty of Berklee's EDI performance program. ... more

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