Exquisite Corpse, by Daedelus

Exquisite Corpse

by Daedelus

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Featuring MF DOOM, Prefuse73, Sci from Scienz of Life, Mike Ladd, CYNE, Laura Darlington, Hrishikesh Hirway, TTC, and Jogger

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1.	Dearly Departed 04:09	buy track
2.	Impending Doom 02:19	buy track
3.	Just Briefly 03:16	buy track
4.	Move On 03:02	buy track
5.	Now And Sleep 03:15	buy track
6.	The Crippled Hand 06:26	buy track
7.	Welcome Home (Prefuze 73 Danse Macabre) 03:35	buy track
8.	Drops 03:27	buy track
9.	Fallen Love 02:33	buy track
10.	Welcome Home (With Mike Ladd) 04:39	buy track
11.	Sent Off Sus Percoll (Jogger Remix) 04:46	buy track
12.	The Trains Are Now So Clean 01:08	buy track
13.	Thanatopsis 05:20	buy track
14.	Cadavre Exquis 03:26	buy track

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Daedelus, the eccentric, electronic maestro of the Pacific coast returns with "Exquisite Corpse" their most complete and baffling record to date. One of LA's most daring new artists this young musical romantic weaves together a true "love-sound" that falls between honeyed melody and avant-electronics. Daedelus chops and splices disparate acoustic sources into incredible works of staggering resonance. Contrasting IDM styled cut-ups with childlike arrangements from the 30's and 40's, they have refined a style that has no imitators. Exactly the kind of music you’d expect from a scarily well-connected hip hop nut who happens to dress in Victorian clothes and names themself after an Ancient Greek Legend.

The album title, as well as the idea, is taken from the old Surrealist game in which you write down part of a sentence, fold the page and pass it on to the next - 'Consequences' without the consequences. Or if that doesn't make sense, how about this? "A kind of collective collage of words or images" ("Dada & Surrealist Art" by William S.Rubin).

And there's definitely a collective at work here, Daedelus' trademark musicality running up against a slather of maverick talent from the worlds of hip hop and beyond. The performances range from traditional (MF Doom, Sci from Scienz of Life) to poetic (Mike Ladd, CYNE, Laura Darling) to experimental (Prefuse 73, Hrishikesh Hirway, TTC, Jogger), but Daedelus moulds the seemingly disparate elements of sound with a single-minded vision.

With a body of work including releases through Brainfeeder, Warp, Ninjatune, Daedelus' rep is long since established. At last they have given us the record about which journalists can use the word "surreal" without being lazy. And for this alone we must all be thankful.

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released March 22, 2005

Album cover by Florencio Zalavas

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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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