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[simonwest369]

Eraldo Bernocchi & Bill Laswell

[jahbillah]

Sensational VS Abu Ama

#sensational Sensational If you don’t know by now step correct and re-frame Sensational of Crooklyn fame: subterranean lyrics over over lo fi dub noise beats, same as it ever was.Originally grazing with Wordsound label, post apocalyptic illbient stable, alongside Bill Laswell rocking blue light torch of avant-garde hip hop and bass music since 1999, here comes Sensational VS Abu Amu with 2…

[randomvarious]

Spleen - "That Was My Head" Darque Fonque 1997 Illbient / Trip Hop

Plays: 1.4K+ on YouTube

Although his biggest successes have come via his partnership with UK alt-indie darling PJ Harvey as her producer, Bristol native Rob Ellis has also headed up a nebulous side project called Spleen, which was less of a band and more of a large collective. In their roughly ten years of work, Spleen managed to release a total of three albums and three singles, and PJ Harvey herself is considered to have been a member of the project.

The thing about Spleen though is that every single song in their catalog was made by an assortment of different people, meaning no song has the same exact lineup. And I guess that's what led to their sound being classified as a whole bunch of different things, from stoner rock, to art rock, to jazz-rock, to avant garde, to ambient, to experimental rock. But with this track that originated from their first 12-inch, 1996's Like a Watermelon, they appear to add illbient trip hop to that varied list of genres.

Illbient, for those that don't know, is this very eerie, unsettling, dark, and off-kilter form of instrumental hip hop or trip hop. Its foremost practitioner is a very talented guy who goes by the name of DJ Spooky (naturally), and he was part of this tight-knit scene that formed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the mid-90s. Illbient's biggest label, WordSound, is also responsible for releasing top-notch hip hop producer Prince Paul's long-awaited debut album, Psychoanalysis: What Is It?, in 1997, which got into some hip hop experimentalism as well.

Anyway, that Brooklyn-made illbient sound appears to have also seeped its way across the pond, as the duo of Techno Animal—Godflesh lead singer and former Napalm Death drummer Justin Broadrick and his constant collaborator Kevin Martin, aka The Bug—brought it forth in 1995 with a lengthy double-disc called Re-Entry, which was released on Virgin. Then the following year, Spleen went in a similar direction with a song called "That Was My Head," which first appeared on the Like a Watermelon 12-inch, and was then included on Middle Earth Recordings' Darque Fonque compilation in 1997.

But there's actually a common thread here between Spleen and Techno Animal: a drummer from Chicago named Lou Ciccotelli, who's played in some UK bands, including one called God, which also claimed the two guys from Techno Animal as its members. And Ciccotelli is also credited with co-writing this Spleen song with Rob Ellis, so maybe he's the one who brought the Techno Animal-God sound along with him to make this tune? Most other Spleen tracks don't sound like this one 🤔.

The overall eeriness of this over-eight-minute song comes through immediately, sounding like some kind of anxiety-inducing horror film score, with strewn-about, disconcerting sax phrases laid over ominous strings. But it's not until about 70 seconds in when this thing really starts to take shape and adopts its illbient sound, with what I'm guessing is Ciccotelli's contribution: a killer, booming drum track. Now, almost every drum track—whether it be hip hop, trip hop, or illbient—is made with either a drum machine or some kind of software. But there's a certain crispness, clarity, and depth to a live recorded drum track that you just can't replicate with any kind of electronics, and I think Ciccotelli's playing on this tune proves my point here.

Once it enters, Ciccotelli's beat holds steady, which then allows Ellis to get all this pent-up experimental avantgardism out of his system. He starts with the sax, gets to keys and an organ, and then he starts unveiling sounds that leave me scratching my head as to what he even used to create them ⁉ Maybe he literally banged his noggin on some things and that's why this song is called what it is?

Me: "Okay, so what did you use to make *this* sound?”

Rob Ellis: "Yeah, that was my head"

Me: 😮

Either way, I tend not to vibe much towards illbient, because a lot of it's just too weird and cold for my tastes, but Ciccotelli's live drums here are too nice for me to ignore, and it allows me the opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and experience whatever the hell it is that PJ Harvey's producer is conjuring up behind him.

Spleen was really ~something else~.

By the way, another terrific trip hop track that uses live drums is Red Snapper's original demo of "4 Dead Monks," which appears on Warp Records' We Are Reasonable People compilation. Check it out if you dig this too 👍.

[cyanidetooth]

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[thewaysoundtravels]

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[intertexts]

the whole album & also only skin in particular r such works that revel in wordplay and wordsound but for some reason it is literally this passage that feels like a hit 2 the solar plexus every single time!!!!

[diaryofamaniac]

Sensational – Loaded With Power（1997）

　黒人の口承的伝達と大量生産、テクノロジーの進化の融合、華やかさの裏側にある掃き溜まり塵の露呈、地区やクルーによって編み出されるスラング、ジャンクパーツのような言葉からなるラップ。イルビエントこそこの時代の象徴であると思う。SensationalのファーストアルバムはWordSoundから。

[burlveneer-music]

Tha ILL Saint (a.k.a. Spectre) - Eminence Grise EP - six new tracks of dark instrumental hip hop f.k.a. illbient

Eminence Grise is the latest release from The Overlord of The Underground, Spectre Tha Ill Saint, who has been terrorizing your subconcious for the last 25 years and counting. Starting with The Illness in 1995, Tha ILL Saint has been experimenting with the parameters of time and space, alchemy and mathematics, and manipulating the very fabric of reality through the vibrations of sound (especially Ultra Low End frequencies). Experience, once again, as he takes you on a journey into the dark seas of perception and opens your eyes to the truth! Limited Edition vinyl and T-shirts available at  www.lowhop-records.com  starting on February 12.

All tracks reduced & deranged by Spectre through the inspiration of The Almighty Unseen Force that makes all things possible. Jinxed by Scotty Hard Mastered by Mike Fossenkemper with an additional remix by Element012

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WordSound - “Sensational meets Kouhei” - 2013

https://wordsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sensational-meets-kouhei

[postpunkindustrial]

Ice - Bad Blood cd

Here is an out of print oddity for you.

Ice was a Dub/Industrial/Hip Hip from Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin that also included Lou Ciccotelli (x-Termina Cheesecake) and Dave Cochrane(X-God, Head of David)

To round out the project guests on the album are Wordsound/Indie Hip hop alums Sensational and Scott Harding (aka Scotty Hard... sigh), Turntabilst DJ Vadim, El-P (Company Flow, Run the Jewels) and Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten)... no really

This album can best be described as “Interesting” and “A mixed bag”, Some good stuff in here but you’ll have to do some sifting.

Included is the Headwreck 12", Trapped in three dimensions 12" and Bad Blood 12" because life is cheap and bandwidth is cheaper. 

You can Download it from my Google Drive HERE

[thayellowrose]

ZEN

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It will be trusted

It will be universal

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It will be your

It will be zen

[uziegonyc]

Someday the oral history of the most wretched and Devine record of all time will be told. Who among you would dare to speak of #guyalbino #flybotvandamm #dukecrapmore #hawdghanstarappahmcswitghats #wordsound #comedyrap #hiphop #vinyl #ditc (at Hearts Of Darkness Studio)

[happynaturalhair]

Speak it into Existence Your Words Have Power Your Words Are Your Destiny So Speak Words That Are Abundant Prosperous Kind Loving Healing & Positive Be Careful What U Speak into The Universe #words #have #power #yourwordsareyourdestiny #yourwordshavepower #manifestation #with #wordsound #wordsoundpower #word https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kQxroD_ou/?igshid=169lbiy9w03w7

[oleworm]

Against all odds, a bird so wild The albatross did seek To brave the storm a thousand miles -- Its mate’s across the sea. Among the rocks, beyond the mire A single egg is seen. Two mothers sit, no reason why They should not wait serene. Before it rots unfertilised, A wave comes crashing mean And whisks away the phantom child That never was to be. But by the shore a crocodile Did hide a worthy heap: A lonesome one rolled down the pile And took the lost one’s seat. There cannot be a lovelier child, One with a comelier squeak. They say a mother’s love is blind For one with hundred teeth.