Track Listings (16) - Disc #1| All Artists: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid & Dave Lombardo Title: Drums of Death Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Thirsty Ear Release Date: 4/26/2005 Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop, Metal Styles: Electronica, Turntablists, Trip-Hop, Dance Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 700435716124 |
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Two years in the making "Drums of Death" has finally emerged. — DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid has teamed up with Dave Lombardo (drummer for — Slayer) to see what one of the world's best DJs could do with beats supplied — by t... more » |
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Product Description Two years in the making "Drums of Death" has finally emerged. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid has teamed up with Dave Lombardo (drummer for Slayer) to see what one of the world's best DJs could do with beats supplied by the best thrash metal drummer of all time. Added to the mix, Chuck D from Public Enemy and legendary Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid have contributed their enormous talents to the album. To bring it all together Meat Beat Manifesto co-produced "Drums of Death" along with DJ Spooky. "Check it like this: the drum is universal - it doesn't matter if it's hip-hop, drum n bass or thrash metal - it's all about that beat. Me and Dave Lombardo flip beats to a different drummer - that's what this project is about: rhythm dialog, building bridges between scenes and styles. Flippin' the script always means there's new vocabularies to be explored, and we're just making up a new language as we go...Slayer was one of the only rock bands on early Def Jam, and they influenced my style. Dave's drumming wasmad rugged, and he was the rhythm unit. Like the illest live band in hip-hop, The Roots, has Q?est-love as their rhythm section, Slayer has Dave. Think of this as a dialog about that kind of cultural collision" -DJ Spooky Thirsty Ear is proud to present these world class artists as they have never been seen before. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsBrother's Gonna Work it Out Troy Collins | Lancaster, PA United States | 04/26/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "Long anticipated and well worth the wait, Drums of Death is a supergroup recording if ever there was one. DJ Spooky and Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo initially conceived the project as a duo which eventually morphed into a full band project. Multi-instrumentalist / producer Jack Dangers (aka: Meat Beat Manifesto) signed on as did Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid along with a few vocal appearances by Public Enemy Number 1. Chuck D unleashes his trademarked delivery on three cuts which evokes Public Enemy's salad days, when the Bomb Squad had Rick Rubin's support to sample and pillage until pure waves of sound were at their disposal. Now those sound waves come courtesy of DJ Spooky and Jack Dangers' limitless arsenal of sound, with additional shredding support courtesy of Vernon Reid. Considering "Brother's Gonna Work it Out," "B-Side Wins Again" and "Public Enemy # 1" are all old Public Enemy tunes, it's interesting to hear how well these re-imagined hip-hop classics fit into a more modern program and how, by their inclusion, a historical continuum is created. Dalek even shows up to rap on "Assisted Suicide" backed by a surprisingly effective vocal sample of avant garde composer Meredith Monk. The album is primarily instrumental with the main players reveling in their respective genres to magnificent effect. As expected, there are moments of churning speed metal but relentlessly funky bass, shuffling break beats and spacey dub reggae appear as well. The turntable mixing and sampling is old school cool crossed with sci-fi ambience. DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo even break it down to a show stopping duo in "Incipit Zarathustra." "Drums of Death" is an impressive assemblage and a cogent study in rhythmic texture with the boys showing off some improvisational chops on "The Art of War." There have been numerous hip-hop, rock and jazz collaborations before but none have been as intriguingly cohesive as this. Tentatively part of Thirsty Ears' new "metallic blue" series... one can only imagine what will come next." When it's good, it's really good Blorg | San Francisco | 06/03/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "As an experiment, this is great stuff, and several tracks work exactly as you would expect them to, given the musicians that you have here. Several tracks fail spectacularly, and several tracks are about half as good as they could have been. I'll give Spooky (or anyone) major props for trying a collaboration like this, but my overall feeling is that this could have been a masterpiece, and instead it's only good in short bursts. Buy it if you're feeling adventurous." Spooky is off the chain ! Ryan K. Fogleman | killer cali | 05/10/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "Oh my God ! Spooky with the god father of political rap (Chuck D) is almost too much to listen to on a workday !
Spooky and Dave's beats are sick and Chuck D is the perfect addition to this CD. B Side wins again is so sick I almost lost my mind listening to it at work ! :-) Much ups to Chuck, Dave, and Spooky...real "rebels without a pause"!" |
