Sixtoo
Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man
Ninja Tune 2007
01. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 1)
02. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 2)
03. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 3)
04. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 4)
05. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 5)
06. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 6)
07. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 7)
08. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 8)
09. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 9)
10. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 10)
11. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 11)
12. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 12)
13. Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Part 13)
6-2, Sixtoo... an icon of the Canadian underground, no doubt. Hearing him and Jel and folks like that has always made me want to hit a sampler right away. Sixtoo, in particular, managed to forge a unique, recognizable sound even from the simplest of breaks. Lo-fi, heavy, dark, dry, dirty: a sound I love, and one that more and more, since his Ninja Tune contract, he seeks to extirpate. Transposed on a plethora of studio gear, Jackals and Vipers aims at "mixing live sets performed in various places at various times to stitch them together as a tape-edit record". Hence why there are no titles, but far from an issue with me. Beats are still choppy and tight, lots of nice, dense electronic glitchiness thriving on rawness and big banging-ness. All seems well, with an emphasis on "seems". Because in spite of the above, you can't help sense a slight depersonalization; maybe a lack of deeper purpose, lost in FX and filter processed sounds that feel so halfway between everything. Or maybe the deeper purpose is precisely giving folks something to nod about, both literally and figuratively? In that case then, top points for the production and the grooves alone. Will they be anywhere sufficient to save Ninja from their slow decline?
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3 comments:
nice, will try
Sixtoo is a favorite of mine, however, I prefer the stylings of Prefuse 73. I don't say that to shift attention, but rather to expand on a point that was touched on in the write-up. This point is that Sixtoo often seems to create a song with the intent of crafting a technically-tight track. The difference between he and Prefuse, and the reason why he sometimes leaves me unfilled, is that Prefuse's tracks each have a distinctive character.
Anyway, I hope that if you're reading these comments to get a broader opinion on this album, you listen to me when I say, "GET THIS ONE."
It's good - I've had it for awhile - and will listen to it for longer than I've had it.
well to be honest, P73's last album ("Surrounded by Silence", was it?) didn't sound that very distinctive to me. sure it was special in _some_ way, but similarly, i do favor his earlier productions a bit more. as for Sixtoo, i am pretty sure that albums like 'Duration' or the 'Psyche' series, or the Sebutones stuff had no equal at their time, up until today. i could swear it was a Sixtoo beat from miles away, and it's not like he necessarily had to wallow in the same things. now, there's no truth in saying that this album here lacks character - just that it's nowhere near as strong a character, just like the case of P73 and "Surrounded by Silence"...
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