Daedelus
Denies the Day's Demise
Ninja Tune 2006

01. At My Heels
02. Sundown
03. Nouveau Nova
04. Viva Vida
05. Samba Legrand
06. Like Clockwork Springs
07. Lights Out
08. Bahia
09. Out Last Stand
10. Patent Pending
11. Sawtooth EKG
12. Dreamt of Drowning
13. Sunrise
14. Petite Samba
15. Never None the Wiser

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

Video for Sundown should still be available on the Ninja Tune site. Probably their best ever. And the song's not bad at all, as the whole album. Just different from what one could've expected.

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