This is
basically a split cassette, only it is a split within Ill Clinton, as one piece
takes each side and, you know, the way that cassettes are why not do an EP on
each side if you can’t otherwise justify putting out a cassette full of what
you feel is too short of a time (Though I have cassettes that are less than ten
minutes in total, so there you go)
“Renaissance
Sound”, or Side A, begins with a saxophone and then obviously beats, which
reminds me of something between Digital Planets and Black Sheep (Yes, the hip
hop group Black Sheep of which I have cassettes from my youth, not the Chris
Farley/David Spade movie that resembled “Tommy Boy” a little too closely for
me) This sound also tends to lean toward
the improv jazz side of things, and I’m really digging that as well, though not
so much that I will grow a soul patch and buy a beret.
There
is an audio clip about it being October again, which can only lead my mind to
Mr. October, baseball, the World Series, etc. and that’s down a path that I
probably wasn’t meant to go down there, but hey, what can I say, it is baseball
season right now after all. Boom-boom
beats come out in the third track, which leads me to think of the Tell-Tale
Heart and that might actually be a little bit closer to what this cassette is
all about.
Guitar
notes stuck in a loop and electro explosions make way for the end of the
“Renaissance Sound” portion of this release and as it so happens the last song
does seem to have some underlying country tones for me, though there are also
minimal lasers, so I can’t quite explain it but am only drawn to a scene in
Futurama where they look like cowboys and ride giant bugs.
“The
Prophecy” as per the Bandcamp description is a tribute to the most excellent
movie “The Dark Crystal”. Anyone who is
around my age will remember this movie from their youth if they were a nerd
back then and obviously much cooler now.
I always just remember Jim Henson being associated with The Muppets and
Kermit the Frog, and I thought that was neat (and still do), but then I saw this
movie and was like, “Wow, this guy is really letting his dark side out”.
Side B
opens with some deep ohms and ahhs before the beat drops. A lot of this is what you might expect, as it
is beats mixed with audio clips from the movie itself, but there is one part I
cannot quite place. This sound comes on
during the fourth track, and I’m not sure what instrument it is exactly. I’ve got it pegged somewhere between jazz
flute and fiddle, though odds are that I am way off. Regardless, it is a bit funky and it also
reminds me of a fun gypsy dance party, so there is also that.
Overall,
this is a great cassette, though currently sold out so you’ll have to look for
it second hand, and even though it went for something like ten bucks originally
(you can expect to pay more if you are lucky enough to get your hands on a copy
now) it is well worth any asking price really because you’re getting two albums
and they are both just that damn good.
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