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DJ Data Corruption Classic Hip-Hop Remix Audio Beef Today. Data goes up against Grandmaster Flash on the magnetic wheels of steel.

DJ Data Corruption is my anthromorphized DJ homie, and his funky fresh remix styles keep coming. Today's selection is one of the true classics of hip-hop, which Data has given an ultra-modern Data Dada remix... while I wasn't looking. I'm tired of the original, but somehow this mix is refreshing. Maybe it's just that I love lyrics like "Used to be a FAG / living in a BAG" or "broken glass / don't care / everyWHERE" but I could listen to this all day. Or at least the eight minutes (!) that DJ Data Corruption has dedicated to this remix.

Hoo lawd, don't push him. He's close to the... edge!

(For those of you who are here for Kari Byron stuff, I promise I'll post some more pics soon. Until then, check out these two Kari videos which reader Matthieu posted on youtube! Thanks, and if anyone wants to help me sort Kari pics, it's still nuclearbeef AT gmail d0t com)

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Long Overdue Forward Electronic Music Audio Beef Today. Daedelus denies the day's demise like a ninja and does some crazy dancing in Daly City.

'Samba Legrand'
from the forthcoming (May 2006) album Denies The Days Demise on Mush (US) and Ninja Tune (International)
Both tracks by Daedelus.

Behold, it is I, the Prodigal Beef. I have returned. This crazy 'real life' thing won't get the best of me!

Today's slices of Audio Beef come from Santa Monica experimentalist Daedelus. Longtime readers know that Daedelus is a Beef favorite because of the panache with which the man programs and performs his music. Most of all, his music reminds us that it's actually the twenty-first century... music is dead, long live music.

'Crazy Dancing' comes from a compilation on Mochipet's new Daly City Records label. It's an appropriately named mix of dancehall and IDM which is permeated with orchestral vibes. Like much of Daedelus' work, it has an almost-live feeling and a sense of humour that render the otherwise disjointed elements into a coherent whole. The samples evoke the early 20th century but the buzzsaw bassline is pure 2G-aughts. Downtempo meditation clashes with rave-style excitement and frantic transitions.

When I spoke with Daedelus at the Baby Godzilla record release party, he mentioned his love for 'Rave' music, and it definitely shows on Denies The Days Demise. 'Samba Lagrande' is a good example of an evolving style from a fearless Daedelus, a man who is clearly not pulling any punches. It also illustrates the Brazillian undercurrent which permeates the album. FM synths and video game sounds ride a chain-gang clap-step rhythm which sweeps and turns itself inside out and back again. By the time the towering anthemic vocoded bassline kicks in, it's clear to all in listening range that Daedelus has made an album with a measure of magic.

It's 2006, be on notice..

(Shouts out to my partner in crime and of course the cdubble, who enjoys herself some Daedelus. Kari Byron fans, I haven't forgotten about you. If there's anyone out there who actually wants to help me with the posting of pics, feel free to email nuclearbeef AT gmail d0t com)

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