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The Death of Convenience

by Lapsed and Nonnon

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1.
Better Your Best 05:52
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2.
Dead End Stare (feat. Buck Dexter) 04:06
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3.
Cdatakill Welcomes 00:38
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4.
Surge 04:23
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5.
Nothing Left 05:25
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6.
Ad Noiseam 02:01
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7.
God is a Glitch (feat. NonGenetic, Subtitle, Bleubird) 04:29
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8.
Hapless Plastic (Raoul Siner Remix) 04:26
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9.
Rainy Day Parade 04:03
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10.
Moff 00:28
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11.
Z Crazy Eyes (Album Version) 04:34
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Kill The Messanger (feat. Nonsense) 04:23
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13.
Mirthless Method 06:40
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14.
Surge (Mothboy Remix) 04:38
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about

"Salt Lake City-based producer Lapsed (real name Jason Stevens) has previously been responsible for two preceding albums of hip-hop centred glitchy electronics on Ad Noiseam, his 2004 debut Twilight exploring an edged click-hop aesthetic, while its untitled 2005 follow-up saw Lapsed veering more towards headnodding, syncopated beat structures. Two years on, this third album The Death Of Convenience represents something of a significant shift forward in Lapsed’ approach, with Stevens teaming up in the studio with longtime live turntablist collaborator Nonnon (aka Dave Madden) to create a collection that ranges from contorted glitch-hop and electro, right through to noisy, near-breakcore explorations, with a lot more vocals making their way into the mix, thanks to a brace of MC collaborators including Shadowhuntaz’ Non Genetic, Giovanni Marks and newcomer Buck Dexter. It’s also a collection that comes complete with its own vague conceptual theme, with opening track “Better Your Best’ locking straight down amidst a rhythmic backdrop of steel-plated beats and dark buzzing synths that calls to mind Techno Animal’s industrial-edged excursions, as a sampled motivational speaker taken from vintage sources asks you whether you understand “the difference between success and failure.’ Hint – it’s a matter of attitude.

Just as rolling jazz breakdowns begin to die away amidst samples of what sounds like a unionist telling workers just how many people are about to lose their jobs, “Dead End Stare’ interjects with grinding, stuttered electro elements that sit far closer to Edit’s recent crunked-up outings, with Buck Dexter’s MC flow being reduced at points to a jittering rhythmic mass, thanks to Lapsed’s meticulous digital editing, as Nonnon’s delayed-out cuts lurch and roil atop menacing bass synths. Interlude skit track “Ad Noiseam’ clearly shows that the boys definitely aren’ taking things too seriously, with a telephone call to label boss Nicolas Chevreux that results in the exclamation that their music is shit, they should pick a genre and he can’t shift their stuff, with this ongoing humorous theme being explored further when labelmate Mothboy pops up, offers them a beat he’s been working on, and then beatboxes it in hilariously deliberately crap style straight down the phone line. While the above moments are guaranteed to raise a smile, there’ certainly plenty of meat to this album, as explemified by “God Is A Glitch’ MC cypher between Subtitle/Giovanni Marks, Nongenetic and Bleubird amidst funky, distorted electro synths in a similar vein to Modeselektor, the occasional furiously drilling breakcore burst creeping into the cavernous spaces between the torturously contorted hip-hop rhythms. Delightfully twisted and meticulously programmed stuff indeed – fans of the likes of the aforementioned Modeselektor and Edit should be well thrilled."

Chris Downton- www.cyclicdefrost.com

credits

released October 22, 2007

Written between 2005-2007 by J. M. Stevens and Dave Madden.
artwork by Andy Pitts (cargocollective.com/andypitts)

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Composing experimental electronic music since 1999.

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