Label: Carnivals – CAR002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 24 Aug 2011 Genre: Electronic, Pop Style: Leftfield, Abstract, Experimental
Hypnogogic, green-hazed debut from the enigmatic Hype Williams duo - 13 years young and for us an uber-classic.
There’s no point throwing our hat in the ring and repeating what’s already documented about Dean Blunt and Inna Copeland’s Hype Williams project.The myths, media spin, misdirection and over-pretension for us only really detracted from what they were doing.Their Untitled 2010 debut, released on an unknown micro-label (from Blackpool?) with minimal artwork and lack of any information contains all the aesthetic characteristics of an exciting record.Musically it plays out like the sounds of early morning after-hours - groggy dub-damaged rhythms and thousand yard stare keyboard motifs channeling chronic sleep deprivation or creative impulsivity.Samples are chopped, skewed and spat-out - speed-up / slowed down and layered heavy on dosed-up percussion, evoking some sorta sonic peyote sermon happening in deep South London.It’s a lot to unpack - hacksawn Moondog samples rubbing up to that infamous cough syrupy ‘edit’ of San Fran outsider Doug Hream Blunt in way that’s carelessly heavy-handed yet effortlessly brilliant.Future museum piece, no joke!(NM.NM - top copy)
