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This Is Riphop (CD)

By: Death Comet Crew (Artist)

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Death Comet Crew Artist Snapshot:

Arising in the early `80s at the intersection between downtown New York's post-punk, hip-hop, and graffiti art subcultures, Death Comet Crew trafficked in a dark, curiously mutated brand of instrumental hip-hop that made few concessions to mainstream appeal. Consisting of Michael Diekmann, Shinichi Shimokawa, and principal songwriter Stuart Agabright, and aided by underground luminaries graffiti writer Rammellzee and DJ High Priest, DCC's experimental approach to sound sampling foreshadowed later efforts by artists such as Public Enemy. Replacing the role of the rapper with a barrage of sampled TV and film dialogue, the group's idiosyncratic approach and relatively few releases relegated them to cult status in their time. In 2004, the Troubleman label released a compilation of DCC's complete works and live concert recordings entitled THIS IS RIPHOP.

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DISC 1 for This Is Riphop (CD) Album By Death Comet Crew (Artist)
1   America
2   Amphipet
3   Rifleman
4   Dance Mofo
5   One One Ones
6   King A Wave Passes, A
7   Funky Dream 2
8   Interior Street
9   At The Marble Bar
10   Scratching Galaxies
11   Exterior Street
12   Funky Dream One
13   America 2
14   Untitled
 

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Review

The Wire (p.58) - "THIS IS RIPHOP eerily recalls the emotionally bracing textures of Scott Walker's TILT."
CMJ (4/04, p.37) - "Tinfoil-thin standard electro beats frame the tracks, with the mish-mash of sampled screams, shots of noise and polyrhythmic bursting an early example of the aggression that would come to be celebrated in hip-hop."

Title Note

Death Comet Crew includes: Rammellzee, Phase 2, Stuart Argabright, DJ High Priest.

Recorded in 1983 & 1984.

Death Comet Crew: Rammellzee, Stuart Argabright, DJ High Priest.

Recording information: New York, New York (1983 - 1984).

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