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Drugs by Ascoltare Vs Keith (Dubbel001)

The Wire Magazine (April 2004)
Kool Keith’s “Drugs” is the main source material for Ascoltare Vs. Keith (Dubbel MCDR001). But Ascoltare (aka Dave Henson of Gwei-Lo) employs a glitchy, kucky musical production style that is paired with Mr Keith’s vocals in a way that makes for a nice trash compaction of anything that might seem melodically familiar. At any rate, the presence of text gives the proceedings more open flow than most glitch orientated noise. And the packaging is really pretty nice. The CD is packaged in a plastic case that’s held inside a small zip-loc bag that has what one assumes is some benign substance masquerading as drugs proper. Its something of a long short that I’ll ever be blasted enough to sample it, but maybe you’re made of stronger stuff, pard. (BC)