From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Aug 28th 1998, 04:50
I picked up DJ Spooky's "Object Unknown" and Unkle's "Psyence Fiction" = over the weekend and thought I'd chime in with a few first impressions. = The Spooky record contains six versions of "Object Unknown" and the main = version features Kool Keith and Sir Menelik. Its a strong hip-hop piece = with weird touches. The "Piano Blue Roll Instrumental" and the "Placebo = Effect" versions are worth the price of admission. "Riddim Warfare" = should be a really strong release. "Psyence Fiction" is simply a DJ Shadow record with a bunch of famous = people guesting. James Lavelle's name barely even shows up on the = credits (perhaps he was smart). Some of it is just plain bad ("Celestial = Annihlation" and "Lonely Soul") but there are about 5 good tracks here, = including (surprisingly) the collaboration with Thom Yorke. Was = "Entroducing" just a fluke? I hope not.