(idm) New DJ Spooky and UNKLE - first impressions

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.