Criterion - Root Canal

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 30 Nov, 2006.

Criterion then.....(who was responsible for a most wobble-tastic offering in the 7" series) These 2 vary from slow mo dubby percussive sound collage stuff into dirty looped breaks leading through onto a hypnotic & epic rhythmical tip on the most recent 'Root Canal' E.P..Time constraints prevent me from being more thorough but trust me, the Criterion stuff is especially good! There's also a CD album collaboration between Doily & Criterion (the label head honchos)

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Criterion - Root Canal 12" EP
Released 2/2000
Brooklyn producer shreds the envelope of underground hip hop. Following in the tradition of mystical-dub merchants at WordSound and illbient geniuses Byzar and Timeblind, Brooklyn-based Criterion Thornton expands instrumental hip hop's boundaries on this 12-inch EP. Rather than creating discrete tracks, Criterion composes sidelong pieces that seamlessly coalesce into works of cumulative power. Side 1 starts with distant filtered hand percussion that sounds like horse hooves, then moves into a double-time percus -sive assaults. An edgy, post-industrial menace floats through the mix like a toxic cloud,until near the end of the side a 23 Skidoo-like malarial funk induces a feverish ecstasy. The flip side begins with gritty, oppressive dub a la Scorn and Spectre before it morphs into a stunning collage that teaches an advanced lecture on low-end beat science. Criterion has a slew of releases planned for the rest of 2000, and if Root Canal is indicative of his prowess, he demands your scrutiny
--Alternative Press

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