EL-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

Producer, MC, composer, musician, label boss and all-round fearless innovator El-P returns with an all-star cast and his finest and most ambitious work yet.·Having helped to create what has been variously labelled as ‘alternative’, ‘leftfield’ or ‘underground’ hip-hop, and reigning for a decade as its unofficial king, El-P is venturing into a new realm, and ‘I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead’ is the living proof.  ·El-P has enlisted the help of kindred spirits from both his own Def Jux camp and from further afield, so Cat Power, Trent Reznor, Mars Volta and Matt Sweeney of Billy Corgan’s Zwan all enter El-P’s world, while the likes of Cage, Aesop Rock and Mr Lif are as at home as ever. The glory of it all is that not once does this feel like a “featuring… Celebrity X!” album, but one man’s coherent vision.    ·It’s still densely-layered hiphop, but with a widescreen ambition and narrow focus that sets it way above his peers, if indeed there are any. If Company Flow’s ‘Funcrusher Plus’ and Cannibal Ox’s ‘The Cold Vein’ are the Def Jux founder’s first two masterpieces, then this is the hat-trick.   ·The vinyl version comes with a European-only red 7” featuring two exclusive remixes by El himself.    ·El-P is committed to touring and promoting this record in the UK and his April tour will be followed by festival appearances, more touring and future singles and remix packages.

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