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IRISH HIPHOP GETS SERIOUS
INTO
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INTERVIEWS:
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DEEP
HAZO
- THE ILL-DEPENDENTS
MARXMAN
RI-RA
ROOTS MANUVA
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STIGG
OF THE DUMP
SOUND INK - COLAPSUS
EXTRA YARD
PRESSURE POINTS
CHECK THE VISION
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BELFAST
DMC HEATS 2000
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// STIGG OF
THE DUMP
feat. SEBUTONES:
still aLIVE AT THE VEGLIA LOUNGE
©
2002 Endemik
Review
by Keyo
10-01-2003
Hailing
from Halifax via Clondalkin, Stigg of the Dump is the producer
behind the ‘Still Alive at the Veglia Lounge’ EP, available
through Canadian independent label Endemik Music. For his debut
release Stigg has enlisted the vocal talents of the Sebutones
(aka Buck65 and Sixtoo) and the bass playing dexterity of fellow
Dubliner Eric M.O. of Sonic Sum.
‘Still
Alive” commences with and is interspersed by lo-fi vocal samples
from ‘1984’, warning of “the age of the thought police”. These
sound like messages resurrected from a time capsule and aptly
set the tone for the subject matter to follow.
The intro leads straight into the resonating bass laden beat
of 'Five Dollar Jesus', where Buck65 takes the viewpoint of
an anonymous observer describing a housebound old mans gradual
slip into dementia surrounded only by artifacts from his life
and his own thoughts.
On 'Garbage Rain' Stigg provides production that mirrors and
amplifies Sixtoo’s streaming statements of disatifaction as
he lets his “floodgates open for an emotional downpour”.
Photo by Carrie-Ellen Gabriel |
Further
storytelling comes in the form of Pointing Fingers, where Stigg’s
deft drum programming and orchestral sweeps are complimented
further by the electric bass playing of Eric M.O. Over the cinematic,
downtempo soundtrack Sixtoo and Buck65 contribute the Sebutones
quietness in recent times to a car crash, telling the harrowing
story from their perspectives as guilty driver and innocent
passenger victim. An instrumental version of this track is also
included for listener appreciation.
On the final track ‘Short Strings’ Sixtoo hammers out his thoughts
with the aid of Stiggs drumscape, describing the therapy of
recording music “this nine by five room is my chastity, keeping
me pure as envy".
Heavy going without doubt but ultimately rewarding for the listener,
Stigg's 'Still Alive...' provides an athmospheric and immersive
listening experience. Highly recommended.
Links: [ Endemik
Music
] [ Stigg
Interview @ technowhore.org ]
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