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Altered Beats: Assassin Knowledges of the Remanipulated,Various Artists

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Various Artists
Released 1996

If 9 Was 6 [Prince Paul Instrumental Mix]
02:00
63 plays

Ancient Style
06:06
59 plays

3d-Cut Transmission
05:53
46 plays

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songs

- 1
- Temporary Power Surge (Warning Introduction)
- 01:06
- 37 plays

- 2
- Reanimation
- 04:05
- 46 plays

- 3
- 3d-Cut Transmission
- 05:53
- 46 plays

- 4
- Shin-Ki-Row
- 04:10
- 37 plays

- 5
- Black Hole Universe
- 02:09
- 33 plays

- 6
- If 9 Was 6 [Prince Paul Instrumental Mix]
- 02:00
- 63 plays

- 7
- If 666 Was '96 [DXT Mix]
- 04:15
- 32 plays

- 8
- Ancient Style
- 06:06
- 59 plays

- 9
- Invasion of the Octopus People
- 04:53
- 21 plays

- 10
- Embryo
- 04:30
- 35 plays

- 11
- Return of the Black Falcon
- 03:40
- 25 plays

- 12
- One-Legged Centipede
- 03:28
- 182 plays

- 13
- Black Wax
- 04:39
- 29 plays

- 14
- Dust to Dust
- 04:43
- 27 plays

album review

This collection of Bill Laswell productions is obviously a labor of love put together by a man who misses hip-hop's old school. Though it features artists as current as Prince Paul, DXT and New Kingdom, the album's focus on turntable scratching and a preponderance of relatively simple, monolithic beats make it sound like a period piece. That's not a bad thing, especially when Laswell imbues the proceedings with an up-to-the-minute ambience and a rumbling bass (as in bass guitar, not 808). But the complete absence of rapping -- the only thing that keeps this from actually being a hip-hop record -- may leave some listeners scratching their heads. Instead, we get a Bootsy Collins cameo (never a problem) and the occasional sample of a right-wing radio preacher. Some of the scratching is truly virtuosic; in particular, witness the retro-ensemble sound of the Filipino turntable group the Invisibl Skratch Picklz and the quicksilver manipulations of DJ DXT. Laswell's production overlays everything with a spacy, ambient sheen. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide