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Electronica
Release Date: 01/02/2008
Jimmy Edgar had yet to exit his teenage years by the time he signed to
Warp and released
Access Rhythm, a four-track prelude to a full-length, after having developed several pseudonyms -- two of which were put to use at the same time -- for releases on labels as disparate as
Merck,
Poker Flat, and
Audio.nl. (The only bullet point that appears to be missing in his bio might as well be his stint as a cowbell player in
Channel One, at the age of two). On this brief release, he delivers instrumental
hip-hop that is distinctive from most others, though it's stylistically similar to producers like
Dabrye and
Prefuse 73. The first three tracks have a combination of ruggedness and wooziness that followers of those two can appreciate, while the closing fourth track is more in the
experimental techno vein. Opener
"No Static" is the most memorable, helped in part by a random fellow Detroiter who is likely taking part in his debut and his swan song here.
~Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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