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Title:  S/T Artist:  Criterion & Doily -Various Artists Label:  Broklyn Beats Records Format:  CD Price:  € 12.00   Mp3 samples:   1   2

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Three 12"s on one cd! Doily's "Mattress of the Universe" & Criterion's "Wet Pain" & "Root Canal"
CRITERION & DOILY Co-founded by Criterion Thornton and Heather Leitner (a.k.a. doily) in 1999, the Brooklyn based label Broklyn Beats has slowly but surely established itself as one of the most distinctive independent electronic music labels in the world with a series of releases that deliver a dirty mix of broken breakbeats, dubbed our delirium, and plenty of "fight the power" invective. At the same time, it's become a pillar in NYC's experimental electronic scene by providing a platform for local underground musicians such as Donna Summer and I-Sound with it's monthly party Barreled while also playing host to visitors such as Doormouse, Bombardier, DJ Scud, and artists from the French breakcore scene.
"Criterion & doily" combines doily's "Mattress of the Universe" and Criterion's "Wet Pain" 12-inches with and older Criterion 12-inch, 2000's "Root Canal." Doily's contributions are a mix of lo-fi breaks that veer between hip-hop/junglist tempos layered with eerie detuned samples that are dubed-up Jamaican style, falling into the emotional darkness and grit that the Third Eye Foundation achieved on the Ghost album. Criterion travels a similiar but somewhat less grimy rout than his partner, bringing in analog synths that sweep from piercing high-frequency squalls to throbbing bass over filtered dub funk snares on a track like "BB," while "Cold Cold War" is some mutant hybrid of menacing military punk/funk/dub. If these are broken beats then lets hope that Criterion and doily never fix them.

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