LAPSED + NONNON - THE DEATH OF CONVENIENCE

reviewed by Niels Mark
3/9/2008
Dark electronica meets hip hop on the latest release from American composer Lapsed, this time collaborating with turntablist Nonnon
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LABEL
[ AD NOISEAM ]

RELEASE
[ THE DEATH OF CONVENIENCE ] [ CD ]


Other reviewed releases of LAPSED + NONNON

I was quite amazed by the previous album from Lapsed released on Ad Noiseam back in 2005. The album, simply titled "Lapsed", had a very interesting approach drifting in unusual borderlines - between hip hop-based textures and dreamlike ambient atmospheres. The more you listened to it, the more attracted you got. The same can be said about this third album from the American composer. Despite the fact that hip hop plays an important role on this new album, the stylish expression is different. On this latest album carrying the title" The death of convenience" , Jason Stevens (a.k.a. Lapsed) has joined forces with turntablist Dave Madden known as NonNon. The moody ambience has faded away meanwhile the hip hop-expressions are much more in focus with the appearance of rapping MC’s adding some new perspectives to the Lapsed-spheres. The tracks are built on the characteristic rhythm-structures of Lapsed in combination with a rich number of samples and turntablism. Compared to the more nocturnal ambient-based "Lapsed"-album, "The Death of Convenience" is a straight forward "in your face"-sort of dark electronica meets hip hop. Intense album!


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