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ApSci have never done anything the easy way.
First off, they could have found collaborators in others who, well, weren’t from halfway around the world.
They also could’ve simply followed the same path on Best Crisis Ever that they did on their 2005 Quannum debut, Thanks for Asking, a dark, collabo-heavy hip-hop electro album that UR Chicago named “the freshest hip-hop album that’s come out so far year,” SPIN.com described as a mixture of “Eminem and Bjork,” and XLR8R called “the real deal.”
Instead, on Best Crisis Ever, the multi-national duo’s second full-length for Quannum, they change up their formula, filling up the guest spots with their own back-and-forth vocals, transporting their own gear and lives from Brooklyn to Sydney, and moving away from hip-hop towards genre-bending pop music.
Recorded in both New York City and Australia – and spots in between; “‘Til the Windows Rattle Off,” for example, was recorded and programmed in Malaysia, during some downtime at a festival at which the duo was performing – Best Crisis Ever is an intricately designed, lovingly crafted album, full of unexpected electronic bleeps and blurts nestled alongside Ra’s wordplay, Dana’s warm voice, which is in itself a versatile instrument that adds an alluring depth and charm to Ra’s complex, detailed production.
The two play off one another: when Ra uses sparser beats, the richness of Dana’s vocals, the way she layers and develops her harmonies, fills in the space between
First off, they could have found collaborators in others who, well, weren’t from halfway around the world.
They also could’ve simply followed the same path on Best Crisis Ever that they did on their 2005 Quannum debut, Thanks for Asking, a dark, collabo-heavy hip-hop electro album that UR Chicago named “the freshest hip-hop album that’s come out so far year,” SPIN.com described as a mixture of “Eminem and Bjork,” and XLR8R called “the real deal.”
Instead, on Best Crisis Ever, the multi-national duo’s second full-length for Quannum, they change up their formula, filling up the guest spots with their own back-and-forth vocals, transporting their own gear and lives from Brooklyn to Sydney, and moving away from hip-hop towards genre-bending pop music.
Recorded in both New York City and Australia – and spots in between; “‘Til the Windows Rattle Off,” for example, was recorded and programmed in Malaysia, during some downtime at a festival at which the duo was performing – Best Crisis Ever is an intricately designed, lovingly crafted album, full of unexpected electronic bleeps and blurts nestled alongside Ra’s wordplay, Dana’s warm voice, which is in itself a versatile instrument that adds an alluring depth and charm to Ra’s complex, detailed production.
The two play off one another: when Ra uses sparser beats, the richness of Dana’s vocals, the way she layers and develops her harmonies, fills in the space between
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Best Crisis Ever
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See That? feat Mr. Lif b/w Bike Messenger Diaries
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Runaway (feat. Tunde of TV on the Radio)
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Crazy Crazy Insane
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Tirade Highway
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The Tradeoff
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'Til the Windows Rattle Off
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Bike Messenger Diaries
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Robosex
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Never Give Up
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Camera On
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Big Adventures
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Shoutbox
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dabyblos wrote:
Hey Dana, great music. keep rock'n. Gib
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golfmade wrote:
How's the new album?
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FiremanJoe wrote:
Join the Elefant Traks group!
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golfmade wrote:
Great stuff, only found out about them as I was browsing through new acts Quannum Projects signed and voila.
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experiment00005 wrote:
what a pleasant find. <3 the vocals
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majself wrote:
Cool stuff :)
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daseasplitter wrote:
so dope!
Videos
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Days Like This!
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia
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News
ApSci: RT @LiveNYC: Tue Nov 17 Das Racist , Apsci , Maggie Horn and Cubic Zirconia…
10 Nov 2009 | from twitter.com/ApSci
ApSci: RT @LiveNYC: Tue Nov 17 Das Racist , Apsci , Maggie Horn and Cubic Zirconia (DJ Set) @ Santos Party House http://tinyurl.com/yzrusxc
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ApSci: RT @bestif: Apsci, 'Crazy Crazy Insane' -- Video of the Day - Spinner: Print…
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ApSci: Our live performance on Fearless Music is airing this Saturday night @…
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ApSci: http://bit.ly/16nBfA http://fb.me/33fRTc2
10 Nov 2009 | from twitter.com/ApSci
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Recent Activity
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T3hLibrarian, Iselaisdope, moragami and 11 other people added APSCI to their libraries. 8 days ago
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mrb3213 tagged APSCI with electronic, alternative hip hop and hip hop. November 2009
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posco2k8 and alicehogan added APSCI to their libraries. November 2009
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Hororo added APSCI to the lineup of Antipop Consortium at La Maroquinerie. November 2009
- APSCI posted a news item ‘ApSci: RT @LiveNYC: Tue Nov 17 Das Racist , Apsci , Maggie Horn and Cubic Zirconia…’. November 2009
- APSCI posted a news item ‘ApSci: RT @bestif: Apsci, 'Crazy Crazy Insane' -- Video of the Day - Spinner: Print…’. November 2009
- APSCI posted a news item ‘ApSci: http://bit.ly/16nBfA http://fb.me/33fRTc2’. November 2009
- APSCI posted a news item ‘ApSci: Our live performance on Fearless Music is airing this Saturday night @…’. November 2009
- APSCI posted a news item ‘ApSci: Incredible night with @antipopny and Mike Ladd!!! The stars align!!!!!’. November 2009
- APSCI posted a news item ‘ApSci: a few more great pics from the same London... http://fb.me/2WRw43y’. November 2009
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