Clipping. - Dead Channel Sky - Ghostly Green Vinyl - 2XLP

On Dead Channel Sky, Clipping texture-map the twin histories of hip-hop and cyberpunk onto an alternate present where Rammellzee and Bambaataa are the superheroes of old; where Cybotron and Mantronix are the reigning legends; where Egyptian Lover and Freestyle, are debated endlessly, and Ultramag and Public Enemy are the undeniable forefathers; where the lost movements of 1980s and the 1990s are still happening: rave, trip-hop, hip-house, acid house, drum & bass, big beat—the detritus of a different timeline, the survivors of armed audio warfare. That war at thirty-three and a third, its atrocities imprinted upon yet another generation, what someone once called, “the presence of the significance of things” without a hint of ambiguity.

Binary stars are often perceived as one object when viewed with the naked eye. Like those twin sun systems, it’ll take some special equipment and some discerning attention to pull the stars apart on this record. As Diggs barks on the fire-starting “Change the Channel”: Everything is very important!

1. Intro
2. Dominator
3. Change the Channel
4. Run It
5. Go
6. Code
7. Dodger
8. Malleus (With Nels Cline)
9. Scams (FT. Tia Nomore)
10. Keep Pushing
11. Mood Organ
12. Polaroids
13. Madcap
14. Mirrorshades Pt. 2 (FT. Cartel Madras)
15. Welcome Home Warrior (FT. Aesop Rock)
16. Ask What Happened