Odd Nosdam / Untitled Three

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With the opening single for his forthcoming full-length, Burner ‘ a true debut full length album as opposed to a collection of instrumentals - odd nosdam emerges from the smoking ruins of cLOUDDEAD, his brilliant and starcrossed collaboration with doseone and why?. Evidence of a renewed license to uncompromisingly chase the detours and dictates of his own inimitable aesthetic, untitled three is from Burner’s early stages, where nosdam borrowed a dusty micro-Moog and began layering melodic lines. And as is true for the rest of Burner, untitled three is by turns painstakingly quiet and intensely compressed; it marries rap-raw drums and deep-sea synths, and, in so doing, threads subtle hooks through the rim of one’s attention. untitled three commences and closes with duets with Kranky Records vocalist Jessica Bailiff. One is tempted to refer to Bailiff’s singing as “unearthly,” or, God forbid, “ethereal,” but her voice is too consistently passionate for such airy adjectives. nosdam’s sound creations tend to defy description, though many stabs have been made: Grooves imagined him as the midpoint between My Bloody Valentine and the Bomb Squad; CMJ suggested “Negativland-meets-Schooly D”; XLR8R somewhat hyperbolically called his work “the most evocative soundtrack ever”; and Splendid declared simply, “odd nosdam stands at the forefront of hip-hop’s avant-garde.”  • The single from odd nosdam’s upcoming full length Burnerdue in June ’05 • Critically acclaimed producer/member of cLOUDDEAD and stand out tracks by Sage Francis and sole • Features two duets Jessica Bailiff (Kranky) • Radio campaign by Fanatic Promotion • No exports to Japan or Europe  

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