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SCH 808EP
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The original "Odd Job" from 1999, finally available again, once again packaged in the classic blue "wired steak" cover. "The 'Odd Job' 12" is the latest addition to the Schematic product line. Rebuilt by Soul Oddity around the sophisticated Phoenecia version, this 12" combines power and rhythmic innovation to make any dancefloor compatible with the latest technology. The Odd Job 12" requires only a single expansion slot: your mind. It can be easily installed using ordinary tools. Odd Job comes complete with an external communications port that makes dancing convenient and easy." Features 2 tracks by Soul Oddity: "Get Fresh" & "Rhythm Box". Soul Oddity was the pre-Phoenecia duo of Romulo Delcastillo and J. Kay.
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SCH 021CD
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New 'Odd Job" remix project, featuring remixes by Matmos, Adult, Dino Felipe, Prefuse 73, Otto Von Schirach and Jeswa. "'Odd Job' made it's way back to Japan, the land that brought it's circuits to life. It was with great honor that the Schematic scientists agreed to share it's formula with the people of the rising sun. It's legend was great, and their ancestors loved and feared it equally. From it's conception, Odd Job Discrimination was intended to be exclusively released in Japan with additional reports of research. PhoeneciaTM the secret inventors of 'Odd Job' were nowhere to be found. Report: Where is Phoenecia? Do they exist, or are they as arcane as their ancient namesakes? If they do exist, they maintain a peripheral, even hypothetical existence. Pictures of them exist and their names appear on many recordings, but each song, each reworking sounds so vastly different from one to the other. Not only does their formula change from one to the next, but so does the sound of the recording, as if it were made by separate entities under the guise of group. One could manage to release anonymous recordings with their name on them, but why? Is it a hoax? In their place stands their army, a team of specialists. Matmos, the medics, specialize in microchip implantation and cybernetic limb attachment. Their report 'The climactic battle scene between Rom and Josh' catalogs the last time Phoenecia were seen before their disappearance. Adult, the husband and wife assasin team offers a stern warning about their rhythm black box. With their go-go rapid-fire electrocution techniques, they manage to be both Adult-like And childish at the same time. Dino Felipe's examination proves that he's been isolated for too long. His theory is that Phoenecia are in an elevator somewhere in Atlanta (Atlantis?). We pray that he's wrong. Prefuse 73 is the cook. He reanalyzes the formula for 'Odd Job', noodles it up, and serves us his simple, but effective recipe. Budget gourmet, exquisite flavor at a nice price. Otto Von Schirach is the recon agent. His job is to steal the original formula and replace it with the reworked prototype. "Tre duece ave. smash and grab" is the gripping tale of how he did it. From the sound of it, he had to break a few windows and a few necks. Finally, with a soft, deep voice, team leader Jeswa (rumored to be Phoenecian) submits his sweet, short, and final report. Odd Job Discrimination has been delivered, and once again Phoenecia eludes us. These additions make it 13 reworkings of the yet to be seen 'original' version of 'Odd Job'. Other accounts were issued by Soul Oddity (last seen with Phoenecia), Autechre, Richard Devine, Push Button Objects, Ectomorph and Godfather, and Takeshi Muto (also rumored to be Phoenecian). If Phoenecia is a disappearing act, then Odd Job Discrimination is their greatest feat yet. Will they ever come to the surface? Will Japan make peaceful use of their new technology? Will the cloned cows revolt? Stay tuned to find out..."
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SCH 018CD
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Long awaited full length from the Miami duo of Josh Kay and Romulo Del Castillo (previous EPs on Warp & Schematic). "It's a long-held belief that all music emanating from Miami can, sooner or later, be reduced to a simple connection with early 2 Live Crew, MC Ade, Pretty Tony, Dynamix II, and other pioneering Bass artists. There is nothing wrong with the comparison. Those prescient records made possible a generation of electronic music. However, the anxiety of influence often leads to such hasty and over-simplified conclusions. Which means that a great many people who hear Phoenecia's Brownout album are going to be puzzled. Obviously the title refers to a period when power stations reach a period of critical demand and electrical devices run at a slower rate and street lights covering the Southern Florida freeways are lit by what look like 40-watt bulbs. The record's name is telling, because it is Phoenecia's decisive break with their past. And that can be heard in the slow, contemplative way in which the record moves, almost as if it were being powered by a 40-watt generator itself. And, most surprisingly, the textures and shapes of Brownout have a far greater affinity for classic 70s roots dub than with the Roland Corporation's range of standard techno equipment, the 303, 606, 808, and 909. But that dub influence is immensely subtle. It's not of the Chain Reaction / Maurizio / Pole variety. Jazz drummer Max Roach once asked whether the beat lies in the drum strikes or between them. This album is an electronic dub record where the dub implements are put to use in between the beat. They slip into the cracks, peer around, then disappear again. References to and the sounds of the sea in Western art go at least as far back as Heraclitus, but here the listener gets a keen sense of slowly moving towards the ocean floor on the Mariana trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. The metallic baffles sound like a submarine emitting a faint sonar pulse at 200 fathoms and the yawning gaps suggest a depthlessness that is almost inhuman. But this is not cold, lifeless, machine music. It draws the listener into a vast sound chamber where certain features remain constant, but others are restlessly shifting and squirming, like sea creatures. Brownout is, without doubt, Phoenecia's magnum opus, the place where the ideas found in the preceding records are allowed to come to full fruition." --Tim Haslett
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SCH 8X8 CD
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CD version which combines the 6 tracks from the two Phoenecia: Odd Job 12" EPs (SCH 808 & SCH 8X8), plus one Takeshi Muto remix that is exclusive to the CD. Original music by Soul Oddity (pre-Phoenecia). Remixes by: Autechre, Richard Devine, Ectomorph & Godfather, Push Button Objects & Takeshi Muto. One of the most important events to date in the world-wide explosion of Miami-based electronics!"ODD JOB: The Scurvy Dog Version. As the mighty Schematic sailed its way back into the port of Miami, back from pillaging foreign lands, the scurvy dogs at the helm of the pirate vessel brandished a new flag. Aye, these brash buccaneers were dancing on deck to a new tune. It was an Odd Job if I may say so meself. Some time had past and the smarmy crew grew impatient and hungry, having squandered their booty on wine and women. They took to recruiting some fresh blood, searching the taverns and brothels for men like themselves, thirsty for blood and hungry for treasure. Argh. It did not take long. The lusty scamps they call Autechre were plucked from the beds of two lusty sea wenches. Twins. Aye. The most feared thief and a most perverse pirate, Richard Devine, stumbled aboard as well. Ectomorph and Godfather both took a fair bit of coaxing, but the promise of gold doubloons put pirate spirit back in their hearts. The Asian Assailant, Takeshi Muto, a lover, and by all means the scrappiest sea dog there be, did come aboard in his tattered rags, carrying only his pipe. Push Button Objects were found sleeping ?neath the starry sky naked on the jetty. Tossing him some knickers and a new shiny brass hook, the Schematic crew had procured the last of the Dancefloor Pirates. And so they set sail to plunder. No one was spared. No man. No woman. No child. Especially not the woman - childs. Aye. Now they?re coming home. Argh. They are to share their bounty with all the scurvy dogs and wenches there be. Come aboard. We've been expectin' ya. Arrgghh."
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WAP 098CD
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Debut 30 minute EP release by this US duo. "'Somory' opens the EP in fine style. Like Autechre meets Miami Bass, with layers of clanking electronica slowly building into a shuffling, twisted groove. 'Y-Intercpnkt' takes warped hip hop beats and pushes them through a seamless furrow towards a stomping, deformed finale. 'Thong' sees the frequency oscillators set to low; a myriad of analog squelches interlocking with interplanetary rhythms. Final track 'Can' sees the boys back in Autechre territory, all bleeps, blaps and bloots and steam engine drum patterns. Phoenicia are Josh Kay and Romulo Del Castillo. They hail from Miami and normally record on the Schematic label with fellow artists Takeshi and Push Button Objects."
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