{"product_id":"madvill-rmx-lp","title":"Madvillain Remixes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released in 2023. Trying to put the enigmatic producer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhostlife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e into words is no easy feat, for a start very few people have ever met him. Best way to describe Ghostlife is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyser Soze\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with a keyboard, minus all the criminal bits, an anonymous tactician with an ear for a woozy beat. He may indeed have been the source of the above tall tales, writer of his own fiction if you will. It is perhaps then fitting that he should be pulled towards another artist who spent much of his career sowing the seeds of doubt in regard to his own identity, the much-lamented \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMF Doom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Respected rapper Doom not only hid his face from the public but was also well known for releasing music under a raft of different monikers adding further mystery to a canon of work that had reached a legendary status before his untimely death in 2020, and after. In this instance it is Doom's collaborations with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadlib\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, resulting in the 2004 ground-breaking album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eMadvillainy\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, that got Ghostlife's remix reflex twitching. He decided to further ramp up the subterfuge (this is dream within a dream stuff) and remix some choice cuts from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbstract Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's interpretation of the record. For those who don't know, Abstract Orchestra, led by saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, are based on the classic jazz big band instrumentation of saxes, trumpets and trombones and features the cream of the north's jazz scene. When you dig into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eMadvillainy\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e you will note many of the samples (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Evans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFreddie Hubbard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e amongst others) lent a jazz-oriented feel to the record, an ethos that, in turn, lent itself perfectly to the deconstruction and re-imagining by Abstract. Ghostlife wanted peel back the next layer of this onion and, inspired by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaytranada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's organic synthesis of the hip hop aesthetic among slightly higher BPMs, Ghostlife began to pick tracks from Abstract's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eMadvillain 1\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e2\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to play around with. This was all done above board of course. He made contact with Rob who was so intrigued by what Ghostlife sketched out that handed over the original stems with his blessing. All in all Ghostlife remixed ten tracks, including \"Raid,\" \"Fancy Clown,\" \"Curls,\" and \"Figaro,\" and has forgone the big arrangements. Rather he has coaxed out hooks, and sampled small sections, dipping into Abstract Orchestra's work with the steady precision of a watchmaker to create something new and exciting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53443211362583,"sku":"ATA 029LP","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/6983\/6055\/files\/MadvillainRemixes.jpg?v=1776750716","url":"https:\/\/sisyphusrecordworks.com\/products\/madvill-rmx-lp","provider":"Sisyphus Record Works","version":"1.0","type":"link"}