Title: Mudshadow Propaganda
Artist: Prime Minister Of Doom
Label: Planet Uterus
Cat Number: PU1
Genre: Deep Techno, Tribal House
01. Getting Things Started
02. Tribal Days Part II
03. Tribal Days Part III
04. The Vibe
05. Drumatise
06. Grand Finale
07. Deep In Your Heart
08. Truth Inside
09. Truth Inside Of Me (Skit)
10. The Wai
So I didn’t know about this record when it came out and only discovered it by hearing one of its tracks in a mix and joining the dots from there. It’s difficult not to use too many superlatives when describing it, but for me it’s a perfect blend of tribal and dub techno. Start with the two ‘Tribal Days’ tracks and ‘Drumatise’ and you’ll understand why. Each offers a respectively different slant on how to use percussion, but done in such a way that you’re left thinking that it’s exactly what you’d have done yourself in the same position. Nothing complex, just raw loops that are that little but more complex than what you’re normally used to. Plus they go on for ages, so make perfect mixing fodder. ‘The Vibe’ and ‘Deep In Your Heart’ mine a rich seam of abrasive, upfront dub techno which, with a pounding foundation, is dance floor ready. The latter’s vocal puts it squarely in cheeseless house territory, the type which both feels familiar, but also slightly disorientating. Acid makes an appearance on ‘The Truth Inside’ possibly the album’s most brilliantly subtle composition, while spoken word is what dominates ‘Truth Inside Of Me (Skit)’ and ‘The Wai’, a deep, mantra – like spiritual incantation of a track that never ends. Prime Minister Of Doom, aka Dj Healer, DJ Metatron, Dr Sun, Golden Baby, Prince Of Denmark, Traumprinz, is someone who seems to fart out classics in his dreams, but nobody should sleep on this masterwork.
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