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I first came across Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip some time ago (over a year ago in fact). I had seen a number of posters advertising them playing a gig at a local night club. I had never heard of this strange named duo before but what drew me in, was honestly Pip’s beard. When I got there Le Sac was stood on stage with a MacBook Pro and a couple of midi controllers and Pip was armed with a Mic, desk and suitcase. I had no idea what to expect so I was immediately pleased when I heard an eclectic range of british hip-hop, with a relative piece of performance from Pip during certain tracks.
The gig left quite an impression on me and at first I kept track of their releases. Though gradually over time I started to forget about them, after all it had been over a year since I have seen them live since the release of ‘Angles’. It wasn’t until I was in a record store buying ‘In Silico’ by Pendulum that I spotted ‘Angles’. I hadn’t seen it advertised anywhere, so I was somewhat surprised but promptly purchased it.
The album opens up with a bit of live spoken word from Pip that soon kicks into the single ‘The Beat That My Heart Skipped’. A great track that has been remixed by the likes of Jel. It begins with a glitched beat and guitar combo eventually bringing you into a great set of lyrics spat out by pip. The follow-up track, ‘ Development’ isn’t as heavy on the beats and is bit reminiscent of artists like Sixtoo, Sage Francis and the likes, but of course having a style that is unique to Le Sac and Pip. These are just two of the original tracks from the duo.
‘Angles’ holds some hidden emotional gem’s in the tracks ‘Angles’, ‘Magician’s Assisants’ and hidden track ‘Reading My Dreams’ taking the form of love, death, suicide and passion. It’s not very often you will find such powerful lyrics in an album such as this, it could actually change a lot on the way you view life and the people around you. I’m guessing this is what Le Sac and Pip are aiming for after telling their stories, and they left enough of an impression on me that I’ll always remember these tracks and heed their words very closely. Of course you may not notice how powerful these tracks are until you sit and read the lyrics while listening to them.
This album is full of complete ups and downs, each track is unique to itself, never sounding like the previous or the following. If your looking for the intelligence of hip-hop artists like Sage Francis, Sixtoo, El-P, etc and something new with an often fast paced electronic sound, this album is definitely something you will have been waiting for. In fact, scratch that, this is an album for everyone and their collection!
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Just pointing out the album is called ‘Angles’ as it says on the cover. not ‘Angels’ as you have stated. easy mistake i’ve made it a few times.
but i fully agree it’s a great album
Hah, yeah I made that mistake quite a lot, thanks for pointing it out to me. A lot of people must be doing that also, I’ve had quite a number of search engine results with the album spelt as Angels.
