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Artist:
CYNE
Title:
Running Water
Label:
CITY CENTRE OFFICES (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$8.50
Catalog #:
BLOCK 033EP
"Following on from last year's
Growing EP
on City Centre Offices, Cyne finally return with a 12" taster for their highly anticipated full-length
Evolution Fight
. This gargantuan 8-tracker is based around 'Running Water,' a key track from their forthcoming album that's available here in regular and instrumental versions. The flipside also features brand new and exclusive track 'Maintain,' while for many the highlight of this gigantic EP will be the Four Tet (Domino) remix of 'Automaton,' possibly Kieran Hebden's most upfront B-boy endeavour yet and for our money the finest remix undertaken in his illustrious career so far. Finally, Miami-based beat scientist Locsmif presents his take 'Growing,' the title track of Cyne's CCO-debut from 2004."
Artist:
CYNE
Title:
Evolution Fight
Label:
CITY CENTRE OFFICES (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.50
Catalog #:
CCO 026CD
Gainesville-based hip-hop artists Cyne release their long-awaited second album (their debut full-length for CCO). Following the same technical approach that accompanied the recording of their first album
Time Being
,
Evolution Fight
features diced-up sample-based beats constructed on the MPC, vocals recorded in a compact bedroom studio and ProTools used to mix everything properly. The band (
Speck
,
Enoch
,
Akin
and
Cise Star
) also layered 16 samples of live instrumentation for that big '70s feel, starting with the incredible 8-track percussion and horns featured on "Plight About Now." Meanwhile, "Growing" features
The Mercury Program
laying down the bass, Rhodes and vibes, imbuing the track with a euphoric yet self-reflective quality. Content-wise, Akin & Cise Star are lyrically influenced by prime political rap of the past from artists such as
Public Enemy
and
Paris
. Stylistically, however, Cyne bring to mind the quieter but no less deadly school of thought via
Lakim Shabazz
,
C.L. Smooth
and most obviously (due to similar vocal styles) the early work of
Common (Sense)
. Ultimately, however, the production on
Evolution Fight
has an incredibly bouncy and contemporary touch that shines as bright as
Prefuse 73
,
J.Sands
,
mcenroe
,
Spinna
... even
Madlib
would get blunted to this. The production at the heart of Cyne is rooted in the early nineties when producers like
No.Id
,
Pete Rock
and
Jay Dee
simplified things by concentrating on new sample sources... and that good old boom and bap.
Artist:
CYNE
Title:
Evolution Fight
Label:
CITY CENTRE OFFICES (GERMANY)
Format:
2LP
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CCO 026LP
Double LP version.
Artist:
CYNE
Title:
Collection 1999-2003
Label:
P-VINE RECORDS (JAPAN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
PCD 23369
Japanese-only release, licensed from Botanica del Jibaro, compiling their previous 12"-only tracks on BDJ and Rice & Beans. "Collection of Cyne's work. Cyne is Speck, Enoch, Akin and Cise Star. Includes all Cyne tracks (minus remixes) from African Elephants, Midas and Movements 12"s plus more. CD has guest appearances by DJ Infamous (the-Allies) and Algorithm (Counterflow/Botanica del Jibaro)."
Artist:
CYNE
Title:
Time Being
Label:
P-VINE RECORDS (JAPAN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
PCD 23402
Japanese version of the debut album from Miami's Cyne, following their
Collections
CD. CYNE is Speck, Enoch, Akin and Cise Star, previously associated with the Botanica del Jibaro label. Featuring remixes from Manuvers, Enoch, Spec, with guest Blak Lungz.
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