THE END
- Alien Army
Released October 2003
Compact Disc
Catalog # : BHH2062
The
End - the stunning second album from Italian hip-hop DJ supergroup Alien
Army, and the first available outside of Europe, has already drawn comparisons
to both D-Styles' "Phantazmegorea" and QBert's "Wave Twisters."
And no wonder since like those two Invisibl Skratch Piklz famed DJs, the six-member
Alien Army also possess a powerfully unique strong song structure approach to
turntablism: something often absent from the "skratch" music genre.
"What sets Alien Army apart from even some of the best hip hop scratch DJs
of today, even many of their fellow DMC or ITF champs, is that they make good
head-nodding hip hop music that is universally appealing," said Billy Jam
of Hip Hop Slam Records, who has featured Alien Army's music on several of the
critically acclaimed compilations released on his US label including Global
Turntables and Scratch Attack: the LP which also featured QBert and
Steinski. Dave Paul of Bomb Hip Hop, who pioneered the current turntablist craze
with his infamous Return of the DJ series, agrees that Alien Army are a
most unique DJ collective. "They are not just amazing scratch DJs but more
importantly quality producers who make hip hop songs, complete with choruses and
hooks. The kind of tracks that you keep hitting the repeat button on. But what's
really amazing about Alien Army is that they create all this great music on just
turntables!"
Featuring the DJs/producers Zak, Skizo, Inesha, MicroMetz, Type10, and Tayone,
Alien Army have been together for the past seven years. In that time they have
become national DJ heroes in their native Italy: winning hands down twelve national
DJ battle titles (DMC and ITF) and releasing the first all scratch album in Italy
(Orgasmi Meccanici 1998). They have also become mainstays on Italian radio
and television with regular appearances on MTV in Europe. Additionally their expansive
discography includes a slew of 12" singles, battle records, and mix-CDs.
DJ Skizo, the groups founding member, says that The End is what they are
most proud of after spending the past year-plus honing it to perfection. For proof
check out such instantly likable tracks as the sinister "Destroy" (already
a hit single in Italy), the spooky mood-induced "Daily Nightmares" and
the track that features US guest DJ Radar, "The Terrible Invasion Pt. 1."
"Our goal with this album," said DJ Skizo, "Was to combine the
ultimate frontiers of the so called scratch music, passing through electronic,
electro, abstract hip-hop and downtempo."
Track Listing
01 Intro
02 Destroy
03 Thronic Harmonic
04 We
Keep Things Rollin
05 Tales from the Dark Side pt.2
06 Magnetikal Chemistry
07 Sorry Wrong Number
08 The Classic
09 Daily Nightmares
10 40 Degrees of Revolution
11 Help Me I'm Falling
12 Scratchoetry
13 Let U All Know
14 Fresh Confidence
15 The Terrible Invasion pt.1 featuring DJ Radar
16 Phrases In My Mind