After working with Madlib and Danger Mouse, DOOM, who now resides in his place of birth London, has created his latest coup together with his label-colleague Jneiro Jarel. Their paths crossed for the first time on »Craft Of The Lost Art«, the record of Jarel’s project Shape Of Broad Minds. On the occasion of the ten-years-anniversary compilation of the former Warp-off-set Lex Records, JJ met the super villain again. And so the spark caught on fire, out of which a whole album was recorded in no time. What came out is »Key to the Kuffs«, and it’s as unwieldy as expected. Jarel sticks to his progressive production style, which had made him stand out way before the hype about the avant-garde beat scene around Flying Lotus and the lot. And DOOM does exactly what he always does: he mumbles into the mic in his familiar oddness, and tries to raise his voice for a critical view of the system (»Gov’nor«) and hygiene (»Wash Your Hands«) amongst other things. Those who don’t care that much about keeping one’s body clean can be delighted about guests like Portishead’s Chanteuse Beth Gibbons and Damon Albarn of the Gorillaz. Or they can marvel at the beautiful artwork by Stephen Powers a.k.a ESPO. It is no fast-food-snack for the generation soundcloud, but instead a record, which is definitely worth an extra listen in order to fire appropriately.
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