Planning to enter the Restiform Bodies remix contest? You have some big shoes to fill, now that this reworking from the Lazer Sword boys has just arrived. Suffice to say, this electronic-heavy version of "Interactive Halloween Bear," from RBs' recently released TV Loves You Back, is suited for only the darkest and dirtiest of venues, where the quaking bassline could potentially knock your drink onto the floor. And whoever came up with that track title is an undisputed genius.
Originally released in 2000. Only 30 copies of this super-limited CDR re-release will be available, direct from Passage & Bomarr. Features one of the first vocal appearances by Telephone Jim Jesus, and features a guest spot from ADeeM. Get this while you still can, or risk paying high amounts on eBay for it.
$20 including shipping in the US, $20 plus shipping outside the US.
With all due respect to Kool Keith and Cannibal Ox, Restiform Bodies are one of the weirdest, oddball hip-hop groups on the map. Consider song titles like “A Pimp-Like God” and disturbing lines like “My dick gets busy like a busy bayonet” on “Foul” from the group’s new album, TV Loves You Back, and you start to get a picture of the outfit’s experimental, nothing’s-sacred approach. Icy noises and acid-tinged synths — think Diplo on mescaline and given Brian Eno’s laptop — all dovetail with the complicated, ultra-dense rhyme schemes and super-rapid-fire delivery. All we can conclude is that Restiform Bodies is spitting on ghettotech and its offspring and coming up with their own dark, abstract vision of blistering post-crunk.
