After only one listen to Dosh’s self-titled full-length album, what struck me as evident was how well this album fit on the Anticon shelf. Between the brawn and muscle of Sole and the mind-boggling intellect and quirk of Doseone, the obvious bookends of the label, lies a plethora of sounds and noise that has distinguished this label as clearly left of center of most music producers today. And Dosh, a.k.a. Martin Dosh of Fog/Lateduster fame, has proven to travel concurrently on the same path, creating a mix of electro hip-hop and urban noise that is extremely inventive and ingenious simultaneously.
Martin Dosh has had some experience with experimental racket and lo-fi individualism. Drummer of Fog, Minneapolis’ eclectic outfit fronted by Andrew Broder, Dosh has involved himself profoundly at perfecting a sound that is untried yet polished, with deep instrumentation and rich variation. His album runs along the same pattern and perception by dabbling with hip-hop, jazz, electronica and various other styles of music. “If I Could Sing” can only be classified as electro-lounge jazz while “My Girl Ex-Car” flirts with hip-hop minimalism. “You Can’t Make Me Cry” shines forth in the same fashion as M83’s stylistic grandiose and “DJ DJ” falls on the same territory as his previous work with Fog. But what becomes evident through the record is how much this album sounds like Anticon. Perhaps Dosh has found his nesting place in music with his involvement with Anticon, but the fact remains that Anticon, and the artists affiliated on the label, share a definitive comparison to many different musical outfits in indie music today. And Dosh represents the catalyst in closing the gap between the world of independent hip-hop and others musical genres. This process is the true confession of Dosh’s interstellar album and its gifted invention, showing us a truly rich and powerful statement of harmony in today’s independent music.
1. Water turn off notice
2. You can't make me cry
3. Song for Zelbert Moore
4. Dj Dj
5. India India
6. My favorite color red
7. My girl ex-car
8. Chuck jane
9. Steve the cat
10. If I could sing
11. Party tractor
12. Forget myself
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