Check out this great interview with Controller 7 done by R-Rock of The Secret Life of Sound in Chicago on April 13, 2007 outside his DJ set with Scott Matelic and DJ Intel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQB31trevYU
"It's pretty great headphone-heading-into-evening music…. There's a lot of variety on this comp. We've got Thomas Dimuzio's processed squalls, Skoweyajeed's subterranean World-inflected beat collages, PNS' stringy hip hop flourishes, Corsic's sinewy Board of Canada jazz ballads, Mormon Freegan's destabilized funk dirges, Meatsock's um… ravey drum and bass moonscapes?That, and plenty of other tracks that can only be enjoyed through vague metaphors." –IMPOSE Magazine Online
Invisible Superstars is a compilation of exclusive beats and experimental sound compositions compiled by Controller 7 (a legendary producer in his own right who has also worked with Sole, Deep Puddle Dynamics, etc.) and The Secret Life of Sound label head R-Rock (who also records for TSLOS under his rhyme alias Kaptain Nemo, as Mormon Freegan and with Remote Control Frequencies). The compilation features tracks by Controller 7, Scott Matelic, Miles Tillman, PNS of Molemen Inc., Buddy Peace, Corsic, Skoweyajeed, Meatsock, Thomas Dimuzio, Tenshun, and Mormon Freegan.
"The goal of Invisible Superstars was to create a diverse collection of songs where all of the artists use non-traditional means of composition, whether it be sampling or found sound composition or analog tone generation."
Some of the artists are best known for their production work behind MCs; such as Scott Matelic (who has made beats for Sage Francis, Sage and Adeem) and PNS (who, as part of the Molemen Inc. production trio, has made beats for everyone from MF Doom to Slug of Atmosphere) but in this context all of the mostly instrumental tracks stand as pieces in their own right.
"Because of it's limited vinyl status (that includes a super-duper limited press of 300 on gold vinyl), it's unlikely to ever sweep the nation like smallpox, but in 25 years when Bitchfork drops their list of the best DJ comps of all time you'll see this on there and be all like, "F*ck, dude, I totally have that." And maybe you won't still talk like that in 25 years, but I probably will."-Rock Sellout
The Invisible Superstars Compilation is out now on The Secret Life of Sound!
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