Bringing the hip and the hop to Scape's electronic roundhouse, (aka iLLEVEN and Hashim B) are a walking masterclass in the ability to fuse experimental beats, marble-mouthed MCs and monochrome soundscapes into a delectable whole. Having put out a couple of releases from their Tokyo base, Cappablack soon became one of the most influential acts in the Japanese leftfield - catching the Scape eye through imaginative production styles and cylinder-busting tunes. Minting their sound to perfection on new record 'Facades and Skeletons', Cappablack open the show with the bragging rights of 'Counterattack Intro'; wherein Awol One gets chatty with steely intent over some bouncing bomb beats and fizzing scratches, before 'Slide Around' arrives in a fug of esoteric beats and chewy rhymes. Eschewing the often clinical beats that seem to accompany hip-hop released through more leftfield labels, Cappablack infuse their music with a rimy quality that conjures an atmosphere akin to a foggy morning in the city. With obvious highlights including the ratchet-snared 'New Tone' featuring Emirp, '5th Dimension' and it's anti-Bush overtones, and the furnace blast of warped dancehall that appears on 'Evil Clap', Cappablack have crafted an album that straddles numerous genres and owns them all. Back in black...
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