HIP-HOP CLASSIC! It's hard to exaggerate the role that Kool Keith's debut solo album as Dr. Octagon played in revitalizing underground hip-hop. It certainly didn't bring the scene back to life single-handedly, but it attracted more attention than any non-mainstream rap album in quite a while, thanks to its inventive production and Keith's bizarre, free-associative rhymes. "Dr. Octagonecologyst" represented the first truly new, genuine alternative to commercial hip-hop since the Native Tongues' heyday. It ...   [ read more ]

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Finally, back again to shock & thrill us after years out in the wilderness, he goes straight for the jugular with the release of his highly anticipated new album. Spliced & diced together by the man himself. Recorded in a twelfth century turret in the old quarter of Prague, as well as Byron Bay & Melbourne in Australia. A morphing twisted untelligent organism, an animal yet to be named. Also featuring DJ Dexter (the Avalanches) for the Egyptian scratch flavor & Princess Superstar.

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The Octagon recorded and mixed the album over a period of three days. Almost all of the songs were recorded live: there are only a few vocal overdubs. The Octagon wanted to capture the sound of an actual band in an actual room all playing their instruments at the same time. They feel they succeeded. There are seventeen songs on the record. Most of them are shorter than your average pop song. The Octagon likes it that way. They think that most pop songs are too long.

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