Flippies Best Tape

Odd Nosdam came to prominence as beat-smith with experimental hip-hoppers, cLOUDDEAD, as well as being co-founder of the much revered Anticon label. A string of critically lauded solo releases culminated in 2016s Sisters LP (title track remixed by Boards of Canada) and this years Mirrors LP which saw the West Coast producer at the peak of his powers. A massive 66 tracks over 4 sides of wax!! Dilla’s Donuts, since its release in 2006, has deservedly been regarded as the benchmark for adventurous beat-tape construction. With Flippies, Odd Nosdam picks up the blueprint and takes aim at the next level. Digging fathoms deep in the crates, his source material comes from super rare records thatyou’ve never heard of, many of them private pressings. From plaintive deep soul cuts, gritty chitlin’ circuit funk, blues-ey 60s garage band sessions, through to some seriously heavy psych-rock freakouts and all manner of wierdness in between, the scope of this recordis mind bending. But it doesn’t stop there, mashed up into this heady brew you’ll also pick up hints of gospel, jazz, dub and spacey west coast acid. A calypso steel band even makes an appearance at one point! And the whole thing is neatly stitched together with snatches of film dialogue providing the narrative thread. So many disparate influences could make for an unfocussed, smorgasbord of a record but Nosdam has honed his skills over the years to such a degree that these 66 tracks, 80 mins in total, have been sculpted and shaped with rapier precision into a work that is as lithe and supple as it is kaleidoscopic and exhilarating. In a word, breathtaking.