Chocolate Industries
2000
Dirty Dozen
About This Album
Containing the entirety of material already released on EPs Cash and Half Dozen, as well as two previously unreleased tracks, Dirty Dozen is a concise and fairly complete summary of beatmonger Edgar Farinas' early outings as Push Button Objects, one that suggests his fascination with both the trebly East Coast hip-hop snare and the potentials of digital sound processing. As with opener "Lockligger," which frames a De La Soul vocal sample in a dark thicket of skiffly, chewed-up beats, and "Macabea," which pits a firm breakbeat against a revolving door of receding synth pads, gymnastic blips, and skittering counter-rhythms, Dirty Dozen's best moments arise from its counterpointing of hip-hop and laptop elements. In contrast, Farinas' more straightforward electronic compositions are less exciting; although texturally impressive (both "Pboory" and "Chewbacca on Crack" contain some genuinely unique sounds), most of his remaining tracks are painfully light on motifs and often inessential. This is a mixed bag overall. ~ Mark Pytlik, All Music Guide
Track List (try tracks 2,4,6,7,9,10 and 11)

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