Artist: ApSci
Title: Best Crisis Ever
Label: Quannum Projects
Genre: Electronic : Dance
Release Date: 8/11/09
UPC: 681940008921
Territory: Worldwide
Best Crisis Ever, the new album from trans-continental ApSci (pronounced APP-sigh), was begun in a Brooklyn apartment overlooking a coffee factory in 2006, and finished in a Sydney apartment by the beach in 2008. While 2005’s Thanks for Asking was a collabo-rich hip-hop-electro diary with guests spanning from indie-rap pinch hitters Mr. Lif and Pigeon John to the bandleaders of TV On The Radio and Antibalas, the new record has been executed almost entirely by the duo, Australian-Filipina Dana Diaz-Tutaan and the Irish-Italian, Bronx-born Raphael LaMotta. It’s a louder, catchier and more expansive take on ApSci’s unique combination of electro, hip-hop and quirky pop, relying heavier on songwriting and a combination of vintage drum machine sounds, synths and guitars. It’s equal parts New York bravado and Australian charm, reflecting the respective hometowns of each, and how the duo, despite the nearly opposite lifestyle and pace of the cities, have managed to comfortably straddle both for nearly a decade.
In 2006, Diaz-Tutaan was asked to play the lead role of Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love, a musical collaboration with David Byrne & Fat Boy Slim. Diaz-Tutaan performed alongside Byrne at the premier of the musical in the Adelaide Festival. Also, in the spring of 2009, shortly before the release of Best Crisis Ever, chose ApSci for their “Next 100″ issue, and the duo’s infectious new album standout, “Crazy Crazy Insane,” is currently being featured on a national television ad for Time Warner Cable. Check out the duo that JamBase.com claims is “fixing to be [a] major player in the future of hip-hop.”
Here’s some more friendly press for ApSci:
“Kick ass musicianship and a strong label will get you everywhere in this business as will constantly looking to innovate.” – Deeperbeats
“Excited and energetic and absolutely inventive as ever” –MP3.com
A mixture of “Eminem and Bjork,” –Spin.com
“The real deal.”-XLR8R
“Stands tall under the label of ‘experimental hip-hop.’”-Pitchfork.
Also, check out this awesome video they made for their previous single, “Under Control” using only an iPhone, a portable printer, and a webcam! Now that’s resourcefulness:
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