Deep Concentration

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Lesson 6: The Lecture - Cut Chemist

2. DJ Prince Paul Vs. The World - Prince Paul

3. Radar Frees Tibet [Gasho Mix] - Radar

4. Strange Times [Version] - The Angel

5. Poeisies, Scene 1 le Blues [Live] - Ingrid de Lambre, Eddie Def

6. Centaurus Space Bass [Cloak & Destroy Mix] - DJ Swingsett, DJ Wally

7. Turntable Experience - The X-Men

8. Say That - Lateef the Truth Speaker, Lyrics Born

9. They Don't Fall Down - Babu, DJ Babu, Peanut Butter Wolf

10. On Wax - Beyond There

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Disc: 2

1. OM's Digital Beat Box CD-ROM [*]

Disc: 1
1. Lesson 6: The Lecture - Cut Chemist
2. DJ Prince Paul Vs. The World - Prince Paul
3. Radar Frees Tibet [Gasho Mix] - Radar
4. Strange Times [Version] - The Angel
5. Poeisies, Scene 1 le Blues [Live] - Ingrid de Lambre, Eddie Def
6. Centaurus Space Bass [Cloak & Destroy Mix] - DJ Swingsett, DJ Wally
7. Turntable Experience - The X-Men
8. Say That - Lateef the Truth Speaker, Lyrics Born
9. They Don't Fall Down - Babu, DJ Babu, Peanut Butter Wolf
10. On Wax - Beyond There
See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. OM's Digital Beat Box CD-ROM [*]

Deep Concentration

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A Classic.....
Absolute Masterpiece

Deep Concentration: The Future of Experimental Hip Hop
Radar , The Angel , ingrid de Lambre & Eddie Def , DJ Swingsett & DJ Wally , The X-Men , Lyrics Born & Lateef , Peanut Butter Wolf feat. Babu & J-Rocc , Beyond There , Mumbles , and Q-Burn's Abstract Message
Manufacturer: Om Records
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ASIN: B00000B69A
Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

Lesson 6-The Lecture
DJ Prince Paul Vs. The World
Radar Frees Tibet [Gasho Mix]
Strange Times [Version]
Poeisies, Scene 1 le Blues [Live]
Centaurus Space Bass [Cloak & Destroy Mix]
A Turntable Experience
Say That
They Don't Fall Down
On Wax
At the Mountains of Madness
Book of Changes

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Deep Concentration reinforces what you fundamentally love about hip-hop and then proceeds to flip your brain into hyperspace with some of the more progressive DJ compositions from some of the most respected turntablists around. West Coast DJ Cut Chemist (of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli) reaches extra deep into the archives to build "Lesson 6," while DJs Swingsett and Wally find a hook in a loop of dripping water for the trippy "Centaurius Space Bass." Hip-hop purists will appreciate the X-Ecutioners' assault "A Turntable Experience" and the only MC cut, "Say What," by the lyrical marvels Latyrx. Some of the routines on Deep Concentration are sonically experimental while others, such as Prince Paul's ego trip, "DJ Prince Paul vs. the World," simply excel with excess. --Todd Levin

Customer Reviews:

A Classic............2004-06-14

Although a classic of which music genre is anyone's guess. Trip hop prehaps? There so much depth to this album it boggles the mind. I purchased this album over seven years ago when I was just starting to get into DJ Shadow. If you are a fan of Shadow you need this album. This is also what I would call a "bridge" album because the artists on it are tied to so many different music scenes....I guess that's mostly because of Cut Chemist. This is a definate "must" for anyone that enjoys turntable artistry.

Absolute Masterpiece.......1999-06-11

You get a bit of every style in this package. The skillz amaze, but your butt still moves.

Tracks:

The Human Condition - Ming & Fs
Antimatter - Radar
Hard Rock - DJ Revolution
Babylon Rhythm Exorcism - Musaics (DJ Sole)
Afternoon Connection - People Under The Stairs
Wristy Business - Plagaiwrists
Fresno State Of Mind - Planet Asia
Torture - Infamous
Buggin Out - Space Travelers
Act Up - Craze
3:00A In Da Morning/Circus Of Hell - Cash Money
Lovin Every Minute Of It - Blak Forest
U.F.O. (In 3 Parts) - Danny Breaks
Where Will You Run - T-Rock & Faust
Cynicism - Highlanders

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San Francisco has become ground zero for turntablists, and Om Records has put itself at the epicenter. The third installment of the label's highly regarded Deep Concentration compilation series does not rest on its laurels--it introduces many new names that may not be familiar even to those moderately well-versed in the scene. Not all the contributors are from S.F.--the opening track, from the East Coast's Ming & FS (one of Om's flagship groups), mixes a strong drum & bass flavor into the hip-hop. Many of the performers (Radar, Plagaiwrists, Danny Breaks), specialize in the surgically precise, astonishingly fast cutting and scratching that is turntablism's predominant feature, but others are hip-hoppers who prefer to create their musical backdrops with turntables instead of synthesizers. L.A.'s People Under the Stairs put the vocals first, and Blak Forest (also from L.A.) are one of the real discoveries of the compilation--anyone into any contemporary underground hip-hop (Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, Anti-Pop Consortium, Blackalicious, etc.) will want to check them out. Atlanta's T-Rock and Faust combine speedy scratching with mid-'80s electro beats and a nasal vocal delivery reminiscent of Rob Base, and the Highlanders close things out with a snotty, hyperspeed, synth-squelchy track that should appeal to fans of Atari Teenage Riot and similar bands. Overall it's a very listenable compilation that illustrates just how many directions hip-hop based music has taken. --Bob Bannister

Album Details

House. 15 New and Exclusive Tracks from Ming and Fs, Radar, DJ Revolution, DJ Sole, Plagawrists, Planet Asia, DJ Infamous, Danny Breaks, T-Rock and Faust.

Customer Reviews:

Retains the Brilliance of Deep Concentration Volumes 1 & 2.......2004-08-06

Vol 3 in the esteemed 'Deep Concentration' series, which focuses less on the vocal talents of emcees, and concentrates on the DJ side of things, and more specifically Experimental Turntable trickery, Genre Fusion, or indeed just exceptional feats of turntable skill and cutting-edge beats. So genres outside the hip-Hop area are all skillfully intergrated here. whether its the stunning breakbeat-inspired epic of "Ming & Fs's - The Human condition" which remained one of the standouts on their studio album, and retains that accolade here, or indeed "People under the Stairs" who throw down with some confidently handled golden age referencing turntable trickery.

The emphasis on this album certainly seems to be more about giving the featured artists ways to express how they are evolving turntable expressionism or certainly trying to come up with something new, or original that doesn't involve furiously scratching a kick-drum sound to death. Especially "T-Rock & Faust", "Radar" & "Planet Asia", who all seem determined to think 'Outside the box', and push the direction into interesting places, and I'd even go so far as to say that their contributions are 'Stunning' in places.

It's certainly an album that continues the excellence of the previous installments of the series, and if anything the lesser known artists on this installment, almost seem as if they have something to prove, considering the exceptional talent that was on Vol's 1 & 2......and they most certainly rise to the challenge, as there's a genuine feeling that these artists are using these turntables as an musical instruments, as opposed to merely a piece of machinery.

So if you're wondering whether you should buy this album, because you have previous volumes and you're not burned out on the whole DJ/Turntable approach, and neither fussed at the lower profile Dj's, and are only concerned about the quality of the album, (although to be fair the quality is never in question here) then I highly recommend this (especially if you can find it cheap). but those that are trying this for the first time, or indeed unsure as the which volume to go for. Then I recommend starting with volume 1, and if that captures your imagination (in the way it did me), then you'll be well set for picking up volume 2, and then this edition (which is easily as worthwhile as the others). and (hopefully) you have one of the finest series of DJ/Turntable albums in recent years. Tremendous stuff!!

Wonderful Europhic Trip for your ears & mind........2000-08-27

I dig this CD, man. This is where it all comes from. Good rap, head boppin beats, skillful scratching. You cannot expect much better anywhere else. This is the best CD I have ever heard since Soundbombing II, which focused a lot on lyrical skills, well this one focuses where it all matters. Behind the music. What an amazing tribute to some of the most skilled spinners out there.

Get this CD, you will not be dissapointed. ... it was an impulse buy I didn't regret. And neither should you.

Peace out

This is the most ill scratchin cd you can get........2000-06-27

If you want to wow your friends with the best beats and unbelievable not stop scratchin, then this cd is for you.

Is your party not going so well?

No more booze, and its causing people to leave. Well bring them back with "Deep Concentration Vol. 3"

No gangster rap here. What you get is one funky beat after another, and just when you thought it couldn't get any funkier it really starts to funk your noodle.

This cd will constantly make you happy, you'll want to learn how to break dance. Their is no need to skip one track. I pledge allegiance to this cd.

a good buy.......2000-06-19

Anyone familiar with Om won't be disappointed with this disc. Tight beats, turntable heroics, the whole lot. The rap tracks offer a nice "rest" between the more turntable driven tracks (don't get me wrong, I love tables, but every once in a while I need to hear some less abstract phrasing). Standout songs include the Ming and FS cut, and the Blak Forest track. PUTS and Space Travelers also come correct. I recommend it.

Deep Concentration, Vol. 2: Deeper Concentration

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proverbs for lacey racecar drivers backwards.
A True Cure For Stagnation
Oh my G-d
A head-nodder with sonic complexity
Super-funky mutant hip-hop at it's most raw

Deep Concentration, Vol. 2: Deeper Concentration
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Tracks:

What It Is - Soul & JC
Interstellar Hydroponics - Apollo & Fluid Motion
They Don't Understand - Beat Junkies
Madhattan Bound - DJ Ming & FS
Ritual Of The Nile - J Boogie's Dubronic Science
The Cure For Stagnation - Siah & Yeshua DapoED
Demo Type Shit - Mass Influence
The Age Of Television - DJ Rob Swift
Get Up & Stretch - Intermission
Murder By Styntax - DJ Spooky W/ Organized Konfusion
Def Con - Saga & Mei Lwun
Brother In The Back - Ill Media
Schwartz Via Aghaarta - Mix Master Mike
Liquidized Language - Task Force
Yambooze - Push Button Objects
Wireless 2012 - Part 2
Course Of Action - Scratch Perverts
Eddie Def Land - Eddie Def

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Nowhere is the divide between the mainstream and the underground greater than in hip-hop. While most hip-hop fans nod their heads to Puff Daddy and Master P., still others take solace in the idea that artists like those who appear on Deeper Concentration exist to push the music further into the future. The artists featured on this compilation are the (presently) unknown saviors of the genre: turntablist warriors like the Beat Junkies, Mix Master Mike, and Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners; the subversive art-hop of New York City's illbient DJ Spooky (here with Organized Konfusion); and the more straightforward hip-hop of Mass Influence. It's a shame that many mainstream fans don't know about the cut-up collages of beats and pieces found on Swift's "The Age of Television" or the understated, sublime rapping of Siah and Yeshua DapoED on the aptly titled "The Cure for Stagnation." And unlike in mainstream rap and hip-hop, here the chasm between electronic and hip-hop closes: jungle and dub inch their way next to slow breakbeats while weird, off-kilter rhythms supply a purely instrumental soundtrack and--surprise!--they don't feel a bit out of place next to the rapping and scratching. --Tricia Romano

Customer Reviews:

proverbs for lacey racecar drivers backwards........2005-08-20

This mix makes no sense. How can someone put together a compilation with such mastery and sheer genius and not be awarded something far greater than a measly Nobel Prize? Each cut on this CD will have you pinching your nipples and running from the cops with a backpack full of spray cans. And if your parents catch you coming home late at night with a bag full of rattling cans, if they've heard this mix, they will understand. You will bond.

A True Cure For Stagnation.......2000-06-04

This album is a true cure for stagnation in the world of flossy jiggy rap .In an age of hiphop where to be a star you have to make enemys drive a benz smoke blunts and drink champaigne i was beginning to worry about where hip hop in general was going .The beats are refreshing the rhymes are funky the instrumentals and samples are dope this album rules. The clear highlight was Siah annd yeshua dapoeds cure for stagnation . if you liked these check REFLECTION ETERNAL and DIAMOND. a brilliantly made album but WARNING . If you are a fan of BAD BoY , Death Row , Master P etc do not buy this as you would be wasting the valuable cash which could help buy that benz and eventualy lead you to rap superstardom. EENNGGLLAANNDD RREEPPRRAAZZEENNTT......

Oh my G-d.......1999-12-16

Yo this is sick. The best cutting by the best D.J.'s known to man. Get this now! Crazy up's to the boys in the 5102, Shap holding it down in the hill, and all the peeps at S&S!

A head-nodder with sonic complexity.......1999-11-27

This is the future of hip hop. Musical fusion, without pop simplicity. Here, you'll find some of the world's finest DJs and DJ crews mixing vocal and instrumental samples with some original beats to create the progressive hip hop sound you've been searching for.

If you like the Invisibl crew, Beat Junkies, Z-trip, Shadow, DJ Craze, Primo, material from the Return of the DJ series Rob Swift and the rest of the X-ecutioners, you'll love this. If you've never heard of the aformentioned, then you're probably not ready for this album.

I especially like the big band sound from track 4 (or is it 5?) combined with that big beat. Lovely. I promise you, this purchase will be money well-spent.

Super-funky mutant hip-hop at it's most raw.......1999-10-25

While it might not be quite as groundbreaking as it's predecessor, Deeper Concentration, Vol. 2 is just as innnovative as the first installment. This version places much more emphasis on rapping than the expanding instrumentals on the first volume. For the most part, the lyricists hold it down (the highlight being Siah and Yeshua DapoED's "The Cure for Stagnation"). A special treat comes in the form of "Liquidized Language," featuring a trio of British MCs who rip it just as hard as any Brooklyn head ever did. The instrumentals are also mind-blowing at times. J-Boogie's "Ritual of the Nile" is probably the best track on the whole disc, using an Indian melody and building it into a funky percussive jam. This CD has it's downfalls, though. While the idea behind Rob Swift's "The Age of Television" is great, the music backing the sample timeline is mediocre at best, as is the syncopated piano boredom of Mass Influence's contribution to the album. But for the most part, innovation + technique + Technics = Deeper Concentration, Vol. 2... pick it up.

Deep Concentration, Vol. 4: Wreckin' the Floor

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>SORT <
A Hot Dance Banger!! Defines true hip-hop!

Deep Concentration, Vol. 4: Wreckin' the Floor
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ASIN: B0000AWCFX
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

31st February - The Nextmen
We Know Something You Don't Know - Dj Format
Here Comes The Judge - Zeph & Azeem
Bullit - Sparo
Breath Control - Presto
Sinista Scratch - Planet Asia
118th Hustle - DJ TonkDJ Tonk
Movin To My Beat - J Boogie
Something - Crown City Rockers
Speed Bump - Strange Fruit Project
Womanside - Swamburger
Callin' Mr. Tate - King Kooba
A Yo! Atlanta Ya On - Mass Influence
Freeeked - Colossus
Feel The Music - Foreign Legion

Customer Reviews:

>SORT <.......2007-03-08

This compilation is more rap and liquid flow influenced than volume 2(my fav)where as Vol. Two's theme is more experimental and audible. although they are very good cd's 0_O. I personaly would give ten stars if i could do so.

A Hot Dance Banger!! Defines true hip-hop!.......2004-04-27

Nowadays it's virtually rare to come across a collaboration album that truly defines the true meaning of hip-hop. Many avid hip-hop listeners find themselves scampering through for a so-called "Quality Hip-Hop Album," only to later discover that it's the same old obnoxious rubbish that has been repeated and rehashed over and over again. The taste and yearn for true hip-hop dampens down as fans slowly lose their interest in the genre, wondering if a quality album will ever be released in fair time. Well, fans can look future no longer. Deep Concentration 4 has come to feed the true hip-hop heads what they've yearned for so long, a raw and cut true hip-hop banger. For starters, Deep Concentration Vol.4 contains some of the most dopest underground artists' from around the country with magnificent performances. Some tracks which don't feature an artist are plain out instrumentals which take listeners back to the days when hip-hop was just embracing it's stable form. There isn't a single track on this collaboration album that's a filler or contains filler material, it's all out raw and cut underground hip-hop. This album not only makes as a quality hip-hop album, but also as a hot dance banger as well. Any fan of true hip-hop owes it to themselves to get themselves a copy of Deep Concentration Volume 4. It's an album that'll keep the listeners interested for a VERY long time. Guaranteed! Also a guaranteed must have!

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Deep Concentration
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Cutti
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000089IC
Release Date: 1996-02-11

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Bonus Tracks.

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The View You Never Get
Georgian Contemporary Unit
Manufacturer: Solponticello
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General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000244PWS
Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

Welcome
Tippoo's Tiger
Dialogue
Assiana
Carillon
Clavicytherium
Unfettered
Thrive and Beam
Severe Moderation Suite
Dialogue 2
Offering
Offering 2
Offering 3

Product Description

Centered around Hungarian master 16-string guitarist Sandor Szabo, the Georgian Contemporary Unit is group concentration and joyful abandon...a deep blend of contemporary classical, Hungarian folk, free jazz, and meditative trance.

The Georgian Contemporary Unit is Kyle Dawkins and Brian Smith of the Georgia Guitar Quartet, guitarist Colin Bragg, drummer Blake Helton, and H'arpeggionist Erik Hinds, and 16-string guitarist Sandor Szabo of Hungary. Our first album, "The View You Never Get" (www.solponticello.com) is a spiritually rich pairing of trance music traditions with free jazz and modern chamber sensibilities.

-Colin Bragg plays electric and classical guitar in this ensemble. His soaring lines create a nice counterpoint to the bubbling group interaction below. Colin is a gifted composer and conceptualist, equally at home in music and visual arts. He plays a mean country guitar as well.

-Kyle Dawkins composes highly rhythmic and harmonically beautiful music inspired by his childhood in the North Georgia mountains. He uses exceptional classical guitar technique and vivid melodies to transport the listener into new dimensions for solo and group guitar work. Check out his Solponticello album "Conasauga."

-Blake Helton brings a whole new approach to drums in the Georgian Contemporary Unit...quiet in volume but fully charged in energy and execution. His listening skills are finely honed and this is apparent in his choices throughout the music; his piano playing reflects the same commitment to creating sublime and memorable soundscapes.

-Erik Hinds plays the H'arpeggione in this ensemble and brings out repetitive patterns to induce deeper states of awareness throughout. The wooden growl of the instrument nicely compliments the spacious work taking place around it.

-Brian Smith brings his incredible rhythmic sensibilities and classical guitar prowess to the ensemble. He keeps time like a metronome and constructs fantastic melodic phrases to answer Sandor's calls.

-Sandor Szabo is the heart of the Georgian Contemporary Unit. He is a master musician from Vacs, Hungary, and deserving of a wider audience; he is one of only a handful of musicians developing the path started by Bela Bartok. Sandor's 16-string guitar playing transcends the expected and creates an entirely new dimension of sound.

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Deep Concentration
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00004YTYW
Release Date: 1998-07-31

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