Kakusei

DJ Krush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tristar
• ASIN: B00000JPB4
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Trip-Hop
  • #21 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Experimental

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Krush finds the perfect groove, September 1, 2000

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"theunderbob" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kakusei (Audio CD)

DJ Krush's Kakusei, a 1999 release on Sony's imports label, unleashed what Krush has referred to as the "second stage" of his career. I, for one, am glad it's here. As much as I loved Krush's earlier work, his energy was starting to seem kitsch, and the collaborations on Milight and Meiso seemed to draw some of the attention away from his beat wizardy.

So what's so great about it? Plenty. The beats are just schizophrenic enough to hold your attention, but not crazy enough to make it unlistenable. Just when the mood starts to slip into typically gloomy trip-hop, he injects some of his infamous tongue-in-cheek samples.

He also includes some excellent tracks which showcase his innovative scratching, something he hasn't done on the last couple of albums.

Hip-hop, just like every other genre, has been riding a downwards spiral towards mainstream mundanity since it's underground roots. But every once in a while, an album like this comes along that convinces me that the true spirit of innovation and fun is still around.

I don't think this album alone will change the scene, but I do think it signals a re-emphasis on the thing that really made hip-hop great: the Beat.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark and effective, May 21, 2000

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kristian baumgartner (Olympia, Wa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kakusei (Audio CD)

Krush sets a standard for trip hop that I have yet to see matched. This Cd is very dark, moody stuff, not as listener friendly as his second effort "Krush", yet still more profound and aestheticaly rich than any other DJ I have ever heard. This is for anyone who appreciates music as an art and the turntables as a legitimate instument to convey art. Krush weaves a landscape that is eerie, dark, and impossible to resist. As a guide he gives us both want we want and what we aren't sure we're ready to hear. He dares us to accept his world while holding our hand at the same time.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Groovy, November 13, 1999

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Matthew Grotsky (wesleyan university baby) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kakusei (Audio CD)

this album, which features seventeen tracks (the last of which features esthero) is absolutely amazing. This is the best dj krush has offered as of yet. The bass is clear and succulent and for those of you perusing for the perfect foreplay-et-cetera compliment...search no further. This album is intense and extremely sensual in a tricky- massive attack-portishead groove. Esthero also tears it up. Definitely worth purchasing.