Gene Therapy

Here is the debut album from Philadelphia's most in-demand experimental/trip hop DJ, Tleilaxu (aka DJ Crasta). This is 72 minutes of abstract beats and rhythms ranging from trip hop to drum 'n' bass, blissy undertones, disorientating song structure, and a collage of mind-altering samples and hallucinative emotion. You can almost say it's like a combination of The Orb, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, and Seefeel. His intricate programming has been described by one of Tleilaxu's good friends, Josh Wink, as "brilliant...(and) intense." This CD also features a minimal down tempo remix from 611 Records' techno artists, Cain Edwards, as well as a collaborative track with ambient pioneers, Flowchart (aka Flowtron on Darla, 611 Records). Crasta has worked with Nigel Richards at 611 Records (Philadelphia) for several years as the experimental and trip hop buyer. He recently relocated to one of America's most rapidly growing record stores, Cue Records (Philadelphia). Aside from his DJ residencies at Silk City ("Grass" w/ DJ Milkweed) and 700 Club ("Mental Floss" with Sean O'Neal and Erin Anderson), DJ Crasta has been the opening DJ for acts that include Amon Tobin, Mix Master Morris, Low, The High Llamas, Morcheeba, and The Church. He has also been a regular at Sonic Soul Productions' notorious ambient gatherings, "Cloudwatch" (Baltimore), and he turned thousands of heads with a blissed out, mind-boggling set at Ultraworld's "Starscape '99." You can also find a Tleilaxu track on Sonic Soul's latest CD, "Cloudwatch: Volume 2 - A Soundtrack to a Freeform Gathering," which features some of the world's most adored chill-out electronic music makers such as Thievery Corporation, Asoka, DJ Olive, Q-Burns Abstract Message, and DJ Wally. Crasta is another one of those guys that you may be able to relate to - he spawned from the indie rock scene (as a bass player) to later evolve into a devoted computer junkie. Aside from music, he independently writes scripts, programs, and software (which you've probably encountered) for Macintosh computers. Tleilaxu's "Genetherapy" is a definite must-have, and it brings American abstract beats and experimental music to an untouched level and an unforseen territory.