'Inspired by hardcore techno, indie punk, noise rock, and a liberal dose of heavy metal, the recordings of Kid606 are a highlight of the growing American indie electronica scene. His lack of seriousness regarding 'intelligent techno' (conspicuous in his attitude as well as his recordings) and fondness for breakbeat thrash places him in line with Digital Hardcore advocates Atari Teenage Riot and electronics deconstructivists such as Add N (To X). A native of Venezuela, the Kid moved to San Diego early in l...   [ read more ]

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Kid606's Miguel Depedro adds stylistic guises with the same nonchalance that most people don extra sweaters, an operating procedure that leaves him open to spreading thin his impressive production talents and drying up his font of ideas. After he delivered successive excellent records of spartan experimental techno (P.S. I Love You) and no-holds-barred dance mash-ups (The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams), listeners could be forgiven for simply throwing their hands up and...   [ read more ]

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Fortunately, Kid606's first album for the (comparatively) high-profile Ipecac Recordings proves just as uncompromising, schizophrenic, and hilarious as his previous recordings, ridden with blasts of skull-cracking static, breakbeat noise, and tortured found-sound vocal samples -- all digitally processed to within an inch of their lives. From the R&B-goes-hardcore "Secrets 4 Sale" (with vocals by label associate Mike Patton) to song titles like the IDM-baiting {&"Luke Vibert Can Kiss My In...   [ read more ]

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