Genetically Modified

Techno prankster Si Begg returns to his madcap, sample-pilfering ways on GENETICALLY MODIFIED, the first full-length statement from his trusty Cabbageboy alias. The wobbly, wigged-out "Departure"--all space sounds, brass stabs, and bumping beats--indicates where this trip is headed. To the moon, Alice. Bang! Zoom! Crash!
You can't read a book by its cover--or judge an album by its titles--but, in the case of GENETICALLY MODIFIED, "R & B Angus Steakhouse", "I: Cabbage", and "Hey Hey We're the Monks" tell you plenty. Cabbageboy's take on the sci-fried big/break/freak-beat sound leans heavily on the weird. Just call it "quip-hop". Yet, somehow, Begg pulls together these jumbles of ultra-obscure, digitally deformed samples, jokey references, and skew-whiff programming into such fresh, funky shapes as "Donkey Kong" or "Talk Show". It's not all frantic antics, either. Lilting, Mu-Ziq-like melodies lighten the unsettling "Soylent Green" overtones of "Vended Food" and boost "Planet", "As the World Rages", and "I: Cabbage" to truly stellar heights. And all the wriggles and oscillations in the galaxy can't hide the fetching future-jazz tunes worked into the fabric of "Interstellar Love" and the boisterous "Bean (To This World)".|