Anti-Theft Device

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Product DescriptionThe 1998 release from INVISIBLE SKRATcH PIKLZ turntable wizard MIXMASTER MIKE AntiTheft Device blends in vocal snippets from the likes of guru, Ice cube, and the Beastie Boys Mike clearly has skills on the wheels of steel that are undeniable If he were a guitarist, hed be Jimmy PageMix Master Mike is a worldchampion turntable battler, and it shows on his debut recording The first half is full of furious highenergy scratching, complete with cartoon imagery and bratty jokes its an oldschool hiphop party that takes place in the Beastie Boys hood Its entirely appropriate that Mike, one of San Franciscos famed Invisibl Skratch Piklz, contributes to three tracks on the BeastiesHello Nasty and replaces DJ Hurricane in their live show they share a manic energy But the second half ofAntiTheft Device offers some smoother, contemplative tracksits on par with the dense introspection of DJ ShadowsEndtroducing but with more flow and less virtuoso scratching It shows that the triple M is only beginning to work out all his ideasMartin JohnsonReviewAntiTheft Device blends in vocal snippets from the likes of guru, Ice cube, and the Beastie Boys Mike clearly has skills on the wheels of steel that are undeniable If he were a guitarist, hed be Jimmy Page VibeTiny fragments of records are chopped up into a scratchy soup that gets ladled up in 31 variablysized portions There are no songs as such, just mad beat patterns, disparate vocal sounds distorted into the middle of next week and moody atmospherics skittering around in search of a purpose Its all tremendously admirable and very, very clever New Musical ExpressMix Master Mikes] scratch riffs can go headtotoe with Jimmy Page, and when he locks the groove down, the beats are positively neck popping Entertainment Weekly