Osaka-based noisecore / plunderphonic artist Namin Haku apparently takes her alter-ego name Doddodo from her obsession with dots (‘dod’ in Japanese) and this eight-track mini-album follows on the heels of a steady stream of ultra-limited CDR and cassette releases on underground Japanese labels including Space Moth and G2. Taking equal cues from fellow Japanese experimentalists Boredoms (particularly their ‘Chocolate Synthesiser’ period) and the lo-fi sample-based barrage of Alec Empire’s DHR, ‘Sample Bitch Story’ actually comes across as far more accessible than its somewhat ferocious title suggests.
While there’s certainly the odd concession to all-out sonic violence (witness the fantastically-titled ‘Whitehousedisco’, which resembles Kid606 going head-to-head with the cast of ‘Riverdance’), much of this record appears to poke its tongue knowingly at the established cliches embedded in commercial hiphop. Opening track ‘ABCDOsaka’ layers buzzing industrial feedback over a crunked-up backdrop of distorted turntablism and wall-of-sound screaming augmented by toy samples, while a stray fragment of Ice Cube even rears its head on ‘King Of Tomorrow’s eerie fusion of Hammond organ, overdriven synth-bass and relentlessly clanking beats. Like a more hiphop-fixated Boredoms locked down with a room full of budget gear – Doddodo brings the noise.
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