CX Kidtronik – Krak Attack (SOUNDiNK/Shogun)

“There is great danger, especially if these KRAX collide within 3.74 quadzillion kracepts of an inhabited planet. In laymen’ terms, if the KRAKS bump, you best head for the hills (which have eyes) Dokumentation of the tales of Killakrakamanjaro go far beyond prehistoric drawings on kave walls. The earliest record of kontakt with extra-krakestrial essence can be seen from the 1st pyramids of nubia, to the rocks of Stonehenge. Only during those times, was there a kode to keep the KRAK hidden from view by keeping the naughty bits out of SPACEVISION. … To kontrol the KRAKANARKY running the streets, Krakovian citizens kreated the KRAKGALAKTIK MAFIA. The first central headquarters was the KRAKATORIUM, erected in krakasdad, krak capital of Krakovia”

And so on goes the Krak Attack manifesto, somewhere between the intergalactic punnery of Sun Ra’ poetry, and some kind of absurdist pop-culture dada. This album revels in ambiguity and duality – krak refers to low cut jeans and the drug, both of which are worshipped and decried in equal measure. Gangsta clichés are simultaneously espoused and parodied, Dr Phil’ token moralism is invoked for comic value. Media representations are re-presented through a conduit of moral ambiguity and flippancy.

The production is raw, somewhere between El-p’ Fantastic Damage and super compressed generic pop music. This album is right at home at SoundInk, who’re generally pushing bugged out hip hop, grime, electro flavoured beats, and some interesting international producers as well. The guest MC’, in the form of Ramm:Ell:Zee, MF Grimm, Deuce Gangster and High Priest of Anti-Pop Consortium amongst others, all hold down the concept, generally musing on all things KRAK. This album takes the banality of sexualised, materialist mainstream hip hop, and flips it relentlessly, to create an uncomfortable, schizophrenic experience.

So check it out, but be warned, “Some of the recordings were caught in an outer space wormhole, and were uncontrollably turned, slowed down, or sped up, by reptilian time bandits.”