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From Amazon.co.uk:
El Stew are a motley assortment: there's Brain, the drummer from Primus; DJ Disk, aka. the Shigger Fragger, the godfather of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; twisted guitarist Buckethead--who wears a chicken bucket atop his noggin whenever he appears onstage; Eddie Def of the Space Travelers (formerly the Scratch Hamsters); and producer Extrakd. It's an assemblage you might not expect to work, and their music is almost unclassifiable--except to say that it makes for a hell of an interesting listen. The album isn't a seamless mix of the quintet's talents, but it comes close: all five meet on a trippy, abstract plane and share the same twisted sense of humour. (If you recognize the two films they lift the phrase "klaatu barada nikto" from, this is the album for you.) Somehow, El Stew manage to fit funky dance tracks ("Reign of Terror"), bizarre dance tracks ("Surf Mission \oInvasion of the Duck Punk\c", with its chorus of quacks), and some very experimental, weird music side by side. That it never once feels out of place is an incredible accomplishment. --Randy Silver

first time listener:
This is a real eye-opener!sheer brilliance,just 4 the Rick Wakeman sample on Igloo condo,i am now in the process of buying as much of El stew,Buckethead and probably Praxis aswell,good show.

better than laswell's "a dub transmission"!:
even if buckethead's guitar work isn't the focal point of this cd,and even if you normally don't listen to electronic music this disc if well worth checking out!it has trippy samples and the dj scratches aren't ever "overpowering" as they can be on some other dj's albums.it's just a bunch of tripped-out beats that are chilled to the core!a must have for any fan of "the funk troupe"aka buckethead,bill laswell,bernie worrell,bootsy coolins,george clinton,brain,john zorn,etc,etc,etc.cd's to get with this one are "shin terrai-unison",bill laswell/jah wobble-"a dub transmission",buckethead-"over the slaughterhouse",and material-"hallucination engine"

Keeps you interested:
I tell you, these fools are beat masters. I really like the little samples that prelude some of the songs. Ingenious. I can't play the whole CD all the way through, 'cause a couple songs don't have the mastery that others do. Some of what these guys are doing is unmatched by other triphop artists. Buy it. Songs 4,5,8,10,11,13 are my favorite.

Great Works:
Buckethead rules! If you like DJ work, Heavy Bass and super beats this album is for you. Buckethead doesnt stand out on this recording but is on most of the songs. Igloo condo is one of my favorite songs that buckethead plays on ever. If you like buckethead buy this album for this song alone and you might fall in love with what you hear.

Another DJ driven band?:
If you are heavy into other bands like PHONOPSYCHOGRAPH or Extra Kid or are a big phan of the invizbl skratch piklz then you will certainly enjoy this CD. It is a collection of Dubs that reminds me alot of Ben Wa's Devil Dub. Songs that build up so gradually that you don't notice that the music is growing until you are enveloped in a cacophony of screaming noises with distorted guitar wailing away behind it all. On the other hand if you are more strictly a Buckethead phan then you might want to sample a few songs because this most likely isn't for you. If you are a big Death Kube K phan, then you will most likely enjoy this CD as well. The musis seems to grow and swell as an entity rather than just music, on the downside this makes listening to individual songs impossible. If you really want to feel the effect then you have to competely zone out and listen to this CD. Overall another solid DJ diven album from Japan's favorite masked psycho, Buckethead. BUCKETHEAD FOREVER!

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