X-pressions, the 1997 album from X-ecutioners, is what happens when a group of DJs decide that it's time to step out from behind the masters of ceremony and take the limelight. Pianos From Hell is what happens when those same DJs have the composition chops to leave a beat almost entirely alone for three minutes. The neat thing is that by doing that, they put the turntablism in the listener's mind. I couldn't help but think of the scratching I'd do over that beat while it played. You know how pretentious jazz drummers talk about the space between the noise being as important as the noise itself? yeah, that.
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