Odd Jobs, by Phoenecia

Odd Jobs

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1.	Odd Job (Get Fresh Version) Remix – Soul Oddity 06:44	buy track
2.	Odd Job (Rhythm Box Version) Remix – Soul Oddity 05:55	buy track
3.	Odd Job (Ae Systems Mono Version) Remix – Autechre 07:22	buy track
4.	Odd Job (Skinpeel Version) Remix – Richard Devine 05:50	buy track
5.	Odd Job (Ectomorph & Godfather Version) Remix – DJ Godfather, Ectomorph 05:04	buy track
6.	Odd Job (Citrus Canker Version) Remix – Push Button Objects 05:00	buy track
7.	Odd Job (Compurhythm Version) Remix – ADULT. 05:16	buy track
8.	Odd Job (Sun Deck Version) Remix – Dino Felipe 03:11	buy track
9.	Odd Job (Ramen Noodle Version) Remix – Prefuse 73 03:39	buy track
10.	Odd Job (Tre Deuce Ave. Smash & Grab Version) Remix – Otto Von Schirach 06:07	buy track
11.	Odd Job (Dreamlite Steak Version) Remix – Jeswa 03:51	buy track
12.	Odd Job (The Climactic Battle Scene Between Rom & Josh Version) Remix – Matmos 06:10	buy track
13.	Odd Job (Kuad City Version) Remix – Ash Rock, Jimi The Genius 04:28	buy track

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"This is the third EP of Odd Job remixes by Miami IDM duo (and Schematic label headz) Phoenecia, the last two appearing in '99. A dark electro track bearing that title appeared on their debut, Brownout, but the two previous Odd Job EPs predated that album, and I can hear only traces of the track on these six reworkings. Phoenecia may be fucking with my head with this cryptic discographical smokescreen, but I can deal: this EP is sweet.

The kickoff flies through the uprights courtesy of Matmos, who dance the Garo Yepremian all over the characteristically dense and funky "The Climatic Battle Scene Between Rom & Josh Version." The tune starts in Buck Rogers mode, tossing lasers, snarling drums and voices together like the Egyptian Lover upgraded to 32 bits. A third of the way in, live drums overwhelm the song and then trail off into polyrhythmic drum programming and a deep thicket of textured effects.

Someone or something called Adult comes next, with a nostalgic electro trip fit for Rephlex called "Compurythm Version" that incorporates the new wave "Me and My Rhythm Box" from 80s cult film Liquid Sky. The primitive keyboards and drum pads benefit from a 21st century sensibility, and the track is nothing short of killer. Dino Felipe slows things down for the abstractly pretty "Sun Deck Version," which has the flavor of the studied silliness that used to flow like Riesling from the A-Musik compound.

Prefuse 73's "Ramen Noodle Version" is very much of a piece with Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives, with steady rolling beats, warm organ chords, and tiny fragments of rap tossed in the air like confetti. Otto Von Schirach gets a bit showy with his DSP tricks on "Tre Deuce Ave. Smash & Grab Version," but he redeems himself with a hypnotic 808 bass hook and a complex beat that remains danceable. Closing out this 30-minute set, Jeswa's "Dreamlike Steak Version" improves on the gauzy electronoir ambience of Autechre's "Amber." (I was never crazy about that Ae record, though I know it is loved by many.)

Whatever the actual sound files used to create Odd Job Discrimination, to my mind this is the perfect remix record-- short, punchy and great to listen to in one sitting. Though they remain in the armchair camp, Phoenecia's style of IDM gives much respect to the floor-filling rhythm. Most of the tracks on Odd Job Discrimination play up the latter quality, imparting a welcome sense of fun. You heard me right: fun." Pitchfork Review "8.2"

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released December 22, 2022

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Phoenecia Miami, Florida

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discography

Solid State Compendium

Dec 2022
MD.SLVG

Dec 2022
Brownout

Dec 2022
Demissions

Jun 2011
Echelon Mall

Jan 2009
Odd Jobs

Dec 2022
Randa Roomet

Jan 2023
Tone Capsule

Jan 2023

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