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Complex
Compilation album
Released21 April 2012
GenreAlternative hip hop, indie rock
LabelLex Records
ProducerJel, Boom Bip, Danger Mouse
chronology
Lexoleum
(2001-2003) 		Complex
(2012) 		Lex-XX
(2021-2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Q[1]
MetroPositive[2]

Complex is an alternative hip hop compilation album released on Lex Records on 21 April 2012. It compiled the ten tracks that Lex had released digitally to mark its tenth anniversary.[3]

Recording

"Retarded Fren" by MF Doom remixed by Thom Yorke samples Jonny Greenwood's "Proven Lands" from score for There Will Be Blood.[4][5]

"Wheels" by Neon Neon, was recorded during the Stainless Style studio sessions and completed for the Complex and continues Stainless Style's theme of a fictional biography of John Delorean.[6]

Track listing

  1. Jel - "Last Decade" (3:17)
  2. Neon Neon - "Wheels" (4:07)
  3. JJ Doom - "Rhymin Slang (Dave Sitek Remix)" (2:37)
  4. Boom Bip - "Clocked" (4:08)
  5. Xeno & Oaklander - "Sets & Lights" (4:47)
  6. Stalactite - "Lava Tube" (4:18)
  7. MF Doom with Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood - "Retarded Fren" (3:17)
  8. Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One - "Knuckle Sandwich II" (1:29)
  9. Dr. Who Dat? - "Viberian Twilight Part 2" (2:56)
  10. Crook & Flail - "Freelance Exist" (3:29)

References

  1. ^ Howe, Rupert (February 2012). "Sounds of the Underground: Comps". Q.
  2. ^ Verma, Rahul (30 April 2012). "Music Extra: Hip Hop". Metro.
  3. ^ Vilaplana, Xavier (29 May 2012). "Complex Vol. 1". Sound Colour Vibration.
  4. ^ Young, Alex (2 November 2011). "Check Out: DOOM, Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood – "Retarded Fren"". Consequence (publication).
  5. ^ Hogan, Marc (2 November 2011). "Hear Thom Yorke's Head-Nodding DOOM Collabo 'Retarded Fren'". Spin.
  6. ^ Cooper, Leonie (21 December 2011). "Listen to new Neon Neon track exclusively on NME.COM". NME.

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