James T. Cotton
The Dancing Box
Follwing several 12” releases, James T. Cotton makes his first full statement. A psychdelic album in every sense, The Dancing Box pays respects to classic Chicago acid and leftfield Detroit techno, but does so with its own force and verve. Cotton has crafted a sonic maelstrom, at once vibrant and eerily troubling, with the eerie sensation of slowly deepening grooves. The Dancing Box finds the Cotton persona channeling historic jack tracks and late night radio frequency energy to complete his mission. Previous efforts have been championed by an international DJ community and publications like The Wire and XLR8R. The Dancing Box is a manic and subliminal journey into the mind of a master musician.
“Cotton cultivates a strand of dirty, spooky house music…you could dance to this, but not in any venue your mother would approve of. Disconcerting, vampiric and intense.” -Grooves
About James T. Cotton
Around the same time that Michigan’s Tadd Mullinix adopted his hip-hop oriented Dabrye alias, he also took on the acid house alias James T. Cotton. With its playful use of female Chinese voc...check out James T. Cotton's page and other releases
- Spectral Sound
- SPC-18
- formats:
- CD/2xLP/Digital
- release date:
- July 27, 2004
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Tracklisting
| 1 | Press Your Body [Previously 12" only] | ||
| 2 | The Drain | ||
| 3 | Distant Trip | ||
| 4 | A Long Way Down | ||
| 5 | Blood Red | ||
| 6 | That's How I Like It (Illusions) | ||
| 7 | Buck!/Don't Fail This Feeling ["Buck!" Previously 12" only] | ||
| 8 | Lojak Pt.4 [CD Exclusive] | ||
| 9 | Saavy | ||
| 10 | H.D.F.K. | ||
| 11 | We Still Expect Freedom | ||
| 12 | The Dancing Box |