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Nomar Slevik’s new Siq Records Release!!! By CyPhEr777
March 4, 2008 | Reviews
NOMAR SLEVIK- SASQUATCH: THE GREAT DYING SIQ RECORDS
First off let me tell you that I love this album because of its movement from beginning to end. What I mean, is the pace of the album is so fast, you rarely get time to breathe. You’re also guaranteed to have a sore neck by the albums conclusion as well. Two questions come to mind while listening to Nomar’s material, “What did he just say?” or “He didn’t just say that did he?” These are questions that cats who don’t know who Nomar is and what he reps would say. To me, heads are supposed to know and understand. And if they don’t, well then, the music wasn’t meant for them cats in the first place. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check him out anyway.
Slevik and his cohorts are experimentalists meaning, they’re at there best when they’re spontaneous. Nothing is planned or forced, it just happens and it’s magical in the end. RPM lends a hot beat to get Slevik racing on the intro track “Ammonia”. While there’s a guitar plucking, it does not force itself forward or forces Slevik to adapt to it. However, this and also the other beats carry the words in a silent manner, and therein lies their strength. On the second track, Arsenic keeps the pace going, as Lord Grunge and Slevik mingle effortlessly on “Observation”. There are small but masterful production details that you’ll find on Sasquatch the Great Dying but, the album rests on production that is refreshingly experimental and bumping, yet simultaneously serves the purpose of accentuating the lyricist’s voice, words and skill on the mic. On “The Reason”, Arsenic joins Slevik and again, you get another track where the emcees manage to spit their rhymes in a very talking fashion, that lull you with soothing ease.
Nomar Slevik refuses to be anything but himself and sounds so confident with his rapid, staccato raps and sing-song flow that he demands attention. He seems to point out the silver lining while never ignoring the grey clouds. The lyrical wordplay rotates around the axis of social commentary and personal introspection, creating an album that not only sounds good, but means something, too. The attitude towards this production doesn’t remain ambivalent and should be admired for the sure-shot glimpse of avant-garde it is providing.
Another banger is the track “Practice Hard” featuring The Mole. With the pair, restrictions don’t mean anything. The beat is splendidly reduced and these two emcees seem to have sipped from the same cup of creativity, as they are building quality verses that are as solid as concrete structures. By this time we have gotten butter smooth offerings like, the Losaka produced “Chopper Like”, or “Electrical Storm” by E9ine In the end, Sasquatch A Great Dying is a moody, encapsulating record. Siq Records did themselves justice by adding Nomar Slevik to there line-up. Siq Records fits Nomar and Nomar gives Siq Records a fitting voice. Please support by visiting:
http://www.siqrecords.com/ or http://www.nomarslevik.com/ Thanx, CyPhEr777