MiLight

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  • Artist: DJ Krush
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: August 18, 1997
  • Total Time: 73:34
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

The follow-up to Krush's excellent Meiso was a slightly more unusual affair, consisting of a series of collaborative pieces throughout, with only one or two exceptions, and with each particular guest bookending their respective track with a brief reflection on what the future of the world will hold. The results are a touch mixed but still a fairly good effort, as always with Krush's brand of jazz-tinged, heavy, druggy breakbeats and scratches at the center of things. His style remains pure and fierce, if anything becoming even more effectively unnerving and atmospheric with time, as the lovely blend of nature sounds and keyboards on "Jugoya" shows. The first collaboration, "Shin-Sekai," also demonstrates this perfectly; fellow Japanese musician Rino lays down a pretty fierce rap while Krush's blend of shuffling but hard-hitting drums and mysterious tones -- pianos, sighing electric guitar, and other strange moans in the mix -- carry everything before it. Producer Shawn J. Period throws in a lot of additional music, subtly but with great effect, like a strange haunted house, on "Listen," while DJ Cam, in an echo of Meiso's DJ Shadow tradeoff "Duality," jams with Krush to create the slamming mini-duel "Le Temps." Guest MCs this time out include Tragedy and partner Stash, laying down a harrowing and saddening tale of crime and its consequences on the hard-hitting "Real," while cult figure Mos Def spins his usual magic on the quietly chaotic salute to Japanese hip-hoppers, "Shinjiro." One of the most inspired moves comes at the end: a cover of John Lennon's "Mind Games," with guest singer Eri Ohno giving it a good soul revamp over the steady, big-impact rhythms. ~ Ned Raggett, Rovi

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MiLight
Studio album by DJ Krush
Released August 18, 1997
Genre Various
Length 73:34
Label Mo' Wax/FFRR
Producer DJ Krush
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DJ Krush chronology
Meiso
(1995)
MiLight
(1997)
Kakusei
(1999)

MiLight (未来 Mirai?) is an album by DJ Krush, released in 1997. The album title means "future" and is a wordplay with the pronunciation of "MiLight/mirai".

Track listing

  1. "Intro"
  2. "from Rino"
  3. "Shin-Sekai" featuring Rino
  4. "Jikan No Hashi 1"
  5. "from Stash"
  6. "Real" featuring Tragedy
  7. "from Tragedy"
  8. "Jugoya"
  9. "Listen" featuring Shawn J Period
  10. "from Shawn J Period"
  11. "Supanova" featuring Finsta Bundy
  12. "from Finsta Bundy"
  13. "Jikan No Hashi 2"
  14. "from DJ Cam"
  15. "le Temps" featuring DJ Cam
  16. "from Kemuri Production"
  17. "Hitotsu no Mirai" featuring Kemuri Production
  18. "from Futura 2000"
  19. "from DJ Krush"
  20. "Jikan No Hashi 3"
  21. "from Lee Q"
  22. "from Mos Def"
  23. "Shinjiro" featuring Mos Def
  24. "from Ken 'Duro' Ifill"
  25. "Light [Can You See It]" featuring Ken 'Duro' Ifill
  26. "Mind Games" featuring Eri Ohno
  27. "from Eri Ohno"
  28. "Skin Against Skin" featuring Deborah Anderson

Samples

Intro

Shin-Sekai

Hitotsu No Mirai

Light


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