Published
Tue, Feb 3, 2015, 18:02
- The 1998 release features contributions from Bill Laswell and Kevin Martin.
PAN will release Spectre's Ruff Kutz on March 9th.
Spectre is the alias of Wordsound label head Skiz Fernando. The producer's '90s purple period was equally influenced by Jamaican dub as it was boom-bap hip-hop. Fernando is a prominent member of a loose group of '90s producers, DJs and MCs who operated out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and—taken as a whole—comprised the "illbient" scene. Thanks to his somewhat grim sound palette and graphic subject matter, Spectre is sometimes referred to as "the Nosferatu of underground horrorcore."
Ruff Kutz was originally released in 1998 as a limited edition cassette, and includes unsigned material from Bill Laswell's Dubadelic group as well as Kevin Martin's Techno Animal project. For the reissue, Spectre's tape echo-laden beats were mastered from the original DATs.
Tracklist
01. I
02. II
PAN will release Ruff Kutz on March 9th, 2015.