Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures

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Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures
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Studio album by Sixtoo
Released May 17, 2004 (2004-05-17) [1]
Studio Mexican Vampire Studio, Montreal, Canada
Genre Hip hop, electronic [2]
Length56:05
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Sixtoo
Sixtoo chronology
Almost a Dot on the Map: The Psyche Years 1996-2002
(2004)		Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures
(2004)		 Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man
(2007)
Singles from Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures
  1. "Boxcutter Emporium"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Cokemachineglow 73/100 [4]
Dusted Magazinefavorable [5]
The Milk Factory4.2/5 [6]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [7]
Splendid Magazinefavorable [8]
The Stranger favorable [9]
Stylus Magazine C+ [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
XLR8R favorable [12]

Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures is a studio album by Canadian hip hop artist Sixtoo. It was released on Ninja Tune in 2004. [13] It peaked at number 65 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. [14] Damo Suzuki provided vocals on "Storm Clouds & Silver Linings". [15] [16]

Sixtoo was the main project of a Canadian underground hip hop DJ, producer and rapper Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996 and 2007. He has since retired the Sixtoo name pursuing other directions in electronic music, with a large genre shift from experimental hip hop to deeper club sounds of various tempos. He is also known as C.L. S.C.A.R.R., Speakerbruiser Rob, and Prison Garde.

Ninja Tune British independent record label based in London

Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke and others.

CMJ Holdings, Corp. was a music events and online media company which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published CMJ New Music Monthly.

Contents

Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Sixtoo's productions are dripping with atmosphere, and he possesses the fiending of a soundtracker for sounds that listeners haven't heard before but can immediately associate with a feeling -- and that feeling is usually a delicious sense of dread." [3] Matthew Newton of XLR8R said: "Experimenting with acidic rock guitars and grimy basslines, Sixtoo reveals a new stylistic approach while retaining his signature murky sound." [12]

AllMusic online music database

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<i>XLR8R</i> web magazine

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David Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, saying: "Where so many electronic artists demonstrate their 'legitimate' acoustic abilities with the insistence of a neglected studio musician, Sixtoo's development as live musician and composer comes across as natural and well-suited to his talents." [7] He called it "an admirably genuine fusion of acoustic composition with the sensibilities of electronic music." [7]

<i>Pitchfork</i> (website) online music magazine

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois, and owned by Condé Nast. Being developed during Schreiber's tenure in a record store at the time, the magazine developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but has since expanded to a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music.

Exclaim! named it the 2nd best electronic album of 2004. [2]

<i>Exclaim!</i> magazine

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists. Content is based on the monthly print publication, which publishes 9 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers. Their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Boxcutter Emporium Part 1"2:16
2."Chewing on Glass"1:20
3."Sidewinders"2:01
4."Karmic Retribution"1:13
5."Funny Sticks Reprise"2:13
6."Boxcutter Emporium Part 2"4:50
7."Boxcutter Emporium Part 3"2:57
8."Old Days Architecture"4:24
9."Chainsaw Buffet"1:17
10."Snake Bite"5:04
11."Transient Control"1:55
12."Chainsaw Breakfast"0:38
13."Horse Drawn Carriage"5:27
14."Chainsaw Juggler"0:29
15."The Honesty of Constant Human Error"4:33
16."Storm Clouds & Silver Linings" (featuring Damo Suzuki)8:52
17."Closing Day Sale"6:26

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References

  1. ↑ "Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures by Sixtoo". Ninja Tune . Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Electronic: Year in Review 2004". Exclaim! . January 1, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Bush, John. "Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures - Sixtoo". AllMusic . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Newell, Aaron (August 11, 2004). "Sixtoo: Chewing on Glass and Other Miracle Cures". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ho, Brian (July 12, 2004). "Sixtoo - Chewing on Glass and Other Miracle Cures". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Kutchinsky, Serena (June 2004). "SIXTOO Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures". The Milk Factory. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Moore, David (August 30, 2004). "Sixtoo: Chewing Glass & Other Miracle Cures". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Zachrich, Sarah (May 18, 2004). "Sixtoo: Chewing on Glass and Other Miracle Cures". Splendid Magazine. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Segal, Dave (June 3, 2004). "beatseeking missives". The Stranger . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ Mathers, Ian (June 21, 2004). "Sixtoo - Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ Chouhan, Monica (July 1, 2004). "Sixtoo – Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures". Uncut . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  12. 1 2 Newton, Matthew (June 15, 2004). "Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures". XLR8R . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ Wheeler, Melissa (May 1, 2004). "Sixtoo And Change". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  14. ↑ "CMJ Top 200". CMJ New Music Report : 9. July 12, 2004.
  15. ↑ Turenne, Martin (September 2, 2004). "The Thrill Of Digging For Vinyl Is Gone For Sixtoo". The Georgia Straight . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
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