Sleep No More (DJ Signify album)

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Sleep No More
Studio album by DJ Signify
Released April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length62:38
Label Lex Records
Producer DJ Signify, Elektro4
DJ Signify chronology
Sleep No More
(2004)		 Of Cities
(2009)
Singles from Sleep No More
  1. "Winter's Going"
    Released: 2004 (2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
CMJ New Music Monthly favorbale [3]
Cokemachineglow 78/100 [4]
Dusted Magazinefavorable [5]
Exclaim! favorable [6]
Pitchfork 8.7/10 [7]
RapReviews.com6.5/10 [8]

Sleep No More is the first studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Signify. It was released on Lex Records on April 20, 2004. [1] The album peaked at number 86 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. [9]

DJ Signify is an underground hip hop producer from Brooklyn, New York.

Lex Records is an independent record label based in Camden, London.

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

Joshua Glazer of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying: "Listening to the beats on DJ Signify's debut release, there are moments of terrific innovation, but equal amounts of utterly dated trip-hop dirge." [2] Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.7 out of 10, saying, "Sleep No More's brilliant journey into sample-based experimentation easily places DJ Signify in a league with the genre's best-known producers." [7] Noel Dix of Exclaim! said: "Certainly not something you want to throw on when you want to cheer yourself up, DJ Signify likes using chilling horn samples and dirty drums at a slow pace to piece together a soundtrack to an imaginary horror flick." [6]

AllMusic online music database

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

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<i>Exclaim!</i> magazine

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fly Away"6:09
2."Kiddie Litter" (featuring Sage Francis)2:48
3."Migraine"2:19
4."Stranded" (featuring Buck 65)3:47
5."The Nods"1:45
6."Haunted House Party" (featuring Sage Francis)2:34
7."Winter's Going" (featuring Buck 65)4:58
8."Peek a Boo, Pt. 1"1:28
9."Peek a Boo, Pt. 2"2:08
10."Peek a Boo, Pt. 3"2:30
11."Cup of Regret" (featuring Sage Francis)3:25
12."Shatter & Splatter"2:03
13."Red to Black" (featuring Buck 65)2:31
14."Five Leaves Left (For Lauren)"3:26
15."Dirty"2:38
16."Where Did She Go?" (featuring Buck 65)3:00
17."Breath"15:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Sage Francis American rapper

Paul William "Sage" Francis is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of Strange Famous Records.

Buck 65 Canadian DJ

Richard Terfry, better known by his stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian alternative hip hop artist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant-garde influences.

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sleep No More by DJ Signify". iTunes . Apple Inc. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Glazer, Joshua. "Sleep No More - DJ Signify". AllMusic . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (2004). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly (122): 33.
  4. ↑ Betz, Chet (May 4, 2004). "DJ Signify - Sleep No More". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ho, Brian (March 18, 2004). "DJ Signify - Sleep No More". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Dix, Noel (May 1, 2004). "DJ Signify: Sleep No More". Exclaim! . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Pemberton, Rollie (April 19, 2004). "DJ Signify: Sleep No More". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Jost, Matt (January 20, 2004). "DJ Signify :: Sleep No More :: Lex Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ "CMJ Top 200". CMJ New Music Report : 15. May 24, 2004.
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