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Electronic · 2003 · 7 tracks

The Quiet Party

Daedelus

Dusty jazz loops and micro-sampled glitch textures collide in a hazy, late-night atmosphere. A pivotal bridge between Victorian whimsy and the LA beat scene.

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It's like a jazz record from the 1940s that's been lovingly haunted by a glitchy ghost.

A hazy, nostalgic drift through fragmented jazz memories and digital dust.

The Quiet Party · vs · Daedelus
Absent+2.7σ

The vocals lean far further into absent than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks
01
Playing Parties (Yesterday's New Quintet - the Stars remix)
4:25
02
Madlib Bonus Beats
1:55
03
Muggle Born (High Priest ESP remix)
3:37
04
Girls
3:40
05
Girls (Nstrmntl)
3:40
06
Quiet Now
3:32
07
A Touch of Spring
2:54
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the Yesterday's New Quintet remix deconstructs the rhythm into a hazy, jazz-inflected drift.
The sudden, sharp intrusion of Madlib's bonus beats that grounds the whimsical atmosphere in raw hip-hop grit.
The transition into 'A Touch of Spring' where the glitchy edits soften into a genuine moment of melodic warmth.
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