Demented Inventive Energy, by Sammy Warm Hands & Web The Free Range Human

Demented Inventive Energy

by Sammy Warm Hands & Web The Free Range Human

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1.	Demented Inventive Energy 02:19	buy track
2.	What About Me? 03:42	buy track
3.	Mic Supremacist 02:15	buy track
4.	Jackboots 03:18	buy track
5.	Ode To The Paragraph President (feat. J Philly) 02:08	buy track
6.	Mastermind 02:55	buy track
7.	Zod 03:10	buy track
8.	Despot Measures 03:06	buy track
9.	Skip This Track (Interlude) 00:49	buy track
10.	Cognitive Dissidents 03:24	buy track
11.	Whiplash 02:45	buy track
12.	Maude Mentality 02:51	buy track
13.	Spotlight (feat. DMC) 02:26	buy track

about

“You’re dead to me.” Four short words marked the end of an era.

In 2008, Sammy Warm Hands and Web The Free Range Human formed The ILLusionists. Both were on the rebound from failed punk/metal bands, and that cynical, "fuck it" attitude informed the music they made from Day One.

While this duo clashed as much as they connected, both remained tethered by a deep creative bond. That’s why after 15 years (and just as many albums), The ILLusionists are gone, but its founders have endured. Demented Inventive Energy (2023) not only restored that chaotic chemistry, but a friendship that had passed the point of no return.

With renewed conviction, D.I.E. builds on the fiery aggression from Death of a Salesman (2013) and the semi-viral “Wildfire” (2018). With a bar so impossibly high, the former ILL members delivered the most technically and thematically complex record of their already-incomparable catalog.

On the closing track, “Spotlight,” rap pioneer DMC declares “these are two of the baddest motherfuckers on Earth!” He then drops a retrospective rhyme that would sound right at home on a Run-DMC classic. It's as unlikely an end for the group as when they formed in the first place. Some good things truly never D.I.E.

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released August 25, 2023

Web The Free Range Human - Beat construction
Sammy Warm Hands - Assholextraordinaire

Additional vocals by J Philly & DMC
Scratches by The Turntable Enabler

Produced/mixed by Sammy Warm Hands
Scratches recorded by Dave Trenkel
Artwork by Pat Jensen
Liner notes by Shara Jahnke

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