Also Known As: Malcolm Catto

The latest in Madlib Invazion's music library series is "Glass Cathedral" from Chop, the alias of producer/drummer Malcolm Catto. 

Here's the scoop...

The Madlib Invazion Music Library Series was created by Madlib and Egon over the course of the Pandemic, and was a chance to give their creative friends the ability to stretch out and indulge in whatever type of music they wanted for release on the label. 

The music had to be great and able to be presented as a stand alone album – like the best “Music Library” releases of the past, on labels like Italy’s Sermi, Germany’s Bruton, France’s MP2000 and the UK’s DeWolfe. And, like those albums, it had to work as easy, one-stop clearance for background cues in film and television production and, as producers have been indulging since the 1990s, for sampling. 

The series contains 12 releases by DJ Muggs, Karriem Riggins, J-Zone, the Heliocentrics’ Malcolm Catto and Jake Ferguson, JJ Whitefield of Karl Hector/Whitefield Brothers/Poets of Rhythm, Motif Alumni and Music Research Library, Mario Luciano of Polyphonic Music Library, Henkel, Gabriel Rowland of Los Yesterdays, Dan Hastie and Terin Ector of Orgone, Dan Ubick and Joe Harrison 

The albums will be released on the Madlib Invazion Bandcamp on the first Friday of each month over the course of one year. Listen to "Psycho Bubble" off the Glass Cathedral album from Mr. Chop or simply "Chop" (aka Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics) following the tracklisting and a short Analogue feature. Get a copy of Glass Cathedral via Bandcamp right here. 

Glass Cathedral by Chop

1. Out To Lunch Pt 1 00:43

2. Oscillo 03:43

3. Mutant 05:21

4. Monolith 03:14

5. Trigger 01:44

6. Omilation 03:32

7. Glass Cathedral 04:59

8. Strange Dream 00:29

9. Out To Lunch Pt 2 00:48

10. Patchwork 02:27

11. Leuterisms 03:36

12. Flip 03:09

13. 2 XYZ 03:34

14. Tub 01:00

15. Rioflection 03:13

16. Psycho Bubble 03:36

17. The End 02:42

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Here's the scoop from Keiran Hebden:

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You can pre-order Bandana right here. 

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The new figure was conceived and created by the same team behind the Madvillain figure by Kid Robot, including James Reitano, illustrator/animator/director of “All Caps.” Reitano also illustrated the figure’s box and the 7” jacket and labels. The figure was designed and sculpted by Charlie Becker then manufactured by Blitzway, the South Korean toy manufacturer who manufactured the J Dilla figures, on behalf of Madlib Invazion.

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Madlib & Doom 45 track list:
A1. Avalanche
B1. Avalanche (Instrumental)