Mal Devisa – Old intro

Deja Carr’s revival of her widely scattered Mal Devisa catalog under ‘Palimpsesta’ feels like archaeological work in the best possible sense.
This 29-track compilation saves material that had all but disappeared from the digital racks – ‘Old Intro’ is one of those gems that make you wonder why her music from proper channels of distribution was being felt.

‘Old Intro’ is an anthem of conscious anarchy, as Carr looks it, refusing to take herself seriously although she intuitively knew music was in her blood. Voiced by Odd Future, Bajka, and Arts the Beatdoctor, it is her distinctively introspective voice that breathes new life into the old boom-bap style. So it’s not only its allegiance to hip-hop’s past in its production which is interesting, but its presentation as an object lesson in ‘doing your thing with your friends’; creativity without any pretension.

The “teenagery and weird” lyricism of the song, Carr posits, crystallizes that moment in artistic growt…end where honesty should prevail over polish.

Topshelf Records has lavished this proper reintroduction, backing a reliable distribution platform for Carr’s experimental art-pop and hip-hop influences, now finally getting what it “deserved.”

Tracklist:

1. You Are My Sunshine
2. Next Stop
3. Icarus/Breakthrough
4. Vicious Nonbeliever
5. New Eardrums
6. Dominatrix
7. Old Intro
8. Never See Me Do It
9. Crowd Pleaser
10. The Room Is Spinning
11. Contracts
12. Skyline Arms-Reach Out
13. Fire
14. You Are All That You Need
15. To Be Unwilling
16. I Could Tell
17. The Skies
18. Dangerous
19. If You Are Waiting
20. Shomberg Isn’t the Place
21. Slept On
22. Rum
23. O Ivory
24. Sunrise
25. My Potential
26. You Go to My Head
27. Forest
28. Raw as the Hands of the Sun
29. Forget That I