Complex Volume 1
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{{Infobox album
| name = Complex
| type = compilation album
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| cover = Complex Volume 1.jpeg
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| released = 21 April 2012
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| genre = Alternative hip hop, indie rock
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| label = Lex Records
| producer = Jel, Boom Bip, Danger Mouse
| prev_title = Lexoleum
| prev_year = 2001-2003
| next_title = Lex-XX
| next_year = 2021-2022
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Q
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Rupert|last=Howe|title=Sounds of the Underground: Comps|magazine=Q|date=February 2012}}
| rev2 = Metro
| rev2score = Positive{{cite news|first=Rahul|last=Verma|title=Music Extra: Hip Hop|newspaper=Metro|date=30 April 2012}}
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Complex is an alternative hip hop compilation album released on Lex Records on 21 April 2012. It compiled the ten tracks that Lex had released digitally to mark its tenth anniversary.{{cite web|first=Xavier|last=Vilaplana|url=http://soundcolourvibration.com/2012/05/29/complex-vol-1/|title=Complex Vol. 1|publisher=Sound Colour Vibration|date=29 May 2012}}
Recording
"Retarded Fren" by MF Doom remixed by Thom Yorke samples Jonny Greenwood's "Proven Lands" from score for There Will Be Blood.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/11/check-out-mf-doom-thom-yorke-jonny-greenwood-retarded-fren/|title=Check Out: DOOM, Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood – "Retarded Fren"|publisher=Consequence (publication)|first=Alex|last=Young|date=2 November 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/11/hear-thom-yorkes-head-nodding-doom-collabo-retarded-fren/|title=Hear Thom Yorke's Head-Nodding DOOM Collabo 'Retarded Fren'|publisher=Spin|first=Marc|last=Hogan|date=2 November 2011}}
"Wheels" by Neon Neon, was recorded during the Stainless Style studio sessions and completed for the Complex and continues Stainless Style's theme of a fictional biography of John Delorean.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/neon-neon-4-1282739|title=Listen to new Neon Neon track exclusively on NME.COM|publisher=NME|first=Leonie|last=Cooper|date=21 December 2011}}
Track listing
- Jel - "Last Decade" (3:17)
- Neon Neon - "Wheels" (4:07)
- JJ Doom - "Rhymin Slang (Dave Sitek Remix)" (2:37)
- Boom Bip - "Clocked" (4:08)
- Xeno & Oaklander - "Sets & Lights" (4:47)
- Stalactite - "Lava Tube" (4:18)
- MF Doom with Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood - "Retarded Fren" (3:17)
- Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One - "Knuckle Sandwich II" (1:29)
- Dr. Who Dat? - "Viberian Twilight Part 2" (2:56)
- Crook & Flail - "Freelance Exist" (3:29)
References
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External links
- {{Discogs release|3555174|Complex Vol. 1}}
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