General Patton Vs the X-Ecutioners

You get the feeling Mike Patton did his time with major label bands like Faith No More and Mr. Bungle merely as a way to fund the stuff he\'s really into. He\'s got a solo project called Peeping Tom that includes collaborations with Massive Attack and Amon Tobin; the fourth album from his experimental instrumental outfit, Fantomas; and guest spots on Björk\'s Medulla and Handsome Boy Modeling School\'s White People. At the front of the pack is this collaboration with Oakland, California turntable crew the X-ecutioners. Using the group\'s punctuated scratches and samples as raw material, Patton builds a symphony of cut-and-paste chaos over which he applies his trademark shrieks and growls. It\'s clearly not for everyone, but those who found Jay-Z and Linkin Park\'s Collision Course a little too sterile will definitely find something to gape over. -- Aidin Vaziri (Amazon)