Complex Volume 1 Explained

Complex
Type:	compilation album
Cover:	Complex Volume 1.jpeg
Released:	21 April 2012
Genre:	Alternative hip hop, indie rock
Label:	Lex Records
Producer:	Jel, Boom Bip, Danger Mouse
Prev Title:	Lexoleum
Prev Year:	2001-2003
Next Title:	Lex-XX
Next Year:	2021-2022

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.^[1]

Recording

"Retarded Fren" by MF Doom remixed by Thom Yorke samples Jonny Greenwood's "Proven Lands" from score for There Will Be Blood.^{[2] [3]}

"Wheels" by Neon Neon, was recorded during the Stainless Style studio sessions and completed for the Complex and continues Stainless Styles theme of a fictional biography of John Delorean.^[4]

Track listing

1. Jel - "Last Decade" (3:17)
2. Neon Neon - "Wheels" (4:07)
3. JJ Doom - "Rhymin Slang (Dave Sitek Remix)" (2:37)
4. Boom Bip - "Clocked" (4:08)
5. Xeno & Oaklander - "Sets & Lights" (4:47)
6. Stalactite - "Lava Tube" (4:18)
7. MF Doom with Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood - "Retarded Fren" (3:17)
8. Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One - "Knuckle Sandwich II" (1:29)
9. Dr. Who Dat? - "Viberian Twilight Part 2" (2:56)
10. Crook & Flail - "Freelance Exist" (3:29)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xavier. Vilaplana. Complex Vol. 1. Sound Colour Vibration. 29 May 2012.
2. Web site: Check Out: DOOM, Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood – "Retarded Fren". Consequence (publication). Alex. Young. 2 November 2011.
3. Web site: Hear Thom Yorke's Head-Nodding DOOM Collabo 'Retarded Fren'. Spin. Marc. Hogan. 2 November 2011.
4. Web site: Listen to new Neon Neon track exclusively on NME.COM. NME. Leonie. Cooper. 21 December 2011.