tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59376927038504638792024-03-05T03:29:33.899-05:00dripandgurgleMusic deserves fansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-54433889206947526112011-06-06T12:04:00.006-04:002011-06-06T14:09:31.262-04:00Is trance cool again?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuvig7SqLTRiO_2LtKXeiUd2A2ND8vJ7I5m7vJEfC438-1ODgtgwSvcy9nI8a_gjnWBfcz_NlNwzVQ_mmtljm_CD8qR5A_iFeCuQIDGjW-GxLesc46tqMftLsWoIOH2_qgxevys3Sb28/s1600/ttr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuvig7SqLTRiO_2LtKXeiUd2A2ND8vJ7I5m7vJEfC438-1ODgtgwSvcy9nI8a_gjnWBfcz_NlNwzVQ_mmtljm_CD8qR5A_iFeCuQIDGjW-GxLesc46tqMftLsWoIOH2_qgxevys3Sb28/s400/ttr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="25" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rQx5EAfirhc?rel=0" width="500"></iframe><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">'Snooze 4 Love' </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/runningbackrecords">Running Back Records</a> 2011</span><br />
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Its amazing how one track can galvanize an entire genre back into public discourse. <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/bok+bok">Bok Bok</a> seems to have accomplished as much with the recent '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bwrO23csTs">Silo Pass</a>' off his <a href="http://nightslugs.net/releases/ns010-bok-bok-southside-ep/">Southside EP</a>—bringing instrumental Grime roaring to the front of DJ's vinyl crates worldwide.<br />
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But its another feat altogether to jumpstart a genre as uncool and unobtrusive as trance. Yet that's exactly what <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/todd+terje">Todd Terje</a> is trying to do. <br />
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His latest single '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQx5EAfirhc&feature=BFp&list=PLFC91006B5708FB7B&index=17">Snooze 4 Love</a>' is a liquid jaunt back to 1997, a simpler time when one could listen to a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWuX4cDzNP0&feature=related">Jan Johnston</a> track without rolling their eyes; when one could still bump <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaoSfjPU40Q">Cafe del Mar</a> in the car and not be enroute to a tanning salon.<br />
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'Snooze 4 Love' is a lush track that seems built for summer sunday hangovers—the bass from last nights party still ringing in your ears, the sun peaking into your messy apartment. The synths are slippery yet consistent and the structure of the track is linear as fuck. Granted this isn't groundbreaking stuff—even back in 1997 it wouldn't have been—but its classy enough to start turning heads back to the days when trance wasn't a dirty word.<br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/instramentaluk">Instra:metal</a> helped build the bridge between techno and dubstep that, at this point, seems completely natural. By refining the marriage of techno’s forceful impetus with dubstep’s brooding ethos, Instra:mental (along with Martyn, Shed ect.) helped unite the German and British electronic music scenes, epitomized by tracks like “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE3LiDGmlAA">Vicodine</a>”. The muffed out, humble kick drum, and the insistent pulse that urges you toward the floor, capture the numb sensation one feels at a party you know you ought to be having fun at but simply cannot. The occasional clav echoes into nothingness and you remember why you’ve been refusing to join the vacuous party that surrounds you.<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/gerryread">Gerry Read</a>’s “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8cQpdbv8Q">Patterns</a>” begins by navigating that same space. Muffled pulses surround. Humid textures abound. But rather than submitting to the claustrophobic emptiness of the club, the track walks over to the bar, politely places its drink back onto the bar, straightens up its tie, and jumps headlong into the party. The synths surge to the top of the mix, thrashing wildly. It’s difficult to tell whether these are happy or violent movements but one suspects that such distinctions are besides the point.<br />
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A plucked melody soon follows, confining that childlike joy one gets from dancing alone and setting it to song. Discreet depression gives way to dastardly delirium so seamlessly, one wonders why every wallflower beat-head isn’t thrashing about.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8TVK39J55s" target="cloud909youtube">Cloud 909</a> opens Emarald Fantasy Tracks—his latest mini album on his own <a href="http://magicwirerecordings.com/" target="magicwire">Magic Wire Recordings</a>—with Lone's familiar barrage of bing-bong rave stabs and it seems things are off to a good start. 4/4 kicks thump, naturally. Fat snares swipe across the midsection. Everything is so goddamn swung! And not the post-Dilla, chugalug kind of awkward hobble. Lones tracks swagger across the floor with a self assured exuberance that is all but absent in much of the beat-music created in the late-great J Dilla's wake.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nmqlmknUJ3dOd46an4X-5XD05gybodso7EWzV3zc6KYTm_i5TOEnllgXkoLRkHq5y_D27Xw3vaKhoRhE8jdH6xtzIwTKXudjewmXXkUl4RWrlRqpwQ__ebWYp1nc9CC_m8lxRDpacik/s1600/Lone+Emerald+Fantasy+Tracks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nmqlmknUJ3dOd46an4X-5XD05gybodso7EWzV3zc6KYTm_i5TOEnllgXkoLRkHq5y_D27Xw3vaKhoRhE8jdH6xtzIwTKXudjewmXXkUl4RWrlRqpwQ__ebWYp1nc9CC_m8lxRDpacik/s200/Lone+Emerald+Fantasy+Tracks.jpg" width="198" /></a>Cloud 909 demonstrates a sound that Lone has been exploring for a while now. He's taken cues from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVrSr-yxqmE" target="aphextwinyoutube">Aphex Twin</a>, borrowing his affinity for vintage synths and long, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4zMZHwjRk" target="chosenlordsyoutube">stretched out melodies</a> that seem to harmonize with themselves. But where Aphex Twin's fractured masterpieces' synth-lines creep out of some dark paranoid corner, sobbing for attention, Lone's drop from the sky. The sunny calls rest on top of the beat until the rhythm is so enveloped in hazy joy that it lets go in a fit of hand claps and cowbell hits.<br />
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Whether House is just a pitstop along Lone's ever-evolving style, or if its here to stay, Lone has become a producer to watch.<br />
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Download the whole EP <a href="http://www.filesonic.com/file/36973835/LEFT.rar" target="downloadlink">here</a>. (<b>pw</b>: nodata.tv)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmRLo62JZaJPfAAaI97G_cm9uBcUq_Fm2GaNTVDDc9RcbMVK-SWRzaKNxOeICizWOtaHMPF4BZyWvreFSib0wXzLfVpJMeTDd7WnsqgQ4fOxo1CG7qMfvWBsqPDW8vfDZ8POcpgTCTaU/s1600/Bok+Bok+1438972272_e7fafa2609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmRLo62JZaJPfAAaI97G_cm9uBcUq_Fm2GaNTVDDc9RcbMVK-SWRzaKNxOeICizWOtaHMPF4BZyWvreFSib0wXzLfVpJMeTDd7WnsqgQ4fOxo1CG7qMfvWBsqPDW8vfDZ8POcpgTCTaU/s320/Bok+Bok+1438972272_e7fafa2609.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>These two don't do much that is sonically groundbreaking, but their approach to dance music rocks that same fuck-all, if-it-has-a-beat-then-I-can-dance-to-it inclusiveness that defined Mad Decent's releases for so long. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nightslugs">Night Slugs</a> releases are looked forward to with eager anticipation in the Bass music world because each carefully curated track has an air of carefree abandon, loaded with upbeat charm and teenage vigor.</div><br />
It makes sense then, why <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr">Modeselektor</a>, the German dance music powerhouse duo, would recruit Bok Bok along with fellow UK bass-bandit <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ramadanman">Ramadanman</a>, for their first installation of the new <a href="http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/">Monkey Town Records</a> compilation series entitled Modeselektion. Although 2010 has arguably been Ramadanman's, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myspace.com%2Fdjbokbok&rct=j&q=BOK%20BOK&ei=Ib_JTPH7LoP-8AaT0ImyAQ&usg=AFQjCNFC_Jd2Hzx5c5QZJ8DMlt94fSeFTw&cad=rja">Bok Bok</a>, probably the least well known of the three, makes a fierce showing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTFPLAj5B0ZGoactgZpWgw7w_vRDVRlphAKMPCsV7pN8U8wwi-qwr-K7Bp2xOACxpXmRPdPftRM0xUTB_YVzm2LllQ4xxHcziXsV2COJIgLy0c0bXuMKdTPhJ1x7ixcy-eivn-3ZwZoM/s1600/431.big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTFPLAj5B0ZGoactgZpWgw7w_vRDVRlphAKMPCsV7pN8U8wwi-qwr-K7Bp2xOACxpXmRPdPftRM0xUTB_YVzm2LllQ4xxHcziXsV2COJIgLy0c0bXuMKdTPhJ1x7ixcy-eivn-3ZwZoM/s200/431.big.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr">Modeselektor</a> shows up in typical fashion—all fat synths and pimp-slap snares—on VW Jetta. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ramadanman">Ramadanman</a> deploys an admirable attempt at aping the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr">Modeselektor</a> sound, but by definition, that kind of endeavor will always fall short of the real thing. It’s <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myspace.com%2Fdjbokbok&rct=j&q=BOK%20BOK&ei=Ib_JTPH7LoP-8AaT0ImyAQ&usg=AFQjCNFC_Jd2Hzx5c5QZJ8DMlt94fSeFTw&cad=rja">Bok Bok</a>'s Say Stupid Things, with its bothered lyric and twitchy shuffle that steals the show. On what is one of his most serious outings yet, Bok Bok one-ups the veteran (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr">Modeselektor</a>) and the newfound darling (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/ramadanman">Ramadanman</a>) without ever leaving his ever-growing comfort zone.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Modeled after Kanye’s hugely successful G.O.O.D. Fridays series, Swizz Beatz’s Monster Mondays is set to release a new track every Monday, starting with this week's "<a href="http://www.basquiatmusic.com/" target="downloadmp3">DJ Play the Beat.</a>"<br />
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The track is all trumpets and handclaps, featuring the reassured bass bumps that Mr. Beatz has made popular. Also making an appearance is Kanye collaborator and London based R&B chick <a href="http://www.myspace.com/estelleonline" target="EstelleMyspace">Estelle</a>. If this is any indication of what’s to come, expect big things.<br />
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Download the track below by clicking the little arrow on the right-hand side<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6392323&secret_url=false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6392323&secret_url=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/usrapnews/swizz-beatz-featuring-estelle-dj-play-the-beat">Swizz Beatz Featuring Estelle - Dj Play The Beat</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/usrapnews">USRapNews</a></span><br />
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The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQoQirZwxE4&a=AYMcY2vx8GQwA7BT4hOzf55mRP8bi2A_&list=ML&feature=BF"target="jamesblakeplaylist">things he does sonically</a> betray every genre they suggest without seeming disobedient or showy. UK bass music's signifiers decorate Blake's most basic tendencies, but the core of his music is some soul and funk-music quagmire that he navigates via carefully chosen left turns. Passing associations with dubstep are relevant only insofar as they provide context from whence this music came—a scene characterized by a mile-a-minute progression of new sounds and artists that, in spite of its documented ability to absorb and incorporate its peers' sounds into re-appropriated new forms, has been unable to hold a candle to Blake's unmistakable authority.<br />
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Blake's sound is both playfully naive and at times heftily glum. He tickles his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQoQirZwxE4" target="jamesblakeCMYK">tracks</a> until they let out a flash of uncontrolled emotion, a shriek from say, one of late R&B star <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M9BgfSHowg"target="jamesblakeAaliyah">Aaliyah</a>'s tracks, and your not sure whether to clap or cry so you just press repeat.<br />
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Texturally, his music is full of similar contradictions. Witness dehydrated fuzz blast to the surface for just a moment as liquid bass hugs the bottom end of the mix—both of which operate rhythmically and atmospherically—albeit running in opposite directions. Experience the vast expanses of his claustrophobic mixing technique or the way in which his tracks breath deeply with life while at the same time choke for air.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrE9xEXdDf-1iWmENQVY6a0AhFAySbOzCio6IrFXqQPx34aqW1bJJuSuBUYgG2ULewYMnPlyI-mxpxL6YZGcYt_9oL9zHrvvJ15apv61DanHOyeIW386t2Gita2qa4ZlF-cgpHPRc5Dc/s1600/Klavierwerke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrE9xEXdDf-1iWmENQVY6a0AhFAySbOzCio6IrFXqQPx34aqW1bJJuSuBUYgG2ULewYMnPlyI-mxpxL6YZGcYt_9oL9zHrvvJ15apv61DanHOyeIW386t2Gita2qa4ZlF-cgpHPRc5Dc/s200/Klavierwerke.jpg" width="200" /></a>Blake's latest release, entitled <i>Klavierwerke </i>or "piano works" (for all you non-German speakers) is, as the title suggests, based largely around his own piano playing. Far from a classical piece, this EP is a continuation of his warmly futuristic soul contortions—albeit reigned in. On past releases his tracks rarely raised their voices, throughout this EP they don't climb above a murmur. Carefully sampling his own humming, hissing, breathing, Blake has created his most personal record yet.<br />
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Its a humble move for a guy on the brink of international success. One that will no doubt encourage more critics and fans to cozy up to his work.<br />
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Download the <a href="http://uploading.com/files/dac9f192/JB-K_EP_2010-web-320_todaybeats.zip/"target="jamesblakedownload">Klavierwerke EP</a> in its entirety <a href="http://uploading.com/files/dac9f192/JB-K_EP_2010-web-320_todaybeats.zip/""target="jamesblakedownload">here</a><br />
<script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like font="verdana"></fb:like>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-18505686600560768792010-09-30T12:14:00.005-04:002011-06-06T12:09:59.449-04:00Jamie XX releases solo single<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SxsPMCc4OtfwxRXuw_KGLEfluLU3D7oxzQvRIspQXkW3-vhwaDaYwY467igFutXkhMrg3Nrud3bwEmxfmzOAst_la_1HTtrUD8f4xntAcpNZOKQBTIdqSDoK_DixEJlQnMfvA6lvHoQ/s1600/29400_646809746038_11702873_37176375_369560_n-640x426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SxsPMCc4OtfwxRXuw_KGLEfluLU3D7oxzQvRIspQXkW3-vhwaDaYwY467igFutXkhMrg3Nrud3bwEmxfmzOAst_la_1HTtrUD8f4xntAcpNZOKQBTIdqSDoK_DixEJlQnMfvA6lvHoQ/s200/29400_646809746038_11702873_37176375_369560_n-640x426.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Fanboys rejoice. Although not a proper release from the much hyped <a "target="thexxsite" href="http://thexx.info/">The xx</a>, their drummer, appropriately named Jamie xx, has released his first solo single. Featuring a steel drum lead over some shuffling drums, the track seems to come from a pretty genuine place, rather than some opportunistic cash-in.<br />
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Entitled <a "target="jaimiexxyoutube" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcaw0OvC3Ao">Far Nearer</a>, the release features the pitch shifted vocals that are all the craze among Brit beat makers these days. Insistent without pounding, relaxed without being breezy, the track suggests a promising future for Jamie xx if the whole indie-darling-come-international-popstar thing doesn't exactly pan out.<br />
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Also, download a mix he did for French fashion label <a "target="Colletewebsite" href="http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/5977393/colette-10/45/">Collete</a> over <a "target="jamiexxcolletemix" href="http://prettymuchamazing.com/podpress_trac/web/18831/0/jamiexxmixcolette.mp3">here</a><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1">
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The video—an endlessly silly take on the New York party scene—features more talented artists than I care to name, but will anyway: ?uestlove, Todd Terry, Santigold, Biz Markie, Smif n Wessun, Fafi, Just Blaze, Dj Mehdi, Buckshot, DJPremier, Ezra Koenig, Kanye West, Pharrell William, Diplo, DJ Premier.<br />
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Its always nice to see DJs make music just because its so goddam fun to do.<br />
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Download the track <a href="http://uploads.dancingastronaut.com/2010/09/Barbra-Streisand-Original-Mix.mp3">here</a>. <br />
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Ever since <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fourtetkieranhebden"><span id="goog_1495465409"></span>Four Tet</a><span id="goog_1495465410"></span> grew out of his bedroom studio's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_POkOLy2rM">polite</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ViItcZyYBw&feature=related">jazzy explorations</a> and got all techno on our asses, I've had precious little quality music of his to hold on to. For a while it was unclear why he ditched the sound he helped create (and was clearly so <i>good</i> at making) in favor of more club centric music.<br />
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It seemed he had been making his older music in the vacuum of his apartment, and when he finally looked and up realized that his fan-base was largely made up of electronic music fans, decided to explore their world a little further. His first few steps haven't been stellar—this years lukewarm <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpe4id7cLnU"><i>There is Love in You</i></a><i>, </i>along with a string of underwhelming <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8b5NyBmFUA">remixes</a><i>—</i>but Kieran Hebden seems to have grown into his own as a club music producer.<br />
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Off a fairly recent <a href="http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=19969">release</a><i> </i>with fellow producer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpzzGXBW4GA">Mala</a>, the track <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiqGdd1X0NA">Nothing to See</a> finds Four Tet bridging the gap between his older productions and his new ones. Whereas his newer material has been clean and minimalist in approach, this track hearkens back to his earlier days of messy jazzy abandon. However not without updates. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiqGdd1X0NA">Nothing to See</a> is undoubtedly jazzy, but not free-form<i>—</i>Hebden's time as DJ has taught him to focus his impulses<i> </i>and tailor them to the dance floor.<br />
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The result sounds like Theo Parish's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ58lHX2Zrs">Falling Up</a> meeting the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiI-3uRfaSc">Junior Boys</a> at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYp91WftFqQ">Pantha Du Princes</a> house for dinner, or, er, something. Cheers all around.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-64897845843791558552010-09-22T14:39:00.003-04:002010-09-22T15:38:52.428-04:00Breach - Fatherless<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuVFjyOAw_T4udqLaQ9ScTtCdvng98tkf3VQf9a-o8tVF0NXTbHCy4i88aQE1GI-yFmjOfaDTQV_IcvSEf3x3BBWYaXqcpiInzl6n_y9S1xHnIxOpTyTtLgldaS63ATdSesUrnCZtM4E/s1600/ptn004.fatherless.09.22.2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuVFjyOAw_T4udqLaQ9ScTtCdvng98tkf3VQf9a-o8tVF0NXTbHCy4i88aQE1GI-yFmjOfaDTQV_IcvSEf3x3BBWYaXqcpiInzl6n_y9S1xHnIxOpTyTtLgldaS63ATdSesUrnCZtM4E/s320/ptn004.fatherless.09.22.2010.jpg" width="320" /></a><object height="25" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LW8eYnof39Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LW8eYnof39Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="25"></embed></object></div><br />
Electronic dance music is unique among popular musics in that it's output is largely instrumental. When lyrics do appear, they are usually functional call outs to get the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOvNsve_2eI">party started</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEbzNdRhpuo">create a mood</a>. Aside from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zYjQ1HUlk&feature=related">Matthew Dear</a>'s outings under his own name I'm finding it difficult to point to an artist who incorporates lyrics into their music for anything aside from rhythmic utility or dramatic effect.<br />
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One of the few consistent avenues for literal communication with the listener has been song titles. It seems like the more minimal a piece of music is, the more thought is given to its name. Take for example, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Regis">Regis</a>'s late 90s techno masterpiece <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09RcdyR1eDE&feature=player_embedded#%21">Delivered into the Hands of Indifference</a>, a stark record to be sure, but one that was given a hefty political undertone thanks to its poetic title.<br />
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So it is no small statement when an artist like <a href="http://www.myspace.com/breachmusicuk">Breach</a> entitles his latest track "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoQERWjgb8">Fatherless</a>." The brooding, angry track stomps about, wildly searching here and there, seemingly lost among the flutes. If a picture can tell a thousand words, how many words fit on a 12"?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-57136560586566874002010-09-20T23:25:00.018-04:002010-10-07T13:33:13.615-04:00Lil B is a Dangerous Mind<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu2ZMylpl28eZWxB6dLkc926dl6zVC4gWRb98hWtMa7lShzXcnHW8gCZfSkPGPzYfnRTb8g_A_jlFzaBimdZxwFQ_ny0SBypKKpy5z5BdoPzhIDQfQDcsvJa6IVdGCn-db4pQ3-E4flI/s1600/b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu2ZMylpl28eZWxB6dLkc926dl6zVC4gWRb98hWtMa7lShzXcnHW8gCZfSkPGPzYfnRTb8g_A_jlFzaBimdZxwFQ_ny0SBypKKpy5z5BdoPzhIDQfQDcsvJa6IVdGCn-db4pQ3-E4flI/s320/b.jpg" width="320" /></a>Every so often something comes along that throws into question everything you've been listening to for a while. Funny how I had convinced myself that Drake and Co. represented some kind of resurgence of quality rap. This track by Lil B is a quantum leap for rap music. Its new and unusual but undoubtedly organic. Its futuristic only insofar as its pretty much unprecedented. None of the stark futurism or intellectual posturing that characterized the underground hip-hop of the turn of the century can be found here. Its as though that phase in rap music was the necessary evil that broke down conventions so that a track like this could come in a rebuild them anew.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">I haven't heard rap music this unselfconsciously vulnerable since an 18 year old Dizzee Rascal released </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnOFBlZFCVM">Boy in Da Corner</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">. This isn't vulnerability in the vein of Kanye West. Kanye's troubles are simplistic and uncomfortably juinor-high. Today's squeamish, contrived, R&B-drama inflected "confessional" (think Kid Cudi) finds no audience in this track.</span><br />
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Lil B's stream of conscious flow is lyrically dense and stylistically fresh, hopping from topic to topic with ease. The first 30 seconds are spent waiting for the beat to kick in, and by the time the fifth minutes passed your happy it hasn't.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">This <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/luckymedia/_MIXTAPES/78.mp3">mix</a> starts with an emphasis old school Hip Hop, laying down tracks that have been sampled until infinity. If these tracks are familiar to you because of Nas and Maria Carey then you need to get up on your Hip Hop game, and this is the perfect opportunity. This isn’t tongue in check or nostalgia driven. Machinedrum knows the deal and he sounds eager to share with the public an era that has proven endlessly influential to the producers of the 1990s and DJs of the post-2000 electronic music explosion.<br />
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Also, check out Machinedrum rehearsing for a live show on a kitchen counter in Brooklyn.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/10730062">Machinedrum RAW</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/machinedrum">machinedrum</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-54897827602884128502010-09-16T11:59:00.001-04:002010-09-16T12:12:43.230-04:00Deep house, actually.In the world of electronic music, artists seem to largely be treading the same water these days. With the explosion of talent splattered across the internet media machine, if one were only to read about, without listening to, the music that is being released at breakneck speed, they would surely assume that these were the most important and fruitful times in music production history. After all, when each hyped release is delivered with the adjectives revolutionary and mind-blowing standard, how could one reach any other conclusion?<br />
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Clearly there is has been a disconnect somewhere between quality music production and relevant music criticism. Online magazines eager to break the next <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCsoJCW-Gzk">Burial</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CybO7XtYpdU&feature=related">Flying Lotus</a>—each of whom represented major Events (capital E) in the progression of music in the 21st century—greet each new artist as the forebear of some great new genre. New genres are invented around artists who are largely unimportant.<br />
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The modern incarnation of Deep House is one such example. A few DJs started rehashing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opvopULDhVI">old styles</a>, that fell out of fashion somewhere in the late 90s and people loved it. The talking heads rejoiced and Deep House was brought back from the dead. Not in the rebirth sense or the awesome zombie sense, but rather in the somewhat disrespectful <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCTgcZ6ImsQ">Weekend and Bernies</a> sense. Critics and DJs alike parading around an old, powerful force of nature so that they can seem important and part of the in-the-know.<br />
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The same thing happened last year with disco edits.<br />
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And the point is, these records weren't dusty recollections of themselves when they came out. If you are an artist and you like something, great! Go ahead, be inspired, take cues from your influences and make your own music. Don't steal a genres most basic signifiers (which mean exactly NOTHING out of their given context) and slather them in artificial laptop static and call them purist Deep House. Go out and make a record that is actually deep, soulful and sexy.<br />
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James Teej's track <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnQyK6LgV1A">Get Off the Phone</a> did exactly that. It may be a throwback in vibe but in execution it is anything but. The clipped male vocals and the careful production flourishes are the sound of an artist taking full advantage of a 21st century studio. The result isn't stale or derivative or masturbatory, but straight up angst ridden, sexual (and most importantly) modern dance music.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/13665842">Matthew Dear - MDBC Totem</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/ghostlyint">Ghostly International</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-90972128592248902982010-09-14T14:07:00.010-04:002010-09-14T18:34:41.096-04:00Robert Hood gets interviewedRobert Hood, considered by many the father of minimal techno, gives an in depth interview with a local Detroit radio station. While minimal techno is considered by many to be functional, repetitive club music, given the context that surrounds it, Hood's latest release on his <a href="http://www.mplantmusic.com/">M-Plant</a> lable, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdcKILTi6PQ&feature=related">Omega</a> takes on a spiritual and political depth that most overblown anthems tend to only heavy-handedly grapple with. What might seem like nihilistic, if sinful music to some seems to come from a genuinely religious place in Robert Hood.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://uabab.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/robert-hood-omega.jpg?w=420&h=420" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2268" height="320" src="http://uabab.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/robert-hood-omega.jpg?w=420&h=420" title="robert-hood-omega" width="320" /></a></div>Hood disucesses his middle-class upbringing in Detroit, chronicling his youth going to basement parties and listening to black and white artists playing side by side on the radio. He goes on to describe the experience of having his city literally collapse all around him. Starting with the crack epidemic, on through the disintegration of the job market, Hood interestingly points out that as many parts of the country were experiencing increased growth and opportunity, Detroit has grown increasingly segregated.<br />
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It is not surprising, then, that Hood's latest release draws its inspiration from the early 1970s film <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/">The Omega Man</a>, </i>staring Charlton Heston—a mediation on loneliness and faith in the face of absolute decimation. Based on the 1950s novel <i>I am Legend, </i>the film confronts day-to-day life in post-apocalyptic reality. The parallels are everywhere, and with song titles like "Are You God?" and "<span class="grey">The Plague (Cleansing Maneuvers)" this is not your typical club record.</span><br />
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<span class="grey">Expertly crafted and lovingly curated this is the sound of a devout man intent on spreading his message the only way he knows how—through the sound-system.</span><br />
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Oh well. For your viewing pleasure:<br />
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He'd pioneered a sound that he's trafficking as Boston Bounce. His beets are springy and compressed.<br />
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This one is free. <br />
<a href="http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/DJ%20C%20-%20Jump%20Up%20and%20Bounce%20%28Instrumental%29.mp3">click here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-65205249289743396982010-08-26T10:45:00.007-04:002010-09-14T15:27:22.562-04:00Chemical Brothers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3kFjsxM-veWVrSZ-fJQ-qRObM-iAGu2zVxEr7OHCMj00xDuJm6Npj3gbxjithiFQGXQYNIAK4tLN4vWneUhdq261GMbhgbO3mGcDaH31CpJYEzfBMz3CD4HduHGsHIeRF5B8_qMXj90/s1600/zap_chemical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3kFjsxM-veWVrSZ-fJQ-qRObM-iAGu2zVxEr7OHCMj00xDuJm6Npj3gbxjithiFQGXQYNIAK4tLN4vWneUhdq261GMbhgbO3mGcDaH31CpJYEzfBMz3CD4HduHGsHIeRF5B8_qMXj90/s320/zap_chemical.jpg" /></a></div>For the last 15 years, the Chemical Brothers have been some of the most uncompromisingly true-to-self producers out there. Rarely have they adjusted their sound to fit current trends. Instead they've always just stuck to what they do best, sure that the rest of us would like it.<br />
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And that's pretty much always been the case. Even when their albums weren't spectacular they've always had at least a few tracks that reafirmed their brand of Big-Room electronica as relevant and oddly current.<br />
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Their latest album seems no different. They are still working with the same sound palette that made them famous in the 1990s (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64szVQugrAo&ob=av2e">Hey Boy Hey Girl</a>). Yet the song sounds fresh. Corney names aside, Escape Velocity is a pretty solid dance floor track. It sounds like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8cDmi7-U8">Blinded by the Light</a> updated for 2010.<br />
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The music video is equally solid. Where some of their old videos were<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM"> high minded</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmpxsk3dHaA"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hzVV2Nwfs">big budgeted </a>exercises in psychedelia, this one is as simple as laying back on a sunny day and soaking in the simple joys of getting high and staring at the sun.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/12880402">Escape Velocity</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3751349">Victor Hugo Mafra</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-6508906203817317462010-08-25T15:13:00.002-04:002010-08-25T15:16:12.132-04:00Mark Henning - Supersonic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaHRPSDI6Te2-0D3Cxcdm3hYm9CZCrxF55ErLC_kQdMgfdxU-SEgG4jzsJurTpTWvSESwfMlzq_kUpdfBHyrjSNrGvgNx_pzJ1hYNwVL8xYVFvteu2qGTrYnUW3kMXqPnGhp_WboWoNs/s1600/1279382034_mark-henning-supersonic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaHRPSDI6Te2-0D3Cxcdm3hYm9CZCrxF55ErLC_kQdMgfdxU-SEgG4jzsJurTpTWvSESwfMlzq_kUpdfBHyrjSNrGvgNx_pzJ1hYNwVL8xYVFvteu2qGTrYnUW3kMXqPnGhp_WboWoNs/s320/1279382034_mark-henning-supersonic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Mark Henning is a man on a mission. As a producer working within the techno genre its hard to resist caving into the cavernous displays of echo that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDurwsq7E7w&feature=related">dubtechno</a> is so intent on pushing these days. Not to detract from the guys out there who are really pushing a great sound, but it seems like a lot of banal, boring and ultimately vapid tracks are getting swathed in reverb and echo and getting passed off as quality music.<br />
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Henning on the other hand has nothing to do with that movement. His latest release, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZLxUK1kBU">Supersonic</a>, can trace its lineage more directly to Matthew Jonson's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwD8aS8ZtkU">Decompression</a> than the type of techno your likely to hear at Berghain any time soon. <br />
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Like that now classic track, Supersonic is a builder. It starts slowly, quietly. The synth paces around its small room, brooding. Henning introduces unintelligible, downpitched vocals that seem childish and demonic at the same time. They're almost teasing in tone. You can hear the synth getting agitated, flaring up in the mix as the track progresses.<br />
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The biggest thing this track has going for it (besides it being a fucking total monster of a track) is how restrained the whole thing is. Cool hats shimmer and cut across the top of the mix. Anger and frustration are constantly suggested, but never projected. Its all a kind of taken in stride, making it that much more bottled up—that much more disturbing.<br />
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The chunky chord stabs mixed with the insistent male vocals brought to mind <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAR8cq5Bl94">Marshal Jefferson</a>, while the production details made it clear this was a 2009 banger.<br />
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Azari & III commissioned some remixes, the standout of which is most definitely <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9LNZiMD700">Tuff City Kids' effort</a>. Keeping with the old NYC vibe, they add a heavy bassline, handclaps and some cowbell. But just to mix things up a bit Tuff City Kids get all euro on our asses, dousing the mix in some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv2j2hbTS1I&feature=related">Italo Disco</a> style strings, to great effect.<br />
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Listen to all 4 remixes below:<br />
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<a href="http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/Starkey%20-%20Gasping%20For%20Air%20In%20This%20Vortex.mp3">Gasping For Air In This Vortex</a> opens like an instructional, "how to chop an orchestra and make it sound like more than the sum of its parts." Wasting little time on introductions, the first few string stabs feel more akin to the AV club setting up the stage than like Starkey trying to build <i>tension</i>. Which it inevitably does.<br />
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But only briefly. By 0:30 the massive bass line that holds the track together debuts in full form. Drums stomp in true <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBOt8-YjsI&feature=search">grime</a> fashion as cheese-ball chords massage the whole production into place.<br />
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Download the <a href="http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/Starkey%20-%20Gasping%20For%20Air%20In%20This%20Vortex.mp3">track</a> free, <a href="http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/Starkey%20-%20Gasping%20For%20Air%20In%20This%20Vortex.mp3">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-75547911235194980592010-08-24T12:01:00.001-04:002010-10-07T13:35:59.938-04:00Lukid - Hair Of The Dog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6ETxexAvzTBIO39TAK4HDljZMCKhfaQ8fScC8uPq9UC6CS5WtI0lXPqzIGu7N7x6cTuv1S53RZcFRGWn5pR3jhdNMuzhl5YzqyoCPH6iFf_YD8X94eSFM-0jyWB2aqDvJEOk2ZKViZc/s1600/l_7841646a0d3da3b031c1bcbfea6d6935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6ETxexAvzTBIO39TAK4HDljZMCKhfaQ8fScC8uPq9UC6CS5WtI0lXPqzIGu7N7x6cTuv1S53RZcFRGWn5pR3jhdNMuzhl5YzqyoCPH6iFf_YD8X94eSFM-0jyWB2aqDvJEOk2ZKViZc/s200/l_7841646a0d3da3b031c1bcbfea6d6935.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/WERKDISCS">Werk Discs</a> wunderkind <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lukid">Lukid </a>released this awesome clip for his track Hair of the Dog a few months ago. The title is supposedly an English (British) term for drinking alcohol to get over a hangover. Sounds good to me.<br />
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Lukid works with the same blunted, humid textures that make <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQFMjUySio&feature=related">Actress</a>'s releases so goddamn funky. Hair of the Dog is a more solemn affair though. The clip is vintage in aesthetic and morbid in theme. Watch it till the end to get the full effect.<br />
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Huge song from Glasglow's Travis Stewart AKA <a href="http://www.myspace.com/machinedrum">Machinedrum</a>. The track is an expertly crafted amalgam of all things electronic. It's pace is perfect, switching from 4/4 squelch to slow-mo hip hop on a dime.<br />
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Check out the track below, followed by a batshit remix by London's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/djbokbok">BOK BOK</a>.<br />
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<object height="81" width="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fsomekindofawesome%2Fmachinedrum-carry-the-weight&secret_url=false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fsomekindofawesome%2Fmachinedrum-carry-the-weight&secret_url=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/somekindofawesome/machinedrum-carry-the-weight">Machinedrum - "Carry The Weight"</a> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/somekindofawesome"></a><br />
<object height="81" width="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdewse%2Fmachinedrum-carry-the-weight-bok-bok-remix&secret_url=false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdewse%2Fmachinedrum-carry-the-weight-bok-bok-remix&secret_url=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/dewse/machinedrum-carry-the-weight-bok-bok-remix">Machinedrum - Carry The Weight (Bok Bok Remix)</a><a href="http://soundcloud.com/dewse"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-39746246692453358732010-08-17T16:12:00.002-04:002010-08-17T16:14:38.081-04:00Midland - Leitmotif [Midland Remix]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-eUH0qJvP0-hjWDDBbVccn8_9MZQIxeE3Cw1MVN8Rzjm32-Zglx69xtCuhc8BfeTRayvIVQnVhPCvDtkmaWgKuOl3JmoXbMKjPjc4KATmilVRJ_Mv64W-sklWwc_DQSDr7DUQ7mSJMw/s1600/tr-184505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-eUH0qJvP0-hjWDDBbVccn8_9MZQIxeE3Cw1MVN8Rzjm32-Zglx69xtCuhc8BfeTRayvIVQnVhPCvDtkmaWgKuOl3JmoXbMKjPjc4KATmilVRJ_Mv64W-sklWwc_DQSDr7DUQ7mSJMw/s200/tr-184505.jpg" width="200" /></a>This release from on <a href="http://www.phonicarecords.com/">Phonica Records</a> is an interesting intersection of genres that works surprisingly well. Fusing the clunky forward momentum of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xaq4Jww0I0">tech-house</a> with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRHpuTAR8JQ&feature=related">joy orbison</a>'s cliped vocals and the depth of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNv7i9i02Uw">dub techno</a>, Midland has pulled off no small feet.<br />
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Check out the track below<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmidland%2Fa2-midland-furiku-leitmotif-midland-remix-phonica005-128-kbps-clip&secret_url=false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmidland%2Fa2-midland-furiku-leitmotif-midland-remix-phonica005-128-kbps-clip&secret_url=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/midland/a2-midland-furiku-leitmotif-midland-remix-phonica005-128-kbps-clip">Midland & Furiku - Leitmotif [Midland Remix] -PHONICA005 [128 KBPS Clip]</a><a href="http://soundcloud.com/midland"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937692703850463879.post-40305563916380869532010-08-13T11:35:00.013-04:002010-10-08T12:26:06.560-04:00Jam City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jam.city_.refixes.13.08.2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-22719" height="320" src="http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jam.city_.refixes.13.08.2010.jpg" title="Jam City" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="25" width="500"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LsWmikaLFms?fs=1&hl=en_GB" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="25" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LsWmikaLFms?fs=1&hl=en_GB" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jam City - Ecstasy [Refix] <br />
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</div>Glasgow's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jamcitytrax">Jam City</a> remixes old-school British funk band for this track.<br />
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The Refixes EP is out now now via <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nightslugs">Night Slugs.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0