Too much work to finish before 6pm today? Why not try some somber pulsating Zomby juice with that afternoon coffeebreak? Guaranteed to get your head nodding while you ponder the meaning of your current employment.
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Nov
10
sixty-third post
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Sep
10
sixty-second post
Here’s another gem producer from the Border Community label, home of Nathan Fake. Abbott’s melodic structure is redolent of Fake, but with his own brand of fuzz layered over. This track gives you just a glimpse of snowfields set between vibrating split-phase transformers.
15
Sep
10
sixty-first post
Not sure to say about this one: the song craft is astounding, the string arrangements are gorgeous, the vocal treatments ground everything, and, as always, the stereo editing of the Books’ musique concrète approach is always first class. Treat yourself to a deep breath….
20
Jul
10
sixtieth post
Off the new, 4th dubstoned EP, “Kopf” is essentially a triptych. The first part is classic acid machinery laid atop a minimal garage riddim. At 1:45, however, the claustrophobic swirling squelches go subterranean in preparation for shimmering, expansive synth chords that float, for a minute plus, nicely over that same percussion. At 3 minutes the acid and chromatic aspects are both brought to the foreground, blending the first two stages. I think this track has such a beautiful progression, albeit modest in its aims, that it works even without some of the more exploratory rhythm editing you come to expect from a solid Funcken bros. track.
22
Jun
10
fifty-ninth post
We recently came across this old Modeselektor track from a hard to find ’05 DVD titled ‘Labland’, which they produced with the design collective Pfadfinderei. There’s also a music video with dancing tractors, lawnmowers, and random graphics. Once again, the Berlin boys bring us crunchy beats alongside haunting minor chords, a combination which can only inspire introspective dance.
15
Jun
10
fifty-eighth post
This delicious Machine Drum track has been my earworm as of late. That solid beat running parallel to the searching synth probe till they’re met by Nami’s intoxicating vocals. A potent undulating tincture that finds you in a state of despair, but leaves you dancing. We eagerly await more sounds from this Brooklyn producer.
02
Jun
10
fifty-seventh post
A free catchy Siriusmo remix of the Berlin trio, Bodi Bill. This group has been making waves with their unique blend of indie, dub step, and electronic. Watch for their new album, Two In One, on June 7th.
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May
10
fifty-sixth post
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May
10
fifty-fifth post
Here’s a feisty number off Ratatat’s upcoming album, LP4, set to release on June 8th. The boys employ a toolbox of samples including strings, spoken word, and what sounds like a vocal bassline turned inside out(0:19). It’s the steadfast Ratatat formula wearing more relaxed fit Levis and drunk on space gas.
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Apr
10
fifty-fourth post
Drew Daniels is something of a bad ass. He is one half of Matmos. He is also a professor of English at Johns Hopkins. And, after being challenged by Matthew Herbert to make a house record, he released “Do You Party?” in 2002. This album has held up unbelievably well, I think, as a dance record. The collage and found-sound techniques so expertly explored by Matmos are here channeled into extremely quirky, but deeply funky, house cuts. “Everybody’s Soft”, the intro track, has one of those funk synth lines that, when it drops at 0:55, plants a sneer on your face and a hop in your two-step. The heavily layered cut-and-paste makes for some engaging, emotive (even house-y) tangents, but the track never loses sight of that groove. On top of all that (or should I say, beneath it all), the minimalist glitchy percussion has a refinement and a stereo sculpture that sounds great after almost ten years. Yikes. Get that sneer ready when rollin’ this out.
