Blogsite West Norwood Cassette Library started its own label (now that’s an idea!). Their first release features killer track ‘What It Is’, backed with the Brackles remix. Spaced synth stabs, a bunch of echoing snares gives this track a cool drive. Supported by Mary Anne Hobbs, Shortstuff and BenUFO!
For sale here.
Kontext has lowered the drum&bass-bpm-counter, so this track floats somewhere between drum’n'bass and fast electro. Piano chords are perfectly delayed and reverberated, which gives the track a spaced out character. Heavy stuff!
Kontext released his album ‘Dissociate’ on Immerse.
Oh my lord! James Holden releases for the first time in aaaaaaaaaaaages a new single. Triangle Folds picks up the exquisite kraut-house-drone trail where he left it since ‘The Idiots Are Winning’. This song is lifted from his long-awaited DJ kicks album, which i’m absolutely dying to hear. Download the song for free here.
Riding the waves of YouTube, I stumbled upon this fantastic track. It grasped my ear immediately, because of the warm synth, the organic drums, and the visuals. Caribou slowly builds up the tension, by adding subtle drum layers, increasing the stress on the vocal loop, and going loose on the synth line. Great stuff, and if you want more, you can check the whole album ‘Swim’ on Soundcloud (not everything is my cup of tea though). ‘Swim’ will be released on April 19th.
And the brilliant records just keep coming. “Millennia” is the b-side of ‘Stars’, the single that’s preceding Starkey’s new album Ear Drums and Black Holes. According to the memo Millennia “bends glacial melody lines around epic strings and fluttering electronics, gently building into tight synthfunk and dropping back to a vocoder-like bassline, before ending on deep 808 pads and restful oceanic noises.” Rrright. I will just say EPIC TUNE!! And that it sounds like Zomby on a kraut-trip.
(PS: I edited this entry to say that you have to play with a loop of the part between 2.10 and 2.40. BOH!)
Be sure to check our older post on Starkey – ‘Stars’.
Hotflush announced the release of Sepalcure’s debut EP. The Sepalcure website features two nice tracks, with astonishing drawings by Sougwen. Despite the obvious vocal samples, ‘Every Day Of My Life’ is great. It has a soothing atmosphere, and the slow bpm turns the track into a perfect companion for a hot summer afternoon (which I normally do not relate to dubstep-ish music).
It has kind of a flying lotus sound. Im diggin this….
Dial Records from Hamburg releases a new compilation filled with techno-at-ease, emotional minimal and roadtrip-by-night electronica. This reminds me of Superpitcher‘s excellent mix album ‘Today’. This compil is in the same league, and I love every second of it. Essential!
Boomkat has the full album as download. Go and buy it if you like this.
Finally finally FINALLY this song has hit the streets as a digital download on the new Numbers label. Vinyl has sold out of distribution in one day!! Tapping into London’s rich musical heritage from early 90′s Hardcore all the way through to UK Garage and House, Deadboy’s ‘If you want me’ still shares the same sense of futuristic melancholia as the first wave of Detroit Techno by the likes of Derrick May and Juan Atkins. Future classic.
Ah, and you’re a fool if you haven’t checked out the equally brilliant ‘U Cheated‘ before!
Mount Kimbie‘s talent James Blake just released a new 12″ on Hessle Audio that’s too far out there. People acclaim he’s defining the second wave of dubstep, but I can not grasp it. His style is unheard and as with all music that’s pushing the boundaries it takes a while before I can see the beauty of it. I’ve put an audio file of the new 12″ ‘The Bells Sketch’ on our facebook page. Feel free to discuss!
I really dig his Mount Kimbie work, and his debut single on Hemlock Recordings: ‘Air & Lack Thereof’. The atmosphere he creates in this track is mysterious, yet sunny and naive, an unheard combination of sounds and flow. Although difficult to grasp, a guy to watch in 2010!
Superb well crafted remix by Mount Kimbie for LV & Untold. Rattling drums, cut-up vocals and a reverbed-down housey synth loop makes this track a melting pot of twisted and pleasant sounds. Lovely!
Will be released any time soon (next week I thought?) on Untold‘s Hemlock label, so order your copy at boomkat.
Zach is discussing.
Dajo Aertssen 14:58 on May 14, 2010 Permalink
Would love to hear this on a party! What a vibe!!
Dajo Aertssen 15:02 on May 14, 2010 Permalink
Would love to hear this on a party!! What a vibe!