Duder, what a distinguished/ memorable name. Bet you’re well easy to find on myspace. Really conjures up that whole dub/techno sound, don’t you think? Thing is, this is literally the only reason in the world you have for beefing this guy. ‘Elevate’ is an absolute stinker of a tune and you should also check his edit thang of Kode9’s 2 Far Gone – aand, he’s from Reykjavik, so I have him to thank for looking up how to spell Reykjavic. That’s the one thing i’ve learnt today. Bonus.
You know how Falty DL kind of sounds like Burial, but you could get away with playing it in a club. Well VVV makes tunes that sound like a Falty DL production grinding the sheen off a Moschino shirt in a sweaty basement. ’Traverse’ is so ill, I wanna hear everything this guy has ever done – from his first fart to a wav of him recently opening a can of fanta.
Hands up who recognizes ‘Be and See’. Yeaah, bad tune. Like a D’explicit joint on valium, with some real nice vocals cut up over it. I formall apologise for comparing music to a drug, i’m sorry music. He’s also got a load of free tracks on his little myspace blog thing.
Well, that was definitely enough time spent on myspace. Haven’t endured that since I was trying to get my first bang.
I’ve decided charts aren’t a big enough part of our lives anymore. Finding out the top 10 of stuff is always the best way to build anticipation. I mean, look at the FTSE. That shiit gets grown men literally wanking off in public – and I think a top 10 in riddims at the moment could have an equally shameful effect.
P.s. I know it’s not all rally realy new stuff, but if you’ve missed any of this then you definately need to go back.
Tracks
1. Seamonkey (Untold Remix) – Modeselektor
It’s in that Jackmaster mix for FWD>>, the one that’s like brrrrrrrrrrr, berrrrrrrrrrrrr, buuuuuuuuuu, brrrrrrrrr.
This is a free sampler from Lone’s upcoming album (which in short, is amazing. It actually sounds like somebody daydreaming over memories of Dilla).
3. Real On Road (Ft. President T and JME) – Big H
Big H’s album one of the best grime albums of 2009 for real. This tune is straight hard
4. Symbiosis – Scuba
The new EP is really, really good. Most reccomended cop of the week to be sure.
5.
Swear this beat is mad old. I have memories of it being on some Plastician mix about 1/2 years ago? Anyway, Newham Gen’s make it about 40% better. Benji drooped it at Deviation the other night and it was live-o.
6. Do You Mind – The XX
I really didn’t want to like this band, and I still really don’t understand why I do. This cover of Kyla is the lick. Literally can’t believe they didn’t write that shiit. Oh and it’s free as shit.
7. Proverbs – Roska
Off his best EP yet, and that’s saying a lot really now isn’t it.
8. Fostercare – Burial
Could listen to this again and again and again and again and again and again. And again.
9. Dangerous Time (Simbad Remix) – Domu
This is some serious dancing shit. Got more groove than James Brown’s jizm ever did yeah.
10. Beauty – Silky
Sounds kind of like a drum and bass tune. Which puts me off. Except for it’s also kind of beautiful.
Albums
1. Hyperdub – 5 Years Birthday Bonanza
Still big
2. Terror Danjah – Gremlinz
Still
3. Big H – Street Crime UK
Mmmmm
4. Dinky – Anemik
Got some flava + swing
5. Simbad – Re-Mixes Vol. 1
Badd
Mixtapes
1. Motor City Drum Ensemble Resident Advisor mix
2. Tom Trago Nalden mix
3. Terror Danjah Baller’s Social mix
4. Skipple Hotflush podcast
5. 2562 Fact mix
I’m sorry about the distinct lack of links. Couldn’t really be botheres. Just google it yeah.
Well, last night Jackmaster literally tore apart FWD. His recent mix for FWD does his set complete justice. Oh yeah, and Deadboy is sick, man can put something together real good – and you can see mad scope in where his productions would be in like a years time. Also, that Modselektor/ Untold shizz = woyy.
Day in the life of Elijah & Skilliam, who officially tear it down whenever they’re about. Which is often. The video was also put together by a dude from Coventry (e.g. home town vibez).
Kowton has done a mix to celebrate (it’s funny when people use celebrate in this way) his release coming about on Keysound real soon. The tunes on the release are awesome, check check.
The Kryptic Minds album is really hype at the minute, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why. It’s not bad, and I guess the fact it’s on that Swamp label thing that Mala or whatever is doing. But it sounds like the ejaculate of some dude with dreadlocks, who refers to Bestival as an ‘experience’, landing on the Ovaries of a girl whose main interest is Dita Von Tease – for some really unknown reason.
Essentially it’s the sound of a very small part of the future, a future I have no real interest in. If you want something deep, listen to Mala. If you want something with wobble and bass, get a copy of reason, play a bass note and twiddle the dial from 1/8 to 3/16 (don’t forget to shout “Christ takin a shit this is durrty”) , and if you want something with atmosphere, listen to gas or start reading Gothic Poetry.
Stuff you should pick up though
1. 5: Hyperdub 5 Years Compilation Party Birthday Thing
To say i’ve been on a techno tip of late might be a bit of an understatement. This has a lot to do with my previous post, but also a trip to Fabric last week for Omar-S – which was pretty mind blowing by-the-by.
The MNML SSGS blog will no doubt be news to few – but some things deserve a big, bad and heavy recommndation from time to time. Especially for the recent SCB (aka Hotflush running Scuba) mix and dig a bit deeper and you’ll find this pretty amazing mix from Shed.
On a similar note, there is a resident advisor mix from FaltyDL and it reminds me of my favourite snack. A Picnic bar washed down with a Ginger Beer with loads of ice and a slice of lime in it. Imagine a chocolate bar with caramel (Floating Points), Crunchy Peanuts and Rice Crisps (Untold) and your most favourite Milk Chocolate (Take AKA Sweatson Klank); all washed down with that tangy (sbtrkt), ice cold (Joy Orbison), spicy (Falty DL) flavour you enjoy the most.
Ahhh man, I think I just mouth jizzed (e.g. drooled) all down myself. Listen to this while I sort my life out a little.
Is it completely impossible to get bored of bigging up the Hessle Audio crew? Well, yeah.
Last weekend saw the crew descending on a Manor House hotel in Wales, all as part of FreeRotation festival. The festival itself was the nuts. Me and my friend Chris rocked up to a site of about 15 tents, all alongside cars with 4×4 blazin’ out of them. I can’t think of a better back drop for a weekend of techno than this the kind of house you imagine Zara Phillips to ride a horse around in.
It got to around 6 in the morning, and the vibe was still tight. The James Blake remix of ‘Stop What You’re Doing’ got dropped and even though every body in the room was wary and wounded from from a savage battering of future music, the sound of a synth being thoroughly fucked around a room seemed to make so much sense – it was unreal.
Other highlights were the masterful Shackleton, 2562, Efdemin and Peverelist – but the 4 hour Hessle Audio takeover in a room furnished with chandeliers, a grand piano and a soundsystem taller than myself was my music highpoint of the year.
I’m so tired at the moment I can’t be arsed to do shit. This is what a bit of music writing is like with no research, and very little effort, e.g. what people would actually like to write.
I know you’d have to be pretty blind not to reKognize the house revival recently, but really really, we feeling it?
Yeah we are, feeling it like a man with a hernia can feel his last three meals, that is. TOP 5 RECENT HOUSE RELATED FANTASTICNESS INCLUDE.
1. Luke Vibert album
This album is weird. It could easily be taken as sheer comedy, and it’s kind of hard to enjoy on first listen. BUT ENDURE, it’s worth it, and if you enjoyed his recent remix of Falty DL’s ‘Human Meadow’ you will love it.
2. Karizma’s ‘Groove A’K'Ordingly
This tune is heavy, but the remix by Simbad on the flip is even harder. Who is Simbad? His Brainfeeder mix has been my alarm clock for months, and everything i’ve heard by him is amazing.
3. Pearson Sound
Not straight house, but it’s definately THE NUTZ. Read!
4. Martyn tracks of unsure newness
Electric Purring and For Lost Relatives off the Aus music compilation release thing. Pretty heavy.
5. Anything Roska touches. Espesh his remix of N.B.Funky
Not too far detracting from the orig, but the orig was pretty basic. That’s why it hit so hard.