Back in businesssss

definitely the tune to kick things off with...

due may 16th on Oneman's label 502 Recordings

Shawwwwwtttyyy what your name isssssssssss

Baths

Recently released on the Anticon record label out of the US is Baths' debut album Cerulean. I'm not going to give it much of a review, but I will just let you know its an amazing experimental electronic release; check it out if you like chilled ambient beats and pieces..

This track from the album is the soundtrack of today (if you happen to be a resident in Adelaide).



I like this homemade video by DDRpwnerer because it's exactly what I'm seeing as I look out the window.

Enjoy

THE DISKO REKAH

LOEFAH

Death Gate

The 'Death Gate' EP which I received in the mail today excited me ever so much. It is the second solo EP from the Gaslamp Killer released on the Brainfeeder label, from a man who has an abundance of talent in the field of music production. The Death Gate EP (featuring collaborations with Gonjasufi, Computer Jay, and Mophono) is a great blend of music, typical of the Gaslamp Killer's style, fusing abstract electronica, along with elements of psychedelic hip hop and rock.

I think I got my copy of the limited 10" a little early as its not due to be released until the 12th of October but I'm not complaining.. the 10" contains roughly 15 minutes of material, and at this early stage of listening the collaboration with Computer Jay 'Shattering Inner Journeys' stands out to me the most.

If you will take my word, purchase a copy of the EP from the Gaslamp Killer's site at www.thegaslampkiller.com

Heres a trailer for the EP directed by Strangeloop, a visual artist also of the Brainfeeder crew whos work I really dig.

GASLAMP KILLER - the DEATH GATE EP from StrangeLoop on Vimeo.

On a side note, the Gaslamp Killer will be touring Australia and NZ with Flying Lotus and Hudson Mohawke over New Years and early January. Those of us in Adelaide will miss out on the tour unless we travel interstate.. and I sure as hell know I'll be flying out of here to see them.

Peace

Pattern+Grid World

Surfing Beatport today I happened across a new Flying Lotus EP which i had heard about a month or so ago but (for shame) had forgotten about while away.. Regardless the EP "Pattern+Grid World" dropped on the 20th of September (so Monday?) on the legendary Warp Records, and the EP is another typically great FlyLo genre bending, inspiring, creative release.
Seven tracks make up the EP; my personal favourite is "Jurassic Notion/M Theory"



This EP is pretty hot coming only 4 months after the release of FlyLo's third album "Cosmogramma", and coincidentally I stumbled across this cool video for one of the tracks on the album, "Mmmhmm", on youtube yesterday so fittingly I will include it in this post. The video is directed by Special Problems.



Big Up Flying Lotus!

Gallery on Waymouth?

So once you give up on your art school dreams and starting working full time for the man, its pretty easy to full out of the loop. According to my Facebook events invites though, there's a gallery on Waymouth street (number 30 Waymouth street to be precise, and tonight its featuring the work of Twoone. I stole this from his website, I'm definitely going to swing by..

Righteous Fists

This here is one of the first tracks that did something in my brain which got me hooked on experimental music and audio/visual art.

This is a promo for Daedelus' album "Righteous Fists of Harmony" released in March this year on Flying Lotus' label Brainfeeder. I highly recommend

Daedelus "Righteous Fists of Harmony" from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo.

Soggy albatross

Spring is hiding in plantpots and ashtrays, planning its assault, and to egg it on I've made a soundtrack of multi-coloured, fast-moving things. A new, happily un-named style of electronic music has been sprouting lately, spearheaded by my beloved Border Community and respected weirdos like Caribou and Four Tet. It's a sound that takes great pleasure in sticking its fingers up at some of the orthodoxy that's accrued itself around music like old, old cheese, and pursuing something simultaneously luscious and anarchistic. This collection embraces the new sound, and blends it with a field of influences, from stellar English lads, Delphic, to the serious maestro of techno past and present, Carl Craig. Whether it works is up to you to decide, but if it's interesting enough to make you react in some strong way then I'll be happy. One last thing - it's made with headphones in mind rather than hi-fis/monitors/car systems.

1. Hazard - Village
2. Cologne Tape - Render 4*
3. I:Cube - Grandes Orgues**
4. (a) Paul Kalkbrenner - Castenets***
(b) Fever Ray - Seven (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
(c) Thom Yorke - The Eraser (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)
5. (a) Sebo K and Anja Schneider - Rancho Relaxo
(b) Michael Cleis - La Mezcla (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)
6. James Holden - Triangle Folds
7. Quince - My Life's Rhythm feat. Paris the Black Fu
8. Four Tet - Sing (Extended Mix
9. Vaghe Stelle - Ciclo 5
10. Four Tet - Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix)
11. James Holden - Triangle Folds Inside Out
12. Delphic - Counterpoint (Delphic's En-Route Mix)
13. Art Bleek - Future Memories (Joel Alter Perspective)
14. Carl Craig - At Les (Christian Smith's Hypnotica Remix)
15. Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
16. Wesley Matsell - Diffusion 27
17. Luke Abbott - Trans Forest Alignment

* contains samples from Jon Brion - Phone Call, and David Attenborough - Life in the Freezer
** contains a loop from Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani (Luke Abbott Remix) and a sample from Wolf and Lamb - Monster
*** contains a loop from Modeselektor - The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke)

Inspiration etc.

Probably one of the hardest things about trying to be a somewhat creative person is knowing that no matter what you do there's always a few dudes out there who have been doing it better for a much longer time.. Either way..

(Jacob Arden McClure if you didn't already know..)

Art, Life..

Don't mess with the Print Cult..

Keep seeing some damn nice Deus bikes popping up around our fine city.. Took this photo on the way to work to show my dad..

Hey at least your not screen-printing a poster of Che like every other art school student...

FALTY DL

It's taken me far too long to make a post about this man. I blame this on the fact that i enjoy his music too much. So much so that i struggle to put it to words. Each of his productions are so rich, so much happening but never sounding cluttered. Its allways infectiously funky and rhythmic even if takes a few listens to get your head around it. There's a timeless, surreal vibe in his music... like its from out of space, but set in the past. Whether it be his hip-hop/house or 2-step garage creations they are all total diamonds in their own right.













Based in new york but releasing through one of the most forward thinking labels in the UK, planet Mu. Falty Dl has 2 full length albums, 3 Ep's and a string of remixes to his name. He is truely one of the few artists that when i see his name pop up, i can bank on the track being total fire. I've bought everything available to date and won't hesitate to snap up whatever he turns his hand to next.

I'm going to share with you a handful of my absolute favourites and strongly urge anyone who digs them to buy his albums, they are pure magic.


Falty Dl - Play Child

Falty Dl - My friends will always say

iTAL tEK - Moment in blue (Falty Dl Remix)

Fresh Fruit.

Little known Australian duo Pow! Pow! are slowly makin a name for themselves across the seas. With jams out on Domino Records, Institubes, Hussle Recordings & Sweat It Out, they know whats up. Here's their latest original off the fresh Club Sweat EP.

Golden Circle - Pow! Pow! (Sweat it Out Records)


Another tune im diggin is this Homework track on Exploited Records. The 80's feel clip is real whack but somehow compliments the balkan house vibe.

Fissa Tune - Homework (Exploited Records)

it never really was

Cooly G - Up In My Head

This is only my third post on Exhibit A and already I'm finding myself writing a second post about a Hyperdub artist. No excuses though. Hyperdub is simply rad.

Recently the tracks I have been enjoying the most have been the ones that sit somewhere between house, garage and dubstep without being easily classified as any of them. Cooly G's 'Up In My Head' is a great example of this sound and has been on repeat for me for much of today.

For her second release on Kode 9's brilliant label, the South London producer provides a slice of niceness with interesting drum patterns that don't particularly conform to any standard and beautiful (even if slightly haunting) snippets of her own vocals.

As much as I would like to write a more in-depth review/analysis, I think my time would be much better spent listening to the track... again.

Luke Abbott

Infusing electronic dance music with colour and subtlety is an easy thing to completely botch, and when someone gets it right it's worth saying something about it. Luke Abbott is someone who's been getting it right for a long time now, through individualistic synth programming, good musical knowledge, and an impressionistic approach that conjures up landscapes teeming with mushrooms.



Luke's got a new album coming out this year following a pretty blinding E.P. that featured the track below. The combination of dancefloor intensity and unusual arpeggio patterns makes this one of my favourite tracks of the year, and it was rather exciting to hear HMC dropping it in his celebrated warm-up for Robert Hood at Cuckoo a couple of months back.

DIGITALMYSTIKZ

they're a group, a club night and a record label

They pretty much run things in the dubstep world. Were some of (If not THE) cats to push the sound in the beginning. Still put out the most rich, soulful, sub-bass numbers you ever did hear and a few of their old records are now getting 320 web releases.

this one is 'earth a run red' on soul jazz records back in 2006. (now in 320)



And while were on the topic..

Heres another released through the digital mystikz label. It's the b-side to the now infamous 'spongebob' track. Which was a catalyst for the mid-range heavy dubstep you hear now. But this one is all SPACE and BASS.

Coki - The END (2007)


http://www.mediafire.com/?8af2412r1vd1cm2

enjoy yo' self.

It's Grimetime now

I had a massive passion for grime when I thought I was a gangsta when I was 16 and used to buss New Era caps at weird angles. Some of the producers that were making beats in the prime of grime (big up Skippy with the rhyme) are still doing some pretty decent stuff today with productions from the likes of MRK1 and Terror Danjah still hitting the spot. (And for the record I still buss New Eras at weird angles haha)

MRK1 - Ready For Love


The cool chipmunk rnb vocal on Ready For Love reminded me of one of my fave grime instrumentals of all time. Lowdeep's Straight Flush.


I'm going to end it there as I could actually talk about grime all day and I often do. For more examples of grime, and my ability to waffle on about it, check my post "Skippy's Top 5 Grime Tracks" on the Soundpond.net forum.

Perhaps a title..

"Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand."

JIMMYEDGAR

He's got an album out on Berlin based label !K7 which has seen releases by masterminds such as a guy called gerald and tiga

pure vibes on this one. Soon to be released through HYPERCOLOUR

B THERE (Original) by jimmyedgar

Kyle Hall

At only 19 years old, Kyle Hall has already been involved with Detroit's house scene for an impressive 8 years, having learnt to spin discs at the age of 11. By his early teens, Hall was DJing at clubs and on radio in his home-city and had his first release under his belt aged 16.

Kyle's productions were brought to my attention by his Kaychunk/You Know What I Feel release on boundary-pushing dubstep label Hyperdub. Left craving more after my first hit of Kyle Hall, I checked out many of his other releases and found a lot to like about his "kinda retarded and jazzy" approach to deep detroit house and techno.

Kyle Hall touches down in Adelaide on Saturday 27th November for a set at Sugar.

Kyle Hall - Kaychunk


Kyle Hall - Ghosten

NIGHTSHIFTERS

Dj Donna Summer's super tough UK Funky Track... has an equally gangster filmclip.

Dj Donna Summer - Raw from Nightshifters on Vimeo.

SPACEISTHEPLACE

new mixtape, from yours truely ^____^

Strangelove - Space is the place


















Must sustain - Falty DL
2020 - Sbtrkt
If u want me - Deadboy
Back to life - VVV
Got to forget - Andrea
Elden st. - Martyn
Cross hatch - Clueless
The fall - Blue Daisy
Blacksnake - Hackman
I need you - Vibezin
Many times - Whistla
Everybody wants some - Clueless
Dreamin' of you - Littlefoot and Dawntreader
Duke st. dub - Sully
The loot (Sully Remix) - J-Treole
You still got me - Andrea
Don't know - Synkro
94' - Submerse
Twitta dat - Sines
LHC - Brackles
Latch - Scuba
Bleeper - Ramandanman
Epitome - DFRNT

DETROITTT

Inner City - Big Fun (1988)

REMIXXXS

Delhic's latest EP 'Doubt' dropped in early january, and was a a sweet teaser for their then upcoming album Alcolyte. In between the albums release however, singles 'Doubt' and 'Halcyon' copped some SUPER FRESH remix work by the likes of Ramadanman, Doc Daneeka, Julio Bashmore, L-VIS 1990 and Deadboy

The Bashmore and deadboy remix are fucking stellar

Cop the Deadboy and doc daneeka remixs for FREE 'ere:

Delphic - Halcyon (Deadboy Remix)

Delphic - Doubt (Doc Daneeka's all space for grime Remix)