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Posted in Uncategorized Posted by Alex on Jul 28 2010
Machinedrum, Shigeto, SVIIB, Wolf + Lamb
One of the things I enjoy most about the design work I’ve been doing in the music industry over the past couple years is seeing people I’ve been fortunate enough to meet, work with, and even befriend, as they release their music to the delight of listeners. The fanfare and positive regard you can see at shows, in reviews, and most importantly, forming in your own mind as you listen to the songs, it’s an encouraging feeling. Each of today’s fresh new selections has had such an effect on me, hopefully you’ll find something you like and delve deeper.
Machinedrum – Carry The Weight – Many Faces
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Machinedrum is hot off a tour that started in Europe and ended in the US, named after his latest release on Hudson Mohawke‘s Lucky Me imprint, Many Faces. As if the response he received at Sonar in Spain or in cities like Paris and Berlin wasn’t convincing enough, the slew of material I’ve heard from him that I sadly cannot share more of with you all (yet) has made a true believer of me. Considering the fact that he also just released the killer Love Pressure debut EP as one-half of Sepalcure, and also actively records as Tstewart to stand with the likes of Benoit and Bibio, it’s tough to dispute the impressive conclusion: that it is indeed possible for someone who cut their teeth on Merck to bounce back from relative irrelevance into not just one, but many of today’s very relevant labels and find himself among the minority ranks of electronic performers who can actually make a career of what they do. Now, about your TPS reports…
Shigeto – After She Smokes – What We Held On To (Free EP)
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Shigeto played at Ghostly‘s A/V Showcase series in San Francisco and LA earlier this month, and between lives sets across the country as Shigeto and playing live drums for School of Seven Bells, along with an almost prophetic dedication to making dope beats on a daily basis, it’s almost hard to believe there would be any room for a free EP…but that’s not even what makes this EP so worth your download. What you have with the What We Held On To EP might be Shigeto’s most accessible release to date. And when I say “accessible,” I don’t mean “watered down,” I mean downright catchy. The ultra sleek clang of swords in this track amidst a dreamy, psychedelic-60′s-rock-esque vocal had me at hello. Check out the rest of these textured bits of hip-hop meats future-jazz, and keep an eye out for his full length LP, Full Circle later this year. Also, Shigeto now has a tee shirt, sweet!!
School of Seven Bells – Bye Bye Bye – Disconnect From Desire
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School of Seven Bells released their latest full length recording this month, another one on Ghostly. The album is called Disconnect From Desire, and it might feature what I think is some of the coolest art direction I’ve seen all year. What struck me about their sound this time around is the evolution…perhaps everything evolves in life, but only that which evolves to survive continues to see the light of day. Surely, if we found SVIIB in the same place as they were when Alpinisms was released, there would be a lot of questions to be sure. That’s not so say the beautifully cryptic nature observed just below the pristine and pop-friendly surface is without questions of its own, like how can a post-Shoegaze band get away with a song entitled, “Bye Bye Bye,” that sports blast beats rarely heard outside of the metal scene, while still coupling pleasantly with the intoxicating vocals of the Deheza sisters? Best not to get raveled up in the mystery and just enjoy…actually, I take that back, go ahead and get raveled, it’s worth it this time.
Wolf + Lamb – Want Your Money – Love Someone
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Wolf + Lamb was mentioned a couple posts back, referring to the production duo Gadi and Zev who run the eponymous label, just released the debut LP, Love Someone I was talking about earlier. There’s something truly astounding about the precision inherent in each of the releases W+L, Gadi especially, have put their name on. As a production duo and a record label, as well as a setting for the happenings at the illustrious Marcy Hotel, the activities of this scene and the corresponding scenes that ennervate the world’s latest-night deepest-hazed corner of House music, all come together like the unfolding plot of an intricate mystery novel. Everything seems to make sense once we hear it, “Ohhh,” we tell ourselves with a faint sense of Deja Vu, as if we could hear the clues in prior releases, like pieces of the puzzle falling into place.
Mount Kimbie, Actress, Ditchdigger, Sepalcure
It’s a mere couple weeks before I make the move to New York City, so please excuse the calmness around here in light of all the last-minute projects and obligations I have been getting handled before this transition finally commences. There has been a torrent of great two-step in the last few months, here’s what I’ve been loving recently.
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated – Crooks & Lovers
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Mount Kimbie, if you haven’t heard already, is completely slaying imaginations and captivating listeners everywhere with a sound that transcends almost any genre label you try to apply to it. With their new release Crooks & Lovers on Hotflush, the UK production duo advances their sound further with a wildly catchy assortment of popping, percolating hi’s that complement without capitulating to deep, resonant, and at times even cavernous lo’s. This track might serve as the best summation of Mount Kimbie at this point in time (including remixes and live sets), but the album, which is another strong contender for release of the year in my book, encompasses ideas far to great to be conveyed through just one selection, so do yourself a favor and check this baby out!
Actress – Senorita – Splazsh
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Today’s other very strong candidate for album of the year comes from Actress, the album is called Splazsh, and I’d be inclined to say the same genre-defying description applies to it, were it not for the fact that Darren himself has chosen a term for his sound, “R&B Concréte.” Mixing shards of R&B with an attention to engineering detail a la musique conréte, the terms UK garage and two step are hardly fitting for music that successfully conveys a sense of artistry that has become largely devoid in today’s sub-obsessed sphere of dubstep influence (I bring dubstep into this because I’ve seen Actress and Loefah share the marquee at Dub War, playing one after the other), too concerned with the worthy cause of blasting bass to imbue their songs with the feel like listeners are experiencing fine art.
Ditchdigger – douglassferns (demo)
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Earlier in the summer, I had a chance meeting with a talented unsigned producer named Joe Prewitt, out there bullying genre boundaries under the name Ditchdigger. We had a small afterparty at the crib after Plastic Fantastic/Fountain Green, playing DJ mini-set popcorn. Among the material he gave us a listen to, which spanned cold mid-tempo dub techno to more organic house blends, it all had my attention much in the same way that Floating Points and Joy Orbison did when I first heard them. Since then we’ve kept in touch, and the more we find shared musical influences from Merck to Hotflush, the more I personally get excited for what kind of tunes I will hear next. Maybe there’s more of a future in diggin’ ditches than mother warned us.
Sepalcure – Feeling That I Know So Well – (free unreleased track on rcrd.lbl)
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Prepare to hear the track that started it all for me with this Sepalcure I’ve been raving about all year. Travis and Praveen just decided to share one of their earliest productions on RCRD.LBL blog, some free love(step) that everyone who reads Blog.H34 should have in their library. There honestly isn’t much else to say that hasn’t already been said, so just enjoy this one!
Lump, Glimpse, Atnarko, Wood & Meat
Stuck in the mid-summer’s heatwave? Take a moment to think for a second about how much you missed this heat back in January, remember those days when you couldn’t fathom going to the corner store without full clothing, a jacket and scarf…those always help get me through those nights where you can’t fall asleep because it’s just too damn hot, maybe these fresh deep cuts can also help make it bearable, although I wouldn’t expect them to help cool things off, in fact probably just the opposite.
Lump – A Promise – Rain EP
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I heard Lump on a new Wolf + Lamb podcast Gadi mixed up for What People Play’s podcast and found not only an excellent track, but a great song to have stuck in your head when you want to tune things out. For example, I was in a club where this horrendous, abbrasive electro-schlock was playing and between that and listening to girl-drama, the only thing going through my mind the entire time was this dope ass beat and that wacky old dude’s confident claim that everything he plays is gonna be funky. Wolf + Lamb (the production duo in this case) is releasing their debut LP Love Someone on July 16th.
Glimpse – If I Was Your Girl – Runner
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Glimpse came out with Runner, a burner of an LP on Crosstown Rebels late in the spring, and it has this standout track. I hear what sounds unmistakably like Janet Jackson’s voice eventually, and between the dubby stabs and the boiler room temperature of the bassline and beat, there’s a sweaty track that resonates deep vibrations in both classic and forward-thinking styles of house. This might be one of my favorite deep house tracks of the year so far.
Atnarko – Close Your Eyes (The Dirty Deep Mix) – (single)
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Atnarko is almost always up to something worth listening to, as an Orlando-based DJ who seems to act as an interface between the stereotypical Florida-area (ie. Miami) dance scene and the international, especially UK deep house style. Well, in May he released Close Your Eyes, which has a great assortment of alternate mixes and a very hot Soul Minority remix. I like the reserved sheen of this Dirty Deep Mix, it definitely carries a bit of that Miami/Florida vibe.
Chris Wood & Meat – Chi-Ka-Go (Einzelkind Remix) – No Sad Beat EP
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I should admit the first and last tracks in today’s post were discovered upon recommendations from my buddy Ryan, who as Lucid Transport has been making a transition into Philly’s DJ circles, joining lineups and mixing things up from his well-maintained collection of house and techno selections. After seeing Spectral’s femme fatale, Kate Simko, rock this track at DEMF during an early morning/late night ReSolute party, Ryan set out to discover the source. Luckily for all of us, Kate is awesome and responded to the email Ryan sent her, it’s by Chris Wood and Meat, remix by Einzelkind on the No Sad Beat EP.
Kate Simko at ReSolute Detroit 2010 (video)
New Tee Shirt Designs- Shigeto, TYF, Weed
I’m very excited to announce the release of three new tee shirt designs as part of the rollout of the new Moodgadget Store, powered by Merchline. The first two designs– for Shigeto and The Young Friends are by me, while the third design was created by Weed‘s frontman Will Anderson (aka Gradfad) under some art direction by myself and label boss/series curator, Jakub Alexander. This is the first time I’ve created tee shirts intended to function as fashion items more than merch or wearable ad collateral, we painstakingly considered an endless combination of fabrics and inks, pushing ourselves and each other to take the design even further. While I’ve been doing tee design for years, I’d never done it at this level, where we consider our competition to be the $80 shirts hanging in Soho, not Brooklyn. With more designs on the way– Tees, Physical Releases and yes, even Prints, The Moodgadget Store is one spot you’ll want to keep your eye on if you dig my design work.
Middleton, Pezzner, Gorge, Shur-I-Kan
Sorry for the slight downtime around here, there was a slight glitch after a server update, thanks to mediatemple for their responsive support as we are now back online and fully updated. I’ve got a ton of hot deep cuts to share over the next day or two, plus some exciting announcements on the way, so stay tuned!
Tom Middleton – Teleporter – 10:10
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Constant Mark Pritchard collaborator Tom Middleton of the UK has a new EP out on Toolroom Records. This is deep house with as much emphasis on the deep bass grooves, as the chilled stabs and techno sound fx. The stabs and snare hits are what draw me to this track, the EP itself is definitely worth a listen as it should be charting quite a bit during this phase of the summer heat. Definitely a good starter track.
Pezzner – Chiuso Per Ferie – The Tracks Are Alive
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One of my absolute favorite remixer/producers at the moment is Seattle’s Dave Pezzner, who for the past couple years has been wowing listeners with wildly original compositions that melt genre boundaries in much the same way that Jimpster‘s 2006 release Amour did when it came out, blurring the distinction between deep house, techno, IDM, and ambient. Well, Freerange has come full-circle it seems with The Tracks Are Alive, one of label-head Jimpster’s most ambitious signings practically since day one. The drop in this track is absolutely bonkers.
Gorge – Erotic Soul – Mood
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Another Freerange-associated producer just released a full-length himself, the producer is Gorge and the release is called Mood, it’s out on his 8bit imprint. Both the Gorge and Pezzner albums are solid in their entirety, but where Pezzner relies on a more experimentational approach, Gorge sticks to his guns with tracks that remind everyone what it was like to first hear those elusive deep cuts coming out of Chicago over a 56k modem, only this time it’s in proper fidelity and sounds incredible.
The Normalites – The Sun Rising (Shur-I-Kan Vocal) – (single)
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Since we’re in a loungy sort of zone of deep house, I figured I’d post up this head-scratcher of a Shur-I-Kan remix. I say head-scratcher because adherents to a single school or style of house music might catch themselves off-guard. It’d be almost campy if it didn’t sound so cohesive, Enya-esque females and neo Depeche Mode eurotrash vocals are things I should balk at enjoying, and yet if they are backed by enough sub and pad under the right conditions, it sounds good to my ear. Does it come off as dramatic and risky or mysteriously appeal to your ear?
Onra, Madvillain, Killer Mike, P.U.D.G.E.
Today, I have some alt hip hop beats to bump as you creep down the block. It’s tough not to get started on a rant about the current state of commercial hip hop, or that of the engorged underground, which itself seems to be a driving source of lyrical material, so I’ll just get to posting up a few tracks I’ve been playin’ recently.
Onra – The One (ft. T3 of Slum Village) – Long Distance
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Onra has been earning a rightful distinction as being among the few post-Dilla producers to carry a splinter of the torch, with his latest release Long Distance, which Pitchfork lauds “Onra did a better Dilla than most who namecheck Dilla do right now.” While not entirely new material, Long Distance acts as a body of work, a portfolio of sorts, for new listeners and those of us who have known about him for the past couple years. Here’s a track featuring T3, the sole-surviving third founding member of Slum Village (consisting of T3, Baatin, and Jay Dee aka J Dilla), the lyrics are incredible if listened to with the right mindset, perhaps something we can all relate to–speculations and regret over past relationships. Now, what makes Onra’s production on this beat so worthy of the Dilla comparison is how little it ends up sounding like something Dilla actually would have made, it’s got Onra’s unique French and 80′s influences. Another contender for album of the year in my book.
Madvillain – Papermill – Adult Swim Singles Program #2
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Adult Swim on Cartoon Network (yeah, on TV) has become one of my favorite record labels that’s not even a record label since they started releasing music with Danger Doom‘s The Mouse & The Mask in 2005. Since then, they’ve released landmark compilations with labels like Stones Throw, Arts & Crafts, and Ghostly International, successively. It’s very cool to see TV programming of all things that actually has it’s finger on a different pulse of pop culture, one defined by the listeners and not the big label executives in a board room power point presentation…proper levels of distribution that encourages exploration and discovery, not going with what you hear on TV or the radio being played over, and over, and over again. While we wait like a little kid on the night before their birthday for Adult Swim’s next big comp, they have a free single every week from artists like Madvillain (Madlib and MF Doom) and Killer Mike (see below) and an excellent track from Washed Out.
Killer Mike – Swimming – Adult Swim Singles Program #3
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I think the dust has finally settled after Flying Lotus‘ 2010 full-length, Cosmogramma, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still doing all manner of good things, including a beat for this dope track by Killer Mike, who you might recognize from collaborations with Outkast, whose Big Boi has a solo album on the way. Here’s an example of a track with commercial-level appeal that I can get into, not just because FlyLo is on the beat, or I have always dug Outkast, before they were all over MTV and after their acceptance into the mainstream, but because it has the same lyrical pace and drawl of a lot of similar stuff that I couldn’t feel in those other tracks…ok maybe then it is because it’s FlyLo on the beat, at least I can admit it now.
P.U.D.G.E. – Lost Angela – Idiot Box
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I met DJ Brandwan while hanging out listening to Percussion Lab radio, and we’ve been casually exchanging music recommendations for a bit now– he recently had me checking out P.U.D.G.E., while I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the release as a whole, I like this track (the those surrounding it). Damned if it doesn’t draw you in if not out of sheer confusion about what you’re hearing, than by the intricate production. It reminds me a little of Koushik or Metal Fingers for it’s textured jumble of sounds and cuts…I can only wonder what the heck is going on here– some kind of argument or telephone conversion, or maybe something sampled from an old television (read: idiot box?), slightly comedic, with distortion, and some sleezed out funky jazz section with dubbed out percussion. The personality here is unlike anything I’ve heard before.
Sepalcure, James Blake, Ital Tek, JDSY
While it seems like 2010 got off to a slow musical start, the torrent of summer releases is literally turning the tide with exciting material. Today, we’ll take another look (a double take, in some cases) at what’s hot, what’s heating up, and in the process save you some time sifting through the crap.
Sepalcure – Love Pressure – Love Pressure EP
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Few 2010 releases have had me as excited as Sepalcure‘s debut Love Pressure EP. If you haven’t yet heard what Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC’s Radio 1 called, “one of the finest releases I’ve heard in a thousand years,” now is your chance– it’s out today, courtesy of UK-based Hotflush. I remember the first time I heard this track, it had me begging for a replay the entire rest of the weekend. It’s appealing, as with most forms of this new lovestep groove, for it’s emphasis on balance– sure there’s plenty of sub in there to be enjoyed, but there is a melodic aspect on top, and a further layer of percussive savagery on top of that. It’s almost as simple as it is complex, as appropriate for the dance floor as it is for the bedroom, and certainly as worthy of your listening consideration as any other release you’ll come across in the dubstep section this year.
James Blake – CMYK – CMYK EP
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Young James Blake is on fire, making enough consistent noise to stay on everyone’s speakers and in conversations since his debut, he’s made quick, almost systematic work, of converting listeners of every sub-genre of two step, not to mention plenty of those on the periphery, to appreciate his categorization-eluding style, which is almost subtle and overt at the same time, blending ephemeral R&B samples (can you hear Aaliyah in there? *swoon*) with basslines and beats that defy Garage and even IDM without going off the deep, glitchy edge. His newest EP, CMYK, came out last month on R&S Recordings.
Ital Tek – Strangelove V.I.P. – Midnight Colour
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One label I really don’t know enough about, despite housing some of my other favorite dubstep artists like Starkey and FaltyDL, is Planet Mu. Well it just so happens that Planet Mu just released an excellent full-length from Ital Tek, another musician who has found themselves happy at home with a strong, reputable label for a few years now. Midnight Colour, Ital Tek’s newest outing shows restraint without muzzling the pure heat being channeled into the track. This samurai-esque sense of restraint is more apparent than before, the darkness is certainly still abundant, but colorful melodic strands shimmer like LCD lights (note, not neon lights), brighter than ever, giving this a bit more heart and soul. Definitely moving in the right directions.
JDSY – Lighter – Blue Newspaper
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JDSY‘s newest full-length, and third Moodgadget release was released today– Blue Newspaper. Despite having an album cover that seems to have foretold the BP Gulf Spill disaster, play a track or two and things quickly become real clear: this is future music you’re listening to. Blue Newspaper is wildly eclectic, but a bit more positive this time around, without abandoning the darker aspects of avant pop abound in the record. Of this standout track, Lighter, Joey explains, “the song came about from me trading samples with Jay Bodley (A Setting Sun, Guardian), and the majority of the sounds are from his song, remixed into lighter, totally different direction but his influence is there as far as crisp hip hop sounds there are in there.” You can stream the entire album here.
Ariel Pink, Foxes in Fiction, Weed, The Samps
The summer is here, and that means it’s time for fun in the sun, a trip to the beach, maybe an Absolute and Ice or two, and it’s more dangerous than forgetting your sunblock if you don’t have the right music to narrate the experience. Here are a few musicians that are defining the summer’s indie sound this year.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Bright Lit Blue Skies – Before Today
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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti made an indelible mark on the summer this week with the release of Before Today, one of the summer’s most anticipated albums within the Pitchfork crowd. The versatility and vision of Ariel and his band is what has everyone talking– the album spans decades of stylistic influences, the twang of guitars from the 60′s, the soft, yachty 70′s-esque keys, the bubblegum and cocaine pop flavor of the 80′s, it’s all there. A music video was just released (see bottom of the post) for this cover of the Rockin’ Ramrods’ 1966 song, Bright Lit Blue Skies. Do yourself a favor and check out this record.
Foxes in Fiction – Flashing Lights Have Ended Now – Swung From the Branches (re-issue)
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Foxes in Fiction is becoming a prime example of natural songwriting talent finding natural success and listenership. Grabbing the attention of many with the release of Swung From the Branches, Toronto-based Warren Hildebrand is re-issuing it on Moodgadget with a few new unreleased tracks, including this one that hit the forkcast when the re-issue was announced. Fans should keep an eye out for Orchid Tapes, another of Warren’s musical projects, the future is looking bright for FiF’s heartfelt sound that weaves hazy, slightly anxious, hopelessly romantic emotional contexts into musical gold.
Weed – Shift – To The North CS
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Speaking of Moodgadget’s summer sound, Weed‘s MGT debut EP DC Hope is slated for a July release. In the meantime, front man Willy Anderson has been playing shows around Brooklyn and generating buzz for his “bedrock” sound that combines lo-fi, chillwave, and classic psychedelic rock. He released To The North CS for free a little while back, make sure you grab that and keep an eye out for young Will Anderson’s newest outing DC Hope next month.
The Samps – Peppergood – The Samps
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In the wake of the impending Ariel Pink release, I caught wind of The Samps, one-third of whom is Haunted Graffiti’s sometimes-guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill. The samplework here is unbelievable, you can tell that even though this was a casual side-project for a group of California musicians, the samples that get chopped up and re-combined are so expertly selected that it almost seems like it was a painstaking process. Either way, hopefully we will get something a little more cohesive in terms of a release, since there are no plans of a live performance any time soon. I’d gladly just take more free tunes from these fellas– keep it up!
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Bright Lit Blue Skies (music video)
Posted in Music and Music Videos Posted by Alex on Jun 09 2010
