A couple new releases coming down the pipeline hit our radar today. To be released via Phonica, a 12″ of remixes of Bob Holroyd‘s “African Drug” track by Four Tet and Local Action compatriot T. Williams will drop on September 27. The vinyl edition will have only those two tracks, but you can snag the song’s original mix and an alternate remix by T. Williams with the digital download.
UK bass music label Hotflush will release a single for Scuba‘s (pictured above) Triangulation tune “Three Sided Shape” on the same day. On the 12″ record, the a-side will be backed with a remix of “Latch” by Will Saul & Mike Monday. You can check out the artwork for both releases below.
Brutal, borderline obnoxious, completely fucked. The OGs of noise music sprinkled this harsh record with a few bits that could be considered proto-techno. Then Genesis P-Orridge spews crazy sauce all over the mix, talking about murder and how conformity sucks and all that jazz. Fun times!
Skinny Puppy Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate Nettwerk
Sooo dark. Not SP’s most popular one, but one of the best. “First Aid” and “Second Tooth” rank with some of their greatest. The complexity in their arrangements is mind-boggling, especially considering it was before the age of music software. This album feels like Halloween.
“Second Tooth”
Ministry The Land of Rape and Honey Sire
This one holds up remarkably well. Although I generally don’t listen to angry or aggressive music these days, I can say that almost every track here is brilliant. “Hizbollah” is a huge highlight, and I sort of want to do a reggaeton remix of “You Know What You Are.”
“Hizbollah”
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult Confessions of a Knife Wax Trax!
The audio equivalent of a John Waters flick—if John Waters dabbled in Satanism, that is. “The Days of Swine and Roses” might be the perfect goth/industrial dance track. I actually went to one of their shows and my mom was there. No shit.
“The Days of Swine and Roses”
Nitzer Ebb Belief Mute
Mostly this album for me is all about “Control, I’m Here.” What a classic jam. I’d love to find a way to slip it into a DJ set, but sadly, that moment has yet to come.
San Francisco’s Sutekh hasn’t released a proper full-length album since 2002. Eight years later, the solo artist is set to drop a new LP into his discography, the nine-track On Bach. And yes, the album is precisely what the title implies: a Bach-inspired set of intricate electronic orchestrations composed by producer Seth Horvitz. “The Glorious Day Has Dawned” is one such song, and features flitting synth pulses taking the place of what might normally be an enormous string section; warbling sound effects and miniscule clicks work out a beat with a booming 808 kick underneath it all. You can check out all of the details for Sutekh’s On Bach album, as well as stream it in full before it’s released on September 13, here.
About three years after the release of his Walls album, Berlin’s Apparat will take the reins as mixmaster on the forthcoming installment of !K7‘s DJ-KiCKS series. The DJ/producer will drop his contribution, a 24-track mix album that features two exclusive Apparat tracks, an unreleased Telefon Tel Aviv number, and music from the likes of Martyn, Oval, Four Tet & Burial, Pantha du Prince, Tim Hecker, Ramadanman, and Joy Orbison, on October 26. Of his own DJ-KiCKS, producer Sascha Ring says, “The mix isn’t that balanced when it comes to melody I guess. There’s a lot of sweetness on there, but it is dark and mysterious at points. I guess the bittersweetness has long been kind of my thing, and with this mix, I was just trying to spice it up a bit.” You can check out the upcoming mix’s artwork and tracklist below, and stay up to date on further info here.
1. Apparat – Circles 2. 69 – Rushed 3. Telefon Tel Aviv – Lengthening Shadows 4. Apparat – Interlude 5. Luke Abbott – More Room 6. Oval – Legendary 7. Patrice Baumel – Sub 8. Martyn – Miniluv 9. Ripperton – Echocity 10. Cosmin TRG – Tower Block 11. Scorn – Falling (Autechre “FR 13” Remix) 12. Born Ruffians – I Need A Life (Four Tet Remix) 13. Pantha Du Prince – Welt Am Draht 14. Phon.o – Intervall 15. Burial + Four Tet – Moth 16. Vincent Markowski – The Madness Of Moths 17. Ramadanman – Tempest 18. Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill 19. Spherix – Lesser People 20. Oval – TV Power 21. Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow 22. Apparat – Sayulita (DJ-KiCKS) 23. T++ – Worn Down 24. Tim Hecker – Borderlands
Sam Goldberg keeps himself busy. He runs a label, Pizza Night, that releases cassettes exclusively, he collaborates on projects with a couple of fellas from Cleveland ambient noise outfit Emeralds, and he writes similarly formless songs under the name Radio People. From his recently released eponymous full-length (which you can stream in full here and purchase on vinyl here), “Now Where” finds Goldberg halfway through his opus, traversing analog arpeggiations, thick synth pads, and repetitive micro-melodies with grace. The composition sounds similar to some of his peers on the Editions Mego label, like Oneohtrix Point Never and, of course, Emeralds, but also reminds us a bit of the beatless, billowy parts from one of last year’s best analog odysseys, Etienne Jaumet‘s Night Music. (via Raven Sings the Blues)
After recently closing out its 11th edition of innovative and exciting electronic music presented live in Canada, the Mutek festival is looking to its fans and supporters for a wee bit of advice. Essentially, the festival wants to know which dates best suit the event’s visitors. Mutek usually takes place towards the end of May and the beginning of June, but because of the return of the massive Formula 1 Grand Prix, they need to reschedule. To weigh in on the issue, head over here and let the Mutek planners know what you think about when to launch their 2011 jump-off. Let your voice be heard!
Not even the chamber-pop chanteuses of the world are safe from from bass music’s ever-growing grasp. As featured on this unreleased remix by Blunted Robots‘ Brackles (pictured above), the girly voice of London’s Ellie Goulding was plucked from its usual acoustic accompaniment and placed into the thick of an undulating future-house tune. Brackles cuts up Goulding’s high-register hooks, and garnishes the samples with skittering rhythms, warbling sound effects, and other club-appropriate sonics—effectively erasing any notions of the orchestral original version of “Under the Sheets.” You can catch more of the same sounds on Brackles’ just-released, debut mix album for !K7/Cool in the Pool, Songs for Endless Cities Vol. 1: Brackles.
Marrying the fresh sounds of percussive UK funky and the age-old essence of soul, the latest release to come from Scratcha DVA (a.k.a. Scratcha, a.k.a. DVA) will be a 12″ for the DJ/producer’s tune with UK crooner Fatima, “Just Vybe (Soule:Power Mix).” Released on October 4 via Hyperdub, the record will also feature the moody club track “Step 2 Funk,” balancing out the a-side’s strong pop inclinations with a bass-heavy soundsystem jam. You can check out the artwork for the forthcoming single below.
One of the more focused and hip-hop-leaning bangers from Brooklyn producer Mux Mool‘s (pictured above) debut album, Skulltaste, is the crunchy “Hog Knuckles.” This version of that Dilla-referencing track, remixed by recent XLR8R podcast contributor and Colorado resident Alex B, comes from the Wax Rose Saturday EP, which dropped today via Ghostly. Alex B’s remix remains centered around the jittery bounce and sampled guitar melody of producer Brian Lindgren’s original beat, but is also given an extra dose of beat-scene slap and soulful synth timbres. You can catch this remix along with treatments from the likes of Free the Robots, Devonwho, Shigeto, and more, on Mux Mool’s brand-new EP, and find Lindgren’s upcoming tour dates here.
Ever since the news broke that venerable UK label Planet Mu had signed young juke experimentalist DJ Nate, a whole new wave of juke- and footwork-related excitement has taken hold in the music world. When it was later revealed that the label had also snatched up music from fellow Chicago producers DJ Roc and DJ Rashad, the hype reached a whole new level. Admittedly, XLR8R hasn’t been immune to all the chatter about this hyperactive sound from the Windy City and we’ve also tapped him to put together an exclusive mix for this week’s edition of our podcast series. Assembled with the help of his frequent partner DJ Spinn, the mix is a relentless flurry of unreleased tracks, high-speed percussion, and chopped-up vocal samples that’s more than likely to break some ankles.
01 DJ Spinn “Blow My Mind” 02 DJ Rashad “Animation” 03 DJ Rashad “Ghost” 04 DJ Manny “All I Do Is (Smoke Trees)” 05 DJ Rashad & DJ Lucky “Love You (Yes I Do)” 06 DJ Spinn “Good Good Ish” 07 DJ Earl “Traffic Stop” 08 DJ Rashad & King AG “We Gon Make It” 09 DJ Spinn “Exhibit G” 10 DJ Manny “Funky Worm” 11 DJ Spinn “I Really Feel For You” 12 DJ Rashad “Internet” 13 DJ Manny “Nothin to Play With” 14 DJ Manny “Goin In” 15 DJ Spinn “Kush Pack Lound” 16 DJ Rashad “Kush Pills & Weed” 17 DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn “I Go Crazy” 18 DJ Spinn “Super High”
