Detroit native Mike Huckaby is set to release his first ever full-length later this year. Too Many Classics To Be Left With Little Or No Attention pulls together a selection of previously released cuts for a six-track album on his own Deep Transportation imprint. The label promises that all tracks “are much louder now and are remastered.”
The album’s name is a reference to a run in that Huckaby had with an airport security agent, who left a note in his record bag instructing him to be more careful with his records.
Too Many Classics To Be Left With Little Or No Attention is expected to drop April 30. Pre-order it at Deejay.de.
Tracklisting:
A. The Jazz Republic B1. Dance B2. The Rowdy Swing C. The Jazz Republic (Groove Box) D1. The Jazz Republic (Mathematics From The Jazz Republic) D2. Flashback 78
Back in January, Austrian collective Shash Records dropped Compilation 04, a diverse selection of cuts from artists such as Monophobe, Abby Lee Tee, GC, DeeAit, Ylwfrnd, Mischmeister M, Dear-No, Dj Odd, Lowa, and Valabaluza. Across nine beat-driven cuts, the label charts a path through glitchy electronica, crackling dubstep, instrumental hip-hop, and soothing synth outings.
In support of the album, Shash have offered up opening cut, “Guten Quak,” by Abby Lee Tee & GC—long time readers of XLR8R might remember Abby Lee Tee from two features on the site around four years ago, while GC also goes by the artist name Lowa. On “Guten Quak,” the pair fuse warped samples with stylish beat work and shimmering synths, it’s a fitting opening cut for the engrossing compilation.
You can grab “Guten Quak” in full via WeTransfer below, with Compilation 04 available via Shash’s Bandcamp page.
Back in January, Austrian collective Shash Records dropped Compilation 04, a diverse selection of cuts from artists such as Monophobe, Abby Lee Tee, GC, DeeAit, Ylwfrnd, Mischmeister M, Dear-No, Dj Odd, Lowa, and Valabaluza. Across nine beat-driven cuts, the label charts a path through glitchy electronica, crackling dubstep, instrumental hip-hop, and soothing synth outings.
In support of the album, Shash have offered up opening cut, “Guten Quak,” by Abby Lee Tee & GC—long time readers of XLR8R might remember Abby Lee Tee from two features on the site around four years ago, while GC also goes by the artist name Lowa. On “Guten Quak,” the pair fuse warped samples with stylish beat work and shimmering synths, it’s a fitting opening cut for the engrossing compilation.
You can grab “Guten Quak” in full via WeTransfer below, with Compilation 04 available via Shash’s Bandcamp page.
Parisian Circoloco resident DJ W!LD is set to release his latest full-length, Techno City, via his own W label on April 3.
Techno City will be W!LD’s first album in over two years, and is a noticeably darker and more stripped back offering than the disco-infused production of his last LP, When You Feel Me. With a focus on sampling and the use of classic hardware—and touching on acid, New York beats, and Detroit techno—Techno City follows a Winter of extensive touring and creative outpouring, as W!LD explains:
“The album was inspired by a long winter spent playing dark and murky club rooms around the world. This album came about because I wanted to show a darker and more tech-orientated side of me. I wanted the tracks to give off this impression, and be evocative of the time I spent in these places and the type of music I was playing. I also wanted the album to give a feeling of movement, of a rising energy that builds exponentially from the outset to the finish, moving in the way that a mix or a DJ set does.”
Ahead of Apil’s release, you can stream LP cut “Love On The Beat” in full via the player below.
Julien Auger (a.k.a. Pépé Bradock) will soon release a new EP on Atavisme, titled Baby Steps.
Pépé Bradock is a widely respected producer perhaps best known for his releases on French label Kif Recordings which are still sampled heavily to this day. His latest four-tracker actually arrives under the name Braccio D’Oco, and while there is no confirmation that this comes from the French producer, Bradock is featured on the artwork. In addition this, there is no other information associated with D’Oco, and Braddock’s latest EP, 2016’s Baby Craddock, launched a new alias and came with a note that read “Bradock is dead.”
Tracklisting:
A1. Willplayasong4u B1. KM Zero B2. @#&$* Square Tones B3. Pepe XXX
Gilles Aiken (a.k.a. Edward) has shared a trippy new video for “Shufflehead,” the title track taken from his upcoming EP on Oliver Hafenbauer‘s Die Orakel label.
The Shufflehead EP is the Giegling affiliate’s first release of 2017, and follows on from a busy 2016 during which dropped his first album as Desert Sky, Gaia. In addition to various other releases, he also contributed a hazy, tripped-out mix to the XLR8R podcast series.
Ahead of the Shufflehead EP’s March 10 release, the video for “Shufflehead” is streamable above, with snippets of the full EP streamable below.
The person behind the Aphex Twin logo, namely Paul Nicholson, recently shared some unseen sketches of the iconic design.
Nicholson recently posted blueprints of the logo but has now revealed some “preliminary and developmental” via Instagram along with accompanying notes. The images were posted to mark the 25th anniversary of the Aphex Twin album Selected Ambient Works 85-92.
“All sketches have been taken from my workbook and span November 1991 to October 1993,” says Nicholson, who also confirmed he’ll be publishing more scans, “including the thought process behind the sleeve artwork” of another classic Aphex Twin LP, Selected Ambient Works Vol 2.
You can view these sketches on Instagram here, with example cuts embedded below.
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Anotherday is set to reissue five records by Spencer Kincy.
Legendary Chicago house producer Spencer Kincy (better known as Gemini) will have five of his early records repressed. The project is being orchestrated by Tom Kerridge’s Anotherday imprint, a label that has already repressed one of Kincy’s early LPs, Imagine-A-Nation. First up is Le Fusion, a three-tracker that was originally released by Cajual, with four more EPs to follow.
Le Fusion is due out April 7. Pre-order it at Bandcamp and stream it in full below.
Dopplereffekt will release another album this April.
Cellular Automata is the next full-length by Detroit electro duo Gerald Donald and To-Nhan (better known as Dopplereffekt). The nine-tracker will be released on Berlin’s Leisure System, an imprint that the pair has already been involved with for a few years, most recently putting out a split EP with Objekt back in 2014.
Australian musician Jiah Wells, better known as Galtier, is a bass music aficionado. Raised on the South-East coast of the country, from the age of 16 he spent his late teens obsessing over anything and everything related to the genre, as well as all variety of other electronic sounds and styles. Eight years later, and the musician’s destiny has taken him all the way to the spiritual home of the scene—Bristol.
It’s a passion that you can hear instantly in his productions. Wells’s recent releases on the likes of Infinite Machine, Druid Cloak‘s Apothecary Compositions and B.YRSLF Division are remarkable for their boundary-pushing approach; citing disco, funk, hip-hop, soul, doom metal, jazz, and experimental music as some of his other personal influences, it’s no wonder. Unpredictable, exciting, and diverse, Galtier’s genre-bashing productions are certainly something to watch. In fact, his most recent outing, a three-tracker on Files Rec., was his strongest yet and a statement of intent.
As one would expect, his broad musical base stands him in good stead behind the controls too. In his contribution to the podcast series, Galtier flexes those muscles, presenting a concise trip through his sonic history. Expect volatile shifts and a mass of varied tracks, as the Australian shows off a different side of his personality.
Where and when did you record the podcast?
This podcast was recorded at my home based in Bristol, United Kingdom. I found myself recording mid-week in the evening, having been at work all day. I often find myself doing music related stuff in the evenings. It seems to be the time when my mind allows me to work at my best creatively.
What equipment did you use?
For this mix I used my trusty laptop and compiled the mix using Ableton Live 9.
Did you have a particular idea you wanted to pursue?
The main focus of this mix is to really showcase the breadth of music that I have been digging for the past few months and how they can be melded together into one single unit. There is a vast range of BPM’s and cultural influences that make up the entirety of the mix, which I feel is quite representative of the diversity in music that I embrace as an artist and likewise a listener of music.
How did you select the records?
By listening. I took the time to really listen to each track and base my selections on how much I gain emotionally from each track, alongside taking into account the fluidity of the mix and how well the selection could be sequenced together. It began as a randomized selection that I later grouped together into what I thought would work melodically or rhythmically.
How does it compare to a Galtier club mix?
The mix itself has similarities and differences to a club mix. The first 30 minutes is more of an amalgamation of my interests in the sonic qualities of sound, featuring tracks from recent electronic releases such as Egyptrixx and Nunu, next to earlier ’90s doom material from the likes of Earth. A lot of the more rhythmic-driven tracks in the mix are also quite broken and sporadic too, which strays away from the pulsing stuff that can be heard in a club set from me.
Following on from the Forced System EP, what have you got planned for the future?
I have a lot of new material I am working on right now as Galtier, and am working towards my follow up release on Infinite Machine which is scheduled for release later this year. I am also spending a lot of my time working with my record label Nostro Hood System to do some releases with other artists from around the world. We have two releases prepped for this year and I am excited about where the label will find itself over the course of 2017.
Tracklisting:
Nôto “Statue” [Dub] Egyptrixx “Anything U Say, Everything U Do” [Halocine Trance] Nunu “Scum 3” [Dub] Doon Kanda “Feline” [Hyperdub] Barla “Hologram” (feat. Graves) [Self-released] Dreem Tran’s “Ahoy-Wut” [Meanbucket] LOFT “With Eye Contact” [Astral Plane Recordings] Earth “Crooked Axis For Strings Quartet” [Sub-Pop] Earth Movement “Gust” [Dub] Suda “Hive/Mind” [Her Records] M.E.S.H “Omb Extrusus” [Self-released] ??? “???” Goro “???” [Forthcoming Nostro Hood System] Endgame “Sniper Riddim” [Golden Mist Records] Macy Gray x DJ Mackeeper “Pipe PSI x Slap a Bitch” (Avbvrn Edit) [Dub] Arca “Else” (Galtier Reconstruct) [Dub] GIL “Take Sand” [Mixpak] Cuyo “T.R.I-G.U.N Riddim” [Dub] Lechuga Zafir “C vs S” (feat. Triangulación Kultural) [Salviatek] L-Vis 1990 “Video Drone” (Henzo Tarrax Flip) [Dub] Kingdom “Each & Every Day” (feat. Najee Daniels) [Fade To Mind] Superfície x Rhianna “Rudeboy on Salvia” (Matthew Edit) [Dub] Orlando Volcano “We Come 1” [Mixpak] ??? “???” Syymstress “Ride Out” (feat. Yayoyanoh) [Tight Knit] Celestial Trax & Rozay Labeija “FDB” [Loveless Records] AN System “Torture” (Endgame Remix) [Jerome] Galtier “Balms” [Files Rec.] Poolboy92 “Laz-E” [#FEELINGS] Gila x Naomi Allen “Don’t Chirp” (MICHAELBRAILEY Edit) [Dub] ??? – ??? Color Plus “Rebound” [Swim Team] Akito “Cherry Bisous” [Forthcoming Sans Sabsence] Tony Phorse “Zartan” (Superfície Remix) [District Sound] Noire “Rage Riddim” [Dub] Galtier “Tarsal” [Dub] Suda “Idiopath” [Her Records]
