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Wink Wink 2011 - A bit of a change this year
IrrationalPie:
Putumayo Presents - Puerto Rico (2000)
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2. Me Voy Pa'l Campo - Andres Jimenez Y El Taller Campesino
3. Pa' Mantener Tradicion - Jimmy Bosch
4. Una Mujer En Mi Vida - Ramito
5. Homenaje A Caridad - Modesta Cepeda
6. Seis Milonguero - Edwin Colon Zayas Y Su Taller Campesino
7. Nadie Llore - Pepe Castillo & Cuatromania
8. Caramelo - Julius Melendez
9. Musica Morena - Atabal
10. La Naturaleza - Ismael Miranda/Andres Jimenez
11. Bembe De Plena - Plena Libre
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David - Check your caps lock; it might be broken.
TheClickOfALight:
Saigon - The Greatest Story Never Told (2011)
BOOM! Four years coming and worth every damn second.
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KvP:
Forgot the link!
Hackman - Made Up My Mind / Bam Bam
Only the best in current UK house stylings, akin to xxxy, Julio Bashmore, etc. A-side veers into Funkier territory (ala Breach or Doc Daneeka), B is almost straight Funky, down to the percussive bass and synth stabs. Fun stuff.
--- Quote from: Resident Advisor ---Leeds' Hackman claims UK funky and garage as inspirations, but unlike earlier waves of genre soldiers, the way he pulls from different styles feels non-hierarchical: instead of pledging allegiance to a given set of rules and expectations, he's using whatever tropes happen to suit his needs at the time, turning out tunes as lush as they are tough.
Both tracks here feel more explicitly aligned with house and techno than do his previous records, easing off the broken beats and locking onto rigid kick/hi-hat patterns. It's what happens around those that gets interesting, with glowing chords and chirps throwing light over dense thickets of shakers and syncopated percussion, and an infectious chromatic bassline (shades of Dirtybird) taking over waist-winding duties. The track's centerpiece is the looped sample of a woman singing, "I've made up my mind," narrowly filtered and increasingly folded back upon itself, like a gleaming bronze rail to guide you through the zig-zagging groove. There's a "Hyph Mngo" feel to it, but slower and more lackadaisical.
"Bam Bam" is even more relaxed, with muted keyboards and a fairly straightforward house skip; the kick drum is harder and higher than you're used to hearing in house, though, which pulls things back toward bass music's corner. The chopped and looped vocals, which sound a little like Bakja from Beanfield's "Tides," feel more naturalistic than we've become used to lately, with so much pitch shifting afoot, hugging the register with a tender grip. But they're cut up just enough to render them abstract, draped like fabric over stabbing chords and tympani-like bass riffs. Like T. Williams' "Heartbeat," it's a refreshingly versatile fusion of two worlds, accommodating to both house and bass music without sacrificing force or nuance.
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PhEast:
G Love - Fixin' To Die (2011)
This is G Love's 14th studio album and one of the few where he isn't backed by his band "Special Sauce". I have to say that it blows anything else he's done out of the water. If you're into foot stompin' twang and blissful folk harmonies, this album is gonna be perfect for you. I'm not the first to note, however, that G Love's voice sounds different, almost strained on this album. Is he getting old or purposefully trying to change his sound? I'll leave that to you to decide.
Also of note is the fact that this album is produced by just-about-mainstream folk icons The Avett Brothers. You can hear a lot of their influences in there too so this is a must for any Avett fans.
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KvP:
In addition to two boatloads of new music, I'll have a (partial) Swans discog up later.
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