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Wink Wink 2011 - A bit of a change this year
nufan:
Blargen tiredness. Posting those 4 took me far longer than it should have. Fixed now.
yop:
Actress - Harrier ATTK / Gershwin
--- Quote ---Actress drops his first release since the milestone 'Splazsh' LP with two killers for Nonplus. It follows last years surprise entry 'Machine & Voice' with a similar dancefloor slant, especially on the hard swinging archival track 'Harrier ATTK'. Like much of his gear it's practically devoid of discernable bass (compared with your average dubstep tune), but like his idol, Drexciya, much of the energy comes from uniquely programmed syncopation and textures that bite and graze instead of punching you in the stomach, while the lead riff is just pure electro emo. On the flip 'Gershwin' is more akin to something from his Thriller sessions, a squashed and smudged underwater R&B number warped with coruscating filters and with the surfaces of his one-man submersible about to buckle under the deep sea pressure. Killer!
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Egyptrixx - Bible Eyes
--- Quote ---Nights Slugs' foreign correspondent, Toronto resident Egyptrixx, comes very correct with his second album 'Bible Eyes'. It's also the first solo artist album to be released on the label, and represents the more synth-based side of their oeuvre in fine style. He's been a member of the crew since his early 2010 12" 'The Only Way Is Up', but has been orbiting the mutant electro/Bass scene for a few years already. Ten tracks deep, the cryptically titled 'Bible Eyes' cycles through a neon spectrum of club killers interspersed with poppier and slightly more esoteric grooves. The undoubted highlight for many will be his achingly sharp pop piece 'Chrysalis Records' featuring the nonchalant female vox of Trust over his signature detuned synthlines and clipped Funky drums in sensuous, synthetic copulation. Those seasick synths form the basis for much of the album, in the two parts of banger 'Recital', to jelly-limbed effect on 'Bible Eyes' and to screwed Trance effect on 'Naples', the most melancholy and experimental moment. If you thought Egyptrixx was just all about club bangers, then this album should widen your expectations of him and Night Slugs in general. Highly Recommended.
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TheClickOfALight:
Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
--- Quote ---I’m in a big shoegaze mood […] this could just be the pick of the contemporary bunch. Ambient, woozy, considered shoegaze. No massive speaker-exploding noises. If you felt so inclined, you could apply the term ‘post-shoegaze’ to them to be pretentious. Up to you.
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How my mate described this album. He’s probably right y’know.
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Crinte:
Felt it was time to give something back:
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--- Quote ---Tucked within the psychedelic lo-fi of the Night People label is a band as anomalous to the overall NP aesthetic as it is analogous in its reinvention of classic sounds. Broken Water, a trio from Olympia, Washington, tap into their region's roots, their songs spilling over with the distorted crunch once recognized as the Northwest's calling card. Whether taking cues from Cascadian trailblazers Unwound, invoking the spirit of prime 1980s Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr., or slowing melodic noisemakers My Bloody Valentine, Lush and Black Tambourine down to a molasses-like pace, Broken Water take the scraps of old and build a style anew. Although the touchstones are immediate, nothing created by Broken Water seems disingenuous, and the wave of nostalgia that initially greets the ears is soon overwhelmed by distinction. Broken Water's sound seems to resound in the rainy coastal woodlands that they are surrounded by, with dense walls of swirling distortion breathing into syrupy magma and reverb drenched beauty. Heaviness and noise are well-balanced, with droning bass grooves building foundations for constantly evolving guitar and spooky vocal harmonies; a subtle, psychedelic sound as dark as it is colourful. Broken Water's dreamy take on hazy, pastoral sonic exploration provides endless amounts of transcendent listening.
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This album has really grown on me, if you are a fan of any of the bands cited above, this is probably worth your time to check out.
JD:
Oh dang I was gonna post that.:C
You guys should download that it's really rad.
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