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The "wink wink" Thread 2010: This Time It's Personal
KvP:
Pt. 2
Light Club - Night Bulbs EP
I have no idea where this act is from but from the sound of the music and the list of remixers I'm going to guess Scandinavia - there's a definite Skweee feel to a lot of the music, though the opener "Scirocco Night Drive" sounds like a lost Plaid classic. Bare essential electrofunk.
--- Quote ---Expanded digital edition of this dope debut from Light Club, now including remixes from V.C, Grimace, Miramichi and Boss Kite. Like we said before **He gets top marks just for the title of 'Scirroco Night Drive', but the woozy, Carpenter-esque synths and spindly crunk beats reall ain't too shabby either. Following this, 'Sweet' is fonky little Skweee-like HipHop number, but matters get much more muddied with the ghoulish construction of 'Ghost', which sounds like some crooked Benelux darkwave experiment beamed into a wonky 2010, and 'Nick Nolte' is left to dot he Mr. Soft strut in style** For the remix session V.C. gives a lushly smudged revision of 'Scirroco', Grimace reinforces 'Sweet' for the club and Miramichi redoes 'Ghost' with a hero theme propulsion.
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M2J - Infinity Complex
A rightly jacking House / Garage anthem from L2S, who've had a good year. Straight-ahead club music, classic synth sounds on the title track. The second track sounds even more like an undiscovered Streets of Rage level theme.
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Rafael Anton Irissari - The North Bend
Ambience in the Caul / Eluvium / Nest vein. Simply gorgeous.
--- Quote from: Boomkat ---It doesn't get any easier writing about dark-ambient music, and certainly there are only so many adjectives you can usefully throw around the place to describe the music at hand. Often in this genre, what separates the good from the mediocre, and in turn the great from the good, tends to be something intangible that resides within the atmosphere a piece conjures, and (speaking from first-hand experience) trying to verbalise just what that is can often make you sound like a bit of a divvy. Having said all that, Rafael Anton Irisarri's music is rich in imagery, and like Wolfgang Voigt's corpus as Gas it seems to paint a synthesized portrait of a particular place and time without getting too directly involved in it, in the more documentary style of Chris Watson and the like. During The North Bend you'll hear sounds that draw you into natural landscapes, but also muffled micro-melodies and huge, immersive sonic vistas fashioned from gusty electronic plumage. The standard and scope of production places Irisarri within the upper crust of artists in his field, and as with his work as The Sight Below the well-rounded depth of his sound will keep you returning time and time again. From the anthemic, looped fanfare of 'Traces' to the intoxicating, balmy orchestrations of 'Blue Tomorrows', every corner of this album brims not only with artistry and accomplishment but also a stealthy emotive grandeur that holds your attention for long after the record has finished. So yes, it's a struggle to convey the sense of what this music is without getting a little bit wishy-washy or sentimental, but The North Bend is without doubt one of the more worthy albums of its kind and deserving of your full and immediate attention. Highly Recommended.
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Phochos - Glaciers
Sorta like that last one but a little bit quicker and a lot more synthetic. Very Vangelis / Alexander Brandon-circa-Deus Ex. The b-side introduces a house beat to bring out all the drama for your cyberpunk dance party.
--- Quote from: boomkat ---Gorgeously cinematic, beatless ambience from Dutch synth boffin and amateur astronomer Jos Lieferink. 'Glaciers' sounds like it could have taken from a vintage library record, which is kind of explained by the fact that he's been actively making this stuff since the mid 1970s. His contemporary analog, Legowelt, offers a mix of 'Interface Phrase A', adding a Chicago jack engine and his trademark vintage synth works for added drama. Ace.
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Raime / Regis - If Anywhere Was Here He Would Know Where We Are
I got the last Raime EP on vinyl and deigned to get this one digitally. Wish I could switch 'em, because I think this one's a lot better than the last. There's a definite Shackleton or even late Coil vibe to this song - tribalistic, repetitive drum motifs and droning synths slithering around in the dark. I'm definitely putting it in my Fallout: New Vegas custom radio station. The Regis remix sounds a bit like an uncharacteristically angry Pantha du Prince, in a good way.
--- Quote from: Boomkat ---After their incredible dystopian debut crept out of a sewer somewhere, Raime drop the 2nd Blackest Ever Black release, backed with an exceptional Regis remix. 'If Anywhere Was Here He Would Know Where We Are' is another side of hugely evocative dread minimalism, all suggestive tones and ghoulish rhythms writhing somewhere between Dubstep and ritualistic industrial zones. If anything this track offers less melody and even fewer stylistic signposts, while equally creating a greater space for the arcane mind to inhabit. In a stroke of A&R genius, the label has also secured one of Regis' finest remixes of recent years o'er on the flip - and coming from some of his biggest fans, we don't say that lightly. Versioning 'This Foundry' from the 1st 12", Regis dowses for the darkest Techno substance, wading chest deep in dank, fetid and ethereal ambience while propelled by a current of subs-driven steppers techno drums more akin to Shackleton than anything you've heard from him before. Darkside b'stards, your time!
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Speaking of Shackleton
Shackleton - Man On A String Part 1 and 2
I have yet to get his (apparently awesome) Fabric mix but these are two extra-long tracks from the UK veteran, bringing his love of African rhythms into very dark places. Like First Dark Ride-era Coil. Hypnotic.
--- Quote from: Boomkat ---Shackleton enters the void left by Skull Disco with the launch of a brand new and somewhat unexpected new imprint: Woe To The Septic Heart! It's become a noticable trend that when Shackleton produces for other labels he tends to adjust ever so slightly towards their aesthetic, but Septic is clearly the place to go for the most esoteric, personal strains of his sound. 'Man On A String Parts 1 & 2' maps out a florid jungle scene populated with telepathic drum circles and spiraling sequences of melodica-like tones organised in ritual formations over a sprawling 10 minute duration. By contrast 'Bastard Spirit' is like the evil character lurking in the undergrowth, beating a super slow and martial bass tattoo with groovesome swagger and all of the melody emitted from tilted percussive timbres and the presence of menacing subbass harmonics, all designed to put dancers in a drowsy, hypnagogic state in order to be infiltrated by the titular entities. With the awesome full colour artwork from Skull Disco sleeve designer, Zeke Clough, this looks like being the start of something very special indeed. Deadly.
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Last but not least
Starkey - Space Traitor Vol. 1
The progenitor of Street Bass and pretty much the only good dubstep artist in the USA comes back with a continuation of the goofy sci-fi radio serial / musical he's explored on various podcast mixes. The usual widescreen cinematic American grime, polished to a mirror sheen. Ital Tek shows up to provide a pretty good remix alongside a number of Street Bass-oriented upstarts that I've put up in the last few months (+Verb and Kaiser) plus a Rudi Zygadlo remix that is surprisingly not terrible. In fact it might be the most interesting thing on the EP.
--- Quote from: Boomkat ---Chunky bundle from Starkey, combining his 'Space Traitor EP' 12" with remixes from Egyptrixx, Kaiser, Rudi Zygadlo, ARP101, and Ital Tek. These are some of his first new productions since the 'Ear Drums And Black Holes' LP dropped at the other end of the year, firing out the lurid rave ruffige of 'Robot Hands' and the mad grimey string slashes of 'Holodeck' plus a laidback moment with regular vocalist Anneka. The CD also includes his exclusive 'Lenses', next to the slippin' cyber Funky remix of 'Robot Hands' by Egyptrixx and a splendidly screwed and agitated Wonky revision of 'Paradise' by Arp101. Perhaps most impressive of all is Ital Tek's dread-filled sci-fi-step version of 'Playing With Fire'. Heavy stuff.
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That's all. For now.
KvP:
One more thing!
Speed Dealer Moms - Speed Dealer Moms EP
It's Venetian Snares + the guitarist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. How? It is a mystery. There's not a lot of guitar in it. Or any, for that matter. But it's acid-y, much more like Last Step than Snares (well, outside of Filth and a few scattered tracks elsewhere). Improvisational, apparently.
--- Quote from: Boomkat ---Second release on Venetian Snares' Timesig imprint is a much touted collaboration between himself and RHCP's guitarist John Frusciante. To date they've only played a handful of shows together, concentrating largely on what sounds they can carve out of a 303 and 808. To be totally fair, 'March_Three-3' just sounds like a typically spazzy V. Snares composition. Perhaps there is an underlying melodic structure which isn't always at the root of an Aaron Funk track, but basically Frusciante's input isn't immediately noticeable. Much the same can be said of 'March_Four', but again, this sounds like it could just be from Snares' Last Step project. Either way, hardly anyone else out there makes music as twisted and beguiling as this, so you now what to do.
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britany:
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
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amok:
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--- Quote from: amok on 29 Nov 2010, 10:10 ---Michael Cassete - Temporarity
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I know this is from a ways back, but man this is good.
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I'm also just discovering this (and lovinggg it). Previous link is down, here's a good copy:
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Glad y'all are enjoying it and thanks for the re-up :)
JimmyJazz:
Evidence from Dialated Peoples just released a Beatles-themed mixtape that's ridiculously good.
"I Don't Need Love" - Evidence (2010)
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