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[Cire27]

Joie De Vivre - The North End

Holy damn this is pretty good!

[KvP]

Daniel Savio - Street Cred / Big Wiener

Daniel Savio asserts his position as one of a few leading lights of the Skweee scene with this excellent 12" single. Title track "Street Cred" starts out in heavy rhythmic mode in the signature Skweee vein (does Savio use step sequencers? I feel like he must) but soon Savio's distinctive melodic sense shows itself. The heavy, stuttering pace doesn't let up, but I kept hoping against hope for more than a glimpse of a synth that wasn't gated, at least before the weirdly affecting outro. Still, it's an immense slab of prime analog electro-funk that only a craftsman like Savio can deliver. He keeps it just above rudimentary chiptune - at its best, Skweee is a reminder that you can make arresting art with basic tools, if you put your mind to it.

The b-side, the awesomely titled "Big Weiner", starts off with a pretty basic step beat before detuned bell synths and a squiggly, echoing lead (this must be what they refer to when they talk about "squeezing synths") under a playful, acid-y bass line. Synth elements drop in and out, creating a cartoonish, slow-motion sugar rush. It strips itself bare in the second half, returning to the basic rhythmic elements before the squirmy acid bass shows up again for the finale.

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Alan Vega w/ A.R.E Weapons - See Tha Light / War

Here's an odd collaboration. Alan Vega is a legend - his protopunk / avant-garde band Suicide is mind-bogglingly influential. Iggy Pop, Big Black, and Bruce Springsteen are among the hundreds of acts touched by the band. They even coined the term "punk" from Lester Bangs. Chaotic NYC electro-clash noise band A.R.E Weapons, well, I don't know a whole lot about them, but they seem to have a troubled and chaotic history and they hadn't released anything in the 2 years preceding this collab. A.R.E Weapons serves as the backing band, presumably, for this single.

"See Tha Light" is classic Vega. He doesn't sing so much as he invokes, like a preacher or a beat poet. The song doesn't make a lot of sense, but the incessant post-punk guitar loop that underlays the track lends the track a dark, weathered feel. It's music for dark rides through the desert. If anything it reminds me of mid-period Bauhaus (who were probably as enamoured with Suicide as anyone). Vega's shamanistic charisma is in full effect. It's quite hypnotic.

The b-side, unfortunately, is far less alluring. "War" is an oddball cover of the soul singer Edwin Starr, and aside from the rather blase lyrics and uncharacteristically weak delivery, the production is stunningly cut-rate. It sounds like all the music is coming from cheap keyboard presets recorded from a mic halfway across the room. Either they ran out of money or they just didn't care enough to make it sound good.

So overall, it's not as impressive as it could be. You've got a winner and you've got a dud. It doesn't approach the transcendence of Suicide or some of Vega's other solo work, but "See Tha Light" at least proves that Vega can still deliver into his 70's.

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Various Artists - 200

I had actually planned on posting this when I hit the 200th post for the blog, but somewhere down the line I got distracted and I lost track, in spite of myself. So this will actually be our 204th post. C'est la vie.

Before I purchased 200 I was living the in the pre-digital age insofar as music was concerned. It was 2007 and I was still exclusively buying physical albums from stores with no real selection, I wasn't plugged into any electronic music sites and I was taking electronic music advice from dinosaurs like Spin and Rolling Stone. Naturally, I was getting frustrated with the slow trickle of good releases I was taking in. One of the few "general interest" sites that was halfway dependable was The AV Club, as they had writers who were actually interested in the sort of music I liked (they recently ran a monthly electronic music roundup but it was shut down due to lack of interest - again, c'est la vie). Their end-of-year best-of feature was broken up into sections for each writer, so I homed in on the electronic albums being presented and tracked them down. 2007 was a particularly bountiful year as I recall, at least until I realized how much I hated Ed Banger house. But there were a few lasting contributions to my collection, and the foremost among them was 200. I think it was Andy Battaglia who recommended it (might've been Michelangelo Matos) - A two-disc compilation at a cut-rate price of $6 or $7.

It was important for a couple of reasons. The first was that it was, well, the first bonafide compilation I had bought. I would soon discover that label compilations were a pretty great way of exponentially expanding one's consciousness of an imprint's general philosophy, its strengths and weaknesses. Secondly, it began my love affair with the Planet Mu label, which continues into the present day. I had known of u-Ziq for some time, of course, but I wasn't aware of the depth and character of his label. And third, it was the first digital album I bought and downloaded - after that point, I bought maybe one or two CDs (not counting artist-supporting purchases from shows) and relied instead on digital downloading for my music, which has brought many benefits, the least of which is a pronounced lack of clutter in my room and the most of which is an astounding (sometimes too astounding) selection from which to choose.

But enough about why it was important. Is it any good? Of course it is. Besides being a crackerjack A&R man, Mike Paradinas has an exceptional ability to sequence his label comps, and like the rest of the considerably varied Planet Mu compilations, 200 serves as a fascinating snapshot of the label as it existed at the time of release.

200 is, as the name might suggest, the 200th release on the imprint, and it does an admirable job of serving as a label retrospective. It's far from complete, but with a label this prolific encompassing a catalog this eclectic, perfection is hard to ask for. What's missing from 200 are representations of the label's first two major incarnations - First, as a home for Paradinas' friends and artists who were very close to his 90's IDM sensibilities, and second as a bastion of weird electro-acoustic composition. There aren't any Jega or Leafcutter John songs on this compilation (for those, you have to go back to earlier comps). What is accounted for is the label's third incarnation as the king of all breakcore (Venetian Snares, Shitmat, Duran Duran Duran and Hellfish) and the earliest signs of the label's transformation into a dubstep juggernaut (Darqwan, Distance / Vex'd, Pinch, MRK1, Milanese and Ital Tek) as well as tracks from an assortment of the label's perennial acid-derived staff (Luke Vibert, Ceephax, Syntheme, The Doubtful Guest, The Gasman) and an overtly poppy cut from the man himself. There are 26 tracks, many of them exclusive to the compilation, spread out over two discs. As daunting as it might seem, getting through the entire compilation is surprisingly easy - there's nary a bum song or difficult section. Some credit must go to the artists, but Paradinas' ear for sequence is commendable, as always.

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[David_Dovey]

...Suicide is mind-bogglingly influential.... Bruce Springsteen

To be honest I'm not super familiar with Suicide but this is immensely confusing to me based on what I do know about Bruce and Suicide's music

[KvP]

Bruce is a big fan. Covered "Dream Baby Dream" for a long time.

[E. Spaceman]

...Suicide is mind-bogglingly influential.... Bruce Springsteen

To be honest I'm not super familiar with Suicide but this is immensely confusing to me based on what I do know about Bruce and Suicide's music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmT-jlL8ZiY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJPloPHGbjc

[JD]

Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her is pretty great.

[ex_penumbrae]

Thanks for the Valgeir Sigurðsson uploads - but track 9 of Ekvílibríum is corrupt.

[ALoveSupreme]

Did I download this and buy the vinyl within three songs? Yeah. It's pretty good.

Joie De Vivre - The North End

glad you like it, this is, uh, sorta a band I am in.

[JD]

awkward

but what do you mean by sorta?

[ALoveSupreme]

by 'sorta' I guess I just mean 'I feel weird mentioning it but figure I'll say I'm glad some of you like it.'

or by 'sorta' I mean I'm the guy who plays all the trumpets and crap

[Cire27]

So I am guessing you're one of these guys?  (Probably the one on the right?)



Keep making great music!

[JD]

ah

anyway, what I came in here for

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - The Logic Of Chance [2010](318-319kb/s)

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http://www.mediafire.com/?dycytwooqtnSpoken Word done over catchy electronic beats.  I've been listening to it nonstop for the past couple of days.
Sick Tonight

[amok]

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Thanks for the Valgeir Sigurđsson uploads - but track 9 of Ekvílibríum is corrupt.

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[KvP]

Subeena - Picture / Spectrums

Like a handful of other artists, Subeena (nee Sabina Plamenova) entered my pantheon sometime last year, having only released an EP and a few singles. I don't know a whole lot about her - she's from Italy originally, she was / is going to university in the UK as well as taking regular DJ gigs, she took part in one of the recent Red Bull Music Academy events, her name really has nothing to do with musical concepts (it's just an alternate spelling of her name), she co-ran a label called either Imminent or Immigrant or possibly both (I haven't been able to make sense of it) before it shut down, and her prodigious talent has fostered something approaching a distant crush on my part, if it hasn't already been obvious.

It's been rather excruciating waiting on the trickle of new releases from her, much as it has been with other forward-thinking beatsmiths (Floating Points immediately comes to mind). Thus I am absolutely thrilled to introduce a new Subeena single, the first on her own newly christened Opit imprint. Those Subeena fans among you (is it just me?) may recognize the first track, "Picture", as the second or third selection from Plamenova's mind-blowing FACT mix from last year (it's hard for me to tell which one - that one was mixed pretty deep). I would often backtrack from the fourth or fifth song to hear it again, so I'm quite ecstatic to have it here, in extended form. It starts off in heavy step mode before picking up a thrilling pace with early-mid 90's Warp synth arpeggis - it's songs like this that make me wish I could DJ, so I could blast people with it.

The second track, "Spectrums", is surprisingly clubby for Subeena, at least judging from the assorted works of hers that I own. It starts off with blaring synth washes and a bit of rhythmic shuffle before settling into a comfortable 4/4 groove and a winding synth lead that is almost too brightly hued for its own good. It reminds me a lot of the MIDI dance tracks that Alexander Brandon doled out for the Deus Ex soundtrack back in the day - pure cyberpunk revelry. The house-y touches are a bit out of my comfort zone but Subeena keeps things interesting enough to hold my attention throughout. Almost effortless in its unique quality.

The physical release has been out for some months but the digital version only just dropped. Really consider buying this one - Opit is just a sprout of a label right now (the second release, from oddly placed Kentucky outfit Milyoo, should see some column inches from me soon) and it's shown a lot of promise in a very short span of time. It's only a few bucks. Snap it up.

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[ex_penumbrae]

Despite saying he was turning his back on beats after Steeltongued, Hecq's back with his own ferocious twist on Dubstep. It's available on Ad Noiseam (http://www.adnoiseam.net/adn128) & Juno Download has a FLAC option (http://www.junodownload.com/products/1589604-02.htm).

Enjoy! 



Hecq - Sura

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[Orcusmars]

Delphic - Acolyte[2010]

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?mznk2mmnogrSounds like: Chemical Brothers and Bloc Party had a baby.
Doubt

this is from a few pages ago, but seriously this is one of the best albums i've heard so far this year

[valley_parade]

Did I download this and buy the vinyl within three songs? Yeah. It's pretty good.

Joie De Vivre - The North End

glad you like it, this is, uh, sorta a band I am in.

Well uh, you guys are sorta pretty awesome and I cannot wait until said record shows up in my mailbox in a few days. Come play western Mass!

[amok]

Bloodgroup - Dry Land

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more icelandic nonsense, excellent synthpop this time.

[JD]

Vegas! - Midnight Machine EP

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http://www.mediafire.com/?20xxea2xn2nSurf Punk Rockish fun.
Their website

[Fishboy]

Presenting, Dial a Song: 20 years of they might be giants.



A good compilation of their songs released a while back. First disc contains mostly singles and better known stuff. The second not so much.

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[JD]

Blackstorm - Rise Rebel Stars[2010](320kb/s)

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[StaedlerMars]

damn that was kind of my "awesome idea" for a shirt I wanted to submit to threadless.

[David_Dovey]

If that cover is any indication of the music inside then I am pretty sure I will dig this band

EDIT: They're OK, but pretty generic. Generic is fine if there's a particularly strong preponderance of excellent riffs, but nothing's grabbing me right now. I can't really imagine ever listening to this if I had the option to listen to Black Pyramid or Kylesa or something.

[Avec]

So I've really been digging this...

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgmgE-QDzA

[JD]

rad

[ellis]

Excellent album (they're great live, too). 

[Fishboy]

Current 93 - Dogs blood rising


When aleph at hallucinatory mountain came out in 2009, 'he's back on the acid again' was a frequently heard statement about Mr. Tibets's music. For the curious, this is what his music sounded like before he ever got off it. Way more industrial than his current work, it's a damn good album, worth grabbing for Falling Back In Fields Of Rape even if you're not fond of his usual fare. Sorry about the lack of a proper review, I couldn't find a decent one.

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And because I recently uploaded it for a friend anyway, La Folie by The Stranglers.

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[Mr. Tool]

320 kbps rip of the deluxe edition. I'm not listing the artist/album title because this one's bound to go down quick.

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[medicatesleep]

Blackstorm - Rise Rebel Stars[2010](320kb/s)

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I liked this band the first time I heard 'em...

when they were called KYLESA

[JD]

Your sense of humor is a complex and magnificent beast.

[scarred]

that's a bit of an understatement imo

[trr005]

That Big Boi album is so freaking good.  Good god.  Way more than I expected.

[Catacombs]

It's down already, does anyone feel like re-upping it?

[pat101]

not down...

[scarred]

woo shitty webrips that have been circulating for a month

[rosary]

woo shitty webrips that have been circulating for a month

really? sorry 'bout that. taken down.

[Catacombs]

not down...

Huh, it wasn't working before, but now it's fine.  Weird.

[JD]

Ю.Г. - Пока никто не умер( in english, JG - No One Died)

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I uploaded this for a friend, so I thought I may as well drop it here. It's Russian rap!

[pulpfiction21]

Here are some albums that I have been really digging in 2010.

Active Child - Curtis Lane EP
Easily the best EP I have heard all year

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Youtube - When Your Love is Safe



Suckers - Wild Smiles

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Youtube - A Mind I Knew




Kraków Loves Adana - Beauty
Wonderful Female Vocals

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Vimeo - Porcelain



Yamon Yamon - This Wilderlessness
Catchy Indie Music

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Bandcamp - Alonso

[ALoveSupreme]

Ю.Г. - Пока никто не умер

This is completely awesome, thanks!

[StaedlerMars]

Yamon Yamon - This Wilderlessness
Catchy Indie Music

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Bandcamp - Alonso

That bandcamp song made me wish that the Maps & Atlases album was less disappointing.

[scarred]

Here are some albums that I have been really digging in 2010.

this post is so full of win it hurts

[youthcant]

Suckers are so fun live. I haven't bought its full release yet... I love its music, but the choice for album covers are terrible.

[Orcusmars]

Suckers are so fun live. I haven't bought its full release yet... I love its music, but the choice for album covers are terrible.

Baboon head is the best album cover.
Baboon head is the only album cover.

[scarred]

tobacco - mystic thickness (maniac meat bonus CD-R) (2010)

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must-have for anyone who liked maniac meat.

[Koremora]

The Books - The Way Out (2010 @ 320kbps)



Oh hi I'm just the best record to come out this year and I will shatter your emotions and render your jaw limp and slack with awe and wonder (hyperbole and I just don't care)

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[pulpfiction21]

I was thoroughly unimpressed with that Books album. Maybe it will take a second listen, too bad it probably wont receive one.

[JD]

sick burnnnnnn

[Avec]

Ю.Г. - Пока никто не умер( in english, JG - No One Died)

Not to be nitpicky, but the full translation is "So Far No One Has Died," by South.

 

[gospel]

Thanks pulpfiction for the great albums.

Childish Gambino
"Over" (Drake Cover)
"Get Like Me"

Childish Gambino - I'm Just a Rapper 2

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Childish Gambino - Sick Boi

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