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[ellis]

that binary star album brings me back to my teenage years.  nice post.

[gospel]

Yann Tiersen - Dust Lane

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http://www.mediafire.com/?qee182hjvexi5zl"Dark Stuff" (youtube)

[pwhodges]

When I was at school, that car (Alfa Romeo Giulietta) was my dream car, the fast version just trumping the Ford Lotus Cortina to that position.

[gospel]

Y La Bamba - Lupon

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0foc4685c385kcsmypsace

Moondoggies - Tidelands

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ynjiq52z4iuoedz"Empress of the North" (youtube)

Wild Noting - Golden Haze EP

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ayk1ak7mxxga91e
Roma Di Luna - Then the Morning Came

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http://www.mediafire.com/?z20btzdv3hn2ad8myspace
"Starting (live)(youtube)

Sharon Van Etten - Epic EP

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mtbqvha5ejsz51xmyspace

Neulore - Adams and Eve

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http://www.mediafire.com/?byr7o772jouinu2myspace

Beta Radio - Seven Sisters

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http://www.mediafire.com/?1kc8yqiw7gra8bqmyspace

[Avec]

YES TO Y LA BAMBA!

[KvP]

We got that in the station and everybody thought it was a Spanish band, but I knew better. There are no Spanish people from Portland.


This is Portland

[MrSteevo]

Yann Tiersen - Dust Lane

Could I get a re-up? There's only an error message everytime I try it.

[KvP]

New Ripsss


Spherix - In A Hole / In the Dark

Spherix goes deep under with the inaugural release for Lower Case Recordings. 'In A Hole' is a choice pick for those into the darker, more esoteric side of Skull Disco or the recent Raime release, shaking out shadowy dub gremlins inside a scuttling rhythmic framework weighted with oppressively ominous bass. On the flip 'In The Dark' he elicits a more spacious sense of dread with murky subs laying the foundation for a maze of tricky post-garage syncopations and lurking dub strikes, concluding with a technoid locked groove for the DJs.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?861pq5gq46mn3vi


Seven - Wait / Germs

Heavyweight Dubstep tools from Seven, upfront white-label styles from Black Box. 'Wait' is a bit of a beast, writhing with tumultuous Breakstep rhythms tucked hard-in-the-pocket and bleeping, sonorous melody to drive the rave nutty. On the flip 'Germ' is infected with the dread halfstep, arranging spooky harpsichord and cavernous echo chamber drums over swollen subs for a strange fusion of Far-eastern mysticism and horror movie tension in the dance. Crafty tackle.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?9r1lccwop0z2ic0

[JD]

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[valley_parade]

(Fuck mediaf!re go pay for that shit, you people)

Don't worry, I did.

[gospel]

Yann Tiersen - Dust Lane

Could I get a re-up? There's only an error message everytime I try it.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?qee182hjvexi5zl
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Y La Bamba - Alida St

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http://www.mediafire.com/?27edllfz5yxta57bandcamp

My apologizes about the bitrate. It's fairly low production, though, so the impact seems minimal.

I feel so dirty. I'm starting to give anything from Portland an immediate shot simply because of the "scene".  Alas, it generally pays off.

[JD]

What bitrate is that Yann Tierson?

[gospel]

247VBR

[JD]

I have it in 320 hahaha

I'll upload it in a bit if anyone cares for it.

[gospel]

I wish I had the headphones and/or sonic ability to hear the difference.

[KvP]

+Verb - Sensual Frequencies

Reminds me of Starkey's more... purple moments. Heavy beats and bass, flourescent and spacious synth work.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?kvz1b3los3z0oz1


Blind Prophet - When Will We Be Alone?

Hankies at the ready, it's a pair of lushed-out Future Garage swingers from Blind Prophet. 'When Will We Be Alone' coasts along with mournful chord progressions and breezy keys anchored with droning subs and tightly clipped 2-step patterns, and 'Tipping Point' finds a nice tension between floating pads and slick 2-step syncopation. Recommended.

This guy dropped an EP a few months ago that was really quite excellent... Pretty sure it's in this thread somewhere. Nice to see he made it to L2S, pretty much the only Future Garage label worth its salt, in my opinion. They always release really lean singles.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?6dd28izfd4vx5y7


Nguzunguzu - Mirage EP

Twysted tribalist Funk mutations from the Silverback label with four tracks of enticingly unique creations already finding support with the Night Slugs crew, Brodinski and Hot City. 'Mirage' is a laidback take on the electronic ends of Funky with crushed tom patterns and mesmerizing bleeps. 'Rec Loose' meshes warm chords into Girls Unit-alike syncopations while 'Spittin 'n Riddim' takes dramatic Detroit chords to to an unruly Pan-Ghetto riddim and ou favourite 'Unfold' works it like Bok Bok gone Samba. Well worth your time...

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http://www.mediafire.com/?pocpdd6h0adkom1


Policy - Emotional / Speed of Life

A lot like FaltyDL, with a different shuffling hi-hat. Pretty great.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?7pax1afr11eisc7

[KvP]

Numan - Race Against Time EP

Numan makes a step up to Planet Mu with four unique examples of his dubstep fusion sound. Raved up releases on Wicky Lindows and Slit Jockey cemented the 18 year olds status as one to watch, and now under the wing of µ we can really see what's happening in his hard drive. The looped flute stabs of the title track bely his early Grime influences but soon morph into a cyber-sino road vibe more akin to Ikonika. 'Photograph' follows with a deep, swaying slice of 'lectronic soul music worthy of someone far beyond his years, before 'Voodoo' juxtaposes Juke-ish drum patterns with Balkan fiddle and grid surge subs. 'XX' caps a very impressive EP with a craftily sinuous Grime riddim nodding to Swindle or J Beatz.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?xsnieqf3km9f9h0

[valley_parade]

Aloe Blacc - Good Things[2010](320kb/s)

Oh dammit that's good.

[KvP]

Roche - Degage

Trying to define what kind of music Roche makes is a little difficult, but you usually land somewhere between proto house and some sort of post weed sleep. Tracks like Ice Job and My House Is A Dark House bring a certain level of repetitive intensity and hypnotic focus. They seem to fit within the spectrum defined by Larry Heard‘s Time and the instrumental to Theo Parrish’s Soul Control. A lo-fi vibe is heavily present throughout Degage and it’s brought to the forefront on SK Rhythm. 808 percussion is built-up around a dubbed out keyboard sample until a female voice subtly whispers some onomatopoeia you’ll never understand. From there it all breaks down into the relaxed hazy atmosphere that defines Degage. Recommended.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?1r0nvmejtkclu36

[gospel]

Lost in the Trees (myspace)

Lost In The Trees - All Alone in An Empty House

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?yxumlwxjo0r3eo8
Lost In The Trees - Time Taunts Me

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?2czyyamhqczsncn
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Lower Dens -Twin Hand Movement

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?ffqip5u37jple8mmyspace

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Scion A/V Garage: Black Lips / Pierced Arrows

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http://www.mediafire.com/?hmozyyd5log

[yaga]

Ripped this from a stream. Comes out next week.
320kbps, looks legit on the spectrum.



Gold - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_lgdoiL7I
Aidy's Girl's A Computer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsPeZhyTV5c

So the Darkstar album is really, really different, even considering I was expecting something quite out of the ordinary anyway.

Aside from "Aidy's Girl" (which is questionable in itself), there really is no dubstep on this album. This is a collection of downtempo pop, though that's an awfully reductive thing to call it and doesn't really encompass the amount of gorgeous detail in this album. It really is computer soul, only this time the computers have learned to appropriate proper human voices. The closing track is a do-over of "Squeeze My Lime" and it's quite affecting to hear what used to be a vocoder ring out in a human tenor amidst this swelling organic backing track.
It sounds like a very expensive album; it's not a particularly exciting one, nor is it sprawling. It's 40 minutes, much of which is spent withdrawn into its own shell. You really have to work to get into this album. Almost all of the songs have vocals, and I'm not just talking samples or snippets here, like full on verses and so forth. I'm impressed with the vocals. They aren't virtuosic or particularly unique but they work well, they're kind of Britpop but just drenched in this sort of defeated melancholy. The production is really interesting if you listen carefully, there is so much going on in these songs and I'm not surprised the album took so damn long. I don't know it well enough to start citing song titles but there was one track that sounded like a Martin Hannett production with the rhythm section lopped off; really interesting treble interplay, lots of watery echo, but the drums were something completely different.

What's most interesting is how this justifies itself as a Hyperdub release. With rare exceptions ("Aidy's Girl" for one, obviously), it doesn't really try to fit itself into the hardcore continuum or any of the recent offshoots of bass music. There are layers and layers to be discovered here, many nights spent dissecting every moment of this album. It's not an album of beats you can put on and enjoy for a few days and then forget it ever existed (*cough* Heretix *cough*), this feels like an album you need to live inside of and get to know intimately before you can understand it, because I sure as hell don't entirely understand it yet. Maybe that's ultimately better for Hyperdub, because this stands as a statement completely free of the implications of whatever the hell dubstep is, it could work as a particularly droopy indie-pop record. This is going to confuse the hell out of pitchfork.

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[StaedlerMars]

That Cloud Control album is A+ thumbs up.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

speaking of which, could someone re-upload their first one? The old link is down, and I've been looking around the tubes but I can't find it anywhere, and Wikipedia seems to think Bliss Release is their debut so...I'm at a loss.

My ears would appreciate it.

[Tom]

Yes, I'm on it.

Cloud Control - s/t [320 kbps]

[Tom]

speaking of which, could someone re-upload their first one? The old link is down, and I've been looking around the tubes but I can't find it anywhere, and Wikipedia seems to think Bliss Release is their debut so...I'm at a loss.

My ears would appreciate it.

Technically Bliss Release is their first album, they had a self-titled EP last year.

[gospel]

Technically speaking, thank you for the upload.

[scarred]

whoa cloud control is great, hadn't given 'em a listen before now. nice one.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

Thanks, Tom!

So, I listened to Bliss Release a couple more times and it's really really good. At first I was all "eh, it's good, but not great like their first one" but now I'm pretty hyped on it. That Gold Canary song is frickin awesome.

[TheFuriousWombat]

Originally posted on my blog, too good not to share here too:

Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 13: Hallucination City (for 100 guitarists)

OK, so this is fucking cool. What we have here is a rare live recording of Glenn Branca's "Symphony No. 13 Hallucination City" from its debut performance in New York City on June 13, 2001. "Hallucination City" is a piece for 100 guitars and percussion. Branca, known for his avant-garde tendencies, heavy use of repetition and droning alternative tunings, is in top form here. The piece is absolutely massive, a pummeling, chaotic, overwhelming avalanche of sound. It's like climbing into a jet engine at full rev, an almost unhealthy dose of noise. But it's also meticulously organized and structured. No random, improvisational noodlings here. The entire piece is "double-strummed" by all 100 guitarists (technically 80 guitarists and 20 bassists), a technique similar to playing tremolo but the notes themselves proceed fairly slowly. So many instruments are creating so much noise that phantom notes seem to emerge and hover when played at very high volumes (and really there's no other way to listen to this. Crank up your stereo as loud as it can go for the full experience, even if you can only stand it for a couple of minutes). The sound is built into towering walls but there are distinguishable movements as well. Pianissimo, piano, mezzo, and forte dynamics shift seamlessly into one another, propelled by brilliant, relentless drumming, a galloping clatter that swings from beneath the chaos and keeps the guitar noise from spilling out into some unbound entity. Imagine Godspeed You! Black Emperor at their most cathartically unhinged and extend it over a full 60 minutes and you'll start to get an idea of what this monster is like.

The link here is for the entire, one hour long performance. Not sure who took the recording but it sounds incredibly rich and alive. Surely it's nothing like experiencing this behemoth of a composition first hand but it's the next best thing.

http:/

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[KvP]

Oh hello again, rips.


Jamie Woon - Night Air

The A-side is produced by Burial, and it sounds a bit like Pantha Du Prince at his most lush. The remix is typical Ramadanman, which is to say it's great.

Jamie Woon heralds a forthcoming debut album with the yearning soul of 'Night Air' featuring production from a certain Will Bevan and backed with a remix from Ramadanman. Since his first single in 2006, Jamie's talent has been in gestation, and now following tour support dates with La Roux and guest vocals for Subeena and Débruit among others, he's ready for mass adulation. 'Night Air' showcases his melancholy yet passionate identity in all it's glory, setting succinct lyrics to a minimal backing track embellished with additional production from Will Bevan, and those of you with sharpened senses will know exactly who that is. On the flip, an incredibly adroit remix from Ramadanman tailors cherry-picked passages to a beatdown UK House rhythm showing David Kennedy's aptitude for just about anything he turns his hand to these days. 1000 copies only, no re-presses.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?8q6tg3w1ll9f8iy


Carlos Giffoni / Keith Fullerton Whitman - Techno / 070207

Picked this up because I'm obsessed with all things KFW. This is really out there - if you don't like experimental synth music you're probably not going to get much out of it. But these guys are the best at what they do.

Limited to a mere 400 copies and housed in Maya Miller artwork, this marvellous new split LP from two of American electronic music's finest minds is one to be snapped up promptly. Both artists are at their very best here, working with elemental electronic signals as their starting points: on Giffoni's side, the tantalisingly titled 'Techno' starts off with a procession of bloopy tones that morph and fatten up in no time, acquiring satellite bleeps and eventually more aggressive, dissonant tones that screech around the mix. Its detuned, plodding pace lends a touch of irony to the piece's billing, but actually, the repetitious electronic purity of the thing means it does have the feel of techno gone right back-to-basics; if they played this stuff in clubs though, only Giffoni and Florian Hecker would ever bother showing up. Bringing a touch more subtlety, nuance and academic rigour to proceedings is the always-wonderful keith Fullerton Whitman, whose offering, '070207' opens with a succession of stammering blips that's far more locked into the traditions of the great tape compositions of the 20th century. The density of these tone clusters increases as the piece goes on and thanks to some concrète interventions the production swells with a real sense of spatial awareness, and is leant a kind of three-dimensional quality. As is often the case with Whitman's music this is a grand day out for the ears, and if you hadn't known when or where this came from it would have been easy to have mistaken the composition for something straight out of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales archives. Get one while you can...

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?9mm3roh9f34vosy

[JD]

Fake Problems - Real Ghosts Caught On Tape[2010]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?zxgjiv2nq8xdzow
Soulless

[KvP]

Bustin' Out 1983 - New Wave to New Beat Volume 3 Sampler (John Carpenter / Front 242 / Anne Clark / Special Request)

Came for the John Carpenter, stayed for the vintage EBM.

Accompanying vol.3 of the cherry-picked 'New Wave To New Beat' series, a very tasty 12" sampler featuring tracks from Anne Clark, Front 242, Special Request and John Carpenter. We get classic EBM from Front 242 on 'Take One', next to Anne Clark's dystopian city vista 'Sleeper In Metropolis' on the A-side. Thte flip contains a very rare 12" pressing of Special Request's seminal 'Salsa Smurf', and the essential dancefloor cut of John Carpenter's The End (Sound Version)' out of the Escape From New York OST. Absolutely indispensable and very limited wares.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?yerqctzoqq4rebz


Throwing Snow - Un Vingt / Cronos

"Next Level Shit", as they say. Very good.

*Debut release on Alex Nut's new label: Ho Tep!* Throwing Snow's debut 'Un Vingt' is the 1st drop on Alex Nut's promising new label, Ho Tep. The A-side is a very canny blend of broken dubstep and more psyched-out textures, perhaps best described as the mid-way point between older Martyn releases (before he went house) and Shackleton (er... before he went house too!). However, there is a unquantifiable element to this track that makes it stand out, whether it's the chord progressions or the tucked drums we're not sure, but it's impressive either way. On the flipside, it'd be fair to put 'Cronos' with the wonkier, or more progressive dubstep brigade, along with the likes of Floating Points and Illum Sphere, but again, there's a natural kink and cosmic inclination that puts this fella out on his own limb. Really strong debut, Recommended!

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http://www.mediafire.com/?4ql0tl7tib83tqw

[Wasteroo]

Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 13: Hallucination City (for 100 guitarists)

this and that Music On the Desert Road album are both super amazing, I think I'm gonna have to check out this blog of yours now

[TheClickOfALight]

Long time reader, first time poster, so be gentle.

Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing (2007)



Great mixtape from the biggest dick in hip-hop, includes an amazing sample/cover of 'Young Folks' by Peter Bjorn & John.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?m4emyehnxzt

[gospel]

I just got this in the mail from Keith Zarriello, the singer from The Shivers. Donations get you a hand-burned CD which helps support their next major release.

Also, it turns out that the other album, Sunset Psalms, is free to use. I had emailed him about it and got this:

Hey **********!

We never actually released this album. We decided NOT to release it. I shared it with a couple people and somehow it got leaked all over the internet.
So I know it's available for FREE on many different illegal download sites.We have to decided to just let it be and if people dig it ...cool!

All our energy is focused on finishing and mixing our new album which has the working title of To Solitudes and will be released on Silence Breaks Records next Spring. We're psyched b/c it'll be our first album with a proper PR campaign and we think it's our best.

In a related note, thank you for your donation and I just sent you a copy of my solo album Truants From Life this morning so expect it in the next couple days. I hope you enjoy it.

All the best and please keep in touch,
Keith Zarriello

Keith Zarriello - Truants from Life
EAC 320kbps mp3

http://vimeo.com/12052035

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http://www.mediafire.com/?m89cuisuqjc10j0
You can donate and receive a CD here which supports his upcoming release.

[valley_parade]

I saw this guy last night at a random show, and he blew me away. RIYL: White Stripes, RL Burnside, Junior KImbrough.

We talkin' blues here, people.

Birds Are Alive - Plucked & Fucked Up

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http://www.mediafire.com/?elgdggwtyx3365y
Some non-album tracks here

[leftandleaving]

Long time lurker, finally got my account to activate...

Here are some things.

Jets To Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary [1998]
Blake Schwarzenbach's first post-Jawbreaker outing.  Fantastic lyrics with bright music and great everythings.

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The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site [2003]
My favorite album by my favorite band (as seen in the username).  Hyper-literate, folky, and fantastic.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?okzdqmglnoj
Q And Not U - Different Damage [2002]
My favorite release from the Dischord group.  So great.  Saw that someone had uploaded this, but the links were down, so I'm re-upping for great justice.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?izjw1mtoze4
Primary Tones - Forget-Me-Now [2010]
My music... Recorded straight to Garageband via one microphone.  Do it if you're into the previous stuff.  You can listen here: http://primarytones.bandcamp.com.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?c6uf15pt4fbcl14

[TheClickOfALight]

TV On The Radio - OK Calculator (2002)



A demo album fom everyone favourite trip-hop boys, released back in 2002 to local NY radio stations only. It sounds nothing like the TVOTR we all know and love, but it's still a great album.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?zdlkvhn4omo

[StaedlerMars]

heartily recommend that Lost in the Trees album it's really good.

This is a guy form Montreal who plays all his own instruments and uses loop pedals and stuff.

He's pretty good, sounds like a stripped down version of Spacemen 3.

Parallel Pyres - II [2010]

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[bahhhhh]

Saharan Gazelle Boy - Strange Teen Heart

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Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?d5nplyhsohh1355
Buy: http://paperbrigade.com/sgb-strangeteenheart

[KvP]

Monday is New Music Day!


Acre and Cosmic Revenge - Ghatt / Mind Eraser

Spare and sinewy future garage / bass music. The name "Acre" rings a bell but I can't place it. I'm a big Cosmic Revenge fan, though.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?h5my3zc3ltmctia


Story - Story 004

Maintaining their anonymous profile, the cats behind the Story series turn out another three deep dancers. 'Fascinated' is the main groove, a fresh mid-tempo winner with all the hallmarks of an expert production. 'Taj Mahal' is a little jazzier, mixing crooked rhythms with smoothly minimised chords, and 'You Better Find A job' rolls out dreamy electronics with a creamy bottom end. Fans of Sven Weisemann, Move D or Cottam.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?au15e45he3lsvbt


Subeena - Neurotic EP

I've got a huge, huge crush on Subeena and she's a pretty awesome producer, to boot. Your mileage may very on these particular tracks though - She makes her vocal debut here.

Subeena further develops her technoid post-dubstep sound on 'Neurotic', backed with Egyptrixx and Ghosts On Tape remixes. There's something of a bowing reggaeton flex to 'Neurotic', which Subeena really makes her own with the addition of a distinctive vocal accent. 'Wishful Talk' follows, focused on deep droning subs and rolling techno rhythms, again with her own vox. Egyptrixx takes this cut closer to the centre of the floor with bulky swing-jackin' rhythms and swooping bassline and Ghosts On tape dance around the matter with a cracking Broken Beat refix. One for fans of Ikonika, Altered Natives, Aramac, or the Night Slugs sound - recommended!

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Riya - Seems Like / The Cycle

Been waiting for months and months on this one.

Riya aka Laura Pacheko heads up the 2nd Autonomic transmission, lending vocals to productions from DBridge, and Mr O. Jones (Skream), with assistance from Mr D. Kirkham (half of Instra:mental). Most notably, the DBridge-produced 'Seems Like' opened the Autonomic FabricLive. 50 mix with its melancholy sci-fi steppers vibe, but the intense 4/4 throb of the 'The Cycle' on the flipside is exclusive to this plate. It sets a deadly momentum with relentless 140bpm kicks syncopated with pointillist snares and leavened with Riya's vox and efficiently deployed wisps of synth in the closing stages. As with the 1st Autonomic 12", the packaging is impeccable and the pressing primed for optimal output.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?63a82hn6j2euawh


Raffertie - Rank Functions EP

Raffertie really brings it here in a way I don't think he has in the past. Pretty thrilling. The Ital Tek is fittingly rad.

Raffertie inaugurates the Super label with four tracks of his mongrel rave sound. He's really steped his game up since we last heard him on the 'Pumpin Like Reeboks' EP, from the controlled yet bombastic thrust of 'Rank Functions', to the Kingdom-meets-Spatial kinda flex on 'His Counting House', and a technoid Joy Orbison or Duffsetp bounce on 'Horse Flesh'. Bringing up the rear, Ital Tek reworks 'Rank Functions' with slippery 2-step skip and embellished electronica elements. Heavy!

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[KvP]

Also I have a pair of albums that aren't UK Dance music! Hooray!


Thread Pulls - New Thoughts

If you like groove-based art rock (and who doesn't?) you will love this.

Having so far garnered comparisons with everyone from Liars to This Heat, Throbbing Gristle and Sonic Youth, this band have a lot to live up to. New Thoughts captures the groove-driven, no-wave/industrial-inspired sounds of this Irish band, whose line-up is a stripped back duo comprising bass and drums, with vocals and occasional electronic elements seeping into the mix. It takes a lot of invention to make a setup like this work across the full duration of an album, but the angsty minimalism Thread Pulls summon up is more than up to the task, assisted greatly by a production that properly frames the full bulk of the band's rhythmic essence.

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Forest Swords - Dagger Paths

Basically it's Salem if Salem was actually inspired. Deserves to be in the dub canon, really hypnotic.

Bit of a departure for the Old English Spelling bee, embracing scenic dubbed-out tapestries described by the label as a cross between Burial's sample-strewn claustrophobia and Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western scores...* The Olde English Spelling Bee label has lit up our week with this incredible debut from Forest Swords. Nope, we've never heard of them before either, but they're only based down the road in The Wirral so we'll send them a thank you message via carrier pigeon or something. 'Daggers Path' is a textured patch of personal sonic connections infusing outsider drone-folk and lo-fi pop with modern r'nb and vintage dub tropes that capture that feeling of Grouper jamming with the Velvets down at Tubby's that you forgot to remember that time you didn't imagine it. Central figure, M. Barnes, cyphers the same soulful impact you'd find in the vocal samples of a Burial record for instance, and shades them with a widescreen wash of lo-fi colours reminiscent of the inherent skyward drama found in his native coastal location, also embedding each track in slow-burnt dub basslines and dread guitar jangles which echo out across the low-lying landscape for miles around. On 'Hoylake Misst' there's even elements of Amon Düül, if they'd taken cues from Timbaland beating rhythms with pencils on his desk, or on 'Glory Gong' we feel like we're about to be dropped into some reggaeton bumper before the all the edges dissolve and we're left with ghostly male groans and plaintive guitar shimmers while some deft fingers on the desk rubs in dubbed out samples and the stodgy-slow bass keeps on heaving. It's love at first sight with this album and we reckon you'll fall for it too. Please don't sleep on this!

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[Tom]

I've been listening to that Dagger Paths record for ages, it's definitely worth your bandwidth and time. Can't wait to see more from him.

[KvP]

I have the deeeeluxe CD version coming in at some point, there's bound to be extra stuff in it.

[TheFuriousWombat]

I've been listening to that Dagger Paths record for ages, it's definitely worth your bandwidth and time. Can't wait to see more from him.

There already is some other stuff, mostly 7" and the like. I'll see about uploading the things I have in the near future.

[Tom]

Sweet

[geodescent]

Fierce Bad Rabbit - Spools of Thread (CD released 16 Oct 2010)

When Fierce Bad Rabbit formed in 2009, regional media called them a “supergroup.” The standout talent of each member of the band was already well established in Northern Colorado. But supergroups are engineered by record labels. The members of Fierce Bad Rabbit were magnetically drawn together to create indie pop music with a hook and a heart.

Featuring Chris Anderson (vocals/guitar/piano), Alana Rolfe (viola/vocals), Dayton Hicks (bass), and Adam Pitner (drums/percussion), Fierce Bad Rabbit found regional success nearly immediately after coming together. Songwriting came natural, and the band soon released a self-titled EP that had airplay before it hit the streets. They were voted “Best Indie Rock” by peers in the Fort Collins Musicians Association, and Westword nominated the band for “Best Indie Pop.” They performed at the 2010 South by Southwest in Austin, received featured airplay on stations throughout the region, and were selected for the inaugural class of SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins, a non-profit that raises awareness of Fort Collins as a music hub.

With the October 2010 release of their first studio LP, Spools of Thread, the band is poised to gain broad attention. The songs on the album are an emotionally powerful, infectious brand of indie pop. Songs like “Everything’s Alright” and “All I Have Is You,” are radio-ready sing-a-longs without the triteness and disposability too often found in pop music. Instead, Anderson pens songs with an honesty and depth that captures and connects listeners.[/quote/]


The whole thing's available online at the moment (just click "Listen.")

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[De_El]

Basically it's Salem if Salem was actually inspired. Deserves to be in the dub canon, really hypnotic.

I guess I've got to listen this one then. I can't really imagine what Salem would be like if any of them GAF about anything.

Actually I'll probably listen to at least half of what you posted. I'm kind of addicted to funky, garage and their related/derivative forms right now. Maybe right after I get over this Girl Unit mix i've been listening to.

[Mr. Tool]

A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Autumn, Again



It's a new album released for free from the band. Even better, they uploaded it to mediafire

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Donate or buy the vinyl here. Read the Pitchfork review here

[KvP]

Fierce Bad Rabbit - Spools of Thread (CD released 16 Oct 2010)
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When Fierce Bad Rabbit formed in 2009, regional media called them a “supergroup.” The standout talent of each member of the band was already well established in Northern Colorado. But supergroups are engineered by record labels. The members of Fierce Bad Rabbit were magnetically drawn together to create indie pop music with a hook and a heart.

Featuring Chris Anderson (vocals/guitar/piano), Alana Rolfe (viola/vocals), Dayton Hicks (bass), and Adam Pitner (drums/percussion), Fierce Bad Rabbit found regional success nearly immediately after coming together. Songwriting came natural, and the band soon released a self-titled EP that had airplay before it hit the streets. They were voted “Best Indie Rock” by peers in the Fort Collins Musicians Association, and Westword nominated the band for “Best Indie Pop.” They performed at the 2010 South by Southwest in Austin, received featured airplay on stations throughout the region, and were selected for the inaugural class of SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins, a non-profit that raises awareness of Fort Collins as a music hub.

With the October 2010 release of their first studio LP, Spools of Thread, the band is poised to gain broad attention. The songs on the album are an emotionally powerful, infectious brand of indie pop. Songs like “Everything’s Alright” and “All I Have Is You,” are radio-ready sing-a-longs without the triteness and disposability too often found in pop music. Instead, Anderson pens songs with an honesty and depth that captures and connects listeners.[/quote/]


The whole thing's available online at the moment (just click "Listen.")

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Is that you, Chris? Stop calling into the station, we're playing your damned album all the time, just chill. If you're not him, tell him to chill.

Anyway guys I'm gonna have to recommend this album, seeing as how it's local and all.