Ramadanman - Glut / Tempest [2010, vinyl, hemlock recordings]

april 2010

lbl: Hemlock Recordings

#: HEK008

electronic

dubstep [hypnagogic dubstep? hehe]

320kbps

A. Glut

B. Tempest

note: "Hey, look, it’s Ramadanman and he’s releasing more really good music.

‘Tempest’ first appeared on Scuba’s Sub:stance mix for Ostgut-Ton label earlier this year, and filters Ramadanman’s trademark, woodblock-heavy production through a kind of subterranean after party aesthetic, drum hits being pulled in weird, different ways. Ikonika, Gemmy and more talk about making synths sing, but on ‘Tempest’, it’s the drums that add variation to the straight-forward main pulse and ambient flutters. They’re almost virtuoso.

If ‘Tempest’ draws comparisons with Ramadanman’s 2009 single under his Pearson Sound name, ‘Wad’, then ‘Glut’ finds kinship in his future 12” for Swamp 81, ‘Work Them’, not to mention ghetto-house with its stripped down drum machine beat and R’n’B samples that are almost jarring when they first come in. Of course, this is Ramadanman, and the track doesn’t take long to become mournful with a nostalgic synthline. Which is followed by some serious sub hits and an old school breakdown, in case I’m making this sound like it’s anything other than a dancefloor killer." - Tom Lea, FACT Mag.

atmosferyczny, gęsty step, taki fragmencik przesłodkiego 'selected ambient works' po dubstepowemu.

[7.3]


yt preview:

space glut

& buy it here or maybe...

[Rush Hour Store NL, €9.50 ; Rubadub,  £5.99]

LV & Untold - Beacon [2010, vinyl, hemlock recordings]

15 march 2010

lbl: Hemlock Recordings

#: HEK007

electronic

dubstep

320kbps

corundum [9.0]

A. Beacon

B. Beacon [Mount Kimbie Remix]

note: "The much in demand collaboration between LV & Untold finally hits wax, backed with a stunning Mount Kimbie remix. Possibly the most minimal tune to date by either artist, "Beacon" rolls on a bare bones set-up of deep swung bass, barely-there percussion and simple bleep-track melody. In the true spirit of the original dubstep pioneers, making very little sound very BIG. On the flip Mount Kimbie deliver a stunning remix. Layering a heap of their trademark melody onto the intro, following that with an instantly memorable rave hook, then easing us out gently with some sweeeet R&B inflected chopped vocals. Stunning stuff. Big support across the board by Mary Anne Hobbs, Ben UFO, Ramadanman, Gilles Peterson, Brackles & Shortstuff , Rob Da Bank and more."

yt preview:

afro-flexy

buy it here. [£5.99]

Untold - Gonna Work Out Fine EP [2009, 2 x vinyl, hemlock recordings]

october 2009
lbl: Hemlock Recordings
#: HEK005
electronic
dubstep, wonky
320kbps

A.		Gonna Work Out Fine
B1.		Stop What You're Doing
B2.		Don't Know. Don't Care.
C.		Palamino
D1.		No One Likes A Smart-Arse
D2.		Never Went Away

Producer - Jack Dunning

note: "The result is a Dr. Moreau-like hybrid, with useful parts of other creatures fused to its central chassis – unnatural perhaps, but strangely beautiful nonetheless. The title track is an aberration of elastic bass tones, airy chimes and the roar of a toy dinosaur, and despite the schizophrenic dynamics at play ‘Don’t Know, Don’t Care’ still manages to sound sultry, swinging its hips over a classic piano break like UK funky’s somewhat troubled cousin. Like his close contemporaries at Hessle Audio Dunning is rapidly re-configuring an entire genre, moving ever further from the generic half-step template into a blurred area that’s both dancefloor-ready and startlingly musically inventive. And as if there was any more evidence needed ‘Gonna Work Out Fine’’s centerpiece ‘Palamino’ provides it, a midnight waterfall of glassy bleeps that rushes from speaker to speaker, the rhythm catching in tiny eddies and sudden rips as it heads toward the sea."

skull shaka



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Untold - Discipline [2008, vinyl, hemlock recordings]

28 november 2008
lbl: Hemlock Recordings
#: HEK002
electronic
dubstep
320kbps


tracklist:

A.		Discipline
B.		Bones

note: "Tripping into unfamiliar dubstep territory the pair develop their polished yet abstracted steppers style from their ace Hessle Audio 12" on 'Discipline', carving a darkside synthline arc reminiscent of Ae's 'Second Bad Vilbel', and inserting an elastically undulating rhythm flecked with a tempered distortion. 'Bones' on the flip serves as a wickedly Shackleton compatible joint with shaking percussion and wrongdoing rave synths intertwined to make a slick rhythm rolling atop a well inflated bottom end."

melt yo' face
[fixed link]

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James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof [2009, vinyl, hemlock recordings]

No Man's Land 3 by Bernard Dumaine

Released: 6 July 2009
Label: Hemlock Recordings
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Dubstep
Bitrate: 320kbps


Tracklist:

A.		Air & Lack Thereof
B.		Sparing The Horses

note: 'Best known thus far as the third wheel in the Mount Kimbie live show, James Blake debuts here with a 12-inch on Untold's Hemlock Recordings that showcases a real flair for fusing melody into the dancing drum patterns and erratic hi-hats of his dubstep productions.'

i'm dropping the bomb on kimbie's fans

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