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Basic Rhythm - Raw Trax

29 january 2016 / lp, 12" / Type Recordings - Type128
bass, uk garage, abstract, experimental
razor-sharp, syncopated, fat


[8.0] topaz


A1. Raw Trax (Weekend Rush)
A2. Raw Basics
A3. Prototype
A4. Maintain
B1. Your Love
B2. Get Dark
B3. Feel Me
B4. Break It Down (4 Da Kru)

Wodzirej twardych rytmów wchodzi na piętrzące się schody nowatorskości proponując breakbeatowo/garage'owy zestaw sunkopujących bangerów.

Rozmarzony hi-hat wtapia nas w odmęt bąbli pełnych powietrza, wolnej przestrzeni, ostrych perkusjonaliów i nośnych nurkujących basów. LP "Raw Trax" to mocarz w kategorii aranżu, trudno klasyfikowalny, pozostający na granicy abstrakcji, fraktalnie spiętrzony topór na fanów bassu. Zestaw zostaje wyposażony w murzajowe, dopracowane do granic perfekcji brzmienia, damsko-męskie wyjce misternie tworzące słodką, nocną atmosferę. O ile metoda kompozycji jest wielce nowoczesna, dźwięki niesłychanie urokliwe i zauraczające, o tyle słuchając całości naraz możemy poczuć się zmęczeni.

ra's review

Lando Kal, Manuel Tur, Pearson Sound, Tevo Howard.

Lando Kal - TMRW EP

12" / 13 march 2012 / Stillcold Records / SSC02

uk-garage, house

2,5/5

A. TMRW

B. No Newjack

dynamiczny uk-garage imprezowy, lustrzane błyski, porwane wokale i sypiące haty.

phonica records





Manuel Tur - Back To Me

12" / march 2012 / Freerange / FRD160

deep house

3/5

01. Back To Me

02. Back To Me (Jimpster Dub)

03. Obsidian

04. Obsidian (Damiano Von Erckerts Raw Dance Mix)

doskonała propozycja dla miłośników powabnego deep house'u o dancefloorowym rodowodzie, świetna melodyka i zwiewne aranże.

Pearson Sound - Untitled / Footloose

12" / 19 march 2012 / Pearson Sound / PEARS88

dubstep, breakbeat

4/5

A. Untitled

B. Footloose

rozhulane perkusjonalia i rozpędzone basy, czyli warsztat właściwy ramadanmanowi nieco tutaj ocieplony. drugi utwór z 909 i masywnym beatem na czele, całkiem oszczędny, przywodzi na myśl wałki boddiki.

surus

Tevo Howard - Monument EP

12" / march 2012 / Buzzin' Fly / 065BUZZ

techno

3/5

01. Conditional Love (Original Mix)
02. Monument (Original Mix)
03. The Wind Of The World (Original Mix)

kwaśny ochłap, trochę na jedno kopyto.

baseball caps & bowlers hats.

Eric Cloutier - Dub Explorations

mix

4 march 2011

dub techno

download is available here.

source: via Kostek

no tracklist

vinyl only mix recorded out of the personal desire to bring dub techno back to whence it came...

techduby klasycznie, bez płaszczyka rutyny.

stream it here:

Eric Cloutier - Dub Explorations by eric cloutier

Jacob Korn - LWE Podcast 79

podcast

28 march 2011

deep house

download is available here. (stream also)

source: LWE

tracklist:

01. Granufunk, “Im Meer Der Artefakte” [Astro Lab Recordings]

02. Comfort Fit ft. Blaktroniks, “Freeze The Cut” (Jacob Korn Remix) [white*]

03. Jacob Korn, “Mirrorflip” [Dolly]

04. Mano Le Tough, “Baby, Let’s Love” (Jacob Korn Remix)

[Dirt Crew Recordings]

05. Jacob Korn, “I Like The Sun (But Not On LCDs)” [Running Back]

06. Jacob Korn, “SHE” [Uncanny Valley]

07. Dutch Rhythm Combo, “Come On” (Sket Remix) [Pulver Records]

08. Jacob Korn, “Noch Zu Retten!” [white*]

09. Clueso, “Kein Bock Zu Geh’n” (Jacob Grain Remix) [Four Music]

10. Granufunk ft. Sonny Plankton, “Big City Lights” [Head+Arm]

note: jakimś dziwnym zbiegiem okoliczności LWE odpowiada na moje podświadome, niesformułowane prośby, tym razem Jacob Korn z poukładanym drewnem w tle (aż za dużo zbiegów), drewno w drewienko ociosanki wspinające się aż po oblany słońcem sufit deep house'owego, miękkego vibe'u. ładniut.

Pangaea - FACT Mix 234

podcast

28 march 2011

uk garage, techno, dubstep, experimental

available to download here.

stream it here.

source: FACT

tracklist:

Gerritt Wittmer – Vessel

FaltyDL – It’s All Good

STL – Birdart

Will Saul & Tam Cooper – Hi Lo (Sideshow Remix)

Aardvark – Nosestep

Gemini – A Moment Of Insanity

Blawan – Hollow It Out

Icicle – Condense

WK7 – Higher Power (Hardcore PCK Remix)

Transportation AAD – Last Train To Lexington

Pinch – Get Out Of Here

Objekt – Untitled

Shake Shakir – The Floor Filler (Skudge’s Floor Killer Remix)

The House Crew – Get On Up (Edit)

Pearson Sound – Project

Pangaea – Won’t Hurt

Lawrence English – Cycles

STL – Nocturnal Mixdowns Loop 1

Pangaea – Runout

Martyn – Bad Chicago

Sicko Cell

Boddika – Windy

Peverelist – Fundementals

Skudge – Convolution (2562 Remix)

Jeff Mills – Condor To Mallorca

Scorp – New Energy

Addison Groove – This Is It

Superisk – Life Is Live

Coki – Carbon Aliens

Kode 9 & Spaceape – Otherman

Objekt – The Goose That Got Away

The Criminal Minds – Baptised By Dub

note: panga opuściła toksyczny ściek i wypłynęła na głębokie wody... lan$u. miks zmyślnie balansujący między śliskim, ultraogranym kiczem pod publiczkę i ciężkostrawnym (nie wyzbędzie się ściekowych korzeni) eksperymentem spod znaku trzech liter (prawdziwe fascynacje artysty?), jak gdyby chyłkiem przemyconym, odmierzonym z zegarkiem w ręku, żeby broń bosz nikogo nie zniesmaczyć pokracznym biciskiem. utarczki ze spitchowanymi przeróbkami uk reggae wskazują na imprezowy charakter miksu, poczucie humoru, albo co gorsza - wtapianie się po sam łebek w brytyjski rynek. sztuka kompromisu między własnymi widzimisiami, chlebem, cukrem, ziemskimi kosmitami, ludźmi w białych adidasach i wywijającymi tyłeczkami. uczma się.

a tutaj element wystroju, nastrajać ma:

& peculiar video via Kostek:

Akufen - the dragonfly who thought he was a mocking bird from RKNFilm on Vimeo.

podcast: Pinch @ Boiler Room #42

podcast

1 february 2011

Boiler Room

45min

download is available here.

dub, dubstep, uk garage

[00:00] Rhythm & Sound - No Partial [Rythm&Sound]

[02:52] Henry & Louis - Lions Dub [2Kings]

[09:19] Boddika - ?

[13:30] Photek - UFO (Addison Groove Remix)

[15:12] Pinch - Croydon House [Swamp 81]

[18:30] Pinch & Loefah - Broken [Tectonic]

[20:24] Goth-Trad - Air Breaker

[23:23] Addison Groove - This Is It [Tectonic]

[23:45] Mala & Sgt. Pokes - Answer Me

[27:52] Pinch - Elements [Swamp 81]

[31:28] Jack Sparrow - Dread [Tectonic]

[37:18] Illum Sphere - Dreamstealin [Tectonic]

[41:58] Distal - Angry Acid

There was a buzz in the air right from the off for this show, and Pinch got us all whipped up dropping dub after dub. Added with the fact the last track from this set was so nutty people with alergies were sharply on their phone to a GP, the whole thing became some kind of delicious sundae. Enjoy the flavours yo.

boilers' chicks

mindfucking, garage mix.

stream it here!

BR #42 Pinch from PLATFORM MAGAZINE on Vimeo.


via Buszkers.

petsbud emilbus

my close selection from quite new dubsteps:


dBridge & Instra:mental - From The Start / Detuned Heart

12"
15 january 2011
lbl: Autonomic
#: NOMIC004
dubstep, drum'n'bass


a. Instra:mental  - From The Start
aa. dBridge  - Detuned Heart

note: niespecyficzny d'n'b, nie tylko dla zatwardziałych bywalców klubów trącących myszką.

hate, tolerate, hate, tolerate



Kowton - She Don't Jack

12"

2011

lbl: Idle Hands

#: IDLE005

dubstep, uk-garage, house

A. She Don't Jack

B. Drunk On Sunday 

note: łączący finezję i prostotę, okołodubstepowy twór.

how beautiful do you think Dr. Andrea's feet are?

Objekt - Objekt #1

12"

17 january 2011

lbl: Objekt

#: OBJEKT001

dubstep

A. The Goose That Got Away

B. Tinderbox

note: najbliższa gatunkowi epka w zestawieniu. marsz potężnych, zwalistych beatów.

spectacular footage from above the volcanic crater

& SSG SPECIAL: KOWTON

1:02:18
143MB
techno, deep house, uk garage, dubstep

Fred P. on the end of the year [soul people music radio show].

source

december 2010
deep house, techno, house, tech-house
duration: 60 min

Roof Light - Harlem Power EP [2010, file, prolific recordings]

7 june 2010

lbl: Prolific Recordings

#: PROPH120

electronic

dubstep, uk garage

320kbps

1. Harlem Power 

2. Two Cities (dub)

3. Touch Down

4. Gunfighter In Negative

note: "Released on MJ Cole's Prolific label, London producer Roof Light really excels on this EP, and shows a love and mastery of a variety of different sounds, styles and skills. The MJ Cole connection shines through on the title track, with a multicoloured palette of funky sounds and samples all mixed together perfectly to create a fresh and soulful garage stepper. But while "Harlem Power" is bright and summery, "Two Cities" is an intense, Burial-esque moodscape, while "Touch Down" is a real event - the beat slowly subsides, leaving a sea of gorgeous reversed pads, only to slowly build itself up again in a variety of ways. An unexpected, random, yet riveting and affecting EP from start to finish." - Juno.

troche zagubiony, stylistycznie rozszczepiony popisuje sie umiejetnosciami samplingu.

[7.0]

deal with the future skill

& buy mp3s. [£3.79]

Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers [2010, PROMO, hotflush recordings]

19 july 2010

lbl: Hotflush Recordings

electronic

dubstep, downtempo, uk-garage, techno, acoustic

320kbps

01. Tunnelvision

02. Would Know

03. Before I Move Off

04. Blind Night Errand

05. Adriatic

06. Ruby

07. Carbonated

08. Ode to Bear

09. Field

10. Mayor

Dominic Maker & Kai Campos 

note: Adding a percussive and experimental edge to the current class of post-dubstep pioneers, Mount Kimbie, the duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos – are set to release their highly anticipated debut album ‘Crooks & Lovers’ on Scuba’s Hotflush label in July.

Mount Kimbie’s first two EPs – ‘Maybes’ and ‘Sketch On Glass’ – seemed like explorations of spaces so private that all within earshot were instantly turned into voyeurs. The experience was less like listening to music and more like eavesdropping on the machinations of a lone mind – albeit a lone mind surrounded by and retreating from millions of other minds.

Difficult to categorise, the lush EPs caused a commotion when released last year with ‘Sketch On Glass’ recently undergoing reworks from the likes of Falty DL, SCB (Scuba’s darker techno alias) and their sometime collaborator James Blake. With their own remixes (Foals and The xx) becoming hot property, Mount Kimbie have been a core part of the growing scene in London often associated with labels like Hyperdub and Hessle Audio.

Dom and Kai met whilst at Southbank University, pushed together in a student halls that was previously a mental asylum – where the ceilings were still ridiculously high to stop patients hanging themselves: “a cold, joyless, concrete building – the sort of building where you’d drop a pen and the sound would just go on and on in an echo.”

Armed with found sound snips and a siege mentality, Kai and Dom set about turning London’s ambience into rhythm, its chaos into coherence. Traces of influence remain – the hard-earned spaces of Burial and The Bug vie with the berserk melodrama of Xiu Xiu and Grouper’s sad-eyed glow, D’Angelo’s pervert soul gets cleansed in the intimacy of Phil Elvrum’s Microphones, Angelo Badalamenti’s swollen ‘Twin Peaks’ atmospheres find a cradle in Madlib’s lax lope.

The band’s sound and response to the dubstep moment is very much their own. Sceneless and untethered from etiquette and genre codes, ‘Crooks & Lovers’ floats through dubstep and hip-hop, jazz, techno and ambient, post-rock, UK garage and film scores to startling effect." - ST Holdings.

[7.3]

DOWNLOAD
[22 november 2016]

& buy it here.

[Sound Of The Universe, £ 8.99]

Blawan - Fram [2010, vinyl, hessle audio]

6 may 2010

lbl: Hessle Audio

#: HES013

electronic

dubstep, post-garage

320kbps

A. Fram

B. Iddy

note: "Hessle Audio has made its name on its stable of garage / dubstep artists that lean heavily on the former half of that designation, boasting names such as Pangaea, Untold, Ramadanman and TRG, names that I admittedly have had trouble engaging in the past. This week sees Hessle releasing a 12" by mysterious producer Blawan, an anonymous DJ. There seem to be more and more of those these days - Burial attempted to stay anonymous for awhile, Zomby's a prominent producer that's currently behind a mask - and there's something to be said about how it's a reaction to the "celebrification" of dance music and DJ culture that even fans of awful, awful trance music dislike. There's probably a blog post to be written about that. I'm pretty sure there have been several. I think I may have read about it in some prominent net rag, so I'm not going to go into it.

But it serves a practical purpose, this anonymity, does it not? A prominent DJ can release new songs and not have them be tested against his other material. When we get something like Fram / Iddy, we can only really engage the music on its own terms (you might be able to compare it to other Hessle Audio releases, but I'm not prepared to do that).

  

 So yes, this is "post-garage", or "future garage", or whatever you want to call it. "Fram" leads off the single with understated bass (at least, compared to most dubstep these days) and queasy, gloomy techno synths lurching and slithering around its propulsive garage rhythm, a barely audible whisper sample looping throughout. Halfway into the song the synth moves a bit farther to the front of the mix and gets a little more elastic, pulsing and inflating and deflating. It's dark and weird, and you can dance to it. Naturally, I love it.

"Iddy", the b-side, starts off with barebones percussion clicking away while a gloomy organ sound creeps up, but it's a fake-out - the rhythm kicks in, and can I just say how much I love the sound of the kits on this track? It's the best, most dynamic and funky use of minimal drum sounds I've heard in some months, a standard to which so many so-called Garage acts seem to be incapable of meeting. I was sold on the song before Blawan's techno/jungle synths made their appearance, rising and falling like the call of some strange bird and forming a simple chord melody towards the end of the song.

Aren't the greatest entertainments the surprises? Hessle Audio is an imprint I have a lot of respect for even if their releases aren't the ones I immediately gravitate towards when I'm sitting down next to my turntable. A few more releases like this and I might have to rethink the distance to which I hold them. Sublime stuff." - description found on the pop stalinist.

potężna fuzja specyfiki hessle audio i kaskaderskich ewolucji perkusyjnych.
[8.0]


yt preview:

evacuation from uk's analgesia

[ORON]

buy it here.

[Phonica Records, £ 5.99]

Pariah - Detroit Falls / Orpheus [2010, vinyl, r&s records]

april 2010

lbl: R&S Records

#: RSLTD1001

electronic

dubstep, uk garage

320kbps

A. Detroit Falls

B. Orpheus

about producer: 'Pariah is a 21 year old music producer called Arthur Cayzer originally from Scotland and now living in London. We don’t know much about him, but we do know his tunes are amazing!'

note: "The two tracks on this debut single were the his first ever finished productions and snapped up by R&S under the noses of a whole bunch of interested high profile labels. They continue the R&S tradition of releasing forward thinking electronic music, and follow the lineage of Aphex Twin, Model 500, Patrick Pulsinger and Derrick May.

The two tracks on this single wear the influences on their sleeve, referencing the hip hop beat collages of Dilla and the moody atmospheric 2 step rhythms of Burial, but still contain the rich Pariah DNA which will be even more apparent on his future R&S singles. The stuff we have heard so far has blown our socks off taking influences from sources as diverse as Levon Vincent, Fennesz and classic Detroit techno as well as the likes of MJ Cole and Steve Gurley.

Already a name on the lips of the hip blog crowd (featured on Pitchfork, Gorilla Vs Bear, No Pain In Pop and Rcrd Lbl) and in demand on the European underground DJ circuit this debut 10” is likely to become a collectors item and catapult him onto much bigger things." - label.

[8.0]

yt preview:

horseback battle hammer

[HF]

buy it here.

[R&S Records, official, £5.49]

Ramadanman & Midland - Your Words Matter [2010, vinyl, aus music]

may 2010

lbl: Aus Music

#: AUS1027

electronic

house, uk garage

320kbps

A. Your Words Matter

B. More Than You Know

note: "Although London producer Ramadanman has made a name for himself as one of the founders of the excellent Hessle Audio imprint, today he is releasing a single on another label, the similarly high-quality Aus Music. Made in tandem with his old friend Midland, "Your Words Matter/More Than You Know" finds Ramadanman exploring dancier territory than usual and delving into some classic garage sounds, not that we're complaining." - xlr8r news.

7.3

yt preview:

dubstep goes around the corner

[HF, fixed / 5 may 2010]

buy it here.

[Boomkat, £8.99]

Kowton - Basic Music Knowledge [2010, vinyl, idle03]

may 2010

lbl: Idle Hands

#: IDLE003

electronic

house, uk garage

320kbps

A.  Basic Music Knowledge

B.  Hunger

note: "For some time now, Bristol has been a torchbearer for the deeper, more cultured side of UK bass music, with a gaggle of top-notch labels—Tectonic, Punch Drunk, Apple Pips and Immerse, primarily—spewing out quality releases with alarming regularity. Idle Hands, which runs out of the town's much-loved Rooted Records, looks to be no exception, having already graced us with two excellent 12-inches, and now this: young Joe Cowton's second release under his Kowton moniker, and most likely the darkest slab of slow house-meets-UKG you'll hear all year.

A-side "Basic Music Knowledge" sounds like something the Pink Panther would come up with after a heavy night out with the Workshop crew, its plodding bass and slinky hats establishing a suavely sinister groove. Chugging away at a sleazy 115 BPM, a muffled 4/4 kick—submerged deep in the mix—keeps it all locked together, while a chirpy, chipmunky female vocal evokes garage's champagne-swilling glory days (albeit minus the champagne, or the glory). B-side "Hunger" plunges fathoms deeper, losing a couple of BPM and ramping up the bass, which, aside from clickety hats and sparse, menacing FX, is all the track really consists of. It's amazing what 2-step sounds like at this tempo—tense, sweaty, claustrophobic—and that it works so well is just reward for Kowton's dark, daring approach." - Max Bacharach, RA.

7.3

aqueous haze

[HF]

buy it here.

[Honest Jon's, £5.99]

Deadboy - If You Want Me [2010, vinyl, numbers]

april 2010

lbl: Numbers

#: NMBRS0LTD

electronic

uk-garage, dubstep

320kbps

topaz [8.0]

A. If You Want Me

_

total time: 5:26

note: "After announcing that their Wireblock, Dress2Sweat and Stuffrecords imprints were to merge late last year, Glasgow's Numbers collective are now ready to set sail with their inaugural release. Can you blame them for bursting out of the blocks with what has been one of the most hyped tracks that has graced the dance floors of dubstep and funky nights over the past year? Martyn, Kode9, Ben UFO, Ikonika and Modeselektor (who used "If U Want Me" as the opening cut on their RA podcast) are just a handful of the DJs who've made sure that it's already ingrained into my conscience, and not without good reason. Whether it's the slinky 2-step bass, the looped female vocal or the whiney, pitch-bent synth that gets transformed throughout, London's Deadboy has made sure to include plenty of hooks, and while they may be fairly simple, it's the way that he makes them work together that really makes the track special.

While this may be a house track, it's unlikely to cross over into the boxes of more conventional house and techno jocks due to its percussive groundings in UK garage and funky. Saying that, if you like your swung beats and are looking for an anthem that is almost guaranteed to get the female contingent of the crowd going, "If U Want Me" might just be right for you. Whether Sasha will do a "Hyph Mngo" and play it at his next mega-rave remains to be seen, but Numbers' one-sided vinyl release should make sure that the track gets plenty more play outside of the inner circle of DJs that helped to popularise it. With future releases from Lazer Sword, Kavsrave and Redinho already lined-up, it looks like we'll have plenty more to look forward to from Numbers during the remaining months of 2010." - Richard Carnes, RA. take a look on review.

i think that was martyn

[HF]

buy it here.

[official site]

Terror Danjah - Acid / Pro Plus [2010, vinyl, hyperdub]

15 february 2010

lbl: Hyperdub

#: HDB031

electronic

uk garage, dubstep

320kbps

tourmaline [7.3]

A. Acid

AA. Pro Plus

note: "Hyperdub give a nod of respect to one of the UKs most influential underground producers with two firin' tracks from Terror Danjah and DOK. If you've been paying attention to the sets of Scratcha, Butterz or Kode 9 in the last few months you've no doubt clocked the searing heat of 'Acid'. It's got to be one Danjah's hardest cuts to date, giving a firm nod to '92 'ardkore with Belgian mentasms and stupendous stop/start rhythmic force that makes a clear case for the 'nuum genetics of Steve Gurley and co being carried through to Grime's lurching rhythmic swagger." - boomkat.

firli mirli

buy it here. [£ 4.99]