One of my homeboys down south by the name of Misk put out this gem of an album, entitled “Saturation” recently. Self released to showcase his own take on proto-dub-hop (don’t quote me on that name) the likes of which are permeating every area of forward-thinking bass music these days.
The market has become saturated (no pun intended) by the same re-hashed sounds and half-baked attempts to get people moving with a tired sound palette. Misk is here to set the record straight, with an offering that is equal parts hype and head-y. Tunes like “Cookies for Breakfast” and “Subterranean Crawlspace” are short but sweet, driving home that big room west coast flavour. While the rest is a sonic journey through deep, heavy vibes and melodic wonderousness.
Woke up this morning to this gem of a FREE offering from Mux Mool by way of your friends at Ghostly International. This EP titled “Viking Funeral EP” is a combination of some choice cuts by Mux Mool. The EP does an excellent job of showcasing great sampling prowess, synth and effects work and a appropriately light-hearted approach to making music. I was put on to Mux Mool only fairly recently, his tune “Death 9000″ is a staple of many of my sets, and the re-work by Machinedrum is to die for. Of course I was overjoyed when I say that this EP includes that track with superbly excuted vocal version care of Prof & P.O.S.
Bit late on the draw with this one. The MF GLK takes on Kutmah in the latest Low End Theory Club podcast installment. Never in the history of time and space has a more consistently exciting and eye-opening podcast series existed, maximum respect to all the dudes and ladies doin’ it down in LA and abroad. HUGE! This one features tracks by yours truly and a host of others, you know you can’t go wrong, and you also know what to do! GET IT NOW!
What a crazy month this has been. Kicking off January with Light FM/Glass coming out on Texas heavyweight label Formant Recordings got the ball rolling in a big way. Here is what Sonic Router has to say about this 12″:
“…the Formant release is warmer in tone. The wispy drama and skittery percussion of ‘Glass’ recall the more abstract moments of 2562’s ‘Unbalance’ album, and ‘Light FM’ sends glacial chimes rippling through an ascend-descend bass melody that never really takes any drastically different trajectory – instead exploring every permutation before dissipating.” writing credit to Rory Gibb
I can’t thank the Sonic Router family enough for their help in making this release shine, cheers!
Now to kick off February my EP “Atmospheric Pressure” on American label Surface Tension Recordings has hit shops everywhere and proves to keep the momentum going. The official word on this one:
“For the fourth release on Surface Tension Recordings, Toronto’s XI steps up with the Atmospheric Pressure EP. These four tunes are hitting right at the seismic center of the techno/dubstep/garage collision, doling out in equal measure the shuffle of garage, the space and depth of techno, and the bottom end of dubstep.”
Later this month as well I’ve got 2 more releases loaded up on Bristol’s Immerse Records and Aufect Digital respectively.
Thank you to all the supporters for getting this year started off right!!
The first installment in our series comes from Vancouver bass culture juggernaut DJ Cure. In B.C by way of Ontario, this Canadian DJ and producer made serious moves cultivating Ontario’s world class jungle scene during it’s prime time, among other music exploits from his early days. A very active member of Canada’s music culture, his label, Aufect Recordings, was inevitable. On wax he puts forth his own bass music ideology, supporting national talent like Bombaman, XI, DZ, Egyptrixx and Mark Instinct with smashing tunes designed with the purpose of dance floor destruction.
This mix has been described by the DJ himself as “for weirdos only,” which, if you’ve been following my sh*t, probably means YOU.
After a year of jaw-dropping releases, NYC’s Drew Lustman, aka “FaltyDL” will be gracing Wrongbar on Queen St. West for an exclusive and premiere performance. For those not familiar with FaltyDL’s music he has had smash releases on Ramp and Planet Mu which have been blowing up the shops and the minds of music listeners around the globe. This old-school jungle fanatic has harnessed the sounds of UK Garage and twisted them to his own interpretation which is equal parts imaginative and well executed. Personal faves include “To London” which was rated one of my top 15 of 2009, and “Bravery” off of the EP of same name.
Just taking time out of my move to let y’all know: a new installment of the LowEndTheory podcast series is loaded in the clip.
Epsiode X is featuring mixes by LowEnd resident DJ Nobody and a guestmix by Free The Robots who’s forthcoming album on Alpha Pup (the label responsible for the amazing album “Drift” by Nosaj Thing, as well as releases from Daedelus, and The Glitch Mob to name a few) is sure to be a stormer.
To celebrate the launch of “Beaterator,” Rockstar teamed up with Adult Swim to get some serious re-rub action out of some of our favorite beat makers for some highly celebrated MCs. It’s like if your favorite football team played your favorite basketball team at baseball, except with more hits. FlyLo tweaks the fuck out of Gucci Mane, Hudmo takes B.O.B into outer space, Starkey turns Gorilla Zoe 8-bit, and Prefuse 73 twists Shawty Lo into computerized oblivion, and that’s not even close to all.
I love twitter. Honestly. It’s like having the internet deliver the goods without even having to ask.
On a pretty standard hangover Monday this little bit of audio magic popped up in the feed. Keisha Cole’s “Shoulda Let You Go” gets proper shanked up on the dancefloor by one of my favorite Scottish beatsmiths “Rustie.” This cat has been on my radar since around 2005, and everything he touches is tweaked-out gold. I’ve certainly got a big amount of his material in my bag when I play shows, and you all should too (his remix of “The Black Block” by modeselektor is a personal).
