May 5, 2023 at 7:49 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Troikastra: It’s the Door with the Little Stairs
, the trio of Curtis Glatter, DJ Tenshun, and Nathan Hubbard, battle it out on turntables, synths, samples, and drum machines, resulting in messy collages somewhere in between ’90s plunderphonic turntablism and freeform circuit-bent noise jams. The trio’s performances often have a much more cartoonish edge than most experimental improvisation, particularly with the presence of things like the chunky metal guitars and toy piano-sounding scattered notes of “Brief Sojourn Into a Side Alley”. “Two Types” splices different instructional records together to form Frankenstein sentences, evolving from rhythmic tutoring to spiritual advice. “Expectations Are Nigh” is 17 minutes long and somewhat less dense than some of the other pieces, but it also has some of the most aggressive scratching and overt hip-hop sampling. “Sonic Starcases” is frantic noise-jazz with dubby effects and almost modem-like squealing sounds. Lastly, “Blame It On the Casionova” is sort of a drunken stumble home under dark, flanged-out clouds.
May 5, 2023 at 2:40 pm | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment
Next week Detroit Bureau of Sound will be returning for a guest DJ set!!!
10:01 PM James Holden ~ You Can Never Go Back ~ Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities ~ Border Community ~ 2023
10:06 PM Avalon Emerson ~ A Vision ~ & The Charm ~ Another Dove ~ 2023
10:10 PM Andy Loebs ~ I Am Smiling at My Friend ~ Hyperlink Anamorphosis ~ Jolt Music ~ 2023
10:13 PM Afrorack ~ bassPlus ~ Afrorack ~ Hakuna Kulala ~ 2022
10:17 PM Biga Yut ~ Kampala ~ Vamparina EP ~ Hakuna Kulala ~ 2021
10:19 PM Najib Alhoush & The Free Music ~ Law Yom Saalak Had ~ Free Music (Part 1) (Habibi Funk 021) ~ HABIBI Funk Records ~ ’70s/’80s?
10:24 PM Phelimuncasi ~ Wazini Ngo Qoh (feat. DJ MP3) ~ Ama Gogela ~ Nyege Nyege Tapes ~ 2022
10:28 PM Everything But the Girl ~ Nothing Left To Lose (Four Tet Remix) ~ Nothing Left To Lose (Remixes) ~ Buzzin’ Fly ~2023
10:32 PM Rave Child ~ The Calling (.VRIL Remix) ~ The Calling EP ~ Kokölò ~ 2023
10:36 PM DJPT ~ I Told You I Didn’t Dance For A Reason (Tape Version) ~ 20 Years Creme Organization ~ Crème Organization ~ 2020
10:42 PM The Electric Chairs ~ So Many Ways ~ single ~ Safari Records ~ 1979
10:46 PM Workshop ~ Eskapade ~ Talent ~ L’Age D’Or ~ 1995
10:48 PM GoGo Penguin ~ Open [Nathan Fake Remix] ~ GGP/RMX ~ Universal Music Division Decca Records France ~ 2021
10:52 PM Authentically Plastic ~ Aesthetic Terrorism ~ Raw Space ~ Hakuna Kulala ~ 2022
10:55 PM E-Saggila ~ Pr1nt ~ Yet ~ Tresor ~ 2023
10:58 PM Zenker Brothers ~ Intense Incense ~ Cosmic Transmission ~ Ilian Tape ~ 2020
11:02 PM Warwick ~ Luchini Forever ~ Do My Thing EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2020
11:06 PM SPD ~ A49 ~ single ~ Roska Kicks & Snares ~ 2021
11:11 PM DJ Wiggle ~ Deepin It ~ The Spirit single ~ Hot Haus Recs ~ 2022
11:15 PM Mall Grab ~ Long Season Intro Edit ~ single ~ Bandcamp ~ 2023
11:19 PM Kanyon ~ Number One ~ Kanyon ~ Towhead Recordings ~ 2020
11:23 PM impLOG ~ Holland Tunnel Dive ~ single ~ Dark Entries ~ 1980
11:29 PM T5UMUT5UMU ~ Fireball ~ Sea of Trees EP ~ Hakuna Kulala ~ 2022
11:31 PM Disco Vumbi ~ Disco Boutiq ~ Boutiq Electroniq EP ~ Nyege Nyege Tapes ~ 2017
11:34 PM Sykors ~ KCT KRL ~ single ~ Bandcamp ~ 2023
11:36 PM DJ Girl ~ Limits (Spirit Mix) ~ single ~ Eat Dis ~ 2020
11:40 PM Ryan James Ford ~ EQ 10MG Base ~ We Are Not Alone Pt. 3 ~ BPitch Control ~ 2021
11:44 PM Yorobi ~ Rhode to Nowhere ~ Eden EP ~ Sneaker Social Club ~ 2023
11:48 PM Estella Boersma ~ Dispatch ~ Move EP ~ Unknown To The Unknown ~ 2023
11:52 PM nickname & Tim Shiel ~ Druidz ~ single ~ Spirit Level ~ 2023
11:55 PM Walton ~ Quasar ~ Rush EP ~ Sneaker Social Club ~ 2022
May 3, 2023 at 1:49 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
upsammy: Germ in a Population of Buildings
upsammy delivered a standout set at the beginning of Dekmantel last year, backed by fluid and forest-like visuals from Sjoerd Martens. Her
new album on PAN is a set of electronic ecosystems teeming with beats that scurry like insects, and playfully abstract melodies. Her disguised voice adds a childlike human touch, but it already feels the product of a busy mind; even though the sounds are all electronic, this isn’t something that could’ve been randomly spit out by a machine. It feels both carefully thought out and shaped by nature. It’s glitchy and micro, but it’s also informed by dance and pop production without conforming to those types of structures. Her club tracks were great but this album is where she demonstrates her true artistry.
May 2, 2023 at 11:58 am | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Octave One: Never On Sunday
Octave One are always a must-see live act whenever they take the stage at Movement, and they’ve continued putting out an exceptional amount of music on their 430 West label (and others like UR and Tresor) since 1990. Previewed by a 12″ last year, their newest album is named after their longstanding
Never On Sunday alias. Not quite a typical Detroit techno record, it’s somewhere in between a futuristic pop album, an industrial soundscape, and an international club showcase. “Enterstella” is a detached sci-fi intro, and then “Contemplate” and “Price We Pay” (both with vocalist Karina Mia) apply complex sonics to electropop songs. “Soon After” is sort of like dark gothic cathedral electro, and “A Moment of Truth” could easily be a Depeche Mode instrumental (but not anything like “The Policy of Truth”). “Metal Forest” evokes a magical environment, and “Mona” is a more beat-driven downtempo extension of the same vibe. The second half of the album is all instrumentals, edits, and remixes of tracks from the first half, and they’re often way more club-friendly (“Tiers” is really the only straightforward dance track at the beginning). Orbital’s “Price We Pay” is swell but Giorgia Angiuli arguably does more with the song, stretches it out and takes it in a headier direction. Skream turns “The Bearer” into a tunneling pounder, while P41 and Octave One themselves leave much of the suspense in.
May 1, 2023 at 7:48 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Philip D Kick: Off World Tales
One of the originators of footwork jungle
completes a trilogy of EPs for Astrophonica which began in 2018. The seven tracks (plus one “party loop”) are tightly wound tricky rhythms precision engineered to elevate your mind and your body. “Predator” injects spikes of fear thanks to well-timed drum breaks and horror soundtrack strings. “Orbit” is the most junglistic track, and clearly my favorite. “Replicant” has shifting break patterns (half time? double time?) and bubbling acid synths, clearly evoking a sci-fi atmosphere while also showcasing the trippy qualities of the hybrid style. It’s credited as featuring Om Unit (PDK’s alter ego, or the other way around), and it has a bit of the flavor of his
Acid Dub Studies tracks. A lot of the shorter tracks on this release feel far more like DJ tools than fleshed out songs, but the heavier ones carry the bass weight.
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