Machine Girl: …Because I’m Young Arrogant And Hate Everything You Stand For tape (Orange Milk, 2017) + MRK90 Mix Vol. 1 tape (self-released, 2018)

April 14, 2018 at 8:12 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Machine Girl: …Because I’m Young Arrogant And Hate Everything You Stand For tape

Both of these have been out for a bit, and anyone who loves Machine Girl has heard them already, but I just recently copped them on cassette when MG played at Detroit’s El Club last month, so it’s worth posting a review of them. …Because I’m Young is a turning point in Machine Girl’s discography, transforming it from a gabber-juke mutant hybrid solo project into a proper band, translating the duo’s live show to audio. This is easily the closest I’ve heard anyone come to making something that sounds like Digital Hardcore Recordings, but updated for the current musical landscape, and 100% relevant. Highly aggressive without being cheesy, smashing anarchist punk and gabber and vaporwave together, sounding equally pissed off and bouncing-off-the-walls ecstatic. “Bullet Hell” is the pogo-friendly highlight, and the modem squeal in the middle is one of many things which pushes it over the top. The last track is called “It Takes A Nation Of Millenials To Destroy A Nation Of Millions…” and it’s an oddly uplifting evil happy hardcore pep talk. All of this breaks new ground and smashes down walls, and like tourmate/splitmate Five Star Hotel, Machine Girl somehow continually outdoes himself every single time.

Machine Girl: MRK90 Mix Vol. 1 tape

Since the proper album dropped last year, Machine Girl has also released a mixtape containing an hour-long barrage of unreleased tracks, bootleg remixes, stray ideas, and other ephemera. This one’s way more ravey than what Machine Girl currently plays live, and closer to some of his earlier releases, but still more of a DJ mix than a collection of tracks. It starts out close to breakbeat hardcore, with heavy, choppy breaks and Dizzee Rascal samples. It continues with fast 4/4 beats, sounding unusually straightforward for Machine Girl but still pretty fun. Then there’s a “nuclear apocalypse” bit which flips the switch into hard jungle. The second side continues the journey, delving into some bouncy juke, some acid, and some Missy Elliott samples. Then there’s an atmospheric jungle remix of Sade which has breakbeats just a little bit too mangled and shredded and current-sounding to sound like it wasn’t actually produced in 1995. The last few minutes are drum’n’bass bent slightly out of shape, with an odd time signature but a steady, propulsive drive. The mixtape overall seems a lot looser and less angsty and intense than most Machine Girl, perhaps making it more danceable or easier to put on as background music or something.

Show #438 – 4/14/18

April 14, 2018 at 6:15 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Hour 1
2:01 am various Indonesian musicians ~ “At the House of the Deceased” ~ The Gamelan of the Walking Warriors ~ Akuphone ~ 2011
2:08 am Will Long ~ “The Struggles, The Difficulties” ~ Long Trax 2 (new) ~ Smalltown Supersound ~ 2018
2:20 am Dumb Type ~ “Passport Control” ~ Atomic Weight ~ Iridium ~ 1996
2:30 am Klaus Schulze ~ “Andromeda-The Grand Trance” ~ Eternal. The 70th Birthday Edition ~ MIG ~ 2017
2:40 am Autechre ~ “debris_funk” ~ NTS Session 1 (new) ~ Warp ~ 2018
2:50 am Future Beat Alliance ~ “Eon Link 500” ~ Audio Photos ~ Delsin ~ 2000
2:57 am µ-Ziq ~ “Inclement” ~ Challenge Me Foolish ~ Planet Mu ~ 1999
Hour 2
3:01 am Dax J ~ “1001 Amen Nights” ~ Offending Public Morality (new) ~ Monnom Black ~ 2018
3:05 am Martez Claybren (local) ~ “Research Chemicals” ~ Raised In The Jungle (new) ~ 777 ~ 2017
3:07 am Tarmvred ~ “Subfusc Part 05:0918.00” ~ Subfusc ~ Ad Noiseam ~ 2001
3:16 am Techno Animal ~ “Toxicity” ~ Radio Hades ~ Position Chrome ~ 1998
3:21 am JK Flesh ~ “Thimerosal” ~ Suicide Estate ~ Hospital Productions ~ 2016
3:29 am Pan Sonic ~ “Johto 2” ~ A ~ Blast First/Mute ~ 1999
3:33 am Alva Noto ~ “m 07” ~ Transform ~ Mille Plateaux ~ 2001
3:38 am Daniel Avery ~ “Clear” ~ Song for Alpha (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
3:44 am Marco Bailey ~ “Ryoko” ~ Temper (new) ~ Materia Music ~ 2017
3:49 am Rødhåd ~ “Awash” ~ Anxious (new) ~ Dystopian ~ 2017
3:54 am KiNK ~“Peter Plet Plete” ~ Playground (new) ~ Running Back ~ 2017
Hour 3
4:00 am Aera ~ “May Your Heartflame Continue” ~ The Sound Path (new) ~ Permanent Vacation ~ 2018
4:05 am Drexciya (local) ~ “Dr. Blowfin’s Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres” ~ DJ Stingray: Kern Vol. 4 ~ Tresor ~ 2002
4:08 am Holy Goof ~ “Eyes On You (VIP)” ~ Fabriclive 97 (new) ~ Fabric ~ 2018
4:11 am Bong-Ra Vs. The DJ Producer ~ “Glowstyx Bangface VIP” ~ Bangface – Neo-Rave Armageddon ~ Bangface ~ 2013
4:16 am DJ Taye feat. UNIIQU3 ~ “Gimme Some Mo” ~ Still Trippin’ (new) ~ Hyperdub ~ 2018
4:21 am Última Emoción ~ “Sentir Tu Cuerpo” ~ Interferencias Vol. 1 – Spanish Synth Wave 1980-1989 ~ Munster Records ~ 1983
4:26 am Chris Carter ~ “Noise Floor” ~ Chemistry Lessons Volume One (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
4:28 am Byron Metcalf & Jennifer Grais ~ “Song for Solo” ~ They Were Here (new) ~ Dr Bam’s Music ~ 2018
4:36 am Chome Sparks feat. Angelica Bess (local) ~ “All or Nothing” ~ Chrome Sparks (new) ~ Counter Records ~ 2018
4:40 am Kasbo ~ “Snow In Gothenburg” ~ Places We Don’t Know (new) ~ Counter Records ~ 2018
4:43 am River Spirit (local) ~ “Set Alight” ~ EP 2 (new) ~ Atonuv ~ 2018
4:47 am Tomorrowland (local) ~ “Catalyst” ~ Anemone ~ Red Antenna ~ 2003
4:52 am Applesauce Tears ~ “A Soft Yet Angry Mouth” ~ Pastoral (new) ~ Black Cottage ~ 2018
4:57 am Khruangbin ~ “August 10” ~ Con Todo El Mundo (new) ~ Dead Oceans ~ 2018
Hour 4
5:02 am I Marc 4 ~ “Berkey 70” ~ Nelson Psychout ~ Vampisoul ~ 1970
5:04 am Ghostface Killah & Apollo Brown feat. Cappadonna ~ “The Center of Attraction” ~ The Brown Tape ~ Mello Music Group ~ 2013
5:07 am Dr. Octagon ~ “Aviator Hype” ~ Moosebumps: An Exploration into Modern Day Horripilation (new) ~ Bulk ~ 2018
5:10 am Czarface & MF Doom ~ “Don’t Spoil It” ~ Czarface Meets Metal Face (new) ~ Silver Age ~ 2018
5:12 am Yo La Tengo ~ “What Chance Have I Got” ~ There’s a Riot Going On (new) ~ Matador ~ 2018
5:15 am Guided By Voices ~ “Daily Get-Ups” ~ Space Gun (new) ~ GBV Inc. ~ 2018
5:16 am Uranium Club ~ “Lottery” ~ Live For The Very First Time (In Italy) (new) ~ Castle Face ~ 2017
5:18 am Bush Tetras ~ “Mouse” ~ Take the Fall (new) ~ Wharf Cat Records ~ 2018
5:19 am Wrekmeister Harmonies ~ “Covered In Blood From Invisible Wounds” ~ The Alone Rush (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2018
5:24 am Mind Over Mirrors ~ “Oculate Beings” ~ Bellowing Sun (new) ~ Paradise of Bachelors ~ 2018
5:31 am Whetzel ~ “Orcas Playtime” ~ Slow Waves (new) ~ self-released ~ 2018
5:37 am Goldmund ~ “Turns” ~ Occasus (new) ~ Western Vinyl ~ 2018
5:39 am Seth Graham ~ “Mas Que Fin” ~ Gasp (new) ~ Orange Milk ~ 2018
5:42 am Joan Bibiloni ~ “Sa Fosca” ~ Music from Memory Compiled by Chee Shimizu ~ Music from Memory ~ 1989
5:49 am Soft As Snow ~ “Deep Wave” ~ Deep Wave (new) ~ Houndstooth ~ 2018
5:54 am Mint Field ~ “Ciudad Satélite” ~ Pasar De Las Luces (new) ~ Innovative Leisure ~ 2018

Bangface Weekender 2018 + Iceland trip

April 9, 2018 at 1:41 am | Posted in Bangface, Photos | Leave a comment

I flew out to England for this year’s Bangface Weekender festival, because some of my friends were going and I kept seeing the lineups every year and saying I’d go someday. So I finally did, and it had its ups and downs. The music itself was mostly incredible, the soundsystems were top notch, the visuals were crazy, and there were people playing from early afternoon until late at night on most days. However, Dillinja and A Guy Called Gerald didn’t play, which was a bummer, and the location itself was kind of a hellhole. It takes place at some cheap family resort that I can’t imagine anyone would actually want to take their family to, and it was cold and wet because it was in the middle of March. British food is notoriously disgusting, and being a vegetarian, I basically had to live on chips (fries) and Pop Tarts and candy. But it was fun, it definitely felt like a once in a lifetime experience. I probably won’t go back to this festival but I do want to come back to England as soon as possible, and explore some of the cities this time. After England I flew to Reykjavik with some friends, which was truly wonderful. Very expensive, but everything I saw was gorgeous. The city itself isn’t that big but there still wasn’t enough time to explore everything. We did get to go on a guided tour and see some nature. Of course it was very cold but there were some beautiful sights to see.

Thursday, March 15, 2018

loading up on krónur (pictured here) and pounds for the trip


Moroccan breakfast at the London airport (by far the best meal I ate in England)


flying over England


Manchester train station


arriving at the chalet at Pontins Southport

Friday, March 16, 2018

Ainsdale train station


cycle cafe


Bar Mio


downtown Ainsdale


not actually a coffee shop but the artist entrance building


entrance to the main venue building


Gabba the Hutt


convenience store mostly filled with candy, toys, and unbelievably gross-looking food products


giant toy synth (partially functional)


Northern Hard Crew showcase at the Queen Vic room


Bang Shop


Acid in Wonderland


mini golf course at Pontins


outside the chalet


outside the swimming pool and TV studio


I took a step outside the madness and walked out to the beach which was right near the Pontins. This was easily one of the best parts of the trip, and if it wasn’t so cold I would’ve spent a lot more time out here. I walked pretty far in and didn’t seem to come close to the actual shore.

abandoned house near the beach


























Ok, back inside for the opening ceremony in the main room

inside the Chinstroke TV studio


main room just starting to fill up


dinos in the crowd



opening ceremony








Altern-8


yes, Napalm Death played at a rave, and it went over really well


sparkly raver and skeleton


the soundsystem in the Face Room


skeleton ravers


Current Value


Lenny Dee & ISR, and a giant beachball about to hit me


Industrial Strength Records flag



Lenny Dee & ISR


inflatable city during Hellfish’s 5AM set


Hellfish

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Aphex Bugs warning children about the unsteady ground


go-karts


afternoon hula raver


Calum Gunn @ Algorave


Chemical Adam @ Algorave


empty dancefloor of the just-opened main room


Slugabed


Spinscott (live jungle MPC choppage)


Ceephax Acid Crew


ravehammer


Helena Hauff


Helena Hauff



Champion


Ben Sims


shark and light suits during Friction’s set


palm tree lasers


End.user


Somatic Responses


Somatic Responses


The DJ Producer

Sunday, March 18, 2018

soundsystem in the main room


Posthuman


Posthuman


I’m not sure if 2 Bad Mice actually played but this mascot of sorts was there


Barrington (in the oldskool jungle soundclash room)


light hula raver


Liquid


someone on Bangface staff must be from Detroit because Breakcore Pancakes is totally a Detroit thing


Speedy J

Monday, March 19, 2018
This was a travel day. We checked out of the chalet, and myself and three friends flew to Iceland and checked into an Airbnb in Reykjavik.

cleaning up the chalet



checking out


waiting for the train


Southport train station


“Way out”


Westhoughton train station


comic mural in Reykjavik airport


giant puffin crashing through the baggage claim area


exchange rates


downtown Reykjavik


ice cream vikings


after-dinner group photo

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

view from our Airbnb


art at the cafe downstairs from our Airbnb


downtown Reykjavik


clothing store w/ a cat logo


communal nachos


incredibly good veggie burger (which was called the “meat lovers” burger)



Arcade & Toy Museum which we didn’t go into


desserts at a random coffee shop


the basement of 12 Tónar


12 Tónar


street art


street art


downtown Reykjavik


street art


Lucky Records


Lucky Records


Lucky Records


Lucky Records


Lucky Records


polar bears


downtown Reykjavik


Harpa concert hall


viking ship sculpture?


inside the Airbnb


inside the Airbnb

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
We went on a guided tour outside of the city and visited some nature trails, geysers, and waterfalls.


















directly following a geyser burst






nature does not care for your money










pizza with rocket (arugula) and potatoes


Mikkeller & Friends (where we had pizza)

Thursday, March 22, 2018
This was the day we flew back to the States. It also happened to be the only sunny day when we were in Reykjavik. We took one last drive through downtown and then went back to the airport.

view from the Airbnb


view from the Airbnb


flower planting in downtown Reykjavik


one last look at downtown Reykjavik


checking in and getting through security was not easy or fun


Omnom Chocolate


stained glass at airport


Reykjavik airport


Think twice, you’re sweet enough

Show #437 – 4/7/18

April 7, 2018 at 3:37 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Hour 1
2:00 am Mind Over Mirrors ~ “Matchstick Grip” ~ Bellowing Sun (new) ~ Paradise of Bachelors ~ 2018
2:09 am Steve Roach ~ “Full Moon Prophecy” ~ The Lost Pieces ~ Projekt ~ 1993
2:19 am Drew McDowall & Hiro Kone ~ “Bright Kiss of Fire” ~ The Ghost of Georges Bataille (new) ~ BANK Records NYC ~ 2018
2:25 am Whetzel ~ “Slow Waves” ~ Slow Waves (new) ~ self-released ~ 2018
2:37 am Second Storey ~ “Bassday” ~ Hound5tooth Five Years (new) ~ Houndstooth ~ 2018
2:42 am Ved Skyka ~ “Warrior (Somatic Responses Extramix)” ~ Warrior EP (new) ~ Bandcamp ~ 2018
2:49 am Mantra ~ “Nocturne” ~ The Fifth Column (new) ~ RuptureLDN ~ 2018
2:56 am EDMX ~ “Original Rubadub Style” ~ Bangface – Neo-Rave Armageddon ~ Bangface ~ 2013
Hour 2
3:02 am µ-Ziq ft. Kazumi ~ “Lexicon” ~ Challenge Me Foolish ~ Planet Mu ~ 1999
3:05 am Kid Spatula ~ “Jackal” ~ Meast ~ Planet Mu ~ 1998
3:10 am µ-Ziq ~ “Die Tomorrow” ~ Aberystwyth Marine ~ Planet Mu ~ 1998
3:13 am Kid Spatula ~ “Hard Love” ~ Full Sunken Breaks ~ Planet Mu ~ 1999
3:19 am tchan (local) ~ “track 27” ~ Footwork To You Fallout Mixtape (new) ~ cdr ~ 2018
3:23 am DJ Taye feat. DJ Paypal ~ “Truu” ~ Still Trippin’ (new) ~ Hyperdub ~ 2018
3:27 am Phase Fatale ~ “Redeemer” ~ Redeemer (new) ~ Hospital Productions ~ 2017
3:33 am Daniel Avery ~ “Citizen // Nowhere” ~ Song for Alpha (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
3:37 am Aviador Dro ~ “Varsovia en llamas” ~ Interferencias Vol. 1 – Spanish Synth Wave 1980-1989 ~ Munster Records ~ 1982
3:40 am Chris Carter ~ “Durlin” ~ Chemistry Lessons Volume One (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
3:43 am Leyland Kirby ~ “Trevor1Trevor2” ~ Lessons (new) ~ Front and Follow ~ 2017
3:49 am Seth Graham ~ “Flower Cheese” ~ Gasp (new) ~ Orange Milk ~ 2018
3:52 am Asmus Tietchens ~ “Vektor 7R” ~ Parergon ~ Stille Andacht ~ 2016
3:56 am Wrekmeister Harmonies ~ “Descent Into Blindness” ~ The Alone Rush (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2018
Hour 3
4:00 am Dr. Octagon ~ “halfsharkalligatorhalfman” ~ Dr. Octagonecologyst ~ Bulk/Dreamworks ~ 1996
4:05 am Dr. Octagon ~ “Hollywood Tailswinging” ~ Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation (new) ~ Bulk ~ 2018
4:08 am Czarface/MF Doom feat. Open Mike Eagle ~ “Phantoms” ~ Czarface Meets Metal Face (new) ~ Silver Age ~ 2018
4:13 am Dabrye feat. Intricate Dialect, Kadence, and Silas Green (local) ~ “Culture Shuffle” ~ Three/Three (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2018
4:17 am Cut Chemist feat. Myka 9 & Deantoni Parks ~ “Die Cut (Wrap)” ~ Die Cut (new) ~ A Stable Sound ~ 2018
4:22 am River Spirit (local) ~ “Winter Song” ~ EP 2 (new) ~ Atonuv ~ 2018
4:25 am Professor Rhythm ~ “Don’t Say You Love Me” ~ Bafana Bafana ~ Awesome Tapes from Africa ~ 1995
4:30 am Tony Buck ~ “Unearth” ~ Unearth (new) ~ Room40 ~ 2017
4:38 am Makeness ~ “Our Embrace” ~ Loud Patterns (new) ~ Secretly Canadian ~ 2018
4:42 am Shark Toys ~ “In Between” ~ Labyrinths (new) ~ In The Red ~ 2018
4:44 am Bambara ~ “Monument” ~ Shadow On Everything (new) ~ Wharf Cat ~ 2018
4:48 am Mount Eerie ~ “Now Only” ~ Now Only (new) ~ P.W. Elverum & Sun ~ 2018
4:54 am Art Paul Schlosser with Stephanie Rearick ~ “You Make Me Smile” ~ We Duet Right (new) ~ self-released ~ 2018
4:56 am Art Paul Schlosser with Simon Schlosser ~ “A Snake with a Stomach Ache (Live)” ~ Eye Want 2 Bee Viral (new) ~ self-released ~ 2018
4:57 am Art Paul Schlosser ~ “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” ~ The Best of Art Paul Schlosser ~ self-released ~ 1999
Hour 4
5:00 am Robert Alberg ~ “I Been Single All My Life” ~ Robert Alberg ~ RMA Records ~ 2001
5:04 am Platonic Boyfriends (local) ~ “Old McDonald” ~ Pee On These Hands (new) ~ self-released ~ 2018
5:05 am Guided by Voices ~ “King Flute” ~ Space Gun (new) ~ GBV Inc. ~ 2018
5:06 am Brief Candles ~ “Retreater” ~ Retreater (new) ~ self-released ~ 2017
5:11 am Triptides ~ “When Will I See You Again” ~ Visitors (new) ~ Requiem Pour Un Twister ~ 2018
5:13 am Ed Schrader’s Music Beat ~ “Wave to the Water” ~ Riddles (new) ~ Carpark ~ 2018
5:15 am Yo La Tengo ~ “Ashes” ~ There’s a Riot Going On (new) ~ Matador ~ 2018
5:19 am Michael Shelley ~ “Late Night B and E” ~ Jimmy’s Corner (new) ~ Confidential Recordings ~ 2018
5:20 am Sun Ra ~ “I’m Gonna Unmask the Batman” ~ Of Abstract Dreams ~ Strut/Art Yard ~ 1975
5:26 am Dan Weiss ~ “A Puncher’s Chance” ~ Starebaby (new) ~ Pi Recordings ~ 2018
5:30 am Robert Diack ~ “Sap” ~ Lost Villages (new) ~ self-released ~ 2018
5:38 am Khruangbin ~ “Evan Finds the Third Room” ~ Con Todo El Mundo (new) ~ Dead Oceans ~ 2018
5:43 am I Marc 4 ~ “Deep Bass” ~ Nelson Psychout ~ Vampisoul ~ 1970
5:46 am Art Zoyd ~ “Cryogenese Rêve Artificiel” ~ 44 1/2: Live and Unreleased Works ~ Cuneiform ~ 1985

Whetzel: Slow Waves (self-released, 2018)

April 6, 2018 at 8:02 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Whetzel: Slow Waves

Genre-evasive multi-instrumentalist James Whetzel ventures into ambient music with this extremely slow-moving CD. It’s not just typical chill-out music, however; as the liner notes explain, Whetzel tried to make music so slow it would freeze time. Instead of being some sort of glacial dark ambient release, however, this is still clearly meant for relaxation, and it feels warm and earthy rather than dead frozen and arctic. The title track claims to be only 4 BPM, but that’s because the percussive thumps are separated by lengthy gaps. The ethereal guitars seem to be floating by at a faster rate. And even though the songs are all set at slow tempos (with 57 BPM being the ceiling), many of them are subtly tucked into unconventional time signatures. If they were fast, they might seem complex, but here they’re completely unwound, so they’re utterly soothing. As with much of Whetzel’s work, organic instrumentation seems to take precedence over electronics, although there are some synthesizers swells. The guitars often evoke Kranky artists such as Windy & Carl or Labradford. “Ole’s Dream” is probably the strangest, trippiest track here, due to its constant backwards effects — and somehow it’s one of the two tracks listed as being in 4/4 time. A pretty unique approach to ambient music, and yes, it is very relaxing.

Shark Toys: Labyrinths (In The Red, 2018)

April 6, 2018 at 7:15 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Shark Toys: Labyrinths

L.A.’s Shark Toys make their In The Red debut with this appropriately direct and scorching full-length. For much of the album, the group bash out one-two rhythms, repeat a few wiry riffs, and howl out lyrics in a high register, then stop on a dime after a minute or two. That’s not all the band does, however, and as basic as they might seem on the surface, they’re not formulaic. Following a breakneck cover of Mission of Burma’s “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate”, the group offer a response called “No Escape” which bluntly repeats “I want you to know that the end is near” along with suffocating guitars and showers of sax from Mikal Cronin. While that song pushes into a greater intensity level than the rest of the album, the other songs are still pretty wired, and they also tend to bleat out expressions of frustration, confusion, and feeling trapped. Cronin pops in for some more jolts of sax voltage, with “Jazz Suss” ending the album in a near-eruption, and there’s a little bit of abstract synth trickery on tracks like “Three Dogs”. It all pounds, and if you’re into Tyvek, or any other similar bands on ITR, you will be all over this.

Professor Rhythm: Bafana Bafana (circa 1995, reissued by Awesome Tapes From Africa in 2017)

April 6, 2018 at 6:32 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Professor Rhythm: Bafana Bafana

Thami Mdluli is a highly successful South African producer often associated with the style of African pop known as bubblegum, which was popular in the 1980s. Eventually his fans demanded that he started making instrumental recordings, so he adopted the pseudonym Professor Rhythm and began making electronic dance music which bore striking similarities to the then-developing house and garage genres. This is a reissue of a cassette from sometime during the ’90s, and like other period releases that ATFA has reissued, it’s another fascinating merge of then-up-to-date technology with African pop traditions. Actually, this release is far more focused on electronic rhythms, and while there are vocals, there aren’t full verses, and they’re mostly sung in English. The songs are a little bit slower than most house music, potentially drawing comparisons to Belgian new beat, but there’s much more of a rich, bouncy, sensuous sound to these productions, with lots of garage-ish bass tones. The lyrics, as minimal as they are, to tracks like “Leave Me Alone” and “Release Me” point to being trapped in a relationship, or at least infatuation. The vocals alternate between full-bodied diva wails common to the most club-friendly house music and more restrained male vocals. All of the songs are 4 minutes long, and while they all sound pretty similar, they’re all equally effective ass-shakers.

Show #436 – 3/31/18

March 31, 2018 at 2:59 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

2:00 am Sun Ra ~ “I’ll Wait For You” ~ Of Abstract Dreams ~ Strut/Art Yard ~ 1975
2:13 am Stereolab ~ “Les Yper Yper Sound” ~ Oscillons From The Anti-Sun ~ Too Pure ~ 1996
2:19 am E-Saggila ~ “Carbon Snare” ~ Physically Sick 2 (new) ~ Allergy Season ~ 2018
2:24 am Ben Frost ~ “An Empty Vessel To Flood” ~ All That You Love Will Be EVISCERATED (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
2:28 am Hakobune ~ “I” ~ Parhelion (new) ~ Constellation Tatsu ~ 2018
2:37 am Longmont Potion Castle ~ “LPC 15 Medley” ~ LPC 15 (new) ~ D.U. Records ~ 2018
2:48 am Neil Hamburger ~ “Hijinx” ~ Great Phone Calls ~ Amarillo Records ~ 1992
2:52 am River Spirit (local) ~ “Dime” ~ EP 2 (new) ~ Atonuv ~ 2018
2:56 am Rose ~ “Seasalt” ~ Transference (new) ~ Constellation Tatsu ~ 2018
3:00 am Lost Girls ~ “Drive” ~ Feeling (new) ~ Smalltown Supersound ~ 2018
3:13 am Celer + Forest Management ~ “Embera” ~ Landmarks (new) ~ Constellation Tatsu ~ 2018
3:18 am memorygarden禅 ~ “ブルーSky” ~ districtアトランティス (new) ~ Constellation Tatsu ~ 2018
3:21 am Steve Reich/International Contemporary Ensemble ~ “Pulse” ~ Pulse/Quartet (new) ~ Nonesuch ~ 2018
3:36 am Arthur King & the Night Sea ~ “Lo” ~ Unknown Movie Night: Pi (new) ~ Dangerbird Records ~ 2018
3:44 am Ross From Friends ~ “John Cage (Edit)” ~ Aphelion (new) ~ Brainfeeder ~ 2018
3:48 am Blawan ~ “North” ~ Wet Will Always Dry (new) ~ Ternesc ~ 2018
3:54 am Oli XL ~ “Stress Junkie” ~ single (new) ~ W – I ~ 2018
4:00 am Flame 1 [Burial + the Bug] ~ “Shrine” ~ 12″ (new) ~ Pressure ~ 2018
4:05 am Daniel Avery ~ “Projector” ~ Song For Alpha (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
4:10 am James Holden & the Animal Spirits ~ “The Neverending” ~ The Animal Spirits (new) ~ Border Community ~ 2017
4:14 am Chris Carter ~ “Post Industrial” ~ Chemistry Lessons Volume One (new) ~ Mute ~ 2018
4:17 am The Alkaloids ~ “Strychnine Vs Morphine” ~ Entertaining the Invalid (new) ~ Hot Air ~ 2017
4:20 am Brockmann // Bargmann ~ “Muezzin” ~ Licht (new) ~ Bureau B ~ 2017
4:23 am Diseño Corbusier ~ “Golpe de Amistad” ~ Interferencias Vol. 1 – Spanish Synth Wave 1980-1989 ~ Munster Records ~ 1986
4:28 am Asmus Tietchens ~ “Zweiter Nachtschatten” ~ Dämmerattacke ~ Klanggalerie ~ 1997
4:34 am Hellfish ~ “Bangface Time” ~ Bangface – Neo-Rave Armageddon ~ Bangface ~ 2013
4:39 am DJ Taye feat. DJ Manny ~ “The Matrixx” ~ Still Trippin’ (new) ~ Hyperdub ~ 2018
4:42 am East Man & Killa P ~ “Mission” ~ Red, White & Zero (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2018
4:46 am Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie ~ “Just Rhymin’ With Biz” ~ Long Live the Kane ~ Cold Chillin’ ~ 1988
4:50 am Czarface & MF Doom ~ “Captain Brunch” ~ Czarface Meets Metal Face (new) ~ Silver Age ~ 2018
4:52 am Seth Graham ~ “Whisper – Slap” ~ Gasp (new) ~ Orange Milk ~ 2018
4:55 am Hawthonn ~ “Misandrist” ~ Red Goddess (of This Men Shall Know Nothing) (new) ~ Ba Da Bing ~ 2018
5:00 am Dan Weiss ~ “Veiled” ~ Starebaby (new) ~ Pi Recordings ~ 2018
5:04 am The Skull Defekts ~ “A Message From The Skull Defekts” ~ The Skull Defekts (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2018
5:09 am Brief Candles ~ “Tiramisu” ~ Retreater (new) ~ self-released ~ 2017
5:13 am Bonny Doon (local) ~ “Where Do You Go?” ~ Longwave (new) ~ Woodsist ~ 2018
5:15 am Mount Eerie ~ “Earth” ~ Now Only (new) ~ P.W. Elverum & Sun ~ 2018
5:21 am Ralph White and Steve Marsh ~ “Over the Ledge” ~ Two Distinguished Gentlemen (new) ~ Self Sabotage ~ 2018
5:29 am Astrïd & Rachel Grimes ~ “M1” ~ Through the Sparkle (new) ~ Gizeh ~ 2017
5:35 am Frankie Cosmos ~ “Apathy” ~ Vessel (new) ~ Sub Pop ~ 2018
5:38 am Zaius ~ “Annica” ~ Of Adoration (new) ~ Prosthetic Records ~ 2017
5:43 am Guided by Voices ~ “See My Field” ~ Space Gun (new) ~ GBV Inc. ~ 2018
5:46 am Mint Field ~ “Quiero Otoño De Nuevo” ~ Pasar De Las Luces (new) ~ Innovative Leisure ~ 2018
5:50 am Khruangbin ~ “Maria También” ~ Con Todo El Mundo (new) ~ Dead Oceans ~ 2018
5:53 am Tal National ~ “Pama” ~ Tantabara (new) ~ Fatcat Records ~ 2018

Crush Collision 3/29/18

March 30, 2018 at 12:06 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:00 pm Spirro ~ “Ma-Hero (Dub)”
10:04 pm Principleasure ~ “Komply”
10:07 pm Marcus Marr ~ “High Times”
10:13 pm Will Long ~ “We Tend To Forget”
10:21 pm Throwing Shade ~ “Floors”
10:26 pm Nathan Fake ~ “Cloudswept”
10:32 pm Pional ~ “Tempest”
10:38 pm Night Christ ~ “Conversation Policy (Illum Sphere Instrumental Remix)”
10:42 pm Pursuit Grooves ~ “Stitch Heal Recover”
10:46 pm Professor Rhythm ~ “Zama Zama”
10:50 pm Jade Wells ~ “Staring at the Sun”
10:55 pm The Astral Walkers ~ “Passage”
Hour 2
11:04 pm The Mole ~ “One-Sided Fool”
11:08 pm George FitzGerald ~ “The Echo Forgets”
11:11 pm Chromatics ~ “Nite (Instrumental)”
11:14 pm Bézier ~ “Téléconférence”
11:19 pm TML ~ “RHU (Justin Cudmore Remix)”
11:25 pm Benny Rodrigues ~ “Cocaine Speaking (Alden Tyrell Remix)”
11:29 pm Peggy Gou ~ “Hundres Times”
11:35 pm Population One ~ “Cosmic Drill (Remixed)”
11:38 pm Hieroglyphic Being ~ “Video Jazz”
11:42 pm Elmo Crumb ~ “I’m Still Dizzy”
11:50 pm Hugo Massien ~ “Andromeda Signal”
11:55 pm Jerome Hill ~ “Weird Language”

River Spirit: EP 2 tape (Atonuv, 2018)

March 29, 2018 at 7:53 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

River Spirit: EP 2 tape

Detroit trio River Spirit play a gently abstract form of experimental pop, highlighted by Vanessa Reynolds’ vocals, which constantly twist like vines. Their songs seem a bit tense, certainly affected by the frustrations of the world as well as personal isolation, but they’re ultimately strong, uplifting and vibrant. This EP is more electronic than their first one, and the languid but tricky beats and dreamy atmospheres elevate their songs into a strange yet warm and comforting space. The short EP goes by quickly, and all of it sounds wonderful, but they save the best song for last. “Dime” has sluggish trip-hop beats and the right amount of heavenly echo on the vocals, not to mention some big, bulging bass tones. This is a song I’m finding myself hitting rewind on (literally, since it’s a tape). Hear for yourself at Bandcamp.

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