Show #399 – 6/17/17

June 17, 2017 at 2:14 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Hour 1
2:00 am Goldie ~ “Still Life” ~ Timeless ~ FFRR ~ 1995
2:10 am Goldie ~ “Redemption” ~ The Journey Man (new) ~ Metalheadz/Cooking Vinyl ~ 2017
2:30 am Ellen Allien ~ “Physical” ~ Nost (new) ~ Bpitch Control ~ 2017
2:36 am Shigeto (local) ~ “Detroit Pt II (I94 Mix)” ~ 12″ (new) ~ Portage Garage Sounds ~ 2017
2:42 am Ekoplekz ~ “Slipstream” ~ Bioprodukt (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2017
2:47 am Hexagon ~ “Cerebral Trauma/Counter Utopia (excerpts)” ~ Counter Utopia (new) ~ Shipwrec ~ 2017
2:52 am Mukqs ~ “Neo-Venezia” ~ 11,666,666,666,666,666,666 (new) ~ Midwich Productions ~ 2017
Hour 2
2:59 am Mumdance & Logos ~ “FFS” ~ 12″ (new) ~ Different Circles ~ 2017
3:04 am Mvstermind ~ “Chinese Connection FDM” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Bandcamp ~ 2017
3:07 am DJ Haram ~ “Body Count” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Soundcloud ~ 2017
3:11 am Star Eyes ~ “Make Me” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Cybersonic ~ 2017
3:17 am Celyn June ~ “Veracity Scene” ~ mp3 (new) ~ W-I ~ 2017
3:21 am Pininga ~ “Arrocha Da Gloria” ~ Tormenta Hits Vol. 2 (new) ~ Tormenta ~ 2017
3:25 am DJ Sports ~ “For Real For You” ~ Modern Species (new) ~ Firecracker Recordings ~ 2017
3:32 am Rood Project ~ “Thunder” ~ Special Request: Fabriclive 91 ~ Fabric ~ 1994
3:37 am Date Palms ~ “Yuba Source Part II” (by request) ~ The Dusted Sessions ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2013
3:41 am Glenn Jones & Matthew Azevedo ~ “Across the Tappan Zee” ~ Waterworks (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2017
3:45 am Kikagaku Moyo ~ “Backlash” ~ Stone Garden (new) ~ Guruguru Brain ~ 2017
3:52 am Jefre Cantu-Ledesma ~ “Tenderness” ~ On the Echoing Green (new) ~ Mexican Summer ~ 2017
3:56 am The Field Mice ~ “Tilting At Windmills” ~ For Keeps ~ Sarah Records ~ 1991
Hour 3
4:01 am Saint Etienne ~ “Take It All In” ~ Home Counties (new) ~ Heavenly ~ 2017
4:04 am Grails ~ “Take Refuge” ~ Take Refuge in Clean Living ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2008
4:13 am Grails ~ “Belgian Wake-Up Drill” ~ Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 1, 2, & 3 ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2006
4:16 am Burning Spear ~ “Columbus Dub” ~ Living Dub Volume Two ~ Burning Music ~ 1980
4:19 am Geri Allen (local) ~ “Vertical Flowing” ~ Eyes… In the Back of Your Head ~ Blue Note ~ 1997
4:26 am Powerhouse Sound ~ “Exit-Salida (For Burning Spear)” ~ Oslo/Chicago: Breaks ~ Atavistic ~ 2007
4:34 am Yarn/Wire ~ “Music for Ensemble and Pitch Shifter/Delay (Tyondai Braxton)” ~ Currents Vol. 0 (new) ~ self-released ~ 2017
4:43 am Joseph Shabason ~ “Aytche” ~ Aytche (new) ~ Western Vinyl ~ 2017
4:47 am David Pritchard ~ “An Admission of Guilt” ~ Nocturnal Earthworm Stew ~ Artoffact ~ 1976
Hour 4
5:00 am Physical Therapy ~ “More Sugar” ~ More Sugar (new) ~ Sounds Of Beaubien Ouest ~ 2017
5:05 am Carl Craig (local) ~ “Domina” ~ Versus (new) ~ InFiné/Planet E ~ 2017
5:14 am Hear In Now ~ “Cultural Differences” ~ Not Living in Fear (new) ~ International Anthem ~ 2017
5:22 am Coldcut x On-U Sound feat. Hamsika Iyer ~ “Kajra Mohobbat Wala (Dub)” ~ Outside the Echo Chamber (new) ~ Ahead of Our Time ~ 2017
5:25 am Jib Kidder (local) ~ “06 DopR2RNAi;+” ~ New Works for Realistic Mixer ~ Care/Of Editions ~ 2016
5:29 am Com Truise ~ “When Will You Find the Limit…” ~ Iteration (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2017
5:35 am Ikonika ~ “Love Games” ~ Distractions (new) ~ Hyperdub ~ 2017
5:39 am Jlin ~ “Carbon 7 (161)” ~ Black Origami (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2017
5:43 am Wet Hair ~ “Revealed” ~ The Floating World (new) ~ Wharf Cat Records ~ 2017
5:48 am Slowdive ~ “Don’t Know Why” ~ Slowdive (new) ~ Dead Oceans ~ 2017
5:52 am TALsounds ~ “Grace” ~ Love Sick (new) ~ Ba Da Bing ~ 2017

Shigeto: Detroit Pt II 12″ single (Portage Garage Sounds, 2017)

June 16, 2017 at 9:41 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Shigeto: Detroit Pt II 12″ single

Local hero Shigeto started a new label called Portage Garage Sounds with his brother Ben Saginaw (of Ritual Howls). This is its first release, which was limited to 500 copies and is already completely sold out! Shigeto’s recent tracks have been way more club-friendly than the IDM/hip-hop hybrids he’s often known for, and this is an immersion into straght-up deep house. Warm keyboards, thumping beats, echo-covered tenor sax from Marcus Elliot, as well as softly spoken vocals which come back to the word “Detroit” (as does all modern dance music). The “I-94 Mix” on the B-side is more low-key, fixating on the groove, with just a bare amount of dubbed-out sax floating over the bumping beat. There’s reportedly more from Shigeto forthcoming in this vein, possibly on a label owned by a certain WCBN DJ (no, not me!).

Crush Collision 6/15/17

June 16, 2017 at 9:01 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:01 pm Mukqs ~ “Hashimoto-Appelbaum Syndrome”
10:12 pm Thee J Johanz ~ “Twice Upon a Time”
10:17 pm Rhys Celeste [R.I.P.] ~ “2016 Untitled 72”
10:21 pm Tudor Acid ~ “Foscle”
10:25 pm Erik Luebs ~ “Crashed”
10:32 pm Christian Piers ~ “Strain”
10:37 pm Angel Alanis & Maria Goetz ~ “LS Sugar”
10:41 pm Christophe ~ “Caravanarambar”
10:45 pm Watson ~ “Safari (Edit)”
10:51 pm Who Ha ~ “Iris”
10:55 pm Circular Vector Patterns ~ “Be”
Hour 2
11:02 pm Svreca & Retina.it ~ “Avenza”
11:08 pm Collin Strange ~ “Private Lives”
11:13 pm Jeran Portis ~ “Depersonalisation”
11:17 pm Ruff Stuff ~ “M.A.M.T”
11:23 pm em x cabesa ~ “chaggah (M)”
11:26 pm Jorek ~ “Back 2 the Future”
11:32 pm Michele Mininni ~ “Rave Oscillations”
11:38 pm Border One ~ “Despair”
11:42 pm Jonas Kopp ~ “Tuning Frequency”
11:47 pm Glaskin ~ “Structure”
11:53 pm Maral Salmassi & DFunc ~ “Pattern Abstraction (Inigo Kennedy Remix)”
11:58 pm Aphex Twin ~ “a2” ~ London 03.06.17

Show #398 – 6/10/17

June 10, 2017 at 2:26 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

2:01 am Com Truise ~ “Dryswch” ~ Iteration (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2017
2:06 am Graeme Miller & Steve Shill ~ “Travelling Theme” ~ The Moomins ~ Finders Keepers ~ 1983
2:08 am The Bad Examples ~ “Endlos Kurzer Sommer” ~ Profis Like Us ~ Ata Tak ~ 2002
2:14 am Ensemble ~ “Proposal 11” ~ Sketch Proposals ~ Rephlex ~ 2000
2:16 am Capitol K ~ “Capitol Beat Sticky” ~ Island Row ~ Planet Mu ~ 2000
2:21 am Hypo ~ “Texmex” ~ Kotva ~ Spymania ~ 2001
2:24 am Hop-Frog’s Drum Jester Devotional ~ “You Can’t Do That to Me, I’m An American (Nonsense Mix)” ~ Bets Ov V.1 ~ URCKarm Recordings ~ 2006
2:32 am Yann Novak “Surroundings” Surroundings (new) Line 2017
2:43 am The Freight Elevator Quartet ~ “Downtime Is Becoming Less Of An Option” ~ Becoming Transparent ~ Caipirinha Music ~ 2000
2:47 am Underground Resistance (local) ~ “Analog Assassin” ~ The Technanomicron Volume 1 ~ Third Earth Visual Arts ~ 2002
2:54 am Patrice Scott (local) ~ “Synchronicity” ~ Air Texture Volume V (new) ~ Air Texture ~ 2017
3:00 am Floating Points ~ “Lucerne Valley” ~ Reflections – Mojave Desert (new) ~ Luaka Bop ~ 2017
3:03 am Carmen Villain ~ “Planetarium (Gigi Masin Remix)” ~ Planetarium (new) ~ Smalltown Supersound ~ 2017
3:13 am 9T Antiope ~ “Telophase” ~ Isthmus (eilean 98) (new) ~ Eilean Rec. ~ 2017
3:23 am Leandro Fresco and Rafael Anton Irisarri ~ “Un Horizonte En Llamas” ~ La Equidistancia (new) ~ A Strangely Isolated Place ~ 2017
3:30 am Kyo ~ “Universal Audio” ~ I Musik (new) ~ Posh Isolation ~ 2017
3:36 am Monolog & Subheim ~ “Sumo Rimi” ~ Conviction (new) ~ Denovali ~ 2017
3:40 am $3.33 ~ “+” ~ Draft ~ Leaving Records ~ 2014
3:46 am Mark Dagley ~ “Paradoxa Emblemata – Untitled #6” ~ Collected Works 1978-2016 (new) ~ Feeding Tube/Negative Glam ~ 2017
3:48 am Aphex Twin ~ “B3” ~ London 03.06.17 (new) ~ Warp ~ 2017
3:51 am Rhys Celeste [R.I.P.] ~ “2016 Untitled 84” ~ Microlith (new) ~ Central Processing Unit ~ 2016
3:55 am Figure-Ground ~ “Bitterness” ~ Out of the Shadows (new) ~ Shadow Story ~ 2017
4:01 am Duran Duran Duran ~ “Drug Life” ~ Duran (new) ~ Power Vacuum ~ 2017
4:07 am Baconhanger ~ “Merciless” ~ Weirdcraft MMXVII (new) ~ Weirdcraft Youth Group ~ 2017
4:09 am Johnlukeirl ~ “Aim 4 Da Starz” ~ Vandalism (new) ~ Magical Properties ~ 2017
4:11 am Jlin ~ “Hatshepsut” ~ Black Origami (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2017
4:16 am Bok Bok ~ “Island Hopping” ~ Salvage 2017 (new) ~ Night Slugs ~ 2017
4:20 am Best Available Technology ~ “Session 9177” ~ Exposure Therapy (new) ~ Styles Upon Styles ~ 2017
4:22 am Trans Am ~ “Alles Verboten” ~ California Hotel (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2017
4:26 am Wet Hair ~ “Lift the Stone” ~ The Floating World (new) ~ Wharf Cat Records ~ 2017
4:30 am Matthewdavid’s Mindflight ~ “Super Blooming Always” ~ Springrain Flight (new) ~ Leaving Records ~ 2017
4:39 am Coldcut ~ “More Beats & Pieces (Beans & Pizzas Strictly Kid Teeba Jam)” ~ More Beats + Pieces ~ Ninja Tune ~ 1997
4:46 am Ennanga Vision ~ “Killing Ghosts” ~ Ennanga Vision (new) ~ Soundway ~ 2017
4:51 am Sylford Walker ~ “Deuteronomy” ~ Lamb’s Bread ~ Greensleeves ~ 1979
4:58 am Grails ~ “11th Hour” ~ Take Refuge in Clean Living ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2008
5:02 am Grails ~ “Black Tar Frequencies” ~ Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 1, 2, & 3 ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2006
5:07 am Swans ~ “The Man Who Refused To Be Unhappy” ~ Deliquescence (new) ~ Young God Records ~ 2017
5:17 am Swans ~ “Deliquescing” ~ Deliquescence (new) ~ Young God Records ~ 2017
5:27 am Claudio Simonetti ~ “Impending Danger – Stefano Rossello Remix” ~ Opera soundtrack (new) ~ Rustblade ~ 2017
5:32 am Christopher Willits ~ “Rotation” ~ Horizon (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2017
5:39 am Dynatron ~ “Aurora Nights” ~ Escape Velocity ~ Blood Music ~ 2012
5:46 am Dynatron ~ “The Outer Rims of Traversed Space” ~ Aeternus ~ Blood Music ~ 2015
5:51 am Carl Craig ~ “Technology” ~ Versus (new) ~ InFiné/Planet E ~ 2017

Graeme Miller & Steve Shill: The Moomins original soundtrack (Finders Keepers, 2016)

June 9, 2017 at 6:56 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Graeme Miller & Steve Shill: The Moomins original soundtrack

This is the previously unreleased soundtrack to what looks to be a very bizarre children’s television program from the early ’80s, involving a variety of felt creatures which look like hippos. The music was made in the U.K. by post-punk musicians experimenting with synthesizers and cheap instruments, and it’s as playful and creative as the program looks, but also a bit dark and sinister. The opening theme song is a nice jaunty little ocarina-driven number which will get stuck in your head, and you’ll probably be ok with that. “Travelling Theme” is a slower, dubby groove which isn’t too far from Adrian Sherwood. “Moomins Partytime” is suitably bubbly and gleeful, with more whistling melodies and lots of excited cheering. The album gets a lot darker after that, though; “Midwinter Rites” sounds like it’s some sort of evil ritual taking place in a cave filled with flesh-eating beasts (but it still sounds festive). “Comet Shadow” is five minutes of solemn skygazing. This is the type of curious retro-futuristic release which couldn’t have a better home on any other label than Finders Keepers, and it’s simply delightful.

Crush Collision 6/8/17

June 9, 2017 at 9:04 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:01 pm The Silent Ech0 (local) ~ LIVE DJ SET!!!
Hour 2
11:01 pm Lawrence Le Doux ~ “Hermanic Age”
11:07 pm Dauwd ~ “Glass Jelly”
11:11 pm Kevin Kendall ~ “When Can I See”
11:17 pm Tuccillo ~ “Renacer”
11:20 pm Reframe ~ “Bahama Ice Cream”
11:25 pm Mr. YT ~ “Reve”
11:31 pm Deep88 ~ “O-Ring”
11:35 pm Rudolf C ~ “No Fuss”
11:39 pm Bodeler ~ “Sampler 10 (Stefan Weise Remix)”
11:44 pm SMBD ~ “Backstreet”
11:47 pm The Crane ~ “Beamer”
11:51 pm Lord Raja ~ “O.K”
11:53 pm JaX Dax ~ “Machine Killer”
11:59 pm Vril ~ “Untitled”

Show #397 – 6/3/17

June 3, 2017 at 1:08 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Hour 1
2:01 am Swans ~ “Cloud of Forgetting” ~ Deliquescence (new) ~ Young God Records ~ 2017
2:16 am TALsounds ~ “My Side My Sign” ~ Love Sick (new) ~ Ba Da Bing ~ 2017
2:21 am Tiny Vipers ~ “Living on a Curve” ~ Laughter (new) ~ Ba Da Bing ~ 2017
2:31 am Klaus Schulze ~ “Eleven 2 Eleven” ~ Ballett 3 & 4 ~ MIG ~ 2000
2:38 am Floating Points ~ “Kites” ~ Reflections – Mojave Desert (new) ~ Luaka Bop ~ 2017
2:41 am Mark McGuire ~ “To Continue” ~ Ideas of Beginnings (new) ~ VDSQ ~ 2017
2:46 am Modern Cosmology ~ “C’est Le Vent” ~ Summer Long (new) ~ Elefant ~ 2017
2:50 am Hollie Cook ~ “Superdub” ~ 7″ (new) ~ Merge ~ 2017
2:54 am Mux Mool ~ “Six AM” ~ Implied Lines (new) ~ Young Heavy Souls ~ 2017
Hour 2
3:00 am Martin Rev ~ “Vision of Mari” ~ Demolition 9 (new) ~ Atlas Realisations ~ 2017
3:01 am Sad Lovers and Giants ~ “When I See You” ~ Where the Light Shines Through 1981-2017 ~ Cherry Red ~ 1981
3:04 am Best Exes (local) ~ “Weird Kinda Nice” ~ Cactus (new) ~ Palm Tapes ~ 2017
3:06 am G & Doro ~ “No Looking Back” ~ If I See You (new) ~ Palm Tapes ~ 2017
3:11 am Ikonika ~ “Lear” ~ Distractions (new) ~ Hyperdub ~ 2017
3:15 am Bass Cube ~ “Basswerk” ~ Bass Cube ~ Pandisc ~ 1993
3:20 am Kasper Bjørke Feat. Sisý Eý ~ “Apart (Michael Mayer Remix)” ~ Michael Mayer: DJ-Kicks ~ !K7 ~ 2014
3:28 am Underground Resistance (local) ~ “Inspiration” ~ 12″ ~ Underground Resistance ~ 2002
3:35 am The Martians (local) ~ “Sunchaser” ~ 12″ ~ Red Planet ~ 2005
3:44 am The Unknown Soldier (local) ~ “Hesitation” ~ Gone But Not Forgotten ~ Underground Resistance ~ 2003
3:50 am Channel One (local) ~ “Color Dubbing” ~ 12″ ~ Metroplex ~ 1986
3:53 am The Martian (local) ~ “Reclamation” ~ 12″ ~ Red Planet ~ 2010
3:57 am Dark Energy (local) ~ “Aurora” ~ Dark Paradise ~ Underground Resistance ~ 2002
Hour 3
4:03 am Underground Resistance (local) ~ “Silicon Saigon” ~ Ambush Redux ~ Underground Resistance ~ 2012
4:08 am Underground Resistance (local) ~ “Negative Evolution” ~ Interstellar Fugitives ~ Underground Resistance ~ 1998
4:13 am The Infiltrator (local) ~ “Fugitive From Tibet” ~ 12″ ~ Underground Resistance ~ 2006
4:16 am Proem ~ “Brixel” ~ Annexe: Cottage Industries 2 ~ Neo Ouija ~ 2002
4:21 am Otto Von Schirach ~ “Benedict Sinclair” ~ Well-Suited for General-Purpose Audio Work ~ Schematic ~ 2003
4:24 am Jlin ~ “Nandi” ~ Black Origami (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2017
4:29 am Tale of Us ~ “Destino” ~ Endless (new) ~ Deutsche Grammophon ~ 2017
4:37 am Pessimist ~ “Spirals” ~ Pessimist (new) ~ Blackest Ever Black ~ 2017
4:43 am Drew McDowall ~ “Habitat” ~ Unnatural Channel (new) ~ Dais ~ 2017
4:47 am Bombardier ~ “Hypnotic” ~ She EP (new) ~ Terra Null Recordings ~ 2017
4:52 am Jana Rush ~ “No Fuks Given” ~ Pariah (new) ~ Objects Limited ~ 2017
4:57 am Aaron Dilloway (local) ~ “Live At The No Fun Fest 2007” ~ Live At The No Fun Fest 2007 ~ No Fun Productions ~ 2007
Hour 4
5:13 am Diamanda Galás ~ “Pardon Me I’ve Got Someone to Kill” ~ All the Way (new) ~ Intravenal Sound Operations ~ 2017
5:18 am Emperor ~ “Cosmic Keys to My Creations & Times” ~ In the Nightside Eclipse ~ Candlelight/Spinefarm ~ 1994
5:24 am Dion Lunadon ~ “Insurance, Rent and Taxes” ~ Dion Lunadon (new) ~ Agitated ~ 2017
5:25 am Slum Village (local) ~ “I Don’t Know” ~ Fantastic Vol. 2 ~ Ne’astra ~ 1998
5:30 am Tobias Hellkvist ~ “Vesterhavet 1” ~ Vesterhavet (Extended) (new) ~ Home Normal ~ 2017
5:38 am Tobias Hellkvist ~ “Kaskelot (Chris Herbert Remix)” ~ Kaskelot: Reissue + Remixes (new) ~ Home Normal ~ 2017
5:44 am Sujo ~ “A Deeper Curse” ~ A Deeper Curse ~ Inam Records ~ 2013

Bext Exes: Cactus tape (Palm Tapes, 2017)

June 2, 2017 at 9:25 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Bext Exes: Cactus tape

Best Exes is a new group consisting of Jim Cherewick (Congress, Wicker Chairs), Erin Davis (Failed Flowers, Bad Indians), Maria Nuccilli (Deadbeat Beat, Outrageous Cherry), and Linda Jordan. The songs seem gentle and easygoing, but the lyrics can be pretty bitter, as they’re often about breakups and drinking. It’s kind of tense, but it’s relaxing and easy to listen to. Even at its most raucous (“Rock ‘N’ Roll Liquor Store”), it doesn’t seem abrasive or angsty. Fred Thomas recorded this and played bass on one song, and if you’re a fan of bands he’s recorded recently such as Rebel Kind and Bonny Doon, you’ll be all over this. Listen to the whole thing at Bandcamp, and purchase a tape via Palm Tapes.

Crush Collision 6/1/17

June 2, 2017 at 9:16 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:00 pm Greymatter ~ “Only a Fraction”
10:04 pm Laroze ~ “Loin Des Yeux (Andres Remix)”
10:08 pm Pascal Viscardi ~ “Mei’s Theme”
10:12 pm Mr. G ~ “Navigate”
10:17 pm Raam & Yourhighness ~ “Hadrian’s Villa”
10:21 pm Justin Cudmore ~ “Bagel (Bite Mix)”
10:26 pm T&P ~ “Hail Falls (Dark Sky Remix)”
10:31 pm Jacques Greene ~ “To Say”
10:34 pm Burnski ~ “Cosmic Warfare (Diego Krause Remix)”
10:37 pm Hans Berg ~ “Noll Koll”
10:41 pm Soramimi ~ “Pure Rubedo”
10:43 pm Caracoa ~ “A Call For Violence”
10:45 pm Ben Long ~ “Calling Broadsword (James Ruskin Remix)”
10:50 pm Deep’a & Biri ~ “OverDrum”
10:55 pm Dany Rodriguez ~ “D’story (Mark Broom Remix)”
10:57 pm Maelstrom ~ “Woman Training For a Republican Militia”
Hour 2
11:00 pm Agents of Time ~ “Era”
11:06 pm Ivvy ~ “Shape Speed”
11:10 pm Grimes Adhesif ~ “Ode to the Bus Conductor Hines”
11:14 pm TRP ~ “Service”
11:18 pm Yilan ~ “Sangoma”
11:22 pm Detroit’s Filthiest ~ “Up and Down (Instrumental)”
11:25 pm She’s Drunk ~ “Three Trees Text”
11:28 pm Stillhead ~ “Cheap Thrills”
11:32 pm Rico Casazza ~ “Jobsuck”
11:39 pm Marek Hemmann ~ “Mandrill”
11:43 pm m/s/o ~ “Shiny Flowers”
11:47 pm Steve Stoll ~ “Train of Thought”
11:52 pm Arctor ~ “PKD”
11:57 pm West Norwood Cassette Library ~ “Theme to Street Knowledge”

G & Doro: If I See You EP (Palm Tapes, 2017)

May 30, 2017 at 6:33 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

G & Doro: If I See You EP

Sweet dance-pop which sounds like it legitimately could’ve been huge circa 1991, when house had made a pretty substantial impact on mainstream pop music. Bright, slick, fresh synths and breakbeats, along with yearning, affectionate vocals from Dorothea Paas. Basically, this sounds like a bit of everything that was popular on MTV right before Nirvana and gangsta rap took over the pop music landscape. Think Soul II Soul, new jack swing, and not quite Mariah Carey but artists who were on the radio at that time but didn’t end up being megastars, like Cathy Dennis or Tara Kemp. Mind you, I’m not really crazy about any of that music, but these songs right here are quite good. “No Looking Back” is just a really sweet mix of lush synths and fluttering vocals (and bird chirps, also). “Something Real (Uncanny Mix)” has Amen breaks and pianos, but it builds a pop song over it, and it works fantastically. I feel like there’s a large amount of tape labels that have been trying to release material that’s nostalgic for this time period but haven’t really hit it out of the park like this tape does. Listen on Bandcamp, and purchase a tape directly from Palm Tapes.

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