Staring Problem “Ghost” b/w “Lifelines” 7″ (Modern Tapes, 2016)

February 25, 2017 at 12:47 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Staring Problem: "Ghost" b/w "Lifelines" 7"

Staring Problem: “Ghost” b/w “Lifelines” 7″

This Chicago-based group were one of the biggest surprises for me at Barely Human Fest. I hadn’t heard of them at all, but they’ve been around for a while and have released a few tapes and 7″s already. Really hypnotic, dreamy post-punk which just hits the spot. This single came out a few months ago, and it’s two of their more uptempo tracks. Dark and driving but not super gloomy. Vocals are pretty distant and ghostly (fittingly enough), and the bass guitar is strong and upfront. Pretty straightforward but it does its thing really well. I think the B-side might be the winner here, but they’re both excellent. Listen/buy on Bandcamp.

Dregs One & Brycon: Invasion of the City Snatchers (Gurp City, 2016/Megakut Records, 2017)

February 25, 2017 at 12:32 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Dregs One & Brycon: Invasion of the City Snatchers (Gurp City, 2016/Megakut Records, 2017)

Dregs One & Brycon: Invasion of the City Snatchers (Gurp City, 2016/Megakut Records, 2017)

Powerful, highly focused album from a San Franciscan hip-hop duo. They waste no time on this brief, potent album; every song and interlude offers profound insight on inner city struggles, racist cops, and people from the outside who could do something to help, but don’t. It’s straight-to-the-point and truthful, but it’s not imposingly serious or angry, or pointing fingers. It’s still hopeful (especially on tracks like “Say a Prayer”) and they still seem intent on creating songs that are easy to vibe to. Musically, it stays true to the golden era — jazzy loops, breakbeats, smooth flows, sharp lyrics. It’s refreshingly gritty and unpolished rather than commercial-sounding or trendy. Near the end of the album is “A San Franciscan Eulogy”, an a capella freestyle poem performed live on the streets, backed only by turbulent wind and clanking bottles. Listen now on Bandcamp.

Show #383 – 2/25/17

February 25, 2017 at 11:50 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

2:02 am Mind Over Mirrors ~ “Splintering” ~ Undying Color (new) ~ Paradise of Bachelors ~ 2017
2:08 am Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren ~ “The Lights Of Lakhkolampi Pass By” ~ We Never Came to the White Sea (new) ~ Spotted Peccary ~ 2017
2:14 am Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society ~ “Ride Under Trees” ~ Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society (new) ~ Six Degrees ~ 2017
2:20 am Noveller ~ “A Pink Sunset for No One” ~ A Pink Sunset for No One (new) ~ Fire ~ 2017
2:24 am Bing & Ruth ~ “Form Takes” ~ No Home of the Mind (new) ~ 4AD ~ 2017
2:32 am øjeRum ~ “Væv” ~ Væv (eilean 54) (new) ~ Eilean Rec. ~ 2016
2:39 am Eric Arn ~ “The Lure of the Labyrinth” ~ Orphic Resonance (new) ~ Feeding Tube ~ 2017
2:46 am Lawrence English ~ “Negative Drone” ~ Cruel Optimism (new) ~ Room40 ~ 2017
2:51 am Amp ~ “Le Petit Chat” ~ Switched On and Live (new) ~ Sound in Silence ~ 2016
2:55 am Visible Cloaks ~ “Mimesis” ~ Reassemblage (new) ~ Rvng Intl ~ 2017
3:00 am King Woman ~ “Hierophant” ~ Created in the Image of Suffering (new) ~ Relapse ~ 2017
3:08 am Sundays & Cybele ~ “Butterfly’s Dream” ~ Chaos & Systems (new) ~ Beyond Beyond Is Beyond ~ 2017
3:18 am Mukqs ~ “20 Nuyen” ~ Walkthrough (new) ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2016
3:23 am Fire-Toolz ~ “To See My Hatred Clearly [Codename_Touch Accommodations]” ~ Drip Mental (new) ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2017
3:27 am Baseck ~ “Excel” ~ Erisfall (new) ~ Deathbomb Arc ~ 2017
3:38 am Sherwood & Pinch ~ “Midnight Mindset” ~ Man Vs Sofa (new) ~ On-U Sound/Tectonic ~ 2017
3:41 am Moss Covered Technology ~ “R.M.15” ~ Eilean: [45] (new) ~ Eilean Rec. ~ 2016
3:44 am Letherette ~ “M63” ~ Where Have All the People Gone? (new) ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2016
3:48 am Karriem Riggins ~ “Cheap Suite 4” ~ Headnod Suite (new) ~ Stones Throw ~ 2017
3:50 am Dregs One & Brycon ~ “A San Franciscan Eulogy” ~ Invasion of the City Snatchers (new) ~ MegaKut ~ 2016
3:52 am The Other People Place (local) ~ “It’s Your Love” ~ Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe ~ Warp ~ 2001
4:00 am Moiré ~ “Magma Dream” ~ No Future (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2017
4:04 am Caracoa ~ “A Canaanite Reborn” ~ New Middle Passage (new) ~ Inam Records ~ 2017
4:08 am Conrad Schnitzler ~ “05/1975 A” ~ Filmmusik 2 ~ Bureau B ~ 1975
4:13 am Dieter Moebius ~ “Temperate” ~ Blotch ~ Bureau B ~ 1999
4:16 am Dieter Moebius ~ “Schleudergang” ~ Nurton ~ Bureau B ~ 2006
4:20 am Saal 2 ~ “Angst Vorm Tanzen” ~ Aus Grauer Städte Mauern – Die Neue Deutsche Welle 1977-85 Teil 2 ~ Bear Family Records ~ 1980
4:22 am John Bender ~ “38A1 Cities” ~ Plaster Falling ~ Superior Viaduct ~ 1981
4:27 am Λένα Πλάτωνος [Lena Platonos] ~ “Η Λάθος Αγάπη” ~ Μάσκες Ηλίου [Sun Masks] ~ Dark Entries ~ 1984
4:38 am Throwing Snow ~ “Cosms” ~ Embers (new) ~ Houndstooth ~ 2017
4:46 am Void Vision ~ “Not Much of Anything (Alternate Mix)” ~ split CD w/ Vice Device ~ Accident Prone ~ 2013
4:49 am Void Vision ~ “Vulgar Displays” ~ Sub Rosa ~ Mannequin ~ 2014
4:53 am Smersh ~ “The Home Circus” ~ Selected Deep House Anthems ~ Dark Entries ~ 1991
4:57 am Xiu Xiu ~ “Wondering” ~ FORGET (new) ~ Polyvinyl ~ 2017
5:01 am Sun Kil Moon ~ “Vague Rock Song” ~ Common as Light and Love are Red Valleys of Blood (new) ~ Caldo Verde ~ 2017
5:08 am A Tribe Called Quest ~ “Midnight” ~ Midnight Marauders ~ Jive ~ 1993
5:12 am Sophagus ~ “Mezzanine Lurching” ~ Dafuq Inqita ~ Feeltrip ~ 2015
5:15 am Graham Repulski ~ “Three ne n n nnn” ~ I’m Even Younger Now (new) ~ Shorter Recordings ~ 2017
5:18 am Staring Problem ~ “OCD” ~ 7″ ~ BLVD Records ~ 2012
5:20 am Novella ~ “Desert” ~ Change of State (new) ~ Sinderlyn ~ 2017
5:24 am POW! ~ “Necessary Call” ~ Crack an Egg (new) ~ Castle Face ~ 2017
5:27 am Palberta ~ “Why’d You Cry” ~ Bye Bye Berta (new) ~ Wharf Cat ~ 2017
5:29 am Floorplan (local) ~ “Above the Clouds” ~ Paradise ~ M-Plant ~ 2013
5:36 am Autechre ~ “Teartear” ~ Amber ~ Warp ~ 1994
5:43 am Grails ~ “After the Funeral” ~ Chalice Hymnal (new) ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2017
5:53 am Brokeback ~ “On the Move and Vanishing” ~ Illinois River Valley Blues (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2017

Crush Collision 2/23/17

February 24, 2017 at 9:50 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:00 pm Cass. ~ “Jelli”
10:05 pm Zavala ~ “The Cerebulator”
10:08 pm Nasty Boy ~ “Sky Jam”
10:13 pm Andy Mac ~ “Longships”
10:19 pm Age Coin ~ “Damp”
10:26 pm Driftmachine ~ “Vermiform Burrows (The Sight Below Rmx)”
10:31 pm The Empire Line ~ “Cafe Anglais”
10:37 pm Dorian Gray ~ “The Access to a Parallel Plane of Existence”
10:40 pm Mai Mai Mai ~ “Magois”
10:43 pm East Wall ~ “Ice of Fire”
10:45 pm With You. ~ “No Resistance”
10:48 pm Nina Kraviz ~ “Mystery”
10:59 pm Sandboards ~ “Visa (Space Dimension Controller’s 12it Late Tape Mix)”
Hour 2
11:02 pm Dead-Tones ~ “Juno Feathers”
11:05 pm Alexander Robotnick ~ “Peace and Love”
11:09 pm Thyladomid ~ “Decade”
11:13 pm Landside ~ “Signs of Change (Luke Hess Interpretation)”
11:19 pm Neville Watson ~ “Head First”
11:24 pm NHK yx Koyxen ~ “1038_lo_oct_short”
11:28 pm Unknown Archetype ~ “Tripp”
11:34 pm A Made Up Sound ~ “Waybackmachine”
11:38 pm Champion ~ “Tribal Vs Hyperfunk”
11:42 pm Blackdown ~ “Keysound Sessions Anthem (8bar Mix)”
11:45 pm REKchampa ~ “Rood Styled Taped Out”
11:49 pm Posthuman ~ “Kill It With Fire”
11:55 pm The Creatrix ~ “Love Is No Time”

Night of Noise 2/17-18/17

February 22, 2017 at 10:05 am | Posted in Night Of Noise | Leave a comment

This was our annual fundraiser Night Of Noise, and the last one Tyler was able to do before moving to California. I wasn’t present for all of it, but I was amazed what was happening while I was there. So many people came through the studio and so many incredible sounds were made. This definitely deserves to be archived for all to hear.
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Hour 4
Hour 5
Hour 6
Hour 7
Hour 8

Crush Collision 2/16/17

February 22, 2017 at 9:54 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Fundraiser edition, tag team with Tyler. Lots of Kaoss Pad effects and silly vocals. Basically all Detroit techno/maybe some Chicago house. No tracklist.
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Barely Human Fest @ El Club, 2/11-13/17

February 20, 2017 at 11:28 pm | Posted in Photos | Leave a comment

The first Barely Human Fest took place at El Club recently. I hope this becomes a regular event because it was astounding. ESG headlined the first night, and even though I had to leave after 5 songs to do my radio show, it was worth staying to the last minute I possibly could just to make sure I saw their set. Also John Bender played, I never imagined I would get to see him live either. Other highlights for me included HIDE, Casual Sweetheart, Staring Problem, Void Vision, ADULT., and of course Xeno & Oaklander.
Friday, February 11, 2017

wall art @ El Club

wall art @ El Club


wall art @ El Club

wall art @ El Club


Marital Vows

Marital Vows


Marital Vows

Marital Vows


HIDE

HIDE


HIDE

HIDE


HIDE

HIDE


Paint Thinner

Paint Thinner


Paint Thinner

Paint Thinner


Paint Thinner

Paint Thinner


breakdancer in the crowd

breakdancer in the crowd


Casual Sweetheart

Casual Sweetheart


Casual Sweetheart

Casual Sweetheart


Casual Sweetheart

Casual Sweetheart


Nate Young's Regression

Nate Young’s Regression


Nate Young's Regression

Nate Young’s Regression


Nate Young's Regression

Nate Young’s Regression


ESG

ESG


ESG

ESG


ESG

ESG


ESG

ESG


ESG

ESG


Saturday, February 12, 2017
Quiltboy

Quiltboy


Staring Problem

Staring Problem


Staring Problem

Staring Problem


Staring Problem

Staring Problem


Void Vision

Void Vision


Void Vision

Void Vision


Void Vision

Void Vision


Void Vision

Void Vision


Void Vision

Void Vision


Void Vision

Void Vision


Moon Pool & Dead Band

Moon Pool & Dead Band


Moon Pool & Dead Band

Moon Pool & Dead Band


Moon Pool & Dead Band

Moon Pool & Dead Band


Ritual Howls

Ritual Howls


Ritual Howls

Ritual Howls


Ritual Howls

Ritual Howls


ADULT.

ADULT.


ADULT.

ADULT.


ADULT.

ADULT.


Sunday, February 13, 2017
Real Ghosts

Real Ghosts


Real Ghosts

Real Ghosts


Real Ghosts

Real Ghosts


YOU.

YOU.


YOU.

YOU.


John Bender

John Bender


John Bender

John Bender


John Bender

John Bender


John Bender

John Bender


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno & Oaklander


Black Marble

Black Marble


I didn’t stay for Pylon’s set because it was late and I had to work the next morning.

Caracoa: New Middle Passage CDr (Inam Records, 2017)

February 18, 2017 at 4:17 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Caracoa: New Middle Passage CDr

Caracoa: New Middle Passage CDr

This is the first release from Caracoa, and while not much info is provided, it’s on Inam Records, so it most certainly involves Ryan Huber. It continues with his recent style of droning loops and clicky techno beats, sometimes approximating a punchier yet lo-fi version of the early Kompakt sound. Tracks such as the title cut seem to have some sparks shooting out from their crunchy, stamping rhythms. The tracks don’t generally seem to progress too much, or too far. They establish a pattern, add minor variations, and abruptly end after a few minutes. “Purge the Common” is a little slower and heavier than the rest, and there’s a few lighter tracks like “The Devil Runs Toward” and “Usurious”. “Oars in the Water” seems to be a distant bongo loop, although it’s hard to tell if the beats are actually repeating themselves, maybe there’s minor edits/alterations or it’s not a loop at all, but actually being played live. Free download at Bandcamp.

Show #382 – 2/11/17

February 11, 2017 at 2:02 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

WCBN’s annual fundraiser just started! Please DONATE and help keep us on the air! Next week I won’t be doing my regular show because we will be doing our annual NIGHT OF NOISE! Tyler will be moving away soon so this will be extra special!
2:03 am Laraaji ~ “All Pervading” ~ Celestial Vibration ~ Soul Jazz ~ 1978
2:26 am Noveller ~ “Another Dark Hour” ~ A Pink Sunset For No One (new) ~ Fire ~ 2017
2:34 am Marco Marzuoli ~ “Senza Titolo” ~ Senza Titolo (new) ~ Dragon’s Eye Recordings ~ 2016
2:41 am Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society ~ “St. Tropez 1966” ~ Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society (new) ~ Six Degrees ~ 2017
2:47 am Vermont ~ “Ki-Bou” ~ II (new) ~ Kompakt ~ 2017
2:52 am Steve Roach ~ “Distance is Near” ~ Empetus ~ Projekt ~ 1986
2:54 am Klaus Schulze ~ “Some Velvet Phasing” ~ Blackdance ~ MIG ~ 1974
3:02 am Cindytalk ~ “I Myself Am an Absolute Abyss” ~ The Labyrinth of the Straight Line (new) ~ Editions Mego ~ 2016
3:08 am Nick Malkin ~ “A1” ~ Interrupted Verse (new) ~ Dzang Recs ~ 2017
3:16 am Teen Daze w/ Dustin Wong ~ “Cherry Blossoms” ~ Themes for Dying Earth (new) ~ FLORA ~ 2017
3:21 am Lusine feat. Vilja Larjosto ~ “Just a Cloud” ~ Sensorimotor (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2017
3:27 am Jlin ft. Avril Stormy Unger ~ “The Escape of the Blxck Rxbbit” ~ Dark Lotus (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2017
3:31 am Second Woman ~ “////” ~ S/W (new) ~ Spectrum Spools ~ 2017
3:38 am SCSI-9 ~ “Eclair de Lune” ~ The Line of Nine ~ Kompakt ~ 2006
3:44 am Golden Donna ~ “Hospital” ~ Carousel Hold (new) ~ Bandcamp ~ 2017
3:51 am Strategy ~ “Mother Nature” ~ I’m Starting To Feel Okay Volume 7 ~ Mule Musiq ~ 2016
3:57 am Throwing Snow ~ “Ruins” ~ Embers (new) ~ Houndstooth ~ 2017
4:03 am Turinn ~ “18 1/2 Minute Gaps” ~ 18 1/2 Minute Gaps (new) ~ Modern Love ~ 2017
4:10 am Ryan Huber ~ “Vow of Dissolution” ~ Anabaptist (new) ~ Inam Records ~ 2016
4:12 am Tzusing ~ “Bacha Bazi” ~ 東方不敗 (new) ~ L.I.E.S. ~ 2017
4:17 am Tunji Oyelana ~ “Iwo Ko Lo Dami” ~ A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79 ~ Soundway ~ 1976
4:23 am Awa Poulo ~ “Mido Yirima” ~ Poulo Warali (new) ~ Awesome Tapes from Africa ~ 2017
4:26 am Dominowe ~ “City Rise” ~ SiyaThakatha (new) ~ Gqom Oh! ~ 2017
4:33 am Klaus Schulze ~ “Follow Me Down, Follow Me Down” ~ Another Green Mile ~ MIG ~ 2002
4:43 am Guru Guru Groove Band ~ “Pulsing Roots” ~ The Birth of Krautrock 1969 ~ Purple Pyramid ~ 1969
4:47 am Imitation Electric Piano ~ “Energy is Beautiful” ~ Blow It Up, Burn It Down, Kick It ‘Til It Bleeds ~ Drag City ~ 2006
4:51 am Liquid City Motors ~ “Current Source” ~ Current Source (new) ~ Glacial Industries ~ 2017
4:58 am New Gen ~ “All Saints Road” ~ New Gen (new) ~ XL ~ 2017
5:00 am Dasychira ~ “Caduceus – Eaves Hardcore Remix” ~ Immolated EP (new) ~ self-released ~ 2017
5:04 am Emptyset ~ “Dissolve” ~ Borders (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2017
5:06 am Verge ~ “Conduit” ~ Emblematic Ruin (new) ~ Avian ~ 2017
5:11 am Tangent ~ “Distorted Perspective” ~ Collapsing Horizons (new) ~ n5MD ~ 2016
5:17 am Damase ~ “Polarflex” ~ True Color / Chaos Is (new) ~ Manican Dream Records ~ 2017
5:22 am Sybarite ~ “Hold the Phone” ~ Waver the Absolute (new) ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2016
5:25 am Friendzone ~ “Sweet Dream” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Soundcloud ~ 2017
5:32 am Kid Koala ~ “Epilogue” ~ Music To Draw To: Satellite (new) ~ Arts & Crafts ~ 2017
5:38 am Niagara ~ “Paradela” ~ 37 (new) ~ Ascender ~ 2017
5:43 am NHK yx Koyxen ~ “1038-LO-OCT-SHORT” ~ Doom Steppy Reverb ~ Diagonal ~ 2016
5:50 am Bonobo ~ “7th Sevens” ~ Migration (new) ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2017
5:56 am Justice ~ “Close Call” ~ Woman (new) ~ Because Music ~ 2016

Guru Guru Groove Band: The Birth of Krautrock 1969 (Purple Pyramid, 2016)

February 9, 2017 at 8:34 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Guru Guru Groove Band: The Birth of Krautrock 1969

Guru Guru Groove Band: The Birth of Krautrock 1969

This album contains previously unheard early recordings by the band that became Guru Guru, recorded in the late ’60s and early ’70s. The presence of the word “groove” might make you think this is going to be some sort of mellow hippie jam session thing, but it couldn’t be further from that. This is harsher, noisier, and more chaotic than any other Krautrock you’ve ever heard, very much paving the way for… well, a lot of things. Industrial, Japanese psych, the Boredoms, This Heat, you name it. Of all the well-known bands commonly associated with Krautrock, only Faust seemed to reach the same levels of madness as this album. Rusty saxophones, never-ending echo chambers, so many amps plugged in that they short circuit the rest of the block. At some points, they screw around with tape effects, making it feel even more discombobulated. 7 is a killer drum solo from Mani Neumeier. The final track is a long jam called “Space Ship Live” that sounds pretty bootleg-y, and it doesn’t get quite as off the ground as its title suggests. For the most part, though, this album is utterly mind-melting.

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