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Failed Flowers: self-titled 1-sided LP (25 Diamonds, 2016)

July 10, 2016 at 9:09 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Failed Flowers: self-titled 1-sided LP

Following 2 years and a slight lineup change since their demo tape, as well as Fred Thomas’ move to Montreal, Failed Flowers finally make their vinyl debut with this purple marbled 1-sided LP. What began as a spontaneous attempt to start a twee punk band has turned into a masterful indie pop outfit. These songs are short, but they’re very considered and thought out, and they pack a lot of words and sentiments (just look at the lyric sheet) without sounding like they’re overstuffed. Like the first Rebel Kind album, this is a 1-sided LP which feels like it’s exactly the right length, not something that should’ve been chopped down into a 7″ or something that didn’t have enough ideas for a full 2 sides. It gets everything out in an appropriate amount of times, the songs are sharp and powerful and never longer than they need to be, and then it’s done. Hear/buy it now at Bandcamp.

Show #350 – 7/9/16

July 9, 2016 at 1:26 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Hour 1
2:00 am Ian William Craig ~ “A Circle Without Having to Curve” ~ Centres (new) ~ 130701/FatCat ~ 2016
2:10 am Copley Medal ~ “Teskind” ~ Teskind ~ Prime Ruin ~ 2015
2:25 am Raime ~ “Dialling In, Falling Out” ~ Tooth (new) ~ Blackest Ever Black ~ 2016
2:30 am SunPath ~ “Snowflake Dragon” ~ Yasimin and the Snowflake Dragon ~ Leaving Records ~ 1980
2:38 am Konx-om-Pax ~ “Mega Glacial” ~ Caramel (new) ~ Planet Mu ~ 2016
2:42 am Five Star Hotel (local) ~ “Earth Cycle” ~ Gravity Signal (new) ~ Memory No. 36 Recordings ~ 2016
2:46 am EndgamE ~ “Savage Riddim” ~ Savage (new) ~ Purple Tape Pedigree ~ 2016
2:50 am Dviance ~ “2sik2breathe” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Soundcloud ~ 2016
2:55 am Pivotal ~ “Nightmare Dive” ~ Operation Sound Invasion ~ Visual Disturbances ~ 2015
2:57 am Gunslinger-R ~ “Punie Amen 16” ~ 00’s Anison Hit Parade 2 (new) ~ The Worst ~ 2016
Hour 2
3:00 am Morten_HD ~ “Part II” ~ Naphtha tape ~ Visual Disturbances/Emergency Tapes ~ 2015
3:20 am Ninja Sword ~ “Persona” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Soundcloud ~ 2016
3:24 am Air Max ’97 ~ “Swelter (Ziúr Remix)” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Decisions ~ 2016
3:28 am Bambounou ~ “Great Escape” ~ Orbiting ~ 50Weapons ~ 2012
3:32 am Terror Danjah feat. Jamakabi ~ “Juicy Patty (Logos Remix)” ~ 12″ (new) ~ Keysound ~ 2016
3:35 am Sote feat. Safar ~ “In Music I Trust” ~ 10″ ~ Repitch ~ 1997
3:43 am Yorishiro ~ “Shimmering” ~ I (new) ~ Constellation Tatsu ~ 2016
3:47 am Dang Olsen Dream Tape ~ “Solving Dissolving” ~ Zonk (new) ~ Constellation Tatsu ~ 2016
3:50 am Brain Machine ~ “To the Stars” ~ Peaks (new) ~ Emotional Response ~ 2016
Hour 3
4:00 am Eric Copeland ~ “On” ~ Black Bubblegum (new) ~ DFA ~ 2016
4:04 am Germ Class ~ “Complex Glow” ~ Germ Class (new) ~ Night People ~ 2016
4:07 am MV Carbon ~ “Waitin’ Here All Night” ~ The Sun Will Turn On You (new) ~ Discombobulate ~ 2016
4:12 am Rutger Hauser ~ “N-N-N-N” ~ Rutger Hauser ~ AD AAD AT ~ 2015
4:16 am Hydropark (local) ~ “Imposters, Fabricators, Certain Characters” ~ Hydropark (new) ~ Syncro System ~ 2016
4:19 am Failed Flowers (local) ~ “Coke Floats” ~ Failed Flowers (new) ~ 25 Diamonds ~ 2016
4:22 am Evan Haywood (local) ~ “Attrition Blues” ~ Ramshackles (new) ~ Black Ram Records ~ 2016
4:26 am Snakepiss (local) ~ “Spooky Action” ~ Knives (new) ~ Chambray Records ~ 2016
4:32 am Chronotope Project ~ “Solaris” ~ Passages (new) ~ Spotted Peccary ~ 2016
4:37 am H.N.A.S. ~ “Part 1” ~ Im Schatten Der Möhre ~ Streamline ~ 1987
4:58 am Ryan Huber ~ “AEX” ~ Comoros (new) ~ Inam Records ~ 2016
Hour 4
5:01 am Tangents ~ “Jindabyne” ~ Stateless (new) ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2016
5:08 am BadBadNotGood ~ “IV” ~ IV (new) ~ Innovative Leisure ~ 2016
5:15 am Kiln (local) ~ “Swung Rusted Open” ~ Ampday ~ Thalassa ~ 1999
5:17 am Arbeit Schickert Schneider ~ “38°” ~ ASS (new) ~ Bureau B ~ 2016
5:23 am Dennis Young ~ “Arabian Nights” ~ Wave ~ Bureau B ~ 1985
5:28 am Vivenza ~ “Modes Réels Collectifs – Partie 2” ~ Modes Réels Collectifs ~ Rotorelief ~ 1983
5:34 am Depth Affect ~ “Basic Illitch” ~ John Cassettes ~ Autres Directions In Music ~ 2006
5:39 am Felipe + Forté ~ “Shadow People Revisted” ~ Shaggy Black ~ Soft Abuse ~ 2005
5:43 am Peder Mannerfelt ~ “Humming” ~ The Swedish Congo Record ~ Archives Interieures ~ 2015
5:45 am Hidden Rivers ~ “Awash” ~ Where Moss Grows ~ Serein ~ 2015
5:48 am Kenneth James Gibson ~ “Weighty Repetitions” ~ The Evening Falls (new) ~ Kompakt Pop Ambient ~ 2016
5:52 am Nest ~ “Lodge” ~ Retold ~ Serein ~ 2007
5:56 am Fiona Brice ~ “Verona” ~ Postcards From (new) ~ Bella Union ~ 2016

Crush Collision 7/7/16

July 8, 2016 at 12:54 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:01 pm Om Unit ~ “What It Is”
10:06 pm Spectres ~ “Sink (Factory Floor Remix)”
10:10 pm Cube ~ “Private”
10:13 pm El Nino Andres ~ “Tape One”
10:16 pm Munk ~ “The Oboe Onyx”
10:19 pm Machete Savane ~ “Manticore (Ian Blevins Remix)”
10:23 pm Haarschnitt ~ “Ion 2a”
10:25 pm Julian Sanza ~ “Pata Negra”
10:27 pm Alexander Robotnick ~ “Tubuntu”
10:31 pm Okayshades ~ “The Premise”
10:34 pm Eddie Ness & Liem ~ “Holy Grail”
10:37 pm dyLAB ~ “You Wouldn’t Hurt Me”
10:41 pm S3A ~ “Antois Benime (Austral Parc)”
10:45 pm Rob Savage ~ “Time (Carly Foxx Remix)”
10:48 pm Dang Olsen Dream Tape ~ “Thumper”
10:50 pm Hologram Teen ~ “Hex These Rules”
10:55 pm Ben Kaczor ~ “Ohh”
10:58 pm Moniker ~ “Moving”
Hour 2
11:03 pm Cute Heels ~ “Third Skin (Steffi Remix)”
11:07 pm NoizyKnobs ~ “Xeno”
11:10 pm Vin Sol ~ “Zone (Club Lonely Remix)”
11:12 pm De Sluwe Vos ~ “Basement Work Out III”
11:15 pm Limited Toss ~ “Rave (Stones Taro Remix)”
11:17 pm Bambounou ~ “Capsule Process”
11:20 pm GRRL ~ “Drop Ha”
11:24 pm Bjarki ~ “Here It Comes Can You Feel It 92 Hoover 2” [best song title of the decade?]
11:28 pm Series – A ~ “Evolution ⁵ Technology (JTC Mix)”
11:35 pm Matthew Mercer ~ “When Suddenly”
11:36 pm Sacramental ~ “Angels Trumpet”
11:41 pm DVA ~ “Worst”
11:43 pm Vessels ~ “4AM (FaltyDL Remix)”
11:45 pm AnD ~ “Illusions”
11:49 pm Sote ~ “Neuroenhancer”
11:58 pm PTU ~ “Taorak”

Germ Class: self-titled tape (Night People, 2015)

July 4, 2016 at 4:26 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Germ Class: self-titled tape

German Army can be incredibly hard to keep track of, with dozens of tapes as well as side projects. A lot of these get pretty demanding for the listener, musically, but Germ Class seems to be a bit more accessible. The tape insert says it also includes members of Dunes (who I’m not familiar with), and a lot of the (short) songs on this tape have slow, uncluttered, but sometimes bassy drum machine beats, some drifting guitars and vocals, and lots of space. There’s some delay clouds, and some mysterious muttering voices, but overall this seems closer to Seefeel than GeAr’s Residents/CabVolt-ish haunted industrial. It’s easy to lose track of time listening to this, even though it’s not very long.

Morten_HD: Naphtha tape (Visual Disturbances/Emergency Tapes, 2015)

July 4, 2016 at 4:00 pm | Posted in Reviews | 1 Comment

Morten_HD: Naphtha tape

I downloaded this off Bandcamp a while ago, but when I got the actual tape, I was delighted that it’s actually way longer than the download version (which is more of an EP). It’s presented as a mixtape rather than an album, and there’s basically an entire album’s worth of additional material. In this sense, the songs are actually mixed together. Sometimes it seems like it’s a bit of a stretch to make the songs fit, but it seems like a bumpy ride is necessary for the producer to get his story across. Very high quality neo-grime. Sharp but still light and feathery. The beats aren’t as jagged or crushing or broken as other producers, and the melodies sometimes seem like 3D figures or mysterious gas clouds but there’s still weight to them. It also flows pretty quickly, it doesn’t feel like an intense, imposing marathon session of toughness. Also highly recommended is his Xenoglossia tape from earlier this year.

Pivotal: Operation Sound Invasion tape (Visual Disturbances/Emergency Tapes, 2015)

July 4, 2016 at 12:55 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Pivotal: Operation Sound Invasion tape

No excuse for not getting to this one sooner. Five Star Hotel-affiliated Emergency Tapes/Visual Disturbances has been releasing an astonishing amount of work exploring rhythmic noise, juke, breakcore, grime, and all manners of intense, all-consuming sound. This is a dangerous, deadly, paranoid transmission from a top-secret bunker. Five Star makes an appearance, right after the raggacore-leaning “Nightmare Dive”. Even the tracks doing the deconstructed post-club thing are spiky and breaky. This one has too many angles to describe in detail and doing so would ruin the sense of surprise and shock anyway. A must-listen at Bandcamp.

Copley Medal: Teskind tape (Prime Ruin, 2015)

July 4, 2016 at 12:22 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Copley Medal: Teskind tape

Once again I’ve accumulated dozens of tapes that I haven’t gotten around to reviewing because I just don’t have time. This one is dark industrial droning with a few shafts of light peering out of the wreckage. The way the A-side gradually gets lighter and more hopeful is pretty spectacular. Second side isn’t as epic, but it gets into an odder, more minimalist space. The artwork has several panels, nice design, heavy paper. Listen on Bandcamp.

Brain Machine: Peaks 2LP (Emotional Response, 2016)

July 3, 2016 at 2:59 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Brain Machine: Peaks 2LP

First thing I thought when I heard this was “Steve Roach disco”. It has the Berlin school arpeggios, but there’s also more of a sense of meditative space to it, and it’s rich and lush and mystical. But then there’s techno beats. It has a pretty wide range between drifty and more rhythmic tracks. Some tracks are deep space documentary soundtracks, others sound more like the work of a Krautrock band venturing into the outer limits. It venture pretty far out, but you can still find your way home.

Rutger Hauser: self-titled (AD AAD AT, 2015)

July 3, 2016 at 2:33 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Rutger Hauser: self-titled

More rock instruments than a typical AD AAD AT release, but it’s still noisy and cut up and chaotic and makes little conventional sense. Still, the drums and guitars snake a path through the shrapnel of intense, sloppy digital manipulations. There’s jazzy elements, and also Nurse With Wound-like surrealist editing and sound design. Sometimes there’s slivers of what sounds like polka records venting through. Some of it’s thrashy, a lot of it’s covered in static. Then there’s quiet moments with birds chirping. It’ll disorient you. It’s totally worth it.

Kreng: Camino soundtrack (Lakeshore/Invada, 2016)

July 2, 2016 at 10:35 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Kreng: Camino soundtrack

Kreng is a Belgian artist who’s made several dark, haunting experimental ambient albums as well as soundtracks to theater pieces, and now he’s doing film scores. Whatever this film is, its looks super violent and suspenseful, with lots of knives, and the music fits that. He brings an intense sound design aspect to his work, filling some tracks with more noise than you expect from a typical soundtrack. But then there’s a lot of more sparse, calm pieces. There’s also lots of sudden stabs and attacks. Definitely glad this guy’s making a living doing proper soundtracks like this.

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