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v/a: Zum Audio Vol. 5 (Zum, 2023)

September 23, 2023 at 3:45 pm | Posted in Reviews | 1 Comment

v/a: Zum Audio Vol. 5

George Chen’s Zum label has been in operation since 1997, and the earliest volumes of their Zum Audio compilation series included appearances by bands like Modest Mouse and Duster. Then in 2006, the third volume documented the flourishing noise/noise-rock scene with artists like Can’t, John Wiese, and Yellow Swans. A digital-only fourth volume appeared in 2021, and now the fifth marks the series’ return to the CD format, perfect for college radio DJs who like to take chances on weird underground music. The first disc starts out with some riveting noise-techno from Hausu Mountain/Deathbomb Arc alumni Davey Harms, fka Mincemeat or Tenspeed. Spring Breeding follows, immediately sounding like they would’ve been a perfect fit on Troubleman Unlimited or Load Records two decades ago, switching between noisy grindcore and scraggly dance-punk. A steadily paced, cathartic doom metal song by KIM leads into an almost aquatic black metal piece by Curse All Kings. An excerpt of a live set by drone group Growing helps us levitate into space for ten minutes. Aux Meadows’ tune sounds like an informal living room guitar-and-Casio jam. P:ano contribute an extremely lovely slowcore dirge with horns and harmonies, the kind of song you instantly feel like you’ve loved for years. Continuing in solo guitar drone territory, Builenradar is both hypnotic and rustic, while Somnambulists take off in an aerial drift. Marcus Fischer’s “Night Paving” is a very patient ambient piece steered by faint percussion. Then there’s longer, more freeform jams from the sax-and-drum Marshall Trammell & Paul Costuros Duo and Vietnamese collective Rắn Cạp Đuôi in exploratory rock mode. Disc 2 begins with a synth-rock quest from My Heart, An Inverted Flame which seems to march straight into a blinding light. The Drivers’ “For Oscar” is nothing but a focused, clapping drum beat for two and a half minutes. Nihar’s “Mercy On Thee” is an incredible post-techno exploraiton with springing metallic drum machine effects. Baus play jumpy indie post-punk, and Trough are heavy, unhinged thrashers; both bands’ songs barely last 2 minutes each. The Intima play complex, knotty post-punk made more tense and somewhat romantic with its prominent violin part. Low Praise’s “Forget That It’s Summer (Area Mann Disco Dub)” is a dance-punk club anthem that sounds straight off an old DFA 12″, like something that would’ve been revisited in the recent documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom. Then Exotic Gardens’ “Drugs & TV” jumps a decade forward into the hypnogogic pop era. A song by Eucalyptus recorded in 2006 sounds like Neu! but with more accelerated drumming and uplifting synths. Jonathan Snipes (clipping., Captain Ahab) does a creeping, minimal trap-ish synth instrumental. The piece by Ravon Chacon & Mark Trecka is a more distant industrial noise excavation which ends up having more acute sound design than it appears at first. EERIÆRMOR’s “Xiǎoxīn” starts out as corrupted noise, floats onward and brighter, then eventually gets overtaken by noise again, but emerges as a drifting light that won’t be extinguished. Second Dinner’s “Kinda Pandemonium” is a sprawling mess of wayward drums and blown-out fuzz that lives up to its title. Finally, it all comes to a close with a clear, resonant reflection from Giardini di Mirò with Daniel O’Sullivan.

Crush Collision 9/21/23

September 22, 2023 at 12:28 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

10:00 PM Wolfram ~ Automatic [Dub] ~ single ~ DFA Records ~ 2020
10:06 PM Opal Sunn ~ The Mystery Of Mr Lee ~ The Problem with George B/W the Mystery of Mr Lee ~ ESP Institute ~ 2022
10:10 PM Nikki Nair ~ Free Kites ~ Morphism EP ~ Gobstopper Records ~ 2019
10:15 PM Hidden Spheres ~ It’s Gonna Last ~ It Ain’t Easy EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2017
10:19 PM Tracey Thorn ~ Grand Canyon ~ Out of the Woods ~ Virgin Records ~ 2007
10:23 PM Magic Touch ~ House of Intuition (feat. Octo Octa) ~ Palermo House Gang ~ 100% Silk ~ 2014
10:33 PM nthng ~ Untitled (Human, Pt. 2) ~ Untitled [LT029.5 Sampler] ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2016
10:41 PM NHK yx Koyxen ~ When Getting Involved ~ Climb Downhill 2 ~ BRUK ~ 2023
10:45 PM Andy Garvey ~ Eternal Recurrence ~ Eternal Recurrence ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2019
10:49 PM Anna Wall & Corbi ~ DAT 2 ~ DATs in the Attic ~ Ritual Poison ~ 2020
10:55 PM Hammer ~ Vox Cycle ~ Vox Cycle ~ Unknown To The Unknown ~ 2021
11:00 PM Lis Sarroca ~ Moody Wax ~ Shelter EP ~ Hot Haus Recs ~ 2020
11:03 PM Pépe ~ Lemon Fanta ~ Lemon Fanta EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2017
11:09 PM Huebl ~ Got Soul in a Digital World ~ Prdct 03 ~ nine0nine ~ 2023
11:14 PM Laertes ~ Chaos ~ Titanomachia EP ~ Lykos Records ~ 2020
11:18 PM Mark Broom ~ Mangle ~ Voice EP ~ Beard Man ~ 2019
11:23 PM VRIL ~ Verkunstungstraktat ~ Bad Manners 4 ~ Bad Manners ~ 2020
11:29 PM Doc Sleep ~ Traces ~ Lost & Found Volume One ~ Dark Entries ~ 2020
11:33 PM Anika ~ Critical (Lauren Flax Remix) ~ Change: The Remixes ~ INVADA Records ~ 2021
11:38 PM Overmono ~ BMW Track ~ single ~ Poly Kicks ~ 2021
11:44 PM KETTAMA ~ This Break Sounds Better With You ~ single ~ self-released ~ 2020
11:49 PM Anodyne ~ Illusion of Gods (Lackluster Remix) ~ Decayed ~ Acroplane Recordings ~ 2021
11:53 PM 90 Process ~ Days of the Sunset ~ Fuse EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2019
11:57 PM LUXE ~ Untitled045 ~ Pharmakon ~ Ritual Poison ~ 2023

Show #684 – 9/17/23

September 17, 2023 at 2:31 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

12:00 AM Explosions In the Sky ~ Moving On ~ End ~ Temporary Residence Ltd. ~ 2023
12:04 AM Emil Amos ~ Theme from a Personal Prison ~ Zone Black ~ Drag City ~ 2023
12:08 AM Candy Claws ~ Distortion Spear ~ Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time (10th Anniversary) ~ Twosyllable Records ~ 2023
12:12 AM Gnoomes ~ The Neighbor ~ Ax Ox ~ Rocket Recordings ~ 2023
12:16 AM Shapednoise ~ Swash ~ Absurd Matter ~ WEIGHT LOOMING ~ 2023
12:19 AM Ian Elms ~ No Longer ~ Good Night ~ Dark Entries Records ~ 1982
12:21 AM Autechre ~ Iera ~ Untilted ~ Warp Records ~ 2005
12:26 AM Mukqs ~ Etheric Double ~ Stonewasher ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2023
12:33 AM Saloli ~ Silhouette ~ Canyon ~ kranky ~ 2023
12:35 AM Vagabon ~ Do Your Worst ~ Sorry I Haven’t Called ~ Nonesuch ~ 2023
12:39 AM Slowdive ~ chained to a cloud ~ everything is alive ~ Dead Oceans ~ 2023
12:45 AM Boris ~ Death Valley ~ Heavy Rocks ~ Third Man Records ~ 2002
12:52 AM Sprain ~ Privilege of Being ~ The Lamb as Effigy ~ The Flenser ~ 2023
12:58 AM Infinite River ~ side B ~ Space Mirror ~ Birdman ~ 2023
1:02 AM Brontez Purnell ~ Rudolph Valentino ~ No Jack Swing ~ Dark Entries Records ~ 2023
1:06 AM Code Industry ~ Crimes Against the People ~ Structure EP ~ Dark Entries Records ~ 1991
1:11 AM C.V.E. ~ Untitled (Freeystyle) ~ Chillin Villains, We Represent Billions ~ Nyege Nyege Tapes ~ 1993-2003
1:16 AM Euglossine ~ Mindgame ~ Bug Planet Is the Current Timeline ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2023
1:18 AM Azymuth ~ This Exists ~ Light as a Feather (Deluxe Edition) ~ Far Out Recordings ~ 1979
1:23 AM Gaby Et Les Soul Men ~ C’est Le Même Cadence ~ Oté Maloya (The Birth Of Electric Maloya On Reunion Island 1975-1986) ~ Strut ~ 1975-1986
1:26 AM Ebi Soda ~ Playstation ~ Ugh ~ Tru Thoughts ~ 2020
1:30 AM Prince Far I ~ Shake the Nation ~ Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 3 ~ Pressure Sounds ~ 1980
1:34 AM Greg Foat & Gigi Masin ~ Dolphin ~ Dolphin ~ Strut ~ 2023
1:37 AM Dead Man’s Shadow ~ Toleration Street ~ Burning Britain: A Story of Independent UK Punk 1980-1983 ~ Cherry Red ~ 1983
1:40 AM Siouxsie & The Banshees ~ Fireworks (Nigel Gray Version) ~ Juju ~ Polydor ~ 1981
1:44 AM FIT Siegel ~ Wayne County Stomp ~ Soul Jazz Records Presents: COLD WAVE #1 ~ Soul Jazz Records ~ 2020
1:48 AM Beta Evers ~ Hiding ~ Soul Jazz Records Presents COLD WAVE #2 ~ Soul Jazz Records ~ 2017
1:53 AM Brown Spirits ~ Ode To Dorothy ~ Solitary Transmissions ~ Soul Jazz Records ~ 2023

Crush Collision 9/14/23

September 15, 2023 at 12:49 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Back doing CC on a more regular basis! I took most of the summer off.
10:00 PM Burial ~ Unknown Summer ~ split 12″ w/ Kode9 ~ fabric Records ~2023
10:05 PM Tomorrow Comes The Harvest ~ Words Of Wisdom ~ Evolution ~ Axis Records ~ 2023
10:15 PM Lusine ~ Transonic ~ Long Light ~ Ghostly International ~ 2023
10:17 PM Bicep ~ Back 2 U ~ Just EP ~ Aus Music ~ 2015
10:24 PM Harald Grosskopf ~ Eve on the Hill (Bureau B Edit) ~ Silberland Vol. 2 – The Driving Side of Kosmische Musik (1974-1984) ~ Bureau B ~ ’80s
10:28 PM Vicious Pink ~ Cccan’t You See ~ single ~ Parlophone ~ 1984
10:31 PM Bambii ~ Infinity Club ~ Infinity Club ~ Innovative Leisure ~ 2023
10:33 PM Lucretio ~ Ostinato ~ Nami’s Addiction ~ Gospodars Records ~ 2019
10:36 PM Olof Dreijer ~ Rosa Rugosa ~ single ~ Hessle Audio ~ 2023
10:41 PM Rari ~ IFT [John Tejada Remix] ~ Dissolve EP ~ Unreel Records ~ 2023
10:45 PM Anunaku ~ Temples ~ Whities 024 ~ AD 93 ~ 2019
10:49 PM Reflec ~ Chrysalis ~ Remnants EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2020
10:54 PM Zenker Brothers ~ TSV WB ~ Immersion ~ Ilian Tape ~ 2015
10:59 PM 1800HaightStreet ~ Forager ~ The Pursuit EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2015
11:05 PM Mandalus ~ Arcadia ~ single ~ Stereo Ferment ~ 2023
11:09 PM Aril Brikha ~ Groove la Chord ~ Deeparture In Time ~ Transmat ~ 1999
11:13 PM Barker ~ Golden Hammer ~ Unfixed EP ~ Smalltown Supersound ~ 2023
11:17 PM Aphex Twin ~ Blackbox Life Recorder 21f ~ Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760 EP ~ Warp Records ~ 2023
11:21 PM The Maghreban ~ All of UUU ~ single ~ Zoot Records ~ 2023
11:24 PM Al Wootton ~ Over ~ Witness ~ TRULE ~ 2020
11:29 PM Andrea ~ Choral ~ Outlines EP ~ Ilian Tape ~ 2015
11:32 PM Overmono ~ Blow Out ~ single ~ XL ~ 2023
11:35 PM AceMo ~ X Train ~ Black Populous ~ AceMo ~ 2020
11:39 PM DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man ~ Now U Do (Extended UKG Mix) ~ single ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2023
11:43 PM Special Request x Mumdance ~ Exotic Golfcourse ~ Exotic Golfcourse EP ~ Gudu Records ~ 2023
11:49 PM MUN SING ~ Waiting in the Car ~ Inflatable Gravestone ~ Planet Mu ~ 2023
11:51 PM MINDTRX ~ BOOTS ~ Move Reality EP ~ Ut0p!a ~ 2023
11:54 PM Minor Science ~ Workahol ~ 064 ~ AD 93 ~ 2023

Show #683 – 9/10/23

September 10, 2023 at 2:23 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

12:00 AM Tomorrow Comes The Harvest ~ Peace Pipe ~ Evolution ~ Axis Records ~ 2023
12:10 AM Matana Roberts ~ Predestined Confessions ~ Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden… ~ Constellation ~ 2023
12:15 AM Kassa Overall ~ Still Ain’t Find Me (feat. Tomoki Sanders, Bendji Allonce, Mike King & Ian Finklestein) ~ ANIMALS ~ Warp Records ~ 2023
12:17 AM Speaker Music ~ Dr. Rock’s PowerNomics Vision ~ Techxodus ~ Planet Mu ~ 2023
12:23 AM Meadow Argus ~ Smiles and Smiles ~ For the Birds ~ Tynan Tapes Temporal ~ 2023
12:32 AM John Foxx ~ He’s a Liquid ~ Metamatic ~ Metamatic Records ~ 1980
12:36 AM Aphrodite’s Child ~ ∞ ~ 6 6 6 ~ Vertigo ~ 1972
12:41 AM Comus ~ The Bite ~ First Utterance ~ Sanctuary Records ~ 1971
12:46 AM m.a.t.a.d.a.t.a. ~ U ~ U ~ Dirty Deal Audio ~ 2022
12:49 AM GLYSK ~ Hedonist (Brain Rays & Quiet Remix) ~ single ~ Divine Schism ~ 2023
12:53 AM DJ Floorclearer ~ Gothmog ~ Death Testicle E.P ~ Proboscus ~ 2006
12:59 AM Hollie Kenniff ~ Salient ~ We All Have Places That We Miss ~ Western Vinyl ~ 2023
1:03 AM Baraka ~ A Million and One (Alternate Mix) ~ 12″ ~ Kniteforce Records ~ 2022
1:09 AM Tim Reaper ~ DJs in the Mix ~ The Cosmik Connection, Vol. 3 EP ~ Unknown To The Unknown ~ 2023
1:16 AM Shut Up And Dance ~ £20 To Get In ~ Twenty Pounds To Get In EP ~ Shut Up And Dance Records ~ 1990
1:20 AM Neil Landstrumm ~ DX Madness ~ Go See Thru EP ~ Unknown To The Unknown ~ 2018
1:25 AM Jay Denham ~ Attack ~ Escape to the Black Planet ~ Disko B ~ 1998
1:32 AM Ü ~ side B excerpt ~ Great Dose Of Monotonous Techno ~ Börft Records/Digitalis ~ 1992
1:38 AM Hieroglyphic Being ~ Home 95 ~ This Isn’t Your Typical 90’s Era Techno / IDM Revisionist View 12″ ~ Technicolour ~ 2016
1:44 AM Florian Kupfer ~ Being Me ~ Unfinished EP ~ Technicolour ~ 2016
1:52 AM Christoph De Babalon ~ Steps into Solitude ~ Leaving Time EP ~ Super Hexagon Records ~ 2023
1:56 AM Aril Brikha ~ Sweet Lullaby ~ Deeparture In Time ~ Transmat ~ 1999

Tomorrow Comes the Harvest: Evolution (Axis, 2023)

September 9, 2023 at 12:28 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Tomorrow Comes the Harvest: Evolution

Tomorrow Comes the Harvest originated with Jeff Mills’ collaboration with the late Tony Allen, as well as keyboard player Jean-Phi Dary. Mills and Dary continued working together after Allen passed away, and they invited other musicians into the fold. Evolution was recorded live in Brussels in 2022, with the duo joined by Prabhu Edouard on tabla and vocals. Entirely improvised, the set is a smoothly flowing river of piano ripples and skittering techno beats, with Edouard’s tabla and rapid chanting being the most ecstatic element. The crowd gets fired up near the end of these long, stretched-out sessions, there seems to be at least one “wooooo!” during the final minutes of most tracks. “Words of Wisdom” has the heaviest techno grooves, but it feels much more spontaneous than Mills’ club-engineered tracks, particularly due to the jazzy pianos and bewildering tabla soloing near the end. “Peace Pipe” is carried by extremely soothing synth chords. “Rising Water” takes lyrics from the Ganesh Incantation, but gets carried off by the beats. A brief reprise focuses more on the incantation, potentially serving as a radio edit of the piece. In all honesty, the time I saw Mills and Dary perform with Allen, it didn’t feel like the three musicians were as much in tune with each other as the trio here.

Meadow Argus: For the Birds tape (Tynan Tapes, 2023)

September 8, 2023 at 7:57 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Meadow Argus: For the Birds tape

The newest Meadow Argus tape melds his usual field recordings and tape loops with a particularly soothing set of organ drones, possibly made by a harmonium. The fuzzy organ rolls throughout, and cheerful conversations, birds chirping, and thickets full of insects enter the sound-picture. It’s all a pleasant stroll that gradually gets trippier, as you realize when a crowing bird echoes deep into the ether, and other sounds feel out of balance. The second side gets particularly haunting, with incoherent shrieks and sobs calling for attention, but something about it winds up being inviting. Blasted CB radio transmissions and more glimmering drones make up the final stretch of the tape, taking us far away from the family memories of the first side and into some sort of cross-country road trip, trucking on acid. This tape really builds its own distinctive world, and it’s easily one of the most impressive Meadow Argus releases yet.

Show #682 – 9/3/23

September 3, 2023 at 9:46 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

mostly vinyl i found in london!

12:00 AM Double 99 ~ RIP Groove ~ 12″ ~ Ice Cream Records ~ 1997 ~ 45 played on 33 with a rewind. scary!
12:08 AM Baraka ~ Nutty Bass ~ 12″ ~ Kniteforce Records ~ 1995
12:14 AM Shimon & Andy C ~ Body Rock ~ 12″ ~ RAM Records ~ 2001
12:20 AM Kloke ~ Other Worlds ~ Diamond Life 04 ~ Myor ~ 2019
12:27 AM Dave Clarke/Directional Force ~ NGC 3628 ~ The John Peel Session ~ Strange Fruit ~ 1994
12:31 AM Second Phase ~ Mentasm ~ 12″ ~ R&S ~ 1991
12:35 AM Royal House ~ Can You Party? (Club Mix) ~ 12″ ~ Champion Records 1988
12:41 AM Funky Green Dogs ~ Fired Up (Brat Edit) ~ 12″ ~ Twisted ~ 1997
12:45 AM Lennie De Ice ~ We Are I.E. (Solo & Blades Yellow Cali Mix) ~ We Are I.E. (Remixes) ~ Hooj Choons ~ 2022
12:50 AM Innerzone Orchestra ~ Bug in the Bassbin (Street Mix) ~ 12″ ~ Mo Wax ~ 1996
12:55 AM DJ BORING ~ Winona ~ 12″ ~ E-Beamz ~ 2016
1:02 AM Rozalla ~ Born to Love You (1992) ~ Everybody’s Free ~ Pulse 8 ~ 1992
1:07 AM Sheep on Drugs ~ TV USA ~ 12″ EP ~ Transglobal ~ 1992
1:12 AM Nicolette ~ No Government In Dillinja’s Jungle ~ 10″ ~ Talkin’ Loud ~ 1995
1:18 AM Suzi Analogue ~ Don’t Clock NN ~ Infinite Zonez ~ Disciples ~ 2016
1:21 AM Ladybug feat. Warrior Queen ~ Dem a Bomb We ~ 12″ ~ Soul Jazz Records ~ 2006
1:24 AM Nozinja ~ Wa Chacha (Nozinja Version) ~ 12″ ~ Bleep ~ 2014
1:28 AM Blawan ~ Body Ramen ~ Dismantled Into Juice EP ~ XL Recordings ~ 2023
1:33 AM Barker ~ Percussive Maintenance ~ Unfixed EP ~ Smalltown Supersound ~ 2023
1:42 AM Appian ~ Silhouette ~ Fragments Vol 1 ~ Sound As Language ~ 2023
1:46 AM NHK yx Koyxen ~ I Can Watch It ~ Climb Downhill 2 ~ BRUK ~ 2023
1:50 AM SPELLLING ~ Cherry ~ SPELLLING & the Mystery School ~ Sacred Bones Records ~ 2023
1:55 AM Tim Reaper & Dwarde ~ Can’t Get Enuff ~ 12″ EP ~ Bluff ~ 2021

Show #681 – 8/13/23

August 13, 2023 at 2:34 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

will be away next week, in London seeing Aphex Twin at Field Day! i recorded a show to be broadcast by the robot, maybe i’ll post it here

12:00 AM Rupununi Safari (Mad Professor with Douggie Digital and Juggler) ~ Beat Of the Wild Beast ~ Steaming Jungle ~ Ariwa Sounds Ltd. ~ 1995
12:04 AM Hollie Cook ~ Unkind Dub ~ Happy Hour in Dub ~ Merge Records ~ 2023
12:08 AM Hoodie x James K ~ Scorpio ~ 065 (Scorpio) ~ AD 93 ~ 2023
12:16 AM Infinite River ~ Summer Session #1 ~ Space Mirror ~ Birdman ~ 2023
12:22 AM Rahill ~ Gone Astray ~ Flowers At Your Feet ~ Big Dada ~ 2023
12:25 AM Julie Byrne ~ Hope’s Return ~ The Greater Wings ~ Ghostly International ~ 2023
12:29 AM hackedepicciotto ~ Aichach ~ Keepsakes ~ Mute ~ 2023
12:34 AM Notsensibles ~ I Thought You Were Dead ~ Burning Britain: A Story of Independent UK Punk 1980-1983 ~ Cherry Red ~ 1980
12:37 AM Holy Wave ~ Path of Least Resistance ~ Five of Cups ~ Suicide Squeeze Records ~ 2023
12:41 AM Sonny Rollins with Heikki Sarmanto Trio ~ St. Thomas ~ Live at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki 1972 ~ Svart ~ 1972
12:57 AM A Produce ~ Jimbe ~ Land of a Thousand Trances reissue Independent Project Records ~ 1994
1:04 AM Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O ~ We’re Not Buying It (feat. Grandmaster CAP) ~ Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War ~ Red Hot Organization ~ 2023
1:16 AM Soft Machine ~ Improvisation ~ The Dutch Lesson ~ Cuneiform Records ~ 1973
1:21 AM Euglossine ~ Salt ~ Bug Planet Is the Current Timeline ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2023
1:23 AM Blipvert ~ Viridian Riot Cubes ~ The Sound Tower of Dr. Jitters ~ D-Trash ~ 2023
1:28 AM NO EYES ~ Lovelostbutnotforgotten ~ Idk ~ Kitty On Fire Records ~ 2023
1:35 AM DJ K ~ Ela Quer Pop Pirulito (feat. MC AG) ~ Panico No Submundo ~ Nyege Nyege Tapes ~ 2023
1:38 AM Ziúr ~ Pique ~ Eyeroll ~ Hakuna Kulala ~ 2023
1:42 AM ODESZA & Yellow House ~ Waiting Forever (feat. Preston.) ~ Flaws in Our Design EP ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2023
1:45 AM Georgia ~ Some Things You’ll Never Know ~ Euphoric ~ Domino Recording Co ~ 2023
1:48 AM Rafael Anton Irisarri (feat. Rachika Nayar, Dear Laika, James Heather) ~ Encore (Life at Cafe OTO) ~ single ~ Bandcamp ~ 2023

NO EYES: idk (Kitty On Fire, 2023)

August 6, 2023 at 3:26 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

NO EYES: idk

Just months after releasing a devastating album with a lengthy emotional title, Atlanta’s NO EYES surfaces on Kitty On Fire with another one with a name that suggests a careless shrug, but clearly has a lot more on its consciousness. Opener “i succ at life” starts out as a vaporwave smudge, then develops pulled-apart glitch-breaks and dovetails into harsh furious breakcore. Then later on there’s an extended monologue about reacting to racist violence by being violent against racists. “ucantsilencemii” contains a lesson about not believing predictions that don’t empower you. “lovelostbutnotforgotten” extends past 7 minutes and burns in a shoegaze fire in the most glorious way. x.nte and Elevation help add some combusting juke-core rhythms to “shitIamstillhere”, surrounding a National Weather Service announcement with monsoons of distorted breaks. “333” with Deantoni Parks piles up the data from a billion bursting screens, broadcasting the dystopian future in the present. “no home 2 go 2″… just another torrent of internal emptiness translated into a firestorm of noisy breakbeats and a rapid bitstream of decimated pop culture samples. How often are you this? Every moment of my life.

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