I think the thing I love most about Chris Widman (who put together this mixtape for us back in May last year) and his Quadratic collaboration with Colin Harris is that it’s really quite difficult to describe what kind of music they actually make. Ostensibly, they push the sound of Chicago House and footwork. However, the sound of old-skool jungle and breaks is never far behind them.
The Melbourne-based duo – Conrad Standish (bass/vocal) and Tom Carlyon (guitar/electronics) – haven’t quite marked out the reputation they deserve but with a small New York tour on the way I can’t imagine it will be long. To celebrate their tour they’re giving away HTRK‘s remix of the increasingly ubiquitous ‘Nono/Yoyo’, a crushing dirge (and I mean that in a good way) of industrial electronica that will give you arrhythmia if you’re not careful.
You may remember some time back I got rather excited about an upcoming collaboration between TOKiMONSTA and the truly legendary Ultramagnetic MCs founder Kool Keith. Well the wait is finally over as TOKiMONSTA’s ‘Half Shadows’ LP has been released and we now have news we will be treated to an EP of remixes of the collaboration.
Tagged A. Chal, Branchez, Kool Keith, Miguel Campbell, Nick Hook, Star Slinger, TOKiMONSTA, Ultra Music
It seems odd that Raffertie has yet to release his debut album. Having kept atop of the heavy bass, minimal house and dubstep scenes, you’d be forgiven for think Raffertie has been going for longer than he has.
Following on from label heads L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok, the elusive Girl Unit has now contributed the third mix in the Night Slugs mixtape series, blending a range of sounds from the likes of Ikonika, DJ Technics, Kingdom and Jam City. Aside from the usual new, classic and unreleased tracks that often comprise a mixtape, Girl Unit also snuck in an upcoming treat from a possible new release.
Ahead of his upcoming EP, Canadian-born Ryan Hemsworth has let slip a track that marks the irrefutable beginning of summer. Full of laid back synth washes and full-bodied live drums, ‘Perfectly’ may not be quite what we’re used to, but you can hardly criticise him for that.
Every now and again you here something so out there, so different and unique that it restores your faith in modern music to unquestioning devotion. These last couple of weeks have seen quite a few examples of this and Arc Rev One‘s new track ‘Transference’ seems set to further that trend.
Nick “Cuttooth” Cooke first came to my attention with his truly stunning collaboration with King Midas Sound’s Kiki Hitomi on the track ‘Old Tape Machine‘. Cuttooth is essentially a hip-hop producer, but in the loosest possible terms. His beats do stick more or less to hip-hop constraints, yet there’s so much besides that; folk, IDM, soul, funk and shoegaze all get a look in. But it’s his work with vocalists that really shines through. Besides his work with Hitomi, Cuttooth has long been collaborating with Bridie Jackson (another well-known face in the North East music scene), most notably on ‘Cold Moon‘.
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Tagged 4Lux White, Bridie Jackson, Cuttooth, Kiki Hitomi, Plynt, Psychonavigation
