Doktor Krank

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Teielte - Wooden Love EP

DOKTOR KRANK'S RELEASE OF THE MONTH

Wooden Love EP by Teielte, released by a very energetic and eclectic label U Know Me Records is the best what Polish glitchy / mutant / funky nu beat scene can offer right now and on top of that a vinyl has a form of most beatiful picture disc. Hurry, there are only 300 pieces of this masterpiece available. U KNOW U WANT THIS! Check e.g. Asphalt Shop, hhv.de or juno.co.uk and grab a copy.

I'm really proud we have such artists in Poland, producing top quality stuff and fully aware of the direction in which they want to develop their music. Since his debut album, Homeworkz (read my review here) Teielte has grown and matured beyond my expectations. Wooden Love includes six very solid, immaculately produced and fantastically arranged compositions. Every second is fully packed with tasty, vibrant sound, broken drums and highly addictive beat. The artist takes care of every detail, and what is a trademark of his style - pays great attention to all background samples, bleeps and beeps. There are no fillers here, just the essence of intelligent contemporary electronica. Synth-laden, neon Selcouth and banger par excellence Dont (a collaboration with Daniel Drumz another hot name from U Know Me roster) have already become major hits, while Tripf, Easy and Fire show the astonishing range of Teielte's inspirations and skills. Five originals are nicely supplemented by Liquid Molly's remix of Selcouth. A slow-burning dub trip which squeezes even more power from neon synths of the original. For me personally, Wooden Love is the best release this year (so far) not only in Poland but also across the world. Highly recommended by Doktor Krank.

... and don't forget to watch this fantastic video

Teielte - Selcouth [UKM 011] from U Know Me Records on Vimeo.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Sector7G - Apocalypse Nigh Mix

Posting of Sector7G mixes has become a permanent feature on my blog. This DJ, hailing from Athens (Ohio) has music taste nearly perfectly aligned with mine. The selection in his latest Apocalypse Nigh set covers the majority of my personal best artists and productions of 2011 on nu beat / West Coast / heavy bass / post hip-hop scene. From e.g. Dimlite, Young Montana? and Mussck through Slugabed, Motem and Coco Bryce to Kramfphaft, Dailon, Fancy Mike or Damscray and much much more, this is a 2-hour sonic orgy of the best that ingelligent, contemporary electronic music could offer in 2011. Best mix this year so far. Highly recommended!

Sector7g - Apocalypse Nigh by Sector7G

TRACKLIST AFTER THE JUMP

Monday, 20 February 2012

Evy Jane - Evy Jane EP (King Deluxe)

Artist : Evy Jane
Album : Evy Jane
Release Date : 2/20/2012
Genre : Electronic
Label : King Deluxe

01. Sayso 3:56
02. Ohso 4:46
03. Ohso (Max Ulis remix) 4:42
04. Sayso (Taal Mala remix) 4:26
05. Sayso (Julien Mier remix) 3:38
06. Ohso (Andy Dixon remix) 3:51

EVY JANE, the experimental R&B duo from Vancouver of Evelyn Mason and Jeremiah Klein have released an enchanting, blurred and ethereal self-titled EP featuring two original tacks and a few remixes. Digital format drops today on King Deluxe, following with vinyl release in March.

Sayso is a perfect soundtrack to a lazy Indian Summer afternoon, when everything seems to be 'frozen' with overwhelming heat. Mesmerizing post-dubstep drums and beat, spaced-out vocals and beautiful synths really melted my mind. I thought this was a perfect, gripping tune until I've heard Taal Mala's remix :) He placed a few bleeps and beeps here and there, played with synths a bit, thus making it even more dreamy and psychedelic. This track has stuck in my player for good! Ohso is a more conventional treat, a synth-ladden bass trip through rather well-explored territories, but quite catchy nonetheless. As in the case of the former tune, Max Ulis has done a great job refixing Ohso into nicely rolling future garage thing. Remixes by Julien Mier and Andy Dixon, available only in digital format, add more nice flavors to the package. Another strong release from the Canadian label. Highly recommended by Doktor Krank.

EVY JANE - Sayso from Evy Jane on Vimeo.

Friday, 10 February 2012

Fulgeance presents "Connecticut" Beat Tape

I'm a great fan of Fulgeance, the champion of MPC's and live acts. A few weeks ago I had a pleasure to enjoy his live performance in Warsaw... and this was really amazing. Now, Fulgeance released a Beat Tape produced by his side project called Connecticut (never heard of them!) This is a duo consiting of Fulgeance and DJ Blockbass. The Beat Tape is a collection of unreleased, often unmixed tracks with tons of great samples, showing a more adventurous and off-kilter side of this talented producer. The sound fluctates from midtempo electronic excursions a'la Prefuse 73 or Dabrye and twisted hip-hop beats through laidback jazzy passages to experimental electronica. A lot is going on, you'll never get bored listening to this stuff. I love such unpolished, raw, fat and unrestrained beat orgies. A real POWER! Fulgeance writes that these are old tracks and beats, but they kick ass nonetheless. If you like music presented by Fulgeance on his blog Musique Large you know what to expect. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY DOKTOR KRANK.

Connecticut has some releases on Eklektik Records.

Fulgeance presents "Connceticut" Beat Tape by fulgeance

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Jakub Nox Ambroziak - Dark Side of the Sun

Jakub Nox Ambroziak - Dark Side of the Sun
Released: 18 January 2012
Tracklist:
1. Inarritu
2.Dark Side of the Sun
3.Hole [ft. Kinta]
4.Solar System
5.Grey Sun [ft. Ailo]
6.Erse
7.Treebeard in the Dead Wood

Jakub Nox Ambroziak, a talented Polish beatmaker, has recently released an interesting album "Dark Side of the Sun", mastered by one of the leading hip-hop / beat producers in Poland - Noon. The sound is fat and simply perfect! Nox explores dark sonic territories, heavily laden with mind-twisting voice samples, moving from enchanting downtempo tribal beats, like e.g. Inarritu or Dark Side of the Sun, through trippy vocalizations on Hole, great spacey cosmic boogie of Solar System and more experimental joints of Grey Sun and Erse to my personal highligh of the release - Treebeard in the Dead Wood which could be used as a background music in any psychodelic session. All in all another solid release by a Polish producer. Highly recommended by Doktor Krank.

Nice Digipacks to be purchased for PLN 19 here: Jakub Nox Ambroziak - Dark Side of the Sun (Allegro).

Jakub Nox Ambroziak - Dark Side of the Sun by seventeenbricks

Monday, 23 January 2012

A Baker's Dozen mid-tempo biznizzz

Back after much too short holidays and hungry for some heavy-bass beats. Mark Baker, a.k.a. A Baker's Dozen, hailing from Melbourne (AUS), serves exactly what I need this morning. Mid-tempo glitchy trips with infectious melody lines. I LIKE!

Drop Dem Beats by A Baker's Dozen

Transistor by A Baker's Dozen

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Tom Encore - Moral Panic! Mix

YES! Let's start another calendar year of DK's blogging with eclectic and ass-kicking mix Moral Panic! by Tom Encore, one of the best and versatile producers / DJ's on the dubstep / glitch / twisted 'wot u call it' scene in Poland. Just look at the tracklist, from B.Bravo and Dimlite thrugh Skrillex (!!) and Nero to Slugabed and NastyNasty. Ear candy par excellence. Great for boosting your mental skills at boring work.

Moral Panic! [JAN 2012 MIX] by Tom Encore

TRACKLIST AFTER THE JUMP

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

King Deluxe Presents: Year One comp

One of my favorite providers of fresh music in 2011, a Canadian based label King Deluxe celebrates one year with the release of Year One compilation (in two parts). It includes a few highlights of quite a fruitful 12 months along with new interpretations by forward-thinking beatshmiths from across the globe including Fancy Mike, Ghost Mutt, Alphabets Heaven, I.D., Subp Yao, Option Command, Muta, Vaetxh, Acre and others. Stylistically this release offers diverse and wide-ranging beatz aesthetics with producers freely experimenting with sound, often quite successfully. This is not your typical easy-listening, ump ump sub sub UKG, Dubstep or Future Garage ting. Which is good, cause at the moment I'm really fed up with all this UK* scene. These tracks require some effort on the part of the listener, but trust me - you will be rewarded in the end :) If I am to name a few higlights I'd include: a fantastic Subp Yao's remix of equally great Aether by I.D., Zack Christ's angry, off-kilter refix of Aleph's Sulphozinum or Ghost Mutt's uplifting remix of Alphabets Heaven's Woman. Don't hesitate peeps, grab this nice package, you won't be disappointed.

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

SATURATED! VOL. 2 (STRTLP002)

Ha! A very, very nice Christmas gift from my personal Label of the Year. Saturate Records has just released the second V.A. compilation showcasing the works by talented producers from across the globe (though mainly from the Old Continent) under one common denominator - Super Quality Beatz in Abundance. If you are wondering what directions, paths or angles the nu beatz / twisted hip-hop / experimental dance music scene will follow next year, in Saturated! VOL 2 you'll find fine examples. Just listen to the tracks on this compilation and you'll catch the vibe. My personal highlights include, among others, mind-bending tunes by oneone, Subp Yao & Bios, Racoon X, Phokus & Grapes, Microburst or Kijk Een Ster. Never heard of them ?? Time to catch up with the names, 2012 will belong to them. Definitely, one of the best releases this year!!!! Highly recommended by Doktor Krank.

Grab it on Pay-What-You-Want basis through bandcamp.

Monday, 12 December 2011

Robox Neotech Releases: P-Fang, + Verb, Planet Terror, free downloads

Robox Neotech has been a constant vendor of top-notch future robotic beats full of dark, deep and heavy artificial life. Here are a few latest releases worth checking. 2011 was great, guys. Keep up the good work in the year of final Armageddon!

rbxep25 - P-Fang - The CRYPT by Robox Neotech

P-Fang in his The Crypt EP offers Halloween experience like no other. I have been a fan of this mysterious producer hailing from SF since the first time I've heard his mixtape. I've been waiting for this release anxiously and I have not been disappointed a bit. This is the perfect music to enter the (apparantely) apocalyptic 2012. My personal highlights of this EP - Midnight, Devil and Graveyard2010 are full of totally unique, dark vibe which goes so well with my neurons and emotions. Hightly recommended by Doktor Krank! Grab this release on Beatport, Digital Tunes and at other digital retailers.

Bonus: Free tracks by P-Fang.

P-Fang - Graveyard (Lakritze Remix)
P-Fang - Graveyard 2010 f. Three 6 Mafia
P-Fang - The Devil f. Gangsta Boo

rbxep27 - +Verb - Fragments Ep by Robox Neotech

Then comes an old homie + Verb from US, the owner of supersexy lazer bass, in another winning Fragments EP for Robox Neotech. I've been his fan for years and as usual I'm totally impressed with the groovy, warm, bleepy heavens he creates on his machines doing his fantastic button work. Perfect music for home parties in any robot universe. The title track is a slowed-down, mutated robotic juke, a great tool for cerebral exercises in contemporary electronic music. The rest rides on a super solid hyper-bass and great synth improvisations with lots of action in the background plus great vocal samples. Impecabbly produced this is the music I hope hearing more and more in the future. Grab it exclusively on Beatport and elsewhere in a few weeks.

Free Tunes by + Verb:

+ Verb - Bionic Smiles
+ Verb - Light

As a pre-Christmas gift Robox Neotech has recently released a nice package of 4 free downloads by the artists from their rooster. Ghetto Robots includes four juke ghetto-tech bombs by Damscray, Stagga, Doshy and + Verb. Smack a Blackbird boasts a fantastic melody line and Damscray becomes more and more The Juke Champion of 2011 in my ears :) It is a fu fu fuc fuck fu fuc fucking banger! I'd really like to smack a few heads with dat tjun! + Verb in Godzilla is again at the forefront of the music scene, applying his great skills quite successfully to a new Juke'ish territory. All his typical elements are there, but sped up and cut up a bit more than usual :) Good job man! Doshy's Shunt sounds quite ok, whereas the track by Stagga somehow did not convince me at all. Anyway, the package that cannot be missed!

Robox Neotech Ghetto Robots Free Downloads (zip)

Rbxep26 -Planet Terror - Planet Terror EP by Robox Neotech

Finally, next great release from Robox Neotech in which, Giallo meets Wij in the nasty collab project by Italian Planet Soap and a Russian whizz-kid Damscray. Planet Terror will terrorize your speakers and torment your soul with four merciless, stomping, heavy-bass booms. It's even hard to highlight one tune, this unholoy package should be consumed in full with all their smacking gory details. Highly recommended by Doktor Krank.

Grab it on Beatport and scare your friends NOW!