There is no better way to start the last, boring day at work before the big bang of the tomorrow's Dr. Krank's Sonic Birthday, than by listening to these three gentlemen. Wicked to say the least!!
Yeah, another killling Low End Theory Podcast ist da! This time NOBODY will TAKE you for a trip through strange neighberhoods full of sick basslines, laidback melodies, off-beat electronica and neon/wonky synths. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
SPLATINUM (Andrew Luck and Dosadi), from Seattle came to my attention through Mochipet and his absolutely smashing remix of their Pumping Quarterz. Now, they spread the werd across the blogosphere distributing 16 remixes of songs from their forthcoming album WE ARE SPLATINUM to be released on Daly City Records on 04/20/2010.
The idea is that each blogger selects one track to be exclusively posted on his/her blog. After listening to all the tracks I believe that Mochipet's remix is still the best, but it has already popped up across the blogosphere. Apart from this, there are at least 6 - 7 equally good reworks of Splatinum's tunes. My next choice then is Captain Hook's VIP remix by Mindelixir. Unsettling, dark mood with heavy dubstep subs hot piano slabs based on a nearly industrial beat and pulsing bassline really caught my attention. Mindelixir is a rising dubstep producer from Charlotte, NC that released his first full length, titled Futurism in March of 2010. He is a busy boy of the Southeast scene, often traveling to play two or three shows a week! Visit his soundcloud for more music and download Splatinum - Captain Hook (Mindelixir VIP Remix) for free:
With the music I've heard so far from SPLATINUM, they immediately entered my list of to-watch artists and I'm now eagerly awaiting their 2 releases dropping on simultaneously on 20 April:.
1. WE ARE SPLATINUM - 9 track digital release on Daly City Records
2. Der Schplatzl 2010 - 16 track compact disc on Daly City Records (7 tracks are unavailable digitally)
You can preview Der Schplatzl on We Are Splatinum Bandcamp. One of the best and versatile full-length releases I've heard recently. Not to be missed!
SPLATINUM will have a FREE outdoor release party in the middle of downtown Seattle called the Intergalactic Masquerade Dance Party on April 20th, from 6-9PM. If you live in the vinicnity - this event is simply a must.
That's not all. Splatinum has also released a Pumping Quaraterz Remixes EP for free!!. Go to their bandcamp to grab the mighty Mochipet remix and other nice refixes from Inaudible, Pericles, Plumblyne, Ill Cosby:
The Glitch Report is a music show on KPFZ 88.1 FM Lake County Community Radio in Northern California. The show is run by a fanatic of bass-heavy sound, Seth Burns who plays off beat and thought provoking music which, as the name suggests, focuses on glitch hop, crunk, but also on dubstep, future garage and similar genres. The Glitch Report airs on Tusedays, 7 to 9pm and re-airs Saturdays at midnight.
If you are fond of lazer synths (well, Seth is a famous die-heard fan of Lazer Sword he he), and sick bowel-twisting bass and look for some new inspirations or want to check hips of unreleased tracks by the West Coast posse - you should definitely check the mixcloud site of The Glitch Report. And if you are an artist looking for an outlet to promote your own productions, don't forget to send nice digital packages to Seth.
Check most recent show from 30 March, including an absolutely killing unreleased track by my favorite combo Lazer Sword - Shot in the Nite. VINTAGE FUNK!!! Plus lots of heavy drilling dubstep, and other highlights in the form Ben Samples's Turn Up and the recently released epic tune by Rudi Zygadlo -Resealable Friendship (go get this EP, it includes remixes by Slugabed, Starkey, Raffertie and Doshy!!). The last half an hour is an ICEE HOT MIX 3/10 by GHOST ON TAPE.
1. Fuzz2k - Shut it Down 2. Excision & Datsik - Swagga (Downlink Remix) 3. Trolley Snatcha - Circle K 4. Funtcase - Gorilla Flex 5. Hexstatic - Gammera (Akara Kiteshi Remix) 6. Liquid Stranger - Mission AD 7. DCarls - We Stay Crunk (Final) 8. Lando Kal - 3D Action Jackson 9. Lazer Sword - Shot in the Nite (unreleased) 10. Apex - Nowhere to Run (Datsik & Excision Remix) 11. Funtcase - Half Drunk 12. Titsworth - WTF (Crissy Criss Remix) 13. Low Limit - Where You Been 7.0 14. Rihanna - Rudeboy (Hovatron Draft Maybe mix) 15. Jam Jar - Toast to the Roasted 16. Mobb Deep - Drop a Gem on Em (Killabits Dubstep Remix) 17.Doctor P - Neon 18. Ganja White Night - Global Warming 19. Rudi Zygadlo - Resealable Friendship 20. Cookie Monsta - Optimus Prime 21. Ben Samples - Turnt Up (Jet Plane Edit)
The last 1/2 hr is ICEE HOT MIX 3/10 by GHOST ON TAPE
1. Spoonface – My Soun’ (Faada) 2. Baobinga & ID – Tongue Riddim (Build) 3. Boris Dlugosch – Bangkok [Roska Remix] (Phantasy Sound) 4. Marcus Price & Carli – Mat, Bira, Kvinnor, Weed [Dubbel Dutch Remix] (Palms Out Snds) 5. Lighter – Skanker (?) 6. Zinc – Killa Sound (Bingo Bass) 7. Laidback Luke & Diplo – Hey [Dre Skull Remix] (Dim Mak) 8. KS-20 – Fun-Key (unreleased) 9. L-VIS 1990 – United Groove [MJ Cole Remix] (Mad Decent) 10. Ghosts on Tape – Predator Mode VIP Remix (unreleased) 11. Royal T – 1UP [Martin Kemp Remix] (No Hats No Hoods) 12. Bok Bok – Citizens Dub feat. Bubbz (Blunted Robots)
Aaron Holstein, better known as VibeSquaD has just released a pumping, bass-driven mixtape of his original productions. I am a big fan of his music as the man from Colorado really knows how to operate heavy bass in a crunky, glitch-hop style. The mix includes a few unreleased or re-fixed tracks (lovely Bob Marley's re-step at the end), but most of the tracks come from his full-length album released in September this year - Joyful Noise. Just listen to this mix and if you have not done this yet, go buy the record on Addictech - it's one of the best in this genre in 2009.
Muti Music celebrates it's 50th release with a huge release of the compilation of fantastic tracks collected by An-ten-nae. "An-ten-nae Presents Acid Crunk Vol.2" has smashed the
Beatport charts with a #1 in Dubstep (Datsik) (including 6 other top 10 tracks) # 1 in Electronica (Filastine and ill-gates) (including 5 other top 10 tracks) and #1 in Chillout (Bluetech) all at the same time, thus breaking the all-time record of Beatport!
Clearly, THIS IS the best compilation released this year. 10 out of 10 !!!!!!
I wish I had more time to write a proper review, but thankfully the wonderful Shilo from Dancefever5000 blog and a contributor to glitch.fm (and many many other music sites and magazines), has written a fantastic, crunky review on glitch.fm site. Read it and don't sleep on this mighty release.
For me personally, this extremely successfull marriage of West Coast crunky heavy bass and strong future hip hop sound with UK's dubstep-related sonic journeys and pretty eclectic EDM on top is the PERFECT combination and definition as such of the modern electronic music. It's really really tough job to mention a few highlights, as all the tracks show the absolutely immaculate production skills, but what is even more important all of them, while being in most part heavy hitting stompers, are very soulful and touching.
I'll try to write at least a few impressions. First of all - the winner of the release, Robot Koch's Hard to Find - it is without a doubt one of the most beautiful electronic voyages I've heard this year taken off the equally fantastic debut album which I hope to review soon on my blog. Then comes another killing joint - whompy, crunky roller by Filastine and ill-gates. Oh boy, Canadians know how to rock you hard. More Canada represented in H.A.A.R.P. by Dewey dB and ill-esha. A precious, delicate little gem of crunky bass and spacey harp strings melts me instantly. Another big name from glitchhopforum - Ben Samples shows his fantastic production skills in just one of the wide array of his heavy metal glitch productions - Carribean Heat. I really encourage you to check the rest. Aussie's Opiou in King Prawn delivers another killing stomper, accelerating slowly to finally embrace the linstener totally with full force. You want banger, listen to Datsik'sSouthpaw - dirty, raw wobble and ass-kicking beat is all I need. Ooah and Marty Party on their electronic machines sculpt bass-heavy twisted objects submerged in mesmerizing and dirty crunk bassline. I really dig what these two guys are doing at the moment! Akira Kiteshi and Gemmy representing UK are all quality with Akira Kiteshi's track really growing on me since the first time I've heard it. Being a fan of Adam Freeland, I cannot omit the great remix of the best track of his latest release Do You - by the Acid Crunk man - an-ten-nae. Actually you can download the two latter tracks, as in order to celebrate this extremely successful relese, Muti Music was kind enought to give away these freebies. Enjoy!
