Illum Sphere - Remixed (Fat City)

Oh YES! A super hot release is on its way. Illum Sphere - Remixed, to be published on Fat City label at the beginning of May, by Manchester's psycho beatz don Illum Sphere will feature remixes by some of my favorite producers, i.e. kidkanevil, om unit, ikonika and dabrye. Can't wait to grab a copy! I am even thinking about dusting off my vinyl decks from my basement :). Being a big fan of originals, I'm really excited to see, in particular kidkanevil and om unit superbly doing their remixing duties. Weird beats with a hint of oldschool jungle breaks and juke'ish drums (kidkanevil) or great melodic, cosmic boogey trip (omunit) really do the trick for me. Don't sleep on this peeps. It's a MUST!

PS. Om Unit will be a special guest at the U Know Me record release party in Warsaw next Saturday (28th April). Be there or ....

Illum Sphere Remixed Preview by Illum Sphere

Illum Sphere - Never Lie Twice (Om Unit remix) - May 2012 Fat City by Om Unit

Illum Sphere - Agent White (kidkanevil's Agent Black Remix) by kidkanevil

Early Autumn Charts

Early Autumn was a good time for fans of contemporary electronic music (preferrably with lots of bass in it). We saw a few heavy releases, which more or less lived up to the expectations (Robot Koch, Rustie, Modeselektor, Martyn, ill.Gates, Zomby), my pet labels, Saturate! Records and Robox Neotech released fantastic debut EP's (Raadsel, P-Fang), many quality tracks floated around the interweb. Meanwhile on my local scene, U Know Me Records confirmed their status of the best label for contemporary, twisted hip-hop beats made in Poland with very fresh and 'vintage' release Futura by a talented producer Galus. I hope my next charts will be equally rich with interesting contents.

Dr. Krank's Top Tracks (Early Autumn)

1. Kidkanevil – Robot Carnival (First Word Records)
2. Robot Koch - Nitesky  (Project Mooncircle)
3. Raadsel – Resurrection (Saturate! Records)  
4. Zomby – Things Fall Apart (f. Panda Bear)  (4AD)
5. Galus – Futura (U Know Me Records)
6. P-Fang - Graveyard (Damscray remix) (Robox Neotech)
7. Starkey – Eris (Adult Swim)
8. Cardopusher feat. Sensational – Papusa (kid606 remix) (Tigerbeat6)  
9. Rustie – City Star (Warp)
10. Raadsel & Luisterwaar – Tissue Box (Saturate! Records)
11. SaBBo – I’m Ready (ft. Onili) (Generation Bass Records)
12. Modeselektor – Pretentious Friends (Monkeytown Records)
13. Tilman Ehrhorn - Sat (Himuro Yoshiteru remix) (Mad Hop vol. 3)
14. Ill.Gates, Mat the Alien & Dash – Otoro (Muti Music) 
15. Kraddy – Black Box 
16. Martyn – Ghost People (Brainfeeder)
17. Speaker for the Dead – Illusionaire (Digital Self Release) 
18. Ott – Squirrel and Buiscuits (Autonomous Music)
19. Ugress – Coffee (Pushwanger edit) (Uncanny Planet) 
20. MC Zulu – Festival Madness (Perception 2020 Recordings) 

Kidkanevil - Tokyorkshire Research Inc

Kidkanevil with another surprising release! This time it is a collection of 27 electronic scraps and beats, in a tribute to famous Raymond Scott, composer, audio engineer, a cooky scientist inventing early electronic devices such as polyphonic sequencer, or first self-composing synthetizer called Electronium. He has influenced many big names of the early electronic music era. His music also inspired naughty Londoner, Kidkanevil, to produce a fantastic, funny and highly entertaining beat tape using Scott's samples as source material. Kidkanevil vs. Scott offers pure sonic pleasure for any beathead. I personally had great time listening to these short sonic sketches. Grab it for free via bandcamp.