SO UNDEAD! October 3rd Reichenbergerstr 28 Berlin @5PM

So Undead! is an exhibit about making connections between seemingly unrelated genres: Extreme Guitar Music ie. Punk, Metal and HC and the endless shades of Electronica. The art that will be shown at the event is wholly based on interviews conducted with artists, who in the past have dabbled in guitar distortion and are currently masters of the art of the synthetic. The interviewees include: Mary Anne Hobbs, Robot Koch (Jahcoozi)..., Cristian Vogel (Super Collider), T.Raumschmiere, Lars Kirchbach (Tolcha), Vladislav Delay, The Foreign Beggars, The Creep, Sneaky (Fingathing), The Bug etc. So Undead! is an exhibit about making connections between seemingly unrelated genres: Extreme Guitar Music ie. Punk, Metal and HC and the endless shades of Electronica. The art that will be shown at the event is wholly based on interviews conducted with artists, who in the past have dabbled in guitar distortion and are currently masters of the art of the synthetic. The interviewees include: Mary Anne Hobbs, Robot Koch (Jahcoozi)..., Cristian Vogel (Super Collider), T.Raumschmiere, Lars Kirchbach (Tolcha), Vladislav Delay, The Foreign Beggars, The Creep, Sneaky (Fingathing), The Bug etc.

The interviews will be presented as a series of book panels designed and illustrated by 44flavours, Nathan Menglesis and Margarita Rojas, and a video installation prepared by director Pol Ponsarnau. Additionally Robot Koch, Cristian Vogel and Sneaky will be playing an eclectic mixture of Garage, Punk, Metal and Electronica.

The project was curated by Lukasz Polowczyk (a.k.a. RQM) & 44flavours

HELL YEAHH! What a crazy and interesting project. I wish I had a teleporting device. I would immediately go to Berlin next Monday, 3rd October to experience this one-of-the-kind event.

Coming from heavy metal / hc background myself I can only welcome this initiative with open mind and great expectations. Robot Koch, Cristian Vogel & Sneaky playing a mix of Garage, Punk, Metal & Electronica = PRICELESS :) Highly recommended by Doktor Krank.

Schedule of the Event:
5.30 - 6.30 Sneaky DJ set
6.30 - 7.30 Cristian Vogel DJ set
7.30 - 8.30 Robot Koch DJ set
8.30 Screening

On this occasion Robot Koch has prepared a really peculiar mixtape SO UNDEAD, a patchwork of death metal / thrash metal / grunge vs. electronica featuring, among others, my favorite heavy metal band - i.e. Anthrax (I've been endlessly teased by devouted Metallica fans for this), gurgling death metal band Morbid Angel as well as Distance or EPROM. Sounds .... strange to say the least :)
Arghhshshihowwheeeeeeereeeeeherhhre.

Robot Koch - So Undead Mixtape (mediafire)

Tracklist:

1. anthrax - what doesnt lie
2. primus - my name is mud (eskmo remix)
3. morbid angel - rapture
4. distance - v11
5. nirvana - breed
6. eprom - pipe dream
7. shellac - copper

Planet Soap - 0349GP

Planet Soap is a heavy bass duo consisting of Federico aka"DSM" and Luca "SPECTRUM", hailing from Milan, Italy. They have released their stuff on a/o Robox Neotech and Error Broadcast. They collaborate in a project I'm eagerly anticipating to hit the scene hard  - i.e. Planet Terror which involves Damscray from Demokracy. Now, through another bass-frienly label Made in Glitch they dropped a super heavy slab of pure bass which you can grab for free. This tune will drill holes in your brain and force your co-workers to run from their posts screaming in terror if exposed. NSFW!  (I've checked, trust me on this).

Planet Soap - 0349GP ++free download++ by madeinglitch

Adult Swim - Unclassified

Television channel Adult Swim, which is known for promoting quality music, has just released a fantastic compilation in collaboration with Scion. Unclassified offers unreleased tracks by top-notch artists, mainly hailing from the UK Future Urban scene. The tracklist is simply breathtaking! This rare and very versatile release shows enormous and ceasless creativity of well-established producers on this most-forward looking of electronic music scenes. My personal highlighs include smashing synth-driven bass anthem Eris by Starkey (All Hail Discordia!), a liminal and ethereal sonic excursion Hexagons by Zomby, off-kilter orchestrations in SBTRKT's Golddigger, sunny neon-acid trip of Ikonika's World on Mute, Give You Time by Babe Rainbow featuring beutiful vocal of Ashley Webber, killing grimey 2-step ting in Dusk & Blackdawn's remix of Geeneus's Knife and Gun or dark, bass meditation in ultra-deep Blow out the Candle by Pinch. The rest is equally good. Unclassified is a MUST for any fan of contemporary bass / garage / urban musis. Kudos to Adult Swim for feeling the pulse right where it is throbbing most. Again.

Download: Adult Swim - Unclassified

Tracklist:
Ikonika, “World on Mute”
xxxy, “Kerpow”
Untold, “Peaky”
Geiom, “Pure Bristle”
Ginz, “Chrome”
Lukid, “Running From The Demons”
Geeneus ft Riko, Wiley, Breeze - "Knife & Gun (Dusk & Blackdown 2step mix ft Farrah)”
SBTRKT, “Golddigger”
Starkey, “Eris”
Actress, “Murder Plaza”
Zomby, “Hexagons”
Dauwd, “Ikopol”
Boxcutter, “Waiting For The Lights”
Babe Rainbow ft Ashley Webber, “Give You Time”
Burial, “Street Halo”
Kode9, “Just Inside”
Pinch, “Blow Out The Candle”
Cooly G, “R U Listening”

Kraddy - Black Box

New single Black Box by Kraddy, taken from his forthcoming album Anthems of the Hero (out on Oct. 10, 2011) is a superb wall of intense, smashing heavy bass and sick drums straight in your guts. Sometimes I really like being so mercilessly pulverized by my sound equipment :) Anxiously waiting for his full-lengh release.

Grab it for free here 


KRADDY -- BLACK BOX by KRADDY

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.