White Fold
What started as a mix tape trading relationship between, Cory Thomas Hanson and Jesse Hlebo quickly morphed into an intricate aural and visual project that gave birth to White Fold. Hanson is better known as W-H-I-T-E and Hlebo via Swill Children. The two collaborated throughout the summer of 2011 to produce the material on the...
Getz & Nuage vs Thrn
This one is a bit late. Getz is your man, if you like your drum n bass deep, dark and athmospheric. There’s just something about Russian dnb and dubstep producers that keeps me locked in (check this post on B.Soul when you get the chance). They’re always keeping things fresh. Getz’s has got that clean,...
Ranvir Bassi
Ranvir Bassi considers his music a rebellion against fidelity, the same fidelity that he considered himself to be a slave to. Perhaps we’re speaking the same language because I feel the same way. This struggle to constantly achieve, fit the mould, keep to the same cloth you were cut from, blindfold yourself and keep to...
Holobeams And Broken Machines
An interesting email has just popped up in my inbox from Iain Foxwell. This Glaswegian goes by the producer name, Holobeams and Broken Machines. Since this week is all about the synths for me, this one is going to fit right in. Iian tells me that this stuff is influenced by bands like Boards of...
Crystal Fighters – Plage (Lapalux Remix)
Crystal Fighters got the Lapalux treatment via this insanely amazing remix of their track Plage. It’s the kind of woozy, ambient beat music style like Gold Panda or Dam Mantle. Psychadelic, random, experimental but a treat to the ears because of the so many layers of sound textures and samples. There are folks who might...
Dark Mean
I watched the alcoholics and shirtless junkies run up and down and shout and scream and push and pull at each other at the bridge over the canal, near where I live. They come out of the woodwork when the sun comes out. Sometimes I feel sorry for them. Sometimes I feel angry. Most of...
Caribou x Altrice
Love Caribou? Love dubstep? Then you’ll love this. Altrice received the stems to all the songs on Caribou’s album Swim with permission and re-worked them into a whole album’s worth of remixes, using only samples derived from the stems. Aptly named Stems, Altrice is giving the whole shebang away for free download on his soundcloud....
Beto Narme
It’s bound to happen. This dubstep techno hybrid. Over the months we’ve experienced the sophisticated sounds of the dubstep + house style, which then, kinda led us to the dubstep / garage-revival and then to the future garage fusions. But this dubstep techno thing is summat else altogether. First brought to my attention months ago...
Cymbals – Good Luck (D/R/U/G/S Singularity Remix)
Remember the first time I talked about D/R/U/G/S? They make everything sound good. From original electronic mutations to remixes, these 2 cats make trippy, spaced out auralgasms out of anything they can lay their hands on. This version of Cymbals‘ track Good Luck is no exception – it begins with synthesized loops and a steady...
Lapti – Circadian Rhythms (Error Broadcast)
Delving further into my foray through this 21tst century beat music phenomena, I find that Error Broadcast, has released this excellent new compilation, entitled Fly Russia. It’s a collab they’re doing with Siberian blog, Gimme5 and it’s a 17 track whopper of a compilaiton featuring the very best of Russian beatmakers. Especially close attention should...
Full Moon Fuck
What a find! Full Moon Fuck is the second solo project of David from the band I previously talked about, To The Happy Few. There’s only 2 tracks so far on the myspace but let me tell you, they are seriously good. I’ve been playing the track I Screwed Musical 5 times now by this...
AEED – ERROR CODE
Hip hop but not quite. AEED is a producer based in Switzerland, and describes his music as “21st century beat music”. We hear hip hop with chopped, staggered vocals but there are also shades of ambient with his signature 8-bit style electronica. The closest other artist whom I can compare this to will probably be...
