http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/29/death-star-rockin-with-the-hot-shit-you-moving-to-robot-kochs-death-star-droid/ Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/29/death-star-rockin-with-the-hot-shit-you-moving-to-robot-kochs-death-star-droid/#comment-156867 Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » Revenge of the Robot Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:26:03 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/29/death-star-rockin-with-the-hot-shit-you-moving-to-robot-kochs-death-star-droid/#comment-156867 [...] My post about Robot Koch’s excellent Death Star Droid  a few weeks ago drew deafening silence, save for Doc Zeus agreeing with me about how pitiful it was for Koch to switch their name to E1. Fair enough. Now the estimable Berlin-born android is passing out another pair of tracks, in addition to the pair of still available mixes. “Away From” isn’t really dubstep, lacking the heavy wobble and slower BPMs. It’s probably closer to the generically named “Bass” or “Wonky,” which I suspect are labels that have wisely been crafted to avoid calling it “instrumental hip-hop.” Ah, the power of re-branding. And if that’s another way to get people to listen to the clipped vocal samples, dusty drums, and nocturnal narcotic tone, then so be it. For his second trick, he enlist 19-year old LA native, Shlohmo  to slows down the pace of DSD track, “Gorom Sen” to create sometime entirely new: haunting, otherwordly, and filled with unintelligible gibberish. Sort of like a David Lynch film, except with less nudity, red lampshades, and non-sequiturs. [...] [...] My post about Robot Koch’s excellent Death Star Droid  a few weeks ago drew deafening silence, save for Doc Zeus agreeing with me about how pitiful it was for Koch to switch their name to E1. Fair enough. Now the estimable Berlin-born android is passing out another pair of tracks, in addition to the pair of still available mixes. “Away From” isn’t really dubstep, lacking the heavy wobble and slower BPMs. It’s probably closer to the generically named “Bass” or “Wonky,” which I suspect are labels that have wisely been crafted to avoid calling it “instrumental hip-hop.” Ah, the power of re-branding. And if that’s another way to get people to listen to the clipped vocal samples, dusty drums, and nocturnal narcotic tone, then so be it. For his second trick, he enlist 19-year old LA native, Shlohmo  to slows down the pace of DSD track, “Gorom Sen” to create sometime entirely new: haunting, otherwordly, and filled with unintelligible gibberish. Sort of like a David Lynch film, except with less nudity, red lampshades, and non-sequiturs. [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/29/death-star-rockin-with-the-hot-shit-you-moving-to-robot-kochs-death-star-droid/#comment-149263 DocZeus Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:59:36 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/29/death-star-rockin-with-the-hot-shit-you-moving-to-robot-kochs-death-star-droid/#comment-149263 I understand Koch Records wants to shed it's reputation as the graveyard for failed major label rappers and weed carriers but there has gotta be better name than E-1 to re-brand your company with. I understand Koch Records wants to shed it’s reputation as the graveyard for failed major label rappers and weed carriers but there has gotta be better name than E-1 to re-brand your company with.

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