2009 October » Passion of the Weiss

Oct
22

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary Broadcast of Radio Lancashire’s On the Wire, Hyperdub kingpin Kode 9 dropped this Bubble & Squeak Mix, which thanks to XL8R and Hyperdub has been made available as a free download. Just a shade under a half hour, the mix focuses on vintage Garage and Two-Step made between 1999… Continue reading »

Oct
22

The New Rap Language Vol.4: Senescence Edition

Camp Lo-”Another Heist” (prod. by Ski) Cormega-”Make It Clear” (prod. by DJ Premier) Redman ft. Ready Roc-”Cock Back” Royce Da 5’9″ ft. Joell Ortiz & Bun B-”Hood Love” (prod. by DJ Premier) Roughly half of the year’s 10 best hip-hop albums (UGK 4 Life, Born Like This, BlaQKout, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Blackout… Continue reading »

Oct
21

Yours Truly, Nosaj Thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrXbOXTl_6A Nosaj Thing elaborating on the inspirations behind Drift, which is increasingly looking top five for the year. I recommend listening at 35,000 feet at 3 a.m with a pair of steroid-strong headphones and zonked on a quart of red wine. Yours Truly also captures Jason Chung rocking his tracks live with surprising style and… Continue reading »

Oct
21

Phaseone’s Five Favorite Records of 2009

Like all good producers, phaseone’s remixes are reinterpretations. Raekwon removed from his concrete criminology raps and placed afloat an aqueous ambient sample from Blind Man’s Colour. Bon Iver’s wood-cutter hymns wrapped inside El-P’s apocalyptic abandoned building aesthetic. Rich Boy over some greasy synth-funk. Panda Bear given some snapping Southern-sounding drums. YoungbloodZ drawling over a bass-heavy… Continue reading »

Oct
20

Memory Tapes – Walk me Home

With Jeff holding down all things Low End and Brainfeeder, I’ve quietly become obsessed with the work of Dayve Hawk AKA Memory Tapes AKA Memory Cassette AKA Weird Tapes AKA Dangerdoom (err…). Madlibesque affinity for alter-egos aside, Hawk’s take on dream-pop defies the reductive signifiers foisted on the latest batch of indie-influenced electronic musicians (or is it electronic-influenced indie musicians?) Forgoing obvious nostalgia,… Continue reading »

Oct
20

Zilla Rocca Forever

“Zilla Rocca Forever” may not have the same ring as “Wu Tang Forever” or even “Donna Martin Graduates,” but the South Illadelphian’s verse over the “Forever” beat from De La’s recent Nike Run Tape, is further evidence why he’s the most rightful inheritor of Aesop Rock and Atmosphere’s abstract rap legacy. Like those two, Zilla’s… Continue reading »

Oct
20

In New 1Xtra DJs We Trust: Joker Mix

In ongoing proof that the British are a superior culture contrasted to us benighted Yankees, the BBC 1Xtra station has started a new show hosted by Redlight entitled “In New 1Xtra DJ’s We Trust.” Rightfully, they entrusted Bristol bass behemoth, Joker with a slot on the first program, and midway through the three hour show… Continue reading »

Oct
19

The Education of Soda Popinski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RxXTxpG_KE Were I to possess limitless time and the myopic belief that more than four people would find it funny, I would make The Education of Soda Popinski, which would combine The Education of Henry Adams’ meditations on educational theory with the trials and travails of this punch-drunk NES pugilist. Alas. Instead, we’ll have to… Continue reading »

Oct
19

Alex B…Brainfood

I originally wasn’t going to post Alex B’s latest mix made available for free via Brainfeeder, because I’m loathe to avoid co-signing everything that Flying Lotus’ camp does. Then I listened to it–45+ minutes of grimy drums, eerie synth lines and raps from the likes of Viktor Vaughn and Count Bass D filtered through the… Continue reading »

Oct
19

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Divine Art of Skull Eating

Are we all tired of lo-fi, yet? Has the practice of some asshole holing up in his garage or basement or parents’ summer house and piling distortion on top of a couple– and, if said lo-fi artist is a virtuoso, maybe even three– chords and a vocal melody so half-assed that it makes Stephen… Continue reading »