Garage » Passion of the Weiss

Oct
04

Sach O seen ya standin’ on the corner over there and he knows you ain’t down with his team. Twitter milestones are the new Billboard certifications, at least in the sub-celebrity realm of Bass music. Having just reached the big 5-triple-0, Night Slugs affiliate Mosca has gone out and dropped a couple of free joints… Continue reading »

Sep
20

Sach O: TRC – The Leak

Sach O wonders if a producer will ever empty out his hard drive and call it “the dump.” And the flood of free beats does not abate. If this were an era in which music required physical discs of plastic to be distributed, I’d bust out the old chestnut about being buried alive in the… Continue reading »

Sep
05

Sach O: Teeth – Swarm/ Shift/ Sequence/ Spawn

Sach O is not looking forward to Winter. Hate it or love it, Dubstep’s sonic arc makes perfect sense in evolutionary terms. Born out of the UKG hangover into an era of skunk-fueled paranoia and empty clubs, its initial minimalism was custom made for the early days of the War on Terror. Gone are the… Continue reading »

Aug
15

Sach O: Damu and HGLDT Swing & Skip

Sach O is trying to get all this writing done before he leaves for Sunseeker’s Ball. The latest single from Swing & Skip has been another iPod favorite that’s been keeping me sane since I’ve been crisscrossing music festivals from here to El Segundo. Full disclosure compels me to mention that label founder and producer… Continue reading »

Jun
12

Sach O: Nina Simone – Strange Fruit (inertia Remix)

Sach O once tried durian. It’s raining cats, dogs and other assorted animals in Montreal today which means I’m staying home, nursing a hangover, listening to The Wailers and Lee Perry’s African Herbsman and pondering the path Reggae might have taken had Bob Marley not become a rock star. I’m also enjoying this ultra-deep Nina… Continue reading »

May
24

Sach O: Royal-T <3′s Garage Mix

Sach O has a hard time separating his Garage and Garage Rock Mp3s. When they’re not releasing the weirdest videos ever, Butterz continue to dominate my listening. “Boo You” featuring P-Money and Blacks is their first vocal release and manages the rare feat of dusting off an old style without sounding dated or too self-referential.… Continue reading »

Mar
15

Sach O: Burial – Ego

Because Burial is quickly turning into the rap Jeff Mangum, any sign of new material has become a cause for celebration but Ego puts to rest any notion of the mysterious producer being overhyped. His music quite simply sounds like nothing else out there, its dusty, dubby, nostalgic take on UK Garage remaining inimitable even… Continue reading »

Mar
10

Son Raw – Sign of the Grime + CIXS

Son Raw is gonna start rocking a mask and hiding out like Burial. The monthly rounds of self-promotion are beginning to get uncomfortable but plug I must; one of the benefits of hiring a DJ with a media platform is that he’ll ostensibly use said media platform to promote your event. False modesty aside however,… Continue reading »

Feb
25

Sach O: Royal-T’s New Rave Grime

Sach O never got down with Nu-Rave. Too many stupid haircuts and glowsticks. My infatuation with Grime continues unabated, to the degree where I can usually understand what the emcees are talking about now. Sure, the mainstream stuff is mostly horrid electro-house but the underground inhabits the fruitful melting pot of rave, rap and reggae… Continue reading »

Feb
24

Sach O: Ninety Three Mixtape + Rinse

Sach O found this via Oneman’s Tumblr. I’ll be the first to admit that musicians losing it over other musicians’ technical prowess is annoying as fuck. Guitar mags, rappers discussing breath control and anything with the prefix “prog” stand as sufficient proof. But Cot-Damn, Oneman can mix. As a DJ, whenever I hear this guy… Continue reading »