February 1st, 2010
Shlohmo, the 20-year old beat scene wunderkind, who is crushing feelings in a bid to take the top spot among lanky LA Jews (deference, youngster, deference) stopped by Mary Anne Hobbs last Wednesday night to deliver a scorching 15-minute mix full of murky dubstep, twerked samples, air-sirens and Dilla homage, and “Sampson Simpson” samples from Half Baked a la “Forget Me Not.” Clearly, the kid has cracked the code on how to ensure posting in this peculiar corner of the Internet. He is not a contra (no Vampire Weekend.) Were you not sold from the previous post, this should confirm why he’s at the forefront of the next generation of Low End Theory beatmakers. Best listened to with a pound of your sweetest cheeba.
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ZIP: Shlohmo - Mary Anne Hobbs Session
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January 6th, 2010
Whether you’re a hip-hop head baffled why this blog focuses so much on bass music (hint: it’s due to house music maharajah DJ Pauly D) or whether you’re so cool that you haven’t listened to music with words since Bush knocked down the Twin Towers (Jadakiss is never wrong), Mary Anne Hobbs’ highlights of 2009 will surely find some appeal for you. During the program, she claims to search SoundCloud, Myspace, and other outlets for up to 10 hours a day to discover new music, which means that every new bass artist you see in Fact, RA, or here, has probably been broken first by the BBC1 Xtra DJ with the best ears in the business. Her year-end highlight show is the evidence, with tracks including Joker, the entire Low End Theory crew, Silkie, Dam-Funk, Rudi Zygadlo, and about two dozen others. Track list below the jump. Like Highlights magazine and the Wu-Tang, Mary Anne Hobbs is for the children.
ZIP: Mary Anne Hobbs 12. 24. 09 - Highlights of 2009 (Left-Click)
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November 21st, 2009
Thanks to some bulgogi-bloating Korean BBQ on Wednesday night, I missed sets from 12th Planet and Mary Anne Hobbs at the Scion House Party at The Roxy. Such are the consequences of $16.99 all-you-can-eat dinners. Thankfully, the Fullerton Dubstep don dropped a blistering mix on Hobbs’ BBC 1XTRA show last Wednesday, full of rarely heard material that wobbles like a 504 Boy (on another note, why hasn’t a dubstep producer remixed this yet?)
Another star in the seemingly limitless Southern Cali constellation, 12th’s music works well with a strong set of headphones, but even better live, with his sets prone to disemboweling bass, wall-rattling dub, and hip-hop (under the name Infiltrata, he’s done remixes ranging from Rass Kass to Grand Puba to Portishead.) I’ve said this before, but some enterprising sociologist needs to draw the parallels between the ever-increasing quality of chronic and the avant-garde turns our producers have taken. For those checking the pulse of hip-hop, consider that a generation ago, these guys would’ve surely ranked as Rated Rookies, but have largely abdicated the genre for more progressive pastures. And no, gimmicky compilations like this or this don’t count, even if both have their moments and score points for effort. If only this was a game of horseshoes…a game of horseshoes.
Video interviews with 12th below the jump, courtesy of Vapors.
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MP3: Mary Anne Hobbs ft. 12th Planet, DJ Evol, DLX, Pawn & Emu Mixes (Left-Click)
MP3: 12th Planet Vs. Rass Kass-”West Coast Dub”
MP3: Portishead-”Hunter” (Re-Imagined By 12th Planet of The Noise Floor Crew)
MP3: 12th Planet (Infiltrata)-Dogs on Acid Infiltrata Mix
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October 26th, 2009
The mutual admiration society between Daedelus and The Low End Theory always made sense. Since ‘01, Alfred Darlington (he of the best chops since Ambrose Burnside), has aspired towards a futuristic blur of hip-hop, dance, and grimy, glitchy beats–the same combination favored at the Lincoln Heights hang-out. Last year, he dropped Live at Low End Theory on Daddy Kev’s Alpha Pup label, a record aptly described by Mike Orme, as “gauzy re-interpretations of his own work [that] take on a whole new life as dance music just as critics and fans were writing him off as a niche commodity.”
Since then, the dapper Daedelus has stayed consistently on-point, most recently making the de rigeur stop on Mary Ann Hobbs BBC1 show last Wednesday and dropping a mix of unreleased and classic material from his Ninja Tune and Plug Research catalogue. Along for the ride is Brainfeeder prospect, Lorn, who laces a similarly scorching set from his own stash. Somewhere along the way, there are Joy Orbison, Nosaj Thing, Shackleton, and Madvillain tunes. Good times.
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ZIP: Daedelus & Lorn on Mary Anne Hobbs (10/22/09) (Left-Click)
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October 15th, 2009
Jneiro Jarel, perhaps best known to PoW readers as the dude behind the intermittently excellent Khujo Goodie collabo, Georgiavania, stepped to Mary Anne Hobbs ever-essential Radio One show last night and dropped this outstanding mix, featuring tracks from King Tubby, Burial, and The Bug. Plus, a plethora of remixes and original cuts recorded under his Dr. Who Dat? alias. Unfortunately, he neglected to play instant fiddle-rap classic “The Grussle,” which I imagine would play well in the United Kingdom and any place where people are prone towards kilts.
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ZIP: Mary Anne Hobbs Experimental Show 10.15.2009: Jneiro Jarel & DJ G
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