Back from a five month hiatus comes the Low End Theory podcast. DJ Nobody drops the trappingest mix in the history of trapezia. Trapezia is a land populated by powder-colored Brits who worship at the feet of Waka Flocka. Reverse colonialism, y’all.  On the low, Nobody was first on that wave, even if I think […]

Max Bell is slated to release his debut album, Youngest of Da Camp in the Fall. You have a set BPM, one sample, one transition, and a week to make an ill beat. Go. If that sounds like ideal audio dope then check out Team Supreme — a collective of producers/DJs and Low End Theory […]

Well before Dave Tompkins decrypted the DNA of the vocoder, it existed as Los Angeles’ preferred funk steroid. No telling how many times the Troutman’s soundtracked my juvenile declensions. Power 106 played “Computer Love” enough to make me wary of my shoddy Intel 486. Through the tubes Snufflupagusing out of his mouth, Roger was able […]

Virtual Boy “Mass” from Alpha Pup on Vimeo. For all the bogus new-media cliches spouted about the 21st century music business, certain realities are immutable. Witness Alpha Pup, who along with Brainfeeder operate as the premier in-house labels of the Low End Theory (respect also due to Leaving Records, Friends of Friends, and Non Projects.) […]

Virtual Boy, the latest off the Alpha Pup assembly line, drops the first taste from their forthcoming Symphony No, None.  The record drops February 1, and a full-fledged review will come later. In the interim, there is “Mass,” the haunting liturgy that transcends the trademark Low End sound. Violins and organs swell and crash, proceeded […]