Feb
01

Bibio – “Excuses”

On one hand, Bibio was lucky to escape any and all lame “chillwave” labels that may have been lazily ascribed to his sound — a truce between Boards of Canada and folktronica-era Four Tet. Of course, the Warp-signed Stephen Wilkinson has been doing this before Washed Out was first bleached, so it’s unlikely that he’d… Continue reading »

Oct
18

Flying Lotus-”Kill Your Coworkers” Video

Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo. Some will interpret Flying Lotus’ robotic-futuristic-Main St. parade-cyborg war as a trenchant commentary on automation in society and hatred for co-workers. I prefer to see this Rorschach clip as a hybrid of the “Whacking Day” parade from “The Simpsons” crossed with the “Itchy and Scratchy”… Continue reading »

May
18

Flying Lotus, Infinity, and Astral Planes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y5vyAw5JYE Whether or not the accolades were deserved or not, the self-fulfilling nature of the Internet hype machine assured that Flying Lotus would be crowned the new king of dubstep, or wonky, or beat music, or whatever inane label journalists ascribed to him this month. I suspect one of the more underlying points of Cosmogramma… Continue reading »

Mar
10

Flying Lotus Live in the Studio on Gilles Peterson (3/10/10)

A few days ago, the Caribou album leaked and I commented how it was only March and I could conceivably be comfortable with three albums (Pantha Du Prince, Four Tet, and Caribou) at the top of my year-end list. Then a friend chimed in, “you really think any of them have a chance at topping… Continue reading »

Mar
04

Gonjasufi – 2 Track Sampler

I’m set to interview Gonjasufi next week, so I’ll momentarily defer to Nate Patrin’s excellent Best New Music review of A Sufi and a Killer.  This post mainly exists to point out that Bleep is offering a free download of “Ancestors” and “Holidays,” available from now until Sunday. Scooping the entire album is highly advised… Continue reading »

Dec
01

To the North, To the South, To The East, To The West

With CD sales about as robust as the typewriter industry, it’s little secret that labels have had to get wiser about packaging and promo to entice customers to shill out $15 for a piece of plastic that they can readily pirate. So credit Bleep, the digital arm of Warp Records for their ambitious North/South/East/West Project,… Continue reading »