Chris Daly also favors insurrections.
By their very nature, compilation albums tend to be very hit or miss affairs, but when you have a stable of artists and quality control that rivals Berlin-based Project: Mooncircle, odds are your beats will beat said odds. On their 2013 edition, Uprising, my theory remains intact.
On each of their comps, P:M works around a specific theme. This year, the album is about talented artists separating themselves from the pack. In their own words: A wild stallion fights it’s way up from the dirt and tries to receive recognition by separating itself from the herd. Breaking through the anonymity of the group to the freedom of running through endless land- and soundscapes into horizons of new sonic worlds. Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted Theodore Logan references aside, while there are names I don’t immediately recognize amongst the contributors, some of these cats are well on their way to household recognition, assuming you live in a house that’s really, really into beats.
For those of you keeping track, the compilation includes IIIII (Five Eyes), KRTS, Sieren, my.head, FiJi, Long Arm, Kidkanevil, Daisuke Tanabe, Hanami, Julien Mier, Deft, submerse, opti, Den5hion, Tom Day, Monsoonsiren, Tendts, Thriftworks, DH the Mythicalifornian, PYUR, Rain Dog, Daixie, FauDeam, Jean du Voyage, Djéla, Pierre Harmegnies, Robot Koch, Robert Valsinger, Blossom, Neema, Tomika, How Green, Drogtech, Bruises, Night Logic, Deep Shoq, Stèv, Cass., Anna Marjamäki, Vitrion, and MockSun.
Where P:M’s previous comps have really stuck to a their own specific themes (i’m looking at you, The Moon Comes Closer), Uprising seems far more focused on the vibe. Normally, I’d be forced to focus on a handful of tracks that set a compilation apart, but, truth be told, if you’re a fan of after-hour sonics, where the groove is low-key and the festivities are late night, there’s nothing here you won’t like. The tracks by Tom Day & Monsoonsiren, Jean du Voyage and Tomika are great, but so are the rest of them.
As you listen to the tracks below, I recommend you be excellent to each other, as this Uprising will be audiocast.
