Last September, I wrote about RL Grime, a New York producer affiliated with the Wediditcollective, who makes “post-Joker London future bass music that breathes with the pulmonary smoothness of a non-smoker, and the hypnotic transitions of a chronic drug user.” His “Grapes Alla Vodka” has been a staple at the Low End Theory ever since, […]

Had the horsemen in the WediditCollective any interest in pushing the crew narrative, I probably wouldn’t have to link to their website in the first sentence. You might know the principals better from their solo work: Shlohmo, Jonwayne, Zeroh, RL Grime. There’s more and all of them are interested in further blurring the line between […]

This is what it sounds like when dubs cry. Nico Jaar jackknifing Henry Laufer’s original into a work of skeletal, hand-carved beauty. If these two aren’t the best IDM producers of their generation, they’re among of the closest ones. From Shlohmo’s Vacation Remixes

Jonah Bromwich wishes they had come up with a better name for this song. It’s November 2011 and I’m back in DC for Thanksgiving, hanging out with some of my friends from high school. Drake’s album has just come out and I’ve dutifully reviewed it over on my own site. In my review, I say […]

Jonah Bromwich’s favorite vacation spot is the Isle of Wight. There’s only so much concrete meaning that we can infer from beatmakers’ music. Without lyrics acting as signposts, all we have to go on is tempo, mood and the occasional sample. Not much really. That’s what makes it so fun when a producer like Shlohmo […]

Shlohmo – Places from STDYHND on Vimeo. A banner day for the Wediditcollective. Shlohmo finally drops the video for the still-gorgeous “Places” off the still supreme, Bad Vibes. Meanwhile, Jonwayne releases his fourth album of the year in Alpha Pup-issued,Death of Andrew. This is where I’m supposed to quote the Mad Rapper, but Jonwayne is […]

Over at the Times, I call Shlohmo the Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles beat scene. The analogy fits because they’re both ostensibly too young to have such stellar production. I’m not sure if Henry Laufer is left-handed, but I might have to ask. We may have to form a baseball team — I haven’t […]

Shlohmo – I Can’t See You I’m Dead from Caseytography on Vimeo. Want to write some words about the new Danny Brown at the moment, but mashing on a deadline that has me gnashing my teeth. I am the Adderall Admiral. Tomorrow. In the interim, Shlohmo will play my Semitic stand-in, going exquisite corpse last […]

Chris Daly prefers this to “Good Vibrations.” I was conflicted when I first received a copy of Shlohmo’s Bad Vibes. Earlier this year saw the release of his Places EP, which had spawned the eponymous track that remains one of my favorite jams of the year. Was the kid going to come through with a […]

Evan Nabavian holds the memory of Aaliyah’s midriff sacred. My roommate in college listened to Graduation and Tha Carter III on endless repeat. To this day, he never misses a Lil Wayne concert. One time I played him Flying Lotus’ remix of “I Feel Like Dying” and I could almost hear the whirr of confusion […]