I See Colors: Mo Kolours “You (Wailer)” | November 12, 2014 |
Chris Daly lives, dies, and repeats If you’re a broke ass cat who is into the indie beat scene, there are far worse times to be alive than right now. In an effort to break through the clutter in an otherwise overcrowded musical landscape, seems like every producer/DJ and their mother are dropping free joints […]
Spring Mix: Smileswithteeth | May 1, 2014 |
Smileswithteeth is the solo project of Gabriel Gutierrez, a Montreal based beatmaker and producer making music for the morning commute. Sampling songs for texture instead of melody, his music falls into an often meditative state, while still being propelled by the current of left-field house and hip-hop. His album, Everyday Always, comes out May 12th […]
Getting “Bomptious” with Mo Kolours & Shafiq Husayn | February 20, 2013 |
You might remember the synaesthetic sounds of the London-based, One Handed Music-signed, Mo Kolours. Last November, Evan Nabavian neatly summarized his aesthetic: “paleo-beats from finger snaps, shakers, hand drums, chimes, and bodiless vocals. By carefully limiting his sound palette, he marries the sega music of his native Mauritius to a universal language of funk. Simple […]
Mo Kolours, Less Problems | November 20, 2012 |
Evan Nabavian is back from the dead like he was on house arrest. Take all the hi-hats, synths, vocoders, 808s, theremins, and copies of MTV Music Generator and put them away for just a second. Now breathe. Wasn’t that nice? The irony here is that I just spent two weeks without electricity waiting to turn […]