Hello everybody!
Thought i'd let you know about some records i've been listening to
recently:
- DJ Shadow / DJ Krush - Lost And Found / Kemuri - Mo' Wax
- Public Energy - Slumber / velocity - Probe
- Ken Ishii - Reference To Difference - Sublime
- Digable Planets - 9th Wonder - Pendulum
- David Caron - EP - Eevo Lute Muzique
DJ Shadow / DJ Krush - Lost And Found (S.F.L.) / Kemuri
Mo' Wax MW 024
Yo! Trip hop, or abstract musical science according to the sleeve.
The DJ Shadow track starts with some crazy scratching. Then there'a a
beat. A slamming beat sampled from U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday and cut
up a bit. Mad stuff this. U2 have never been so funky before probably.
Do i also hear some gee-tar in the distance? Very groovy.
The DJ Krush track has a more straight hip hop beat. Seriously groovy
this one and some great scratching too. More gee-tars as well.
Mo' Wax proves again it's one of the most interesting labels of the
moment.
The DJ Shadow track is from the forthcoming Mo' Wax compilation
'Headz' and the DJ Krush one from Krush' forthcoming long playa
'Strictly Turtablized'. Mmmmm....
Public Energy - Slumber / Velocity
Probe PRO21
Speedy Jochem Paap as his speedier alter ego Public Energy again.
Velocity is a nice trancey thumper, but a bit too standard perhaps.
I hear a 303, but it's not acid.
Slumber on the other hand (side) is different. A bit scary this one,
very (dark) atmospheric. Is it hardcore? Intelligent hardcore perhaps..
It sounds a bit like a very long intro, but that's maybe 'cos there's
no snare in this track. It's very well built up. Nice one this...
Ken Ishii - Reference To Difference
Sublime Srcd.001
- Into The Inside
- Fading Sky
- Non Essentia
- Finite Time
- Interjection
- Scene One
Kinda strange this album hasn't been reviewed before on idm as it's
already a few months old now and also very very good. Much more
interesting than anything the Aphex one, or most other people, did
lately. Ken boldly goes where no man has been before.
If you thought his record on +8 was strange, listen to this. It's nice
to see Ken's music is still progressing. It may all be weird and
unconventional, but i still think it's very listenable.
Mr. Ishii really knows how to program a synth!!
Album of the year so far (also because Spanners will be released
_next_ year ;)
*thanx to Noguchi Tomonori
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder
Pendulum Y-58159
Rap on idm? Yes, why not. This record is very danceable as well as
very intelligent. Some very creative beat programming on this track.
It has an old school hip hop feel and a pretty fun(n)(k)y bass. Shame
this record only has the same track on it in five different versions.
Still some nice laid back stuff. (that beat, that *beat*!)....
David Caron - EP
Eevo Lute Muzique EEVO 010
- Dawn
- A Quiet Passing
- Mercy, No Mercy
- Fantasy On A Fantasy On A ...
Who the hell is David Caron? I really don't know. I only know that
this (already a few months old) record is really nice. Cool laid back
stuff with a very jazzy feel. There's only one coffeetable jazz track
on it (Passing) but the rest is very good. Nice programming,
especially those rhythms. The winner on this record must be Fantasy, i
just love that double-bass! Groove on.........
(Has Eevo already entered the idm building?)
Well, that's it for now!
Cheers,
Hans
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