we got in a whole bunch of new goodies today,
including the excellent new venetian snares and joseph nothing albums,
the new lowfish, kettel, pantytec, murcof, the new ersatz comp.
all good stuff, i think reviews have already floated through.
but i was most excited to get a box from zod records, with
their newest three releases. here's reviews of them:
Doormouse/Brodie Guy - Zod 6
a split 12; from doormouse, you've got two tracks, the first is brooding secret-agent
sounding funk breaks, that morphs into strange acid hardcore. the second cut "double-sided dead end"
is my pick, improv drum intro rolls through with strange zipping sound effects that build up
with mysterious xylophone parts and sparce distorted kicks, which winds itself up tighter and tighter
with tons of odd fx, and breaks down to a preacher who sounds like jimmy swaggart, then
all the tension is released with an improbably jazzy mashed up breakcore beat, to rock your head.
this again transforms into a sick, heavy breathing phone conversation, that leads into deep distorted riff
over the same kind of beats. and i'm seriously not doing this justice. the flip from brodie guy, also
known as cpu war is three cuts, the first is decimated hardcore distorted hiphop flava, like something you
might hear from patric c, w/o vox. the second has a similar style, but more waiting, simple synth melody
over the whole thing, with a very nice clock chime sounding breakdown. the last cut is an ambient piece
that has a very distorted, whispy, cosmic sound to it. extremely varied and quality 12"
Various Artists - Zod Compilation #2 - Zod 7
this comp is the first for zod to flex the more downtempo melodic and experimental side
of its sound. you've got six trax from six different artists. seven dials sounds like an autoclave,
whirring away, unaware of the volitile substance that bursts out, poping and whirring through
the lab, which then unleashes some tiny, confused robots. pressboard's /// sickmix sounds
like something out of otto von schirach's lab, chirping, reversing, chiming grains seemingly
randomly assemble into a dub rhythm. dartanjal's track is so very minimal that in previous
times it wouldn't be noticed. hardly perceptable ticks and staticly bass clicks with tiny moonlit
atmosphere moves in and out. gridlock begins with long, deep, moving strings, and begins
to throw on seemingly random twisted breakbeats, which creates a strange and strong contrast.
casino vs japan's offering is rich stream of consiousness synths waving over a plinking dub
beat, adding soft swirling bass. much like something you'd hear on neo ouija.
Emotional Joystick - EP2 - Zod 9
in the span of two releases, emotional joystick has quickly become one of my favorite artists.
his output is an awesome array of tunes that trick out funky live sounding breaks, hardcore tempos,
sickly sweet melodies and creative structures, like nobody else right now. definitely the
best meeting of drill'n'bass sensibilities, with the hardcore fuck all breakcore flava, but
he falls more into the unique artist category than somebody who makes dj records.
i can't do these tracks justice in words, but if you liked his first EP, you'll love
this, its more of the same, yet different...you know?
oh yeah if you wants some.
available @ wrecked as of now.
http://rhinoplex.org/wrecked
- cutups