i think the praises have been sung, but i wanted to hum a few bars of my
own about the jega ep on skam. i've been looking for it since i first heard
of it about two months ago, and it finally just showed up in san
francisco's new release bins. man, what a fucking _scorching_ ep (and ep?
seven tracks!). the best thing to ever appear on that label, imo, and a bit
more kickass than anything i've heard out of freeform or gescom. "norton
midgate" is incredibly original d'n'b-esque electro on par with some
bedouin ascent and that amazing bowling green track on _further
self-evident truths 3_. and "ionic"? some of the finest, most engaging
ambient electro since "boogie down bronx" or bochum welt's "phial" ep on
axodya. like berlin's "metro" genetically recombined with man parrish and
mated with b12. makes my spine tingle. my only criticism is the track ends
too soon!...i'm also diggin the way it moves from style to style and
feeling to feeling with each track (from funk to hardcore to
gamelan--really!--to goofball loungecore)...check this out if you passed on
it etc.
...alright, enough. just needed to get that out of my system.
sc
p.s. can anyone fill me in on jega? who he/she/they is/are and whether they
have other stuff out, etc.