Sound Pollution | Street Noise
I was delighted yesterday afternoon to find my favourite street performer on St. Cats. Being in the deep trance of his ambient and gritty craft prevents the small, but appreciative audience from relinquishing any useful information regarding his work apart from improvised noise for loonies. So i left him some coin and a low-life business card in hopes he’ll give us a shout, and maybe some tips on where to find him playing with more than a battery powered amp. Either way, hats off.
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Enjoi,
sam.i.am
Fresh sounds from Hyperdub- Burial’s new EP ‘Street Halo’
New music from one of the most venerable and tasteful dubstep labels around: Hyperdub- the brainchild of Steve Goodman a.k.a. Kode9. Kode9 is known for his eerie sparse futuristic collaborations with the Space Ape and his excellent catalog of releases that includes Burial, Joker, and Flying Lotus to name a few. (He has also completed his PhD in philosophy and published a book on sonic warfare).
UK future-garage producer genius Burial released his new EP, Street Halo , on the Hyperdub on Monday. Buy the full release directly from Hyperdub-
And here is Kode9′s mix that recently aired on BBC radio 1 [03.12.11] featuring a selection of never before heard upcoming Hyperdub releases. (You can view the tracklist below)
Kode9 – BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix [03.12.11]
Wolfey
Kode9 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Tracklist:
01. Hype Wiliams – Your Girl Smells Chung When She Wears Dior
02. Warren G – Regulate
03. Ossie – Moves
04. Fhloston Paradigm – Chasing Rainbows
05. Giorgio Moroder – The Wheel [Pye Records]
06. Attica Blues – What Do You Want (King Britt Remix)
07. Kudu – Transit
08. Nubian Mindz – Future Past
09. A Guy Called Gerald – Finley’s Rainbox (4 Hero Remix)
10. Kode9 – Green Sun
11. Kode9 + The Space Ape – Love is The Drug (feat. Cha Cha)
12. Funkystepz – Trouble
13. Kode9 – Black Sun (Partial Eclipse Mix)
14. Zed Bias – Basic Needs
15. DJ Rampage – Deep Inside (Rama Re-edit)
16. 2562 – Cheater
17. Karizma – Outta Control
18. Ossie – Set The Tone
19. Ill Blu – Meltdown
20. Zed Bias – Stubborn Phase
21. Funkystepz – Fuller
22. Hard House Banton – Sirens (Sami Sanchex Remix)
23. Funk Bias – Last Forever
24. Champion – Loose Control
25. DJ Naughty – Firepower
26. Funkystepz – Hurricane Riddim
27. DJ Naughty – Gearshift
28. Devine Collective – House Girls
29. Bok Bok – Look
30. Kode9 + The Space Ape – OTherman
31. Riko – Woo Freestyle
32. Terror Danjah – Minimal Dub
33. L-Wiz – 442 Oz
34. Addison Groove – Nautilus
35. Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete (Mala Remix)
36. Dok – West Coast
37. Grain – Untitled
38. Dok – West Coast VIP
39. Mala – Education
40. Terror Danjah – In The Biz
41. Girl Unit – Wut
42. Mala – Bury The Boy
43. Gucci Mane – O Dog (Mosca Instrumental Remix)
44. Kode9 feat. Cha Cha – Time Patrol (Dub version)
45. Spooky – Spartan (Terror Danjah Remix)
46. Morgan Zarate – Hookid
47. DJ Rashad – Itz not Rite
48. DJ Spinn – Lol
New Music | Fresh Off The Boat
The daily catch is in, trawled off the bottom of a healthy marine biotic system.
It is here. It is upon us. Justice has finally graced us with their iron fist. This bright original mix of the monumental track, different from the take seen in the hype mechanist Adidas advertisement, sounds like a filthy second coming of Queen. Found a 320. Here’s to legality. Album drops 11/4/11.
Civilization (Original Mix) – Justice [electro]
That soccer balled, truck to the temple that accompanied Romain Gavra’s commercial work of genius has yet to be released, but we’ll keep you posted. Check the footage out right about here , if you feel so inclined. For now, this banger will suffice.
Civilization (Q.G. Remix) – Justice [electro]
By the beard of Zeus, MSTRKRFT is back! It sounds like they took a few riffial pages out of the book of shred that is Death From Above 1979, and we couldn’t be more thankful.
Beards Again – MSTRKRFT [electro]
Hudson Mohawke hitting us with this brassy r&b beat triumph.
Lady Luck (Hudson Mohawke’s Schmink Wolf Re-fix) – Jamie Woon [recommended]
VibeSquad sticking to their guns; sexy synth sounds slapping you in the face over just the funkiest of formulas.
Diplo taking another swing at the dubstep baseball and not striking out! This could be result of the fast ball Travis Barker pitched him, but either way, home run.
Can A Drummer Get Some (Diplo Remix) – Travis Barker
Why not treat you guys to some old school A pluses?
A favorite of GLK’s. A favorite of mine. Rev your engine.
Motor – SebastiAn [electro]
This one was introduced to me by one of my most trusted musical enthusiasts. He also happens to be my younger self, from the same testicle if you will, which is appropriate because this jam will make everyone of your spermatozoa dance like their at a disco. Thank you, you freckled funk master you.
Money In The Bank (George Lenton Remix) – Swizz Beatz [recommended]
Picture a heard a triceratops bobbin their heads, storm clouds brewin’. My God…
Goonies – Baconhead [recommended]
Here’s to the Gulf of Mexico,
sam.i.am
The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. II
It’s that time again..
After hours of early morning tweaking and head bobbing, I have finally wrapped up the second installment of the bootleg tapes. This tape showcases some of the freshest and finest sounds in instrumental hip-hop- it’s guaranteed to leave you wetter than a saxophone reed.
[Best enjoyed stoned- in cars]
Track List
1. Building Steam with a Grain of Salt – DJ Shadow
2. Channel 1 Suite – The Cinematic Orchestra
3. Scuba (Amon Tobin Remix) – Bonobo
4. Anything Worse – The Gaslamp Killer
5. Manners – Juj
6. My Room – Juj
7. As Serious As Your Life (J Dilla Remix) – Fourtet
8. King Bathtub – Teebs
9. Prisoner’s Song – Nova Nova
10. Insomnia (pt. 1) – Juj
11. Insomnia (Sunrise) – Juj
12. Catch Me Riding Dirty – Samiyam
13. Rounded – Samiyam
14. Blankets – Shlohmo
15. Salud – RJD2
16. Birthday Music – The Gaslamp Killer
17. Reckoner (Nosaj Thing Remix) – Radiohead
18. Sunday Bouncer – Juj
19. Get on Down – Nightmares on Wax
20. You Wish – Nightmares on Wax
21. All That You Give – The Cinematic Orchestra
22. SpottieOttieDopalicious – Outkast
23. Count Your Sunrises – Dimlite
24. Midnight In a Perfect World (Gab Remix) – DJ Shadow
Wolfey
Tron: Legacy Reconfigured
“Change the scheme. Alter the mood. Electrify the boys and girls, if you’d be so kind.”
Last year, electronica luminaries Daft Punk enamored us with their symphonic soundtrack for Tron: Legacy. I found myself (and others) appreciating the album much more so in isolation from the film, allowing for some cinematography of the imagination and we have just been blessed with some more material to work with. An assortment of A-list producers – The Crystal Method, Moby, Pretty Lights, Com Truise, M83, etc – have gathered to give the album the official remix treatment, which as expected has already been leaked onto the web. Standouts of the release are available below.
Southern California’s The Glitch Mob are notorious for a certain gluttony towards bass and they secure their reputation in kicking off the medley with their club-friendly refix of the quintessential single of the album, Derezzed.
Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix) – Daft Punk
Ken Jordan and Scot Kirkland of The Crystal Method pay homage to one of the (many) epics, The Grid, transforming the original – which Daft Punk cut with an 85-piece orchestra – into a brilliantly ominous dance-floor banger. Really though, one can expect nothing less from the platinum-certified duo whose original studio was constructed in an underground shelter beneath their front lawn, hence their current studio’s name – The Bomb Shelter.
The Grid (The Crystal Method Remix) – Daft Punk
The full LP drops on April 5th.
alh
Spoiled Rotten | Midnight Selection
We begin with a fat instrumental track suited for some blunted gangsta language. A lil’ Ratataty and oh so fresh.
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Gemini – Marek Hemmann [recommended]
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Rearrange (Skream) – Miles Kane [d&b]
The song below is without a doubt the best Beatles re-Dub we’ve ever come across. I feel like thats not saying much because most of them are shit, but this is fuckin’ ill. Checkit.
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Come Together (Omega) – The Beatles
A little somethin’ off Hudson Mohawke’s album, Butter. Available here .
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Demolition Man (KSH) – SwiftKnight
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These last two are off a compilation album called Transnational Dubstep. Get the whole thing off itunes.
Thank you Zach, Kale, Breen, Willis, your track suggestions are most appreciated. Now, jam these into your mp3 player and go write ‘low-life’ on something.
zef to death bitch,
-T
Midnight Selection | Moa Pillar
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Get the full Moon and Thunder Dance EP on iTunes.
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Crazy – Transient [served chilled]
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Fabrication – Emalkay [recommended]
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BONUS Tracklist
Commercial (ft. Casey Veggies) – Ace Creator [recommended]
Prelude to A Freestyle – Jay Electronica
Die Antwoord team up with Harmony Korine, the director of KIDS, in this touching short about two wheelchair bound gangstas. A huge shoutout to Allie for this one.
fullscreen that shiet
-T
Burial + Four Tet + Thom Yorke
You will pollute the universe. Yeah, I bet you get this all the time.
Radio rips snatched from Four Tet’s Tuesday night session on Rinse FM dominated the blogosphere within hours of the announcement of his latest collaboration with fellow experimental prodigies Burial and Thom Yorke. Though the partnership is not a first for Kieran Hebden and William Bevan (see below), the recent alliance comes as a pleasant surprise and the result is nothing less than mesmerizing. Ego/Mirrors parades a celestial bond between the trio, who manage to intertwine their distinct aural personas into electronic synthesis while parading each producers unique sound in the process.
The double A-side, under Four Tet’s label Text, will be limited to just 300 vinyl copies, plain black sleeves. You’re gonna have to do some digging to get your hands on one of these bad boys. Grab a digital copy of Ego below. Release date: March 21st.
Ego – Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke
An older lovechild of Burial and Four Tet.
And an intimate peek into the weekly Low End Theory in L.A.
Thom Yorke Live DJ Set @ Low End Theory (3.9.11) [Vimeo]
alh
Simian Mobile Disco in Montreal (03.18.11)
Back in the late ‘90s, James and Jas were studying folklore and physics respectively at Manchester University, while crafting strange electronic music in the spare room of their shared house. Although he eventually dropped out of his course, Jas’s grounding in quantum physics was to come in useful later: the drum pattern on SMD’s early white label Tits & Acid was based on matrix mechanics devised by Werner Heisenberg.
Their first LP is a phenomenal, timeless, dance record- Attack Decay Sustain Release, named partly after the ADSR envelope, a parameter found on any subtractive synthesizer, but also because ADSR stands for Auto Deficient Serotonin Response, a genetic condition from which Jas suffers that makes him unable to experience any real moments of genuine happiness.
Last night, the two synthesis virtuosos breezed through Montreal, and performed a live set with modular synthesizers and of course Low-Life was there to capture the magic of their closing encore ‘I believe’- a tune that dampens panties every time.
Simian Mobile Disco – I Believe (Montreal, S.A.T., 03. 18. 11) [Vimeo]
Wolfey
Low End Theory | The Gaslamp Killer and Jon Hopkins [Episode 19]
Money, time, very last dime -
In case you arn’t hip to Low End Theory already, I thought I would share the link for the latest mix from The Gaslamp Killer ‘s L.A. beat scene crew, who constitute some of the freshest musical minds around. Lately his Wednesday night weekly in North Hollywood has been drawing guest appearances from everybody from Teebs and others from the Brainfeeder collective, to Dave Chappelle, to Thom Yorke.
Stick this in your stereo and don’t touch that dial-
Low End Theory (episode 19) – Featuring The Gaslamp Killer and Jon Hopkins
Wolfey
Wednesday Selection | Fucking Awesome
There was a hustle and some bustle but rest assured the Low-Life crew is on the case. Enjoy streaming before downloading!
Some heavy shit off Torqux & Twist’s New Unleashed EP .
G7 – Torqux & Twist ( DownLoad )
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These next three wholeheartedly embrace the expression of anger.
Point Blank – Break Your Face ( DL )
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Big Up – Kaya ( DL )
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Phat beat… gruesome lyrics
French (Toro Y Moi Remix) – Tyler, The Creator ( DL )
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And a little change in stride…
Happiness (Troubled Faces) – Pretty Lights ( DL ) [served chilled]
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Spruce Dub – Midnite ( DL ) [served chilled]
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Your Teeth In My Neck – Scientist ( DL ) [served chilled]
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Until next time.
-T
A little peek from James Blake’s appearance in Brooklyn last night
Those who have been following James Blake since his early cheeky, but understated and meticulously polished post-dubstep productions, such as those found on his CMYK EP, likely had no doubts that this kid’s sound would rise above the noise. (I’m not going to lie- my heart lies with his early dubstep productions, rather than the more pop influenced singer-song writer approach I hear on his debut LP. Listen to CMYK or Air & the Lack Thereof- fantastic )
This young gangly modest British electronica producer and songwriter crashed onto the mainstream indie music scene with his self-titled debut LP released on A&M this February.
Last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY, the teeming crowd listened with their mouths shut and hung on each word. Performing for the first time in the USA, here is James Blake singing “Unluck” in Brooklyn.
Unluck – James Blake [Vimeo]
Wolfey
Tuesday’s Taste | EAT IT UP.
Today’s post commences in a huge way, with 2 tracks that open in similarly huge ways .
Nostalgic Intros……
Rukkuz – Bare [recommended]
Sultan of Swing – Jantsen [recommended]
And now kneel for the rest of that Tuesday trash….
Dramatron – Helicopter Showdown [recommended]
Paper Walls – Crushington [recommended]
A little drumstep….
And now….Remixathon.
Hot As Hell (Mensah Remix) – Drop the Lime
The Funeral (Butch Clancy Remix) – Band of Horses
All My Friends feat. Mr Wilson (Enigma Remix) – Tommy Trash & Tom Piper
Cruel (Skism Remix) – Pyramid ft. Julie Thompson
Now calm the fuck down!
Under the City Lights (feat. Sam Frank) – Skream [serve chilled] [recommended]
Yea I recommended more than half of em, I’d have recommended em all if I could. So really I just “recommended” the ones that got me out of my chair, and/or caused spills. And between the remixes they all have there time and place that I’d call it favorite. Soooo if you’ve skipped over some of em just because they aint recommended, I suggest you slide those fingers back UP and fix that.
You look like you could use some sleep,
Bless,
Rader
Guest Selects Episode 1 | P B no J
A special treat today; The first instalment of our Guest Selects series, featuring none other than P B no J from the evergreen fresh WestCoastBounce . Check it out! Now, sam.i.am hands over the mike.
Konichiwa Low life’s.
Eskmo is the only man I’ve ever seen incorporate snow shovels into a live performance, and ever since that captivating, name-appropriate, set at Igloofest I’ve been a complete addict. His playful percussion and rambunctious synths are ever apparent on his recent eponymous album available for purchase here .
The Melody – Eskmo [recommended]
Come Back (Lorn Remix) – Eskmo
South London’s The Elliot School has given us the gifts of Hot Chip, Burial, and Four Tet, but presently I’m digging their most recent offering the most – alumnus Jamie xx. Happy unwrapping.
Far Nearer – Jamie xx [recommended]
Tremel (Jamie xx remix) – Glasser
The only house track that has held my attention for more than a week:
Epic Flow (Chris James remix) – Surviv
OFWGKTA
Couch feat. Ace Creator – Earl Sweatshirt
Simple euphoria:
Something a little dubbier:
Down – Biscope [recommended]
And finally a cool out jam from Ramble John Krohn – alias RJD2.
Sell the World – RJD2 [served chilled]
Adios,
P B no J
Thursday Selection
With the gloom of the dark season in passing and spring just beginning to present itself on the horizon, we patiently await the season distinguishable by a prodigious line-up of live talent. Springtime is celebrated as concert season and this year, the reputation is upheld. In Vancouver [Subvert, Mount Kimbie, Chase & Status, Bar 9], Montreal [Skream, Benga, Simian Mobile Disco, Shlohmo] and Toronto [Kode9, Rusko, Excision, Smash Gordon] the schedules are shaping up to be fierce – and many more have yet to be announced. So take this time to lather yourself in anticipation and while in limbo, relish in an assortment of tracks designed to make you sweat and a couple to calm your nerves before Datsik and Sub Antix take the stage in Vancouver tonight. It’s going to get messy
Cut Form Crunch (feat. Flying Lotus) – Mophono
The latest two-track release from the unrelenting trio that is Noisia. Indulge and purchase from their website here .
Displaced – Noisia [d&b]
Friendly Intentions – Noisia [d&b]
Born from technical difficulties with his MPC-2000, Leb Laze ( Asthamtic Kitty ) creates an assimilation of sounds intricately intertwined from his sampler’s ‘sound vomit,’ with ease. Toxic Knock, a preview of an assortment entitled Music For Troubled Machinery, will be officially released at the end of the month.
And a couple whimsical remixes from one of our most adored, Nicolas Jaar.
Fail Forever (Nicolas Jaar Remix) – When Saints Go Machine [served chilled]
Winter Rose (Nicolas Jaar Remix) – The Bees [served chilled]
alh
Wednesday Selection | That Rusty Nail Skank
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I awake this morning to find a lovely booger hiding in my left nostril. I proceed to hack a jolly grey phlegm into my garbage can. Riding this slimy momentum, I skipped the morning bath, for the umpteenth time in a row. Brush my teeth? Not a chance! I can taste the bubbling stench this beautiful day is wrapped in through my grossly depleted cilia, and nothing is going to stop me from wallowing in it like the hog I am. I hope you all have the common courtesy to join me.
Now we must establish some boundaries. A day like today deserves more than the cluttered grime we so often find clogging the sinks of our stainless steal music libraries. No, today requires some class A skank, like sipping motor oil out of an Elizabethan tea cup.
Pinkies up kiddies!
Uk mad man, Itchy Robot, pulls at that string that connects your belly button to the ceiling. His wobble: a laser beam 36 hours in to a fatal snake bite. Feeling legal? Hola at this cute little link over here .
Miss You – Itchy Robot [recommended]
Noah D and Roommate, West-coast gun slingers hailing from, respectively, Portland and San Francisco. Their bass is like the butter that the witch feeds to Hansel and Gretel; rich, velvety, cruel. Buy some treats here , you greedy bunch you.
The Bassman – Noah D and Roommate [recommended]
Street Sound – Noah D and Roommate
Cozza Frenzy (Roommate Remix) – Bassnectar
Low-life contributor Wallace shares the Deutsch Land home base with our next noise Nazi. Ill Bill Bachelor is largely out of the game these days, but the ink of his legacy is smeared all over Excision’s early sets and sounds. I believe a “heil” is in order.
The Demon – Ill Bill Bachelor [recommended]
Still Dre (Dubstep Refix) – Mikey B feat. Ill Bill Bachelor
Picture yourself and a friend burning down a pleasant evening spliff by the lake. The frogs are chirping in chorus, until, out of the blue, an alien air craft tears the cloud cover apart. You share a wide and red eyed stare of disbelief with your homie, then avert your attention to the extraterrestrial ship. It wobbles listlessly, to and fro, finding no stable ground to safely situate itself. Innocent frogs that lay in the path of the ship’s laser stabilizers explode instantaneously. Amidst a chorus of popping amphibians, the U.F.O. teeters helplessly, until it’s final plunge into the lake’s dark depths. Slack jawed, you roll another spliff.
If you like this business, then make it official ! Clue Kid knows how to slink!
Hovercraft – Clue Kid [recommended]
You probably need to shower,
but fuck it,
pores are for clogging.
sam.i.am
Shlohmo
Shlohmo makes me feel like a brain-fried, perverted, degenerate- I mean that in the best way possible. The off-kilter stutter of his beats, the lush ambient soundscapes, the cheeky little clap that sounds a bone snapping- all of these sounds make me cringe and squint and bite my fingers.
I can hear parallels between Shlohmo and an array of stellar producers such as Juj, Flying Lotus, Mount Kimbie, Dimlite to name a few that stick out in my mind. You can hear it in the discombobulated loping swing of his kicks and snares and the artful use of ambient textures.
But Shlohmo has his own signature cheeky mystique as well as instantly recognizable subtle but vulgar bass sounds, which make me scrunch up my face and close my eyes- listen to Tomato Smash; you’ll hear what I’m referring to.
Henry Laufer is a 20 year old producer working and living in the Bay area. Pick up the Camping EP or Shlo-Fi EP- both are chock full of gems. They’re available for purchase here . He latest work, Places EP is due for release on Friends of Friends on March 15th. Laufer’s been busy- look out for his debut LP Bad Vibes in June. Or catch his set at SXSW next week.
And his latest work-
If you need to get you’re sleaze on- here are a couple of his poppin’ remixes:
My Neck My Back (Shlohmo Remix) – Khia
This is How We Do it (Shlohmo Remix) – Montell Jordan
We love your work Shlohmo!
Wolfey
Beats | Delicious Purple Root Vegetables
These beats are so fresh they’ll make ya shit turn red.
Well, let’s taste em’.
Lunice is the Montreal based, bounce wizard, and despite collaborations with industry giant, Diplo, and underground king, Nosaj Thing, he remains something of a ghost in the scene. His minimal, hip-hopian bass music integrates seamlessly into the collective beat movement that is so quickly wiping the grins off of the faces of cluttered and needlessly heavy electronic musicians. Grab his latest release “Stacker Upper” here .
Simple yet undeniable,
Basic Space (Lunice Remix) – The xx
Jon Wayne, another staggeringly dope affiliate of the mighty Brainfeeder tribe, has recently released his first collection, “Doodles,” which is currently (legally) unattainable, unless you show up of to one of his gigs. It is a charming and funky window into the future of low end sound; one of those “just push play” kind of records.
Tubes – Jon Wayne [recommended]
Get up, stand up, and wiggle like the worm you are to Free The Robot’s, “Ctrl Alt Delete,” ep, available here .
Orion’s Belt Buckle – Free The Robots
Granite Rock – Free The Robots
Cowabunga muthafuckas. Catch this gnarly WAV(e) file.
Hip Hop (An-ten-nae Remix) – Dead Prez [recommended]
stay fresh as produce,
sam.i.am
March Bass Madness MTL | NiT GriT . Wolfey . Reso . Genetix . Mat The Alien . Bare Noize
This month in Montreal will set the standard for events with low-lighting, low-to-the-floor dancing, and forever populated by your fellow low-lifers. Not only will the crowd be crawling with us low-lifes, but our very own LL commander and chief, WOLFEY, will be providing the soundtrack during the opening slot for NiT GriT. So roll early. Big ups Wolfey.
Club Empire 22:00| Friday, March 4th is the day | $15 is what you pay… unless you get yours before.. the day.
If you’ve been with us for a while you will remember NiT GriT’s original and captivating wobbles. If not type that shit into your itunes search bar or our ‘search the stacks’ feature and be reminded of how much you will give to be at this show.
On that note we turn to Wolfey. Offering local support as a fresh DJ to the montreal scene; he is no stranger to the tables. Be sure to check out his latest Bootleg Mix here , if you haven’t already. The last words I exchanged with him were about the acquisition of vinyl tables and the upcoming Skream show. Yea, I could go on about how he’s a lone wolf, raised by wolves.. better to get it out of the way.. but the fact of the matter is, it’s his fucking name and he will be bringing the numbers that will not stop until long after the morning light. That’s us. Yours truly, the low-life crew.
Event Details can be found here .
Don’t miss out on these two or be as perturbed about your well-being as if you stole a kilo from the mob.
You better get your rest this week because the following night, March 5th, Bouddha Slinky is hosting Reso , Genetix, and Mat the Alien! Location TBA. The madness doesn’t seem to be letting up. This is another one you won’t want to miss.
Event details here .
It truly is Bass Madness out here in MTL with all these heavyweights gracing our lawless city. And on the evening of the ninth day Bare Noize is planning to tear up le Belmont, courtesy of Bouddha Slinky once again. Details can be found here .
I expect to see all of you at each of these shows. Bring your paint, bring your mask, the madness ensues.
Bitches love stitches,
RadarT
Carnage | Knockin’ Me out
I did not expect a punch to the jaw today, but I got one. Vancouver’s 17 year old basement dj, Carnage, weilds the fist of a healthy three months experience in the dubstep scene, but this afternoon, what i had known to be the violent attack of a backyard scrap seemingly grew into Sugar Ray’s right hook. A history of hip hop production gives this kid a fluency in the tightest high-hats, snares, and kicks available, not to mention a wealth of knowledge regarding the world of violent and legendary vocal cuts. Hat’s off to fellow low life, Robin Daily, a.k.a. Carnage.
Ice pack please,
After The Laughter – Carnage [recommended]
Samples that’d make Troy Beetles proud:
Further madness, accompanied by melodious guitar and organ:
Kalmah – Carnage [recommended]
Prepare those frozen peas,
sam.i.am
