| Sun, July 6, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 pm |
artist: Ulrich Schnauss genre: shoegazer electro pop
i can’t believe i haven’t posted his stuff before either, thanks to ben for giving me a heads up on this show. i don’t really read the chronicle music listings that much (they kinda depress me), but they do try.
i’ll just post the super popular one:
artist: boards of canada genre: idm chill
most popular track off their semi-latest. can’t believe i didn’t post it before…
boards of canada - chromakey dreamcoat
went to plush last night, heard 2-step garage-y inspired minimal house, fun.
THIS IS A REPRINT FROM…
http://freehiphopnow.blogspot.com
THERE’S ALSO AN ARTICLE IN MASS APPEAL
THIS MONTH AS WELL, ENJOY.
The Knux are a self-produced group comprised of two brothers (Krispy and Al Millio) from New Orleans. They play all their own instrumentation and fight like The Kinks. Their debut album, Remind Me In 3 Days, sounds like Outkast, Juvenile, Tha Pharcyde, and The Strokes concurrently blasting, out of a drop-top Jag on Sunset Blvd. on a Saturday night in the summer. Wrap your head around that!!???
“When we made the album we refused to give the album to the label one song at a time,” says Krispy, who at 25 is the elder Knux brother. “We knew that they wouldn’t get it, they’d think we were buggin’ and they’d try to make us change things.” Instead, the two, who signed to Interscope in 2006 thanks to an incredible demo and manager Paul Rosenberg (Eminem’s manager) holed up in a mini-mansion in the Hollywood Hillsnew artists that they barely even knew were on the label.”
Just as their recording came to a standstill the Knux were met with great misfortune: Hurricane Katrina. “We never evacuated when the hurricanes hit,” says Krispy, “But for whatever reason when Katrina hit we left with our mom to go to Dallas for the weekend. When we were driving back to New Orleans on the Monday all the cars were going the other direction. The radio wasn’t working, so we had no idea about the flood ‘til someone flagged us down and told us that we weren’t gonna’ be allowed into the city.” After a week of the entire family sleeping in their car, they relocated to Houston and found an apartment. “Man, we lost everything, our whole apartment building burned to the ground, says Krispy. “So we were grateful that everyone was okay, but we weren’t happy to be in Houston.”
Fortunately things looked up for the group when their demo fell into the hands of Paul Rosenberg’s A&R man Dart Parker, who brought the group to his attention. Over the next months Rosenberg signed on as their manager. “We weren’t doing anything in Houston,” says Krispy. “Because of Katrina and how unhappy we were in that city we weren’t inspired to make anything new. So the whole thing with Paul was blessing.”
By the fall of 2006 the brothers had moved to the Hollywood Hills and begun the recording process. “Once we got out to L.A. there was just such a different vibe,” explains Al, “And we were going to all the downtown clubs with fuckin’ socialite girls and, like, the so-called hipsters, and guys like Steve Aoki. It was a totally different scene from what we were used to in New Orleans and the music we started making just reflected that.” The two wrapped the album during the summer of ’07 and hit the road hard. “We started by just inviting people over for house parties and performing the album on top of our couch,” says Al, “That’s how we knew what worked and what didn’t.” After a string of successful events at L.A. cool-guy emporiums the two got added as the opening act of Common’s Finding Forever tour.
With shows booked through the end of the year, and press clippings stacking up left and right—all without a single song available commercially—the ground swell is evident, and The Knux impact in 2008 is imminent. Act like you know. And if you forget, don’t worry, The Knux will Remind You!
artist: bomb the bass, lali puna, christian klein genre: chill
found this in my slsk directory, must be a couple years old.
Bomb the Bass v Lali Puna - Clearcut (Amstel mix by Christian Kleine)
artist: bola genre: idm
this guy has been around for a while, really all of his material is worth listening to. it should be noted that he wears his love of machine driven industrial music on his sleeve. don’t worry, he does it in a good way. skinny puppy fans will enjoy his ambient flavored stuff as well as his beats (well Bites fans, think Centre Bullet). Of course not all his tracks reflect that influence. Without posting his entire catalog, i can only give you snapshots into this great idm artists work. Unfortunately one or two songs doesn’t do him justice. Like SP, this stuff requires a couple listens to “get” it, but the payoff is worth it.
on that i have no idea what to post, i like it all…i’ll post this sprawling adventure of a track, it covers a lot of bases (pads remind me of This Mortal Coil). eighties eighties eighties
eigties, we are definitely in a post-modern electronic music phase. everything is repeating and has been for years. this is good and bad. at the very least it lets the general populace (chodes) catch up with the pioneers. even if most of the pioneers are old, grey haired and/or dead. it also lets me reflect on electronic music that ages well because people accept it as a valid, now.
OK, THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST RECORD, BUT I THINK IT’s ONE OF THE MORE SLEPT ON. INCLUDED WITH THE COVER IS THE SINGLE “NO NOSE JOB”, & MY ALL TIME D.U. FAVE, “IT’S A GOOD THING THAT WE’RE RAPPIN” IT’S THE MACKINGEST F@#$!!! JOINT EVER, also i’m including a D.U. Wiki…ENJOY!
good-thing-that-were-rappin.mp3
Digital Underground is an alternative rap group hailing from Oakland, California, who played a big part in giving West Coast rap the spotlight. Their leader was Greg “Shock G” Jacobs, who also went by the stage name of Humpty Hump. Jacobs spent most of his youth in New York City and southern Florida. Heavily influenced by the various funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled their music frequently, which quickly became a defining element of West Coast rap. Their ‘alternative’ status owes much to their unabashedly spaced-out image, which lay in contrast to the gangster rap that most west coast acts focused on. The group’s original image was set up to be a tribute to social activists The Black Panthers, but when Public Enemy became a prominent band, Jacobs chose to take the group’s image in a more whimsical direction, that of an updated Parliament-Funkadelic for the hip-hop audience. Jacobs designed detailed album covers and cartoon-laced liner notes, a homage to Parliament-Funkadelic album designs. They are also notable for catapulting member Tupac Shakur into the spotlight.
MORE INFO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Underground
THAT’s CLASS FOR 2 DAY KIDS, i mean SON!!!!
artist: chanel genre: glitch house
gots to post a 4×4 track every now and then. Mr Gomi gave this to me a while back.
artist: telemetrik genre: epic drum n bass
lack of words, in place of thousands of them
artist: mista genre: dub step
grind grind grind bass grind
found this photographer on del.icio.us
his attack is similar to what i’ve always wanted to do but was too busy programming and doing music.
this is how a billboard should look:
john set up electronic nola
http://electronicnola.blogspot.com/
covering all the shit that happens over there.
artist: commix genre: DnB
hope people enjoyed the Glitch Mob show last night. Be aware that every wednesday spin DubStep at Plush, and it is pretty damn good.
on a different note. this song got stuck in my head. it feels very much like the old shit i used to listen to in my baggy pants days.
| Thu, June 26, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 pm |
so expect hip hop beats and glitch,
i expect everyone that would attend a bassnectar show shall be there.
| Sat, June 28, 2008 | ||
| 11:00 pm |
detrimentalist-LP cover
VENETIANS SNARES NEW RECORD IS DOPE, HERE’s THE WIKI ABOUT HIM & A COUPLE OF TRACKS OFF THE NEW RECORD CHECK IT OUT!!!
Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975).
Funk debuted on a record label in 1999 with the 12″ vinyl EP, Greg Hates Car Culture. Prior to this, he self-released material on cassette tape as early as 1992.[1]
From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making avant-garde electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures (often 7/4). He is an unusually prolific artist, having released records on the History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen record labels.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO DIG INTO MY CRATES & DROP LITTLE BITS O’ HISTORY. THIS TIME I WENT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HIP HOP, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE HAVE TOLD ME WITH A STRAIGHT FACE DURING SXSW YOU ONLY LISTEN TO NEW UNDERGROUND HIP HOP, THIS IS ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND HIP HOP, SO SHUT THE !@#$ UP & LISTEN…
critical-beatdownultramagnetic-mcs13.mp3
The Ultramagnetic MCs are a rap group whose members are Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. A former member, Rooney Roon was fired following an assault arrest. Beatbox legend Rahzel was also involved with the group early in their career. Their work was associated with unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and bizarre lyrical imagery.
| Fri, June 20, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
THIS FRIDAY @ THE TINIEST BAR IN TEXAS!!!
Acid stuff with some break dancers
its a video and song done in one day.
what is the point of having a server/blog,
if you can’t be narcissistic
that’s what the internet is about, right?
not pr0n
-k-
| Sat, June 14, 2008 | ||
| 9:00 pm |
The NoLa(new orleans) xpats are @ it again, & OOOOH do they bring the party!!!
hey we kicked it NYC last week she’s AWESOME! look for more on her & Automatic Panic! her production partner out of San Antonio. Anyway, here’s the video for her single “KISSED my best friend” I think she’s coming to austin again soon, or was just here anyway, i’ll find out & update the post. enjoy the video…
artist: badmouth genre: minimal techno with vox
like the simple loopy vox. all in all this one is a good cross between techno and synthpop (without the loads of words). ok ok, there also is a matt dear thing too, but much more straight forward (for better or worse).
artist: adam freeland genre: adam freeland
no we want your soul here. warning this song has no breaks. this latest EP (HATE) feels like some sort of call an response the french touch invasion (daftpunk, justice, ed banger). highly compressed, everything is warm, stops stutters, robot funk, simple 1,2 beats.
regardless, i honed in on the song most likely to be a dario argento zombie attack song. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.
artist: milanese genre: dub grime step hop
this style feels old and new to me. of course i heard plenty of cyberpunk soundtracks for the last two decades. i’ll not say something to the effect that this would be fitting in a william gibson soundtrack. but it does. from what i can make out, the lyric subject matter fits too.
artist: underworld genre: underworld
by far my favorite file in the folder. the album is OK, maybe i’m just a sucker for the old stuff. for various reasons i’ll stay positive, definitely listen to it before you buy. oh well, this is a good weekend track.
artist: erykah badu genre: breaks bass rmx
found this in my download folder, isn’t new but still a good rmx. pretty much the opposite of shania twain.
| Fri, May 9, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
ok, kusser and i will be at the whiskey bar this friday. i’ll be spinning a little (victor talked me into it) and fred will be doing a whole lot of visuals. i’ll try to talk him into switching places with me for a little bit.
the music, well at least from me you’ll hear what is on the blog pretty much. no secrets there.
artist: data80 genre: vocoder house
had to add it to the radio, umm… has cheesy disco references, precisely why i’m posting it.
Here’s a slice from Aphex Twin’s live show at this years Coachella
Aphex Twin Live@Coachella trk14
and…..a dubstep tune
artist: boxcutter genre: idm 4×4
uncharacteristic for this artist, it comes across (in my mind) as a detroit-ish track. alex smoke-ish?
well usually he does dub-step, breaks, almost dnb flavor type stuff. the entire Glyphic album is great. so this track doesn’t represent it well, but i like so:
artist: heights of abraham genre: space groove
once again, i hear this on somafm all the time. the songs strength rides on the bass synth, its by far the loudest thing in the track, until the drums kick in at 3:45. this is old, like from the early nineties, an eon in electronic music. i guess it proves that musical minimal electronic tracks have the ability to stand the test of time. for such a seemingly disposable genre, this one sticks around nicely.
Okay..I could use the “FAIL” about the MBM show that didn’t happen (thanks Joel for pre-buying tickets), but this blog is about positives. Right.
After being turned away at the door of the MBM no show and making my mom babysit for an evening, I promised my wife a dinner and a show. And by golly we we’re gonna have one if I had to tie 2 frat boys together and have them fight over a can of Naddy Light. But luckily it didn’t have to come to this. A good friend over at Esther’s was able to get us in for the 10 pm show. In all my years in the ATX I had never been to an Esther’s Follies show.
Man, I need to get out more. That shit was better than Saturday Night Live. More topical than a fat kid’s skin cream. They even had magic and shit, yo!
So if you haven’t been ever or in a while, i highly recommend it.
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