Musings on art, nothingness, and the observation of the observations of others. With reference to Walter Benjamin and Niklas Luhmann.
Month: August 2021
Modernist rave, jungle and trap stylings from the UK don Landstrumm. 808s, ravey stabs and some sneaky vocals snips string the EP together. Even if the styles are somewhat disparate, they are undeniably Landstrumm in sound, with a leaning to breaks ‘n’ bleeps in this outing. Those classic jungle loops are a mainstay after the first 2 tracks, which are more trap in style, and it’s the first track, ‘Spice (ft Legacy and Tina P)’ that really shines here. With some almost pop(!) sensibilities in the composition and synth sound design, with some great guest vox.
TIP!
Tracklist:
Antiflower | Lewis Hunter |
Part 2 (extract) | Polypores |
Late Night Black News | Progetto No Name + DuoSerpe |
Benelevatoir | Lewis Hunter |
Only Casino For Miles | Luke Sanger |
Zaruchejnaya feat. Lunar Abyss Deus Organum | Subterranean Source |
Part I B | Dechmont Woods |
Epsilove and Ployer Fower- Auguries of Innocence | Epsilove and Ployer Fower |
Between This World And The Next | Ghostwriter |
Part I G | Dechmont Woods |
Phrygian Pan | Luke Sanger |
Tracklist:
Autumn Dub (Twin Peetz & Moolsaasa Intro) – Retouched [ODrex Music]
Tek Soul – Trinidadian Deep [Noctu Recordings]
Summer 1995 – DJ 3000 [EPM Music]
Mind Goes Blank – Jerome Hill [Super Rhythm Trax]
Positif/Negatif – The Hacker [20/20 Vision]
Secret Loser – CYMBA [Obole]
Direct Hit – Alfred [20/20 Vision]
Voltage Anagnorisis – Terrestrial Access Network [LDI Records]
Forest illumination – Doildoshi [More Rice Records]
Electric Counterpoint – Third Son [Soft Computing]
Kosmische Kueche – Jack Pattern [Cosmic Pint Glass]
Exit Wound – CYMBA [Obole]
Mega premiere on our YouTube and soundcloud channels for this ace new chugger by Jack Pattern.
12″ is out this Friday via our homies at Cosmic Pint Glass!
Cymba – Secret Loser
Always a sucker for the DIY (is there any other kind?) slo-mo industrial / EBM vibe so this one was set to go down well. TR707 drums in various stages of distortion accompanied with Gameboy minimal synth lines for eight tracks of body moving toughness. In true modern underground style only available on cassette and only through Bandcamp.
13130 is the number of nuclear warheads currently in existence, so as the release says “we have a problem”, through accident or design the world can be obliterated at any moment.
The music on this EP, the second from French label Seclusion, follows the cold war emergency vibes. Technological but sinister vibes throughout. The original mix is in a classic Jeff Mills vein, whilst the remix, from Aux 88 collaborator Blaktony, takes the beats a more Elektrofunk direction.