The Game, “Let’s Ride” (The Amps remix) (exclusive?!) I owe The Amps a bit of an apology. Last time I reviewed one of their remixes I embarrassingly called their Willie Hutch sample “plastic white boy funk,” a fact Amps member Abraham pointed out to me recently. This is what happens when I haphazardly blaze through […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Jesu, Conqueror
January 23, 2007 – 5:06 PM
It seems that as heavy music pioneer Justin Broadrick ages, his music projects get relatively more accessible. As a member of Napalm Death, Broadrick helped spark the inception of grindcore; then he moved on to found industrial trailblazers Godflesh. After reportedly suffering a nervous breakdown in 2002, he reemerged three years later with Jesu, a […]
Slim fit
January 18, 2007 – 6:18 AM
Alex Smoke, “Prima Materia” Frank Martiniq, “Boost” (Robag Wruhme remix) The Glimmers, “Time 4 Action” (Padded Cell remix) For the time being I’m going to have to offer fewer tracks per post, as my posting is out-pacing the growth of my collection. I’d also like to note that I recently started writing for the always […]
Eluvium, Copia
January 12, 2007 – 9:33 AM
After releasing the critically celebrated ambient noise album, Lambent Material, Portland composer Matthew Cooper showed the full range of the Eluvium’s aesthetic. An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death was a classically-minded instrumental approach to Cooper’s minimalist drones. Though he’s since returned to Lambent’s sonic palate, Copia again embraces his more gentle side. […]
