Cassy, “Somelightuntothenight” [Beatstreat] (buy) Stunningly simple, “Somelightuntothenight†is just a holding piano pattern, ticking percussion and tottering vocals quietly scatting to themselves, occasionally spitting out “You cannot deny!†to anyone in earshot. And because it’s spread over nearly 11 minutes without losing its impact, it’ll make a great DJ tool to dart in an out […]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Slip it out
July 30, 2007 – 7:30 AM
Jahcoozi, “Ali McBills (Robert Johnson 6am X-Ray Italo Rework)” [Careless] (buy) Ata and Sasse had the right idea in morphing the tune’s iron lung dub into a disoriented mover and shaker, still woozy from drinking that barium & vodka cocktail. Sasha Perera’s dusky pipes are so effortlessly flirty and used in perfect proportion, nonchalantly standing […]
You will be missed
July 27, 2007 – 4:34 AM
A photo can hardly capture how big Brandon Kitchens truly was. Photos provided by K. Schuster & Andy Mason Âme, “Tonite” (Dub) [Sonar Kollektiv] Berovic & Leicher, “Tränen Der Zeit” [Audiomorph] Blackjoy, “Moustache” (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) [NRK Sound Division]
Slink and sway
July 20, 2007 – 5:06 AM
Andy Stott, “Boutique” [Modern Love] Not quite new, but Andy Stott’s full-length debut, Merciless, definitely deserves another look. Stott sews together dark dub instincts with Detroit chords and crackling atmosphere like a meticulous bedroom surgeon, occasionally venturing into dubstep territory if not for the languid tempo (chilling ambient and piano pieces are also aces). “Boutique” […]
All we are saying
July 16, 2007 – 3:31 PM
Agnès, “Controversial Advantage” (Ripperton’s Game Set & Match remix) [Resopal Red] Have to admit I’ve not heard the original for this fantastic remix, but something tells me I need to. Deeper than an excavation site, it kicks off with wide open finger snaps, tom rolls and an ear-hooking bass synth motif which grows fatter and […]
Little White Earbuds June Charts
July 11, 2007 – 6:00 AM
Picture from the enduring Space_ghetto, in its new, more NSFW home I couldn’t do Hits and Misses this time around because June was a damn good month for techno and house — something I could get used to. Order is more or less random. Some of the unlinked tracks will still have live links in […]
Your share of the prophets
July 6, 2007 – 3:39 PM
But these are deities, I know! Picture by LJ_indexy The Tuss, “Last Rushup 10” [Rephlex] Sebo K & Metro, “Transit” (King Britt Scuba remix) [Get Physical Music] Funk D’Void Feat. Jay Leblone, “Lovin’” (Your Body Mix) [Soma Quality Recordings] A piece I wrote about the inroads dubstep has made in Chicago is now up on […]
Bills, bills, bills
July 5, 2007 – 4:11 PM
Len Faki, “Rainbow Delta” (Jerome Sydenham remix) [Ostgut Tonträger] Sydenham’s remix for half Len Faki’s reigning single energizes the pleasantly undulating original while retaining its understated passion for off-beat rhythms. For a song called “Rainbow Delta” Faki didn’t indulge in too much melodic color, favoring a coursing, almost motorik repetition of its motif, spruced up […]
