Sorry folks, been away on travel for a few weeks, but I'm back in the game and ready to alert you to some great new sounds from around the world.. we've got some dance, some metal and some hip hop for y'all....
The Empty Foxhole 2 - mixed by Stefan Goldman
Stefen Goldman has been a prolific producer of minimal tech and spacious house for the last few years. This compilation mixes his own productions alongside other minimal masterpieces and is clear proof he's at the top of his game. It's a real headphone trip, with the mix washing from glitchy minimal to techy inspired house. There's really so much to discover here, which is not usually the case in minimal mixes. Effortless in it's simplicity, devastating in it's outcome.
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
ANb are a strange beast... on first inspection back in the early 2000's they seemed like another joke band out to terrorize the world with chainsaw guitars, drum machine insanity and old school hardcore style. Their songs, often with tempo's over 1000bpm, were produced with the aim of offending the listener as much as possible. But on this album ANb show a great deal of maturity with amazing song structures, technical wizadry and diversity to burn. They have lost none of their hardcore crusty punk edge and grindcore stylings, more just expanded on their sound with extra vocalists and more genre hopping... For some reason these don't make the album disjointed, as there's a real thread running through this chaos... can't wait to see it live too.
Madlib - Beat Konductor vol. 5-6
Alright well Madlib isn't exactly an unknown quantity but his albums of instrumental patchwork hip hop will be less talked about than his productions for other hip hop heavy weights. This album is his tribute to the late Jay Dilla and really pays homage to the old 'cut and paste' style. Don't let that put you off, because the production is flawless, soulful, seamless and funky... If you are a bit sick of some dude just rapping over a beat this could be the hip hop album for you. It will garner tonnes of new fans... if anyone ever hears about it?!?!?!
