Here we are again, so soon, I know I was going to leave it for a bit but then I found something I don't see everyday, a free Monstercat release, by electro DJ Muzzy. The Colours & Distractions EP is just that, colours and distractions, and as soon as I turned it on it filled me with energy, and for that to happen from something other than dubstep is an amazing improvement. I'm just glad no one else is home and that I'm not still at college (I missed my subs...).
So Muzzy Obaidi is a drum n bass/dubstep/house producer from Hampshire, UK, and is my new favorite Monstercat member (top three to be realistic). The release is 21 tracks long (262.9Mb!) and features a remix of Darkness by Kings of The City, and a 13 minute minimix. If you're craving more Muzzy head on over to his Bandcamp and stalk the shit out of Monstercat. Other than that its free there really isn't much to say, so grab it up and KILL THE SILENCE!
So instead of saving this for next monday I thought I would use SKetcho's latest mashup album as the meat in this electronic sandwich. MGM-Jay, a combination that left me staring at my laptop for a few minutes, would this sound good? Do I trust GMAD? Who is SKetcho? And really MGMT and Jay-Z? Lucky for us I took the chance, but you can understand my hesitancy these days the market is flooded with mashups, half of them are low grade, and the other half over played, so it was lady luck who encouraged bloggers like myself to spread the word, and that word is awesome. Fun fact SKetcho also does graphic design for OCD and Aziz, you learn something new everyday. If you're still a little dubious enjoy a preview, then head back up to the mediafire link and if you have any issue with this release please feel free to tell me on Facebook.
Alright folks, I'm back and to start off this week (a little late) I'm going to attempt the longest post for a while. Three artists three albums, all underground, all amazing lyrically and musically, so read on.
Aesop Rock, is an american hip hop artist from New York, (currently based out of Cali) and surprise surprise I've know about him for some time. I first heard a verse or two of his in a mashup somewhere... (may update this if I ever find the song) all I remember is the word Blue was in the title and Aesop's amazing surrealist game. These days its tough to find an artist that stays true to themselves, and interpret it how you want it, Aesop does just that. Take a peek at this verse...
"If you've never had a day a snow cone couldn't fix then you wouldn't relate to the rogue vocoder blitz. How he spoke through a no-doz motor on the fritz cause he wouldn't play roll over fetch like a bitch. And express no regrets, though he isn't worth a home owners piss to the jokers who pose by the glitz..."
Tell me what that means, half the comments on the lyric page were claiming that he spoke nothing but nonsense, the other half where fans proclaiming that he is the god of surrealist poetry, personally I'm leaning more towards the latter. That being said you shouldn't take my opinion for anything more than what it is, an opinion, so if you to take a try at interpreting the enigma code then be my guest and download his 2007 album None Shall Pass. And before you think that all this tape has is lyrics you should know that its been a long time since I've actually had a noise complaint, the bass on these tracks screams to be boosted, and the samples are old school, I mean old, the golden type of old. So whether you think that this album is a left sided propaganda scam, nonsense, or a surrealist gem to rival Dali, give it a chance and bump it.
Alright second on the roster today is Glue, a hip hop trio consisting of Adeem, Maker and DJDQ. These guys managed to completely mess my shit up last week, fresh from a funeral and I stumble onto a track that roundhouse kicks my heart, Early Morning Silence. Even the name has a foreboding feel to it, as I understand it the track is about Adeem waking up next to his dead girlfriend, then reminiscing about all the time he should have spent with her. Its not very often that hip hop artists let their feelings show for other than hoes and all that shiny stuff, and I respect that, and I think theres nothing more they could have done to make the Sunset Lodge EP any more superb. Its a perfect blend of hip hop stylings, classic samples, expert vocals, and most importantly soul. So grab it up and fade away.
You folks may remember way back when I wrote up (in my opinion) a pretty decent post about Milo, who is less of a rapper more of a spoken word warrior. I've heard a lot of classifications for Milo, from Nerd hop to spoken word, to computerized soul funk and self help hop, to me its just a smarter of way of rapping. Before you get too scared by something that isn't generic rap I should tell you that surprisingly he actually sings once in this album, and even if the vocal rhythm isn't hip hop the beats aren't far off and any self respecting geek will feel right at home mapping the web of video game and classic lit references. If you aren't a nerd you should be just fine with the track "Prince Abakakliki of Nigeria Needs Your Help" which for lack of a better description is a love song... or at least it fringes on it, on second thought if you aren't a geek none of it will make sense, thats what makes this album such a gift, I will never hear it blaring from a lowered civic. So grab up Milo Takes Baths, and don't explain it to anyone, you shouldn't have to.
Thanks again for sticking by us through all this mess, hopefully this post and the one I will write a bit later for today will make it all better, also 12000 views!!! Thats immense, if you had anything to do with it head on over to our Facebook page and stay up to date, and hey you already know the numbers make me happy. Sorry for the grammar...
To start today isn't actually Wednesday, its Sunday, I'm doing laundry and feeling sorry for myself, and for the first time in months I found something I think I might actually be able to write about.
Memphis May Fire, are a five piece post hardcore band from Dallas, Texas, and my god are they good. Admittedly my punk phase is long gone but today I really feel a connection with the hard hitting guitar riffs, pounding drum patterns vocals ripped from the throat of fallen angels. Don't ask what sparked it because that's too long of a story to include, short version is girl troubles. That being said MMF's 2011 album The Hollow is a work of fucking art, equal parts head splitting screamo angst that resounds around your heard and mind urging you to hate and soft emotion laden instrumental, almost electronic/post rock interludes. There really is an emotional part to this album, what first attracted me to it was my interpretation of the first few tracks as love songs, albeit love songs wrenched from deep within a tortured soul just past a bleeding heart. Its almost like the artists and I sat down and had a poetry session to script the past. The only problem with todays artists are the lack of reliable download links, so here is a link to the torrent I unfortunately had to use, or you could go on over to pop-to-core and bitch at them until they fix the Mediafire link. Either way this album is amazing and the quick fix to not being able to download it reliably is to go buy it!
Outline In Color, are a seven piece post hardcore outfit from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and they are responsible for my recent screamo splurge. I heard their track, My Other Car Is A Time Machine, in a montage that was for one reason or another inboxed to me on Youtube. That prompted me to listen to their debut self titled album for way longer than the songs lasted and then came the inevitable search around the internet for a reliable link, and (see the pattern here?) again I came up with a Torrent, that's it. But amazingly enough the torrent took maybe ten minutes and I was jamming away. For a debut album Outline In Color is amazingly thick and well produced, the tunes are driving and soul tearing, every section is played to the limit and past to create a package you'd be straight stupid to pass up. So grab that torrent above as a preview and go buy the album!
Hope you enjoyed today's post, apologies for the influx of torrents but blame the internet for being so full of holes. Please head on over to our Facebook page and give us a like, also apologies if the posts earlier this week were crap but don't blame me I haven't written them yet.
Have you seen my ghost? Its really a good question, I think the tea is the only thing keeping me on this earth today, I have five hours of class starting at noon and I got maybe four hours of sleep last night, so please follow me down the narrow tunnel of sleep vision to today's post.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is apparently a breeding ground for indie/folk groups, don't ask me who else started there but I'm sure someone did. Anyway a week or so ago I was bored enough to watch Flashpoint, which was a good idea because both times I've seen that show the outro song is amazing, this time it happened to be Search Party By Wintersleep of the 2007 album Welcome to the Night Sky. This album tore me up...
I used to dream about saving the world
Now i just dream about the holidays
I used to write so many songs for my girl
Now i just dream about floating away
You can't get any more soulful without a permit. Very powerful stuff but its not only the lyrics and the eastern Canadian accent that make this album amazing, the guitars and drums are grade A indie rock, bordering on post rock which adds a whole new element to the songs. I don't have anything bad to say about Wintersleep, I'm glad to be Canadian and good sirs, your music has the power to touch hearts of stone, keep it up.
Also please check out their website for bonus tracks from WTTNS and the headline track from their new album, and if you have a minute head on over to our Facebook page and give it a like, much obliged.
Alright, I've got something a little different for you today, I know I say that everyday but this time I couldn't mean it more.
Lets start of by saying I couldn't find a flattering picture of these guys, at all, on the internet, which is insane, also I'm still not completely decided whether its one or two artists, that being said on to the music. Nero's Day At Disneyland, is/are an electric/glitch/breakcore solo/duo from Oakland California, yeah breakcore. Have a read there, or just understand that its a style of electronic music largely influenced by D n' B, Glitch and IDM, you might want to look those up too. Confusion aside I first heard their songs "No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments" and "Child Protective Services Theme Song" off the album From Rotting Fantasylands after I couldn't stand not knowing the name of Pewdiepie's intro song, since then I've been scaring my friends and family with the some of the best IDM I have in my arsenal. Before we get too far lets give you an example of how powerful this music is, as we speak I can't control my legs and yesterday I seriously thought I was the Joker and asked everyone on campus if they knew where I could find Batman. Let me put it in layman's terms, THIS MUSIC WILL FRACTURE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.
You guys remember the 70's right? Yeah neither do I but apparently they've infiltrated electronic music. 1200 Micrograms, is an psychedelic trance act from Ibiza, and that guy with the glasses is the frontman, Raja Ram, I'm pretty sure I read that right. Now before you start questioning my credibility lets just say that I only heard about these guys last night when my roomate decided it would be a good idea to play Black Ops and listen to trance, maybe not such a good idea. Originally obtained via a torrent compilation called the Time Machine, the tracks I have are from all over the place so I'm just going to link you to their first album and from there your life is your own. Their self titled album, 1200 Micrograms is nine tracks in length and was released in 2002, and please for the love of Talos don't look up the album art, its embarrassing. Apparently all went well when it was released because they released a further SEVEN albums, all just as crazy and drug fueled, that being said the tracks I have are top notch one of them even contains samples from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, so grab it up and don't tell your parents.
Alright so, its Tuesday, I know this, so let me finish my tea and we'll get right to yesterdays post.
Dan Bull, has to be one of my new favorite rappers, no joke here, maybe its my heritage, maybe its the tea but I love Brit rap; Pro Green, Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32, Plan B, the list goes on, but suffice to say today we've got something special. This may not be the highest produced or most played album on the market today but Face promotes something most rappers don't have, logic, common sense, compassion? Maybe the last one is too far but take some time to read the bio on his website. One other thing I can't get over is how much more he does other than rapping, he has a full list of reviews, help forums, and makes amazing songs for games, which is coincidentally how I found out about him. So check out that album above, its smarter than most while still being top notch and soulful, and if you don't I'll find you.
DJ Wick-it the Instigator, straight from Nashville, is my new favorite DJ, his new album Grindhouse Basterds is an amalgamation of everything amazing. Dubstep, rap, mashup and amazing quotes in equal measure, my new roomate absolutely hates rap but can't get enough of these tracks, inspired by Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds. Thats why I was confused about what day to post this album, should I showcase the rap, or the dubstep or both? Either way this album is amazing, pick it up and jam the day away.
So instead of saving this for next monday I thought I would use SKetcho's latest mashup album as the meat in this electronic sandwich. MGM-Jay, a combination that left me staring at my laptop for a few minutes, would this sound good? Do I trust GMAD? Who is SKetcho? And really MGMT and Jay-Z? Lucky for us I took the chance, but you can understand my hesitancy these days the market is flooded with mashups, half of them are low grade, and the other half over played, so it was lady luck who encouraged bloggers like myself to spread the word, and that word is awesome. Fun fact SKetcho also does graphic design for OCD and Aziz, you learn something new everyday. If you're still a little dubious enjoy a preview, then head back up to the mediafire link and if you have any issue with this release please feel free to tell me on Facebook.
