February 2012
4 posts
Synkro # DjRum # Lapalux
Man. 2012 is shaping up big. It tends that the less music you download, the greater the indication that the music being put out is good: you don’t need the mass of free DLs to supplement music cravings. And thus far proves 2012. Tight, brilliant mix- and brilliant EP-heavy.
While Throwing Snow’s XLR8r was an early beastly blend, Synkro’s latest mix for RA is almost making me...
Imugem Orihasam
New out on New Kanada Recordings comes Imugem Orihasam, blending jazz, house, new age space music and techno. I normally shun the more ethereal bounds of synth as it makes me think of back-in-the-day Babylon Zoo, but Orihasam utilizes the futuristic sound to good effect. Through sweeping phasers and plunging, almost key-less high frequencies, he allows the beats of ‘Float’ to emerge...
Wonky Carton Masterchef Mix
At the end of last year I recorded a mix while preparing supper. Names for mixes don’t necessarily come naturally so, while I enjoy any excuse to venerate or idolize the mug of Gregg Wallace, the title comes from my then concurrent task: cutting shit so supper would be ready for Masterchef (The Professionals).
I had been trying to nail this mixdown for a while, changing the listing,...
Gunshots
Flux. Then stop. Stuck, in the mud. Weightless. Anger. Flight in the cold air, dim light. The girl sits there, still, in her jacket. And the music plays on.
I have been meaning to write about Xi for weeks. The Toronto man’s double-A, ‘Squeeze’/’Immunity’, was the first spot of music I purchased in 2012, and I’m glad it was. Xi’s ‘Gamma Rain’,...
