Filed under: BRILLIANT, Chilled, Dance, Electronica, Experimental, Upbeat, Vocals | Tags: Brillian, Brilliant, Concrete, Electronic, experimental, Synth, Upbeat, vocals
Tree‘s music sits at the helm of a collaborative creative effort which also encompasses visual artists. Warrior comes from the upcoming (and much anticipated) album Splitting Branches, and contains a mish-mash of found-sounds including breaking-eggs, toasters and scissors, as well as a neat 8-bit style Gameboy solo.
Despite the typically non-musical sources of sound, Warrior still holds it’s own as a BRILLIANT (that’s right… it’s getting tagged as BRILLIANT) lo-fi synth-pop piece that’ll keep you coming back. Dreamy but not sleepy, upbeat but not twee, artistic but not pompous, Warrior‘s quality is accessibility through balance. Enough said; you need to listen:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/themusictree
Filed under: Electronica, Upbeat | Tags: Daedelus, Dance, Electronica, Happy, music, Upbeat
I don’t like playing favourites, but if I absolutely had to- Daedelus would be a strong contender for my favourite producer in the L.A beat scene.
His creative musical works contain inspirational elements from a range of genres including hip-hop, classical do-wop and electronica. Curtians Don’t Talk was released earlier today as an exclusive free mp3 for Mixmag and it’s quality stuff! There’s also a neat interview where Daedelus ‘ quirky yet humble personality really shines.
Daedelus – Curtains Don’t Talk
Mixmag interview:
http://www.mixmag.net/music/mp3-blog/free-mp3-daedelus
Filed under: Beats, Electronica | Tags: beats, Electronic, electronic music, Electronica, future beat, San Diego, shlomo, Synth
Great free release from Insightful, The San Diego-based producer signed to Soulection.
The 17-track album is grounded in future-beat, trip-hop and the other genres us radio fuckers love. However there’s a distinct twist in the sounds used which puts Feather’d Son out of the increasingly ubiquitous (yet still loved) realm of ‘triggering samples on an MPC’ and into ‘electronic music’. She Bad for instance, is less kick-snare driven than it is pulled along by the melodic synth- in a genre where rhythmic percussion dominates, it’s an interesting (and dare I say unconventional) take on the genre’s nuances.
Shlomo lovers will dig the creativity and electronic-fusion within the music, as will the masses of Flying Lotus and Nosaj Thing followers out there. Make sure you check out the full album (it’s free good music!)
Feather’d Son:
http://insightful.bandcamp.com/album/featherd-son
Filed under: Beats, Experimental, Hip-Hop, Interview, News | Tags: amable, experimental, florida, free beats, Hip Hop, independant, instrumental hip hop, interview, orlando
I’ve spoken about the wonderfully different-yet-accessible music of Florida-based beatmaker Amable before on Fuck the Radio; most recently supporting his latest free EP release, The Bundle which is filled with some great experimental beats.
It’s with great pleasure that I interviewed the man behind the music in a special weekend post:
What was the idea behind the bundle? Was there any particular idea/concept behind it?
The Bundle is a collection of older songs that I did for various Strange Gibberish downloads. I wanted to shed light on some older songs and give something to the people who have been supporting my music.
A-lot of it is sample-based, are there any bizarre sample sources that you’ve snuck in?
That’s a good question. I would say the most ‘bizarre’ sample source used was a recording I made while under a highway overpass. I recorded the sounds of the cars passing overhead which created a sound similar to crashing waves with a reverb effect. Those sounds ended up being used for the intro to Bajo Del Calle.
Tell us about the artwork…
The artwork was created by Bradly Head, he is the proprietor of Gewih Ritual Documents. He’s done great artwork for the label so I was psyched when he offered to do the cover. Bradly made a joke about making a reference to Al Bundy from Married with Children so we ran with it. The Polk High Jersey and the Dodge Dart are obvious Al Bundy references. The cassette head of the character makes reference to my previous cassette release as well as my upcoming release. Also, the image on the stamp is of me as a child. Altogether, I thought the throwback concept was appropriate since the songs on The Bundle are older releases.
What music do you listen to when you are alone and not producing? Are there any particular songs/artists/records you have on repeat at the moment?
I’m always looking for samples so I listen to all kinds of music. At the moment, my favorite album is Synesthesia by K-the-ii?? on Fake Four Inc. It’s his first official instrumental album and it’s the most unique album I’ve heard to come out of the L.A. beat scene. His CD hasn’t left my player for three weeks now.
Tell us a little about your musical history? What did you grow-up listening to and how did you get to where you are now?
The first piece of music that I owned was an old school hip hop compilation cassette tape when I was about 8 or 9 years old. It had UTFO, Fat Boys, Whodini, Roxanne and a bunch of others. Later that year a friend gave me a copy of RUN DMC‘s Raising Hell, so that was my catalyst for collecting music. I grew up listening to everything, classic rock, metal, alternative, r&b, hip hop, jazz, soul, funk, whatever. Eventually I really got into underground hip hop and the whole beat movement going on with Ninja Tune, Mowax, Hefty and OM in the early years. This lead me into djing and digging for records which lead me into making beats.
Do you have any guilty pleasures/things people would be surprised you have in your music collection?
Sea and Cake, Pelican, Donovan.
What is your alcoholic beverage of choice?
That’s a tie between a Crown and ginger ale or a vodka with blood red orange juice.
Most overrated thing in music today?
Egos.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beats, düsseldorf germany, germany, Hip Hop, hip hop instrumentals, instrumental piece, sample based
Düsseldorf, Germany- Lord Leonator uses his experience as a drummer to create rhythmically tight Hip-Hop instrumentals. Nicely composed and reminicent of DJ Shadow style beats, Ja! is a cute little instrumental piece to bob your head along to.
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/ventoleo/
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: album musique, beats, Electronic, Electronica, french, french hip hop, Hip Hop, music, sample based, Trip-Hop
Much like the nouvelle vague du rock français scene that saw the rise of garage-rock bands like Naast and my beloved Plasticines in France, there’s a new breed of underground beat-makers in France seeing the creation of a new-wave of electronica and hip-hop.
Sorg is one such artist at the forefront of the emerging scene, joining artists such as Miqi O, Zerolex and Don Da None in bringing a blend of sample-based, electronic and acoustic instrumentation to trip-hop for a sound which, sounds just as uniquely French as French house does.
Check out Zerolex‘s new album which features both Sorg and Don Da None: http://zerolex.bandcamp.com/album/musique-r-apprivois-e
And if you like what you hear, check out Sorg‘s Preface EP, It’s an underground gem: http://sorg.bandcamp.com/
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Electronica | Tags: aussie, Australian, beats, Brilliant, Chilled, Electronica, Hip Hop, independant, music, oliver tank, Trip-Hop
I’ve been in bed all day coughing up my lungs surrounded by used tissues and bowls of hot soup. But Flash Forest to the rescue! One of my favourite local producers by far, I’ve been secretly saving his music for a little while now (although you may have noticed his appearence in the Fuck Melody Mixtape), waiting for the perfect moment to spring it on you.
One Night is that perfect moment, uploaded to Soundcloud just 10 minutes ago (at the time of writing), this is chilled-out trip-hop at it’s best. Fans of Thrupence and Polographia (both are also talented Aussie producers) will dig, and Oliver Tank fans might want to take a squizz at Flash Forest‘s remix of What Have I Become, which brings the mellow romantic sounds of Tank into a more upbeat (even danceable) arena.
But enough floundering around dropping the names of other Aussies, Flash Forest has truly hit a league of his own with One Night, which is why he’s the second artist this year to be inducted in to my Fuck the Radio Brilliance hall of fame. If you are a fan of good music, I insist you check all his stuff out (most of it he is giving away for free!):
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/flashforest
Bandcamp:
http://flashforest.bandcamp.com/
Filed under: Ambient, Mellow | Tags: ambient, Chilled, mellow, quiet, Selected Ambient Works, Soothing, winter air
When it comes to ambient music there’s only really 3 ways that you can go when naming a track… there’s the Autechre method of mashing the keyboard with your fist and calling your new masterpiece something like ‘Derfg’, there’s the somewhat pompous method of naming it something like ‘Tulips Dancing in the Winter Air’ and then there’s the method that David Bonas has chosen, simply assigning a number to the track which, when paired with a genre results in something like Ambient 2. While it may not be much in terms of creative titling, it gets the job done.
It may be an oldie, but it’s still an underground gem. Just needed this to cure my morning-after-a-big-night feeling.
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/davidbonas/
Filed under: Experimental | Tags: album, amable, avant-garde, beats, experimental, free, free beats, post-trip-hop, Psychedelic, sample based, Trip-Hop, visual
As promised, Amable‘s The Bundle was released today and it’s a neat collection of various experimental trip-hop tunes produced by the Florida-based beat-maker that have appeared all over the net these past few years.
A dynamic compilation of rarities, we’ll be catching up with Amable later in the week for a chat, so make sure you subscribe to the blog and check out the album, released by the quasi-avant-garde label Geweih Ritual Documents here:
http://geweihritual.bandcamp.com/album/the-bundle
You can also check out Amable‘s Spooky Bounce here.
And his soundcloud here.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beat, berlin, free beats, germany, Hip Hop, Kyson, music, organic, sample based, texture, Trip-Hop, visual
Out of Berlin, Kyson‘s majestic productions contain a great deal of warmth and comfort. Forest Footsteps is one of several free beats he’s giving away on Soundcloud which have a refreshingly different, yet easily accessible tone and texture to the other sounds I’ve been listening to lately…
Have a listen for yourself:
Soundcloud:
Filed under: Beats, Electronica, Experimental, Upbeat | Tags: album, beats, Dance, Electronic, Electronica, ep, experimental, Flying Lotus, Funky, future beat, glitch, Upbeat
I bought Yellow Tangerine‘s First Juice EP a little over a week ago and burnt it to CD so I could listen to it in the car. Now I’m worried the CD will disintegrate inside my player because I’m playing it to oblivion.
Throwing elements of electronica, future beat, trip-hop and even a hint of funky house into a blender, the resulting smoothie of sound is something to be appreciated by fans of FlyLo and Bibio.
The EP’s standout track for me would have to be Paul Goes To Paris, which combines funky dance elements with some quasi-experimental glitching effects to produce a real head-bopper. Douu-Eeen sounds to me like something between The Avalanches and Daedelus. There’s a free download up of what I assume is the demo version of the track, which contains more letters in the title than the album version:
Yellow Tangerine – douuu-eeeeeeeeen
And the entire 6-track EP is available on bandcamp for roughly the cost of a large cheesburger meal at McDonalds:
http://yellowtangerine.bandcamp.com/album/first-juice-ep
If Soundcloud is your thang you can also check him out here:
http://soundcloud.com/yellow-tangerine
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beats, dilla, Electronic, Flying Lotus, free, high life, highlife, Hip Hop, music, sample based, Trip-Hop, vanilla
I really love Vanilla, not only the ice-cream but the artist. With a stylistic nod towards artists like Dilla and even Flying Lotus, Vanilla has produced an amazing trip-hop album (approaching it’s second birthday) called Chrometrails available for free off of his bandcamp page.
Proxy rolls along with smoothly flowing sample re-triggering and a beat you can bop your full body along to. It’s broken up with a neat chorus-like break section to give the track a more conventional structure and to avoid ubiquitous repetition in it’s composition.
There’s also two more recent free albums in addition to chrometrails, one of them, a 27-track long monster titled Highlife is also full of gems, however he’s been quiet in the past year or so. I very highly encourage you to check him out…
Bandcamp:
http://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/
Filed under: Beats, Concrete, Electronica | Tags: beats, Concrete, edgard varèse, Electronic, electronic funk, french, frnech hip hop, frog legs, Funky, hip hop instrumentals, instrumental ep, instrumental hip hop, instrumental song, Jazz, sample based
France is the home to most of my favourite artists… Daft Punk, Plasticines, Edgard Varèse… the list goes on. I don’t know what they put in the frog legs over there, but something makes them good at producing groovy music.
Take 7even Sun for example, who has put out two completely free and awesome electronic-jazz albums that are scrumptiously funky. With a third on it’s way on the 28th of March, get into him now so you can say you dug him since his older albums.
New New Jack is from the first EP titled Abstractly Concrete which was released November last year. Filled with a great mix of sample-based jazz and electronic funk, 7even shows that he possesses more musical ability than simply stringing a few sampled loops together without any creative attention to detail.
His second free instrumental EP titled Concretely Abstract was released late Feburary 2012, and builds upon the same production styles and sounds used in Abstractly Concrete (no surprise there, due to the similarity of the titles, think of it as all the same project). The third EP will be titled Abscrete and is due out on Number 24 Records later this month.
Bandcamp:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/7even-sun
Filed under: Electronica, Psychadelic, Vocals | Tags: beat culture, glo-fi, lo-fi, steffaloo, synth-pop, vocals
Beat Culture‘s Goldenback Weaver has been gaining quite a few plays on my iTunes over the past month or so, and with the release of a new collaboration with one of my favourites Steffaloo last month; I think it’s time you started listening to him as-well (that is to say, if you have not-already been).
Belong is a beautiful lo-fi synth-pop style piece. SBTRKT and The XX influence is prevalent, even perhaps some M83 in for good measure. But that’s not to say that Beat Culture has simply mimicked the sounds of other artists- to the contrary, his solo trip-hop works are a stylistic blend of sampled records, lo-fi synths and mish-mashings of other noises, while pairing up with Steffaloo has given him the opportunity to showcase his talents as working with a vocalist to create something more dynamic. There’s a-lot going on in Belong, however it’s all crafted to fit together so-well it manages to avoid sounding busy or ‘cluttered’ as can sometimes be the temptation when artists produce vast-dreamy glo-fi pieces.
Beat Culture – Belong (ft. Steffaloo)
Check out his two albums available for free!
http://beatculture.bandcamp.com/
And soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/beat-culture
Filed under: News
I just woke up with a killer hangover and I have uni in 20mins so I apologise this post will be a mish-mash of various things:
FRIST:
Cascade Records just launched their 12″ series with Prof. Logik‘s Multi Dimension (see video). I’ve pre-ordered my copy a-long with a swanky new t-shirt (only 20 euro for the T-shirt+Vinyl combo!) which will get me girls on tap. You can pre-order your copy (digital downloads also available) here.
SECOND:
Amable just announced via Facebook that he will be releasing an 11 track album called “The Bundle” on March 20th for FREE! You can check out his track Spooky Bounce in a previous post here.
THIRD:
Poncho just released a new episode of their music/comedy web series. If you are not familiar with them I recommend you check them out, they’ve interviewed a huge range of different artists from Foster the People to Skrillex to smaller (yet brilliant) local faves like Northeast Party House. Their latest episode is a silent film- ala The Artist, and has one of the greatest (and worst) endings of all time. Check it out.
AND NOW I’M LATE FOR UNI
Talk soon!
