An album of Congolese music entitled Kinshasa One Two by DRC Music, a collective gathered by Damon Albarn, is released digitally by Warp Records on 3rd October 2011 with a CD/vinyl release to follow on 7th November, to benefit Oxfam.
Kinshasa One Two was made during 5 days of sessions in Kinshasa this summer when the DRC Music collective teamed up with the best of contemporary Congolese musicians and performers. The collective comprises the eclectic production talents of: T-E-E-D (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs), Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Richard Russell, Actress, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Remi Kabaka, Rodaidh McDonald and Kwes, with album artwork by Hardy Blechman and Aitor Throup.
After Africa Hitech’s 93 Million Miles album release in May, Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek are back with yesterday’s release of Out In The Streets (VIP) 12″. The record features 2 brand new tracks and a special ‘VIP’ mix of Out In The Streets – with a strong Jungle beat and incredible vocals from the original, this is already one of the best tunes I’ve heard all year. Check the sampler below.
With an album – 93 Million MIles (Warp) – pencilled for release in May, Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek’s collaboration Africa HiTech is sounding like it’s going to be a big deal.
On Saturday night I popped down to Corsica studios with a few peeps to see the Black Acre records show case. It was good to catch up with some heads that were lingering around and some that were playing on the night that you will see VERY soon playing for us too. The line up was ace and included Pariah, Greymatter, R1 Ryder, Dark Sky, Doc Daneeka and Julio Bashmore, very exciting indeed. One thing I wasn’t expecting was what I got from Blue Daisy.
I saw the engineers setting up on stage a couple of hours earlier and couldn’t believe my eyes, they were setting up an MPC (fairly normal) and a desktop PC, WTF?!?!?!? Later I realised it was for the guy in the gas mask, enter Blue Daisy.If you have ever seen any old school WARP acts and love Electronica or Techno then his performance would have been right up your street. He literally blew me and everyone else at Corsica away. I can’t tell you what he was playing or whether you will ever hear that set again but what I can tell you is he is officially my new favourite live act!
I love his productions and have been following him on Soundcloud for a long time, so if you don’t know his track, here they are…Well worth a listen.
Today Hudson Mohawke dropped this massive bootleg of Jodeci’s “Freek N You” over on Warp.net alongside his UK tour announcement. When HudMo started getting noticed his remix of Tweet’s “Oops!” took clubs by storm, and this track is looking like he hasn’t lost the flare for turning an RnB jam into an low club anthem anthem.
For the past 3 years, Scotland’s finest export Hudson Mohawke has been casually stringing together the smoothest slow jams for you for valentines day. When I heard the first instalment of this mix series I listened to almost nothing else for a whole summer. You can get the first two over at LuckyMe, and although it’s a day late (Hudson had some computer issues) chapter 3 is out now. Hot!
As a bonus, on the love tip, Roska’s track “Love Tonight” is getting a lot of play with me too, so head over to Fader to check it out. It’s a fragile UKF track that burrows its way under your skin, with vocals from Roska’s mate Jamie George. Forthcoming on Rinse.
It has been a long time coming but it is finally here, Binary Sequence – 66/31, the debut release on the Dark Arx imprint has dropped and is a very fine debut at that! It is reminiscent of all things that were great about Electronica in the 90′s with a big nod to the pioneering bass lead music now being produced in the UK. 66/31 would be more than at home if it was released by the infamous WARP RECORDS which is testament to the quality of production and hybrid of styles. If you like Autechre or are a fan of Boards of Canada, then this release is for you.
Here’s a little knowledge about Binary Sequence. Based in London, Binary Sequence has been playing, writing and producing music for 20 years. Before being swept up in the electronica of the late 90s, he spent years tackling the mind-bending harmonics and rhythms of 60s & 70s jazz as a saxophonist and pianist. While starting to write his own music, he began to explore the possibilities of electronic production and after much experimentation and refinement he has created a unique sound, combining dusty distortion with pristine production values. Sonic comparisons point to Pole, Dabrye and Burial – but Binary Sequence’s musicality is rooted in “Artificial Intelligence”-era electronica (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Black Dog).
Track 1, ‘Arc’, takes you on a hypnotic journey through the Dub-Techno sphere, mellow enough for your headphones yet big enough to hit your chest on a dance floor. You move through the spectrum with ‘Below The Ice’ which is more akin to Autechre and Boards, a spatial, gritty electronic experience, which I would say is a darker version of something you might hear on Four Tet’s definitive ‘Rounds’ release in 2003. Finally you reach the peak, in my opinion the track most likely to be heard at a GET SOME dance, ’66/31′. This one creeps up on you. It has been at least six months since I first heard this and I only got it a while ago. It has energy where it shouldn’t have and is dangerously dark. You can really hear the Techno and Electronica influences in this track, the way it builds, the layers that is has to it and the atmosphere it creates. I think this will be right up there in the end of year stakes when we look back at 2010 debut releases. Watch out for this label, big tings to come!
So hats off boys, I know how much hard work it has been to get this record out, congratulations and we here at GET SOME look forward to your next release.
