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Current writer for Squidsear.com and Urb.com, former writer and contributor to Splendidmagazine.com, SLUG Magazine, Yeti, IN and Salt Lake City Weekly. Will work for contact microphones.

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Feb11

CX, DOOM, DIALLO: CX Kidtronik’s debut Stones Throw 12″ in Spring

http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/12-inch/cxkidtronik/black-girl-white-girl

CX Kidtronik’s 2006 Krak Attack sounds like Wu-Tang Clan if they were produced by Alec Empire.

His CV reads “He is from New York City.  He has worked with Antipop Consortium, Saul Williams, Trent Reznor, Kanye W.” (Live with Saul Williams, the guy had Trent Reznor vocal samples coming out of his MPC!)

His hit from the aforementioned album is called “Big Girl Skinny Girl” where he weighs the pros and cons of both body types; the new single, “Black Girl White Girl”, discusses merits such as, “White girl, try and put me in a Prius”.

King Ghidorah from the Godzilla pantheon, representing one of DOOM’s finest alter-egos, graces the cover.

May will be a good month (this 12″ teaser anticipates a forthcoming LP by CX, also on Stones Throw).

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Feb10

Autechre Mix Tape

Sonically unwrapping an Autechre album is a delicate, overwhelming and sometimes unnerving process — so why should an Ae mixtape be any different?

In anticipation of their March 2010 album, Oversteps, the duo of Rob Brown and Sean Booth have released a DJ mix for Fact Magazine. “No tracklist either, so spotters, please do you worst.”

Alright, I did.

Covered in manipulated, over-and-under-saturated, tempo-nudging production, MC’s such as Sensational, Guilty Simpson, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Q-Tip and Percee P meet undulating electro, early ’90s breaks, a reworking of Meat Beat Manifesto’s “Radio Babylon” , throbbing squelch ‘n’ bass and a gamut of plug-in tweaks; that is, subjecting the majority of the tracks to the same unraveling processes that make Ae’s oeuvre so distinct.

Note: may contain traces of new Autechre works (pay attention after the extended cut and paste Black Metal segment).

Hurry, …

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Feb06

Malachai – Ugly Side of Love (Review)

Malachai

Ugly Side of Love

Released by Domino


Occasionally, you listen to a new band and the “love it, hate it” reaction can’t immediately be addressed due to the music’s disconcerting and ambiguous aesthetic (i.e. Bitches Brew, Portishead, Odelay, The Go! Team's Thunder, Lightning, Strike); your mental label maker overloads with “I hear this and that, though it’s not quite this or that but a bit of other stuff…” and so on. As the instruments hiccup with a prominent, pulsing pop and Malachai (formerly Malakai) vocalist Gee recites “warriors, come out to play” alongside a percussive loop of the unnerving finger-bottle clanks from the film on the opener, "Warriors." The first minute indicates this as a scratchy 33 1/3 of sessions with Hendrix on guitar, Keith Moon on drums and a reggae-induced Jack Bruce on voice/bass. You’re shaken, scratch your head, then decide to just enjoy the hazy, collaged illusion that producer “Scott” permeates throughout Ugly Side of Love (Geoff Barrow, who originally released the record in late 2009 on his Invada Records, might have some influence on the Bristol duo’s sound).

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Jan28

Nocando – Jimmy the Lock (Review)

Nocando

Jimmy the Lock

Released by Alpha Pup


With Timbaland currently adjusting his Autotune settings (come on, man, you’re better than that) and Jay-Z busy banning said plug-in, someone needs to push radio-friendly hip-hop back to where it should be: a genre that, with every subsequent record, focuses as much on pushing new sounds and experimental rhythmic matters up a notch as making your head nod – and providing those “oh man, he said that?!" moments. While Nocando isn’t yet a household name or the sole champion of a hip-hop Renaissance, his debut, Jimmy The Lock, proves that he’s more than capable with these duties.  

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