Golden Oldies

Some good ol' releases from the 80s onward. Some of the best.
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>BRIAN ENO/DAVID BYRNE (1981)
  

     My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a serious piece of songwriting. It combines the sensibilities of both artists into one well rounded piece of early electronic goodness. Masterful instrumentals, epic layered compositions, synths from synth guru Eno, and incredible tape loop samples with analog effects, all cut by hand.

BOWIE(1992)

     Hands down the best Bowie construction out there. The songs are so good, typical ironic and suggestive lyricism, coupled with grand, forward moving music. "Waiting for the lights, you know what I mean."


ASPECTS OF PHYSICS (2004)

   These guys have dominated San Diego minimal electronica for almost a decade, receiving nominations for best Electronic act at the San Diego Music Awards from 02 to 06. Rob Crowe, Jeff Coad, great musicians, great minimal ambience: Marginalized Information Forms One: Ping

KOTKI DWA (2007)

     Kotki Dwa is a good thing, despite what GestateReality or Max Paradise have to say. If you can get past the vocals and their production, which are both atypical and I admit somewhat uncomfortable at times, the music is thoroughly enjoyable. It is tight,  inventive, and it keeps with a solid theme of absurd half-hope. The music is upbeat, almost fun, as are the lyrics dark and questioning as well as playful. The electronics are pretty, (the album opening features bleeps and whirs artfully arranged to simulate nature sounds) and appropriately used. I highly implore you to acquire this release.

Signing out.

kids AND explosions?

Yes. Both.

Mash-ups are some finicky bullshit. Most mash-up artists these days are too busy being hipsters to actually mash good music together. Others will often resort to simply laying a couple songs over one another that happen to be in the same time signature and hope it appeals to the masses. It is rare that an artist will insert enough of their own artistic touch to impress me with a mash-up. It takes a fucken lot.

With that being said, new to the scene, we have Kids & Explosions. With his first record released as of mid-October, it's quite the banging interception for a lot of AotY lists. What separates this release from the pack is its sounds of Unstoppable-era Girl Talk glitch MASTERY combined with the super clean production style of newer Girl Talk. Though they are parallels that must be drawn and compared against for any mash-up release, this album goes above and beyond most anything Greg Gillis has ever, or will ever do. The beats and lyrics--from start to finish--are masterfully crafted into unique compositions, giving new life and meaning to every single track used. Do not pass off a moment of this album as noise you have heard on the radio before. Everything is where it needs to be at all times. And all for good reason.

Deeply fun and surprisingly meaningful. Hopefully, a producer to look out for more in the near future.
9/10

MP3/FLAC:
http://www.kidsandexplosions.com/shitcomputer/
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GestateReality's Releases of 2010

Full Lengths:

10. Defeated Sanity - Chapters of Repugnance:

Heavier than ever. Brutal Death Metal at its finest.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?lznfwuwzwiq)

9. America Addio - Cotton Kingdom:

Spastic Electropop; autotune for miles; beautiful, vivid lyrics; all tastefully woven into each other making a near damn perfect album.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?9sxum6gf6q4cyms)

8. The Ascent of Everest - From This Vantage:

Orchestral Post-Rock. Huge, consuming soundscapes and crushing crescendos.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?3om8x4ktspp12dt)

7. Blackbird Blackbird - Summer Heart:

Chillwave done right. Not over produced. Not boring. Just an honest, feel-good album.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?l1mcq26aqw1dzdz)

6. Sed Non Satiata - s/t:

A big dividing line with Screamo for many is the lyrical content. Some love it, and some fucking hate it. I am part of the former group, and though this release is sung in French, you can still feel every ounce of emotion in every word. And the guitars are nothing less than destructive.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?yuobzgmu3eg)

5. Shigeto - Full Circle:

Words can hardly describe this release. It feels like nostalgia as music. An essential for any fans of Ambient, Glitch, or IDM.

(http://hotfile.com/dl/81262268/671830e/SHIGETO_-_FULL_CIRCLE_V0.rar.html)

4. Envy - Recitation:

Envy are monolithic. They have never once disappointed me with even a single track across their 6 albums and 5 or so EPs. And then of course all their splits... This album is not an exception. Perfect.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?f0sn36yaxwsf4tv)

3. The Saddest Landscape - You Will Not Survive:

It was hard for me to put this album ahead of Recitation. Ultimately, I decided to because while Envy has created near, if not fully, flawless albums for almost a decade and a half, this was the first release by the Saddest Landscape where I felt that they just put everything into the right place. They've really been coming up strong with all their recent releases. Perfect.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?nr5k21xh8pn0q9s)

2. Crystal Castles - s/t 2010:

Maybe the number two spot is a bit high for Crystal Castles' newest release, but then again, listening to both of their albums back to back, there is a certain unbridled sense of emotion that goes into everyone of their songs. It's near impossible for me to describe, but it's there. I swear.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?dzramcughwm)

1. Baths - Cerulean:

I have fallen asleep to this album practically every night since I heard it in June. It's a masterpiece. I don't know what else to say about it, really. Make sure you get the real version of the album, if you check it out. Most of my friends have a bootleg copy and it sounds like shit. Perfect.

(http://hotfile.com/dl/57043582/fa28092/Baths-Cerulean-(Retail)-2010-RTB.rar.html)

EPs:

5. Shigeto - Semi Circle:

Shigeto dabbling with glitchy madness. Super unique and innovative sounds. A producer to continue watching out for.

(http://www.fileserve.com/file/KzeSNav)

4. Sister Crayon - Enter Into Holy (Or)ders:

Very atmospheric Dream-Pop. Their lyrics slice into your soul and let it spill out. Listening to it is rewarding, and finishing it is redeeming. It's easy to get caught in a cycle of listening to this EP 10 times over before you ever consider not listening to it another time.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?diivgcwl23f6453)

3. Have A Nice Life - Time of Land:

This is a flawless, sincere, release bursting with a bleak, hard-to-understand radiance. Perfect.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?zywmjtyokmd)

2. Deafheaven - Demo:

The first Black Metal release to really really convince me that BM can be, and IS, worth my time. Highly Post-Rock influenced. One of the most emotionally charged releases of the year. This shit could move mountains.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?cunamvmzm0xmuvj)

1. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Formlessness:

The pinnacle of Midwestern style Emo. Amazingly creative guitar work, intricately placed drums, and some of the best lyrics I have ever heard. No review I can write will do this EP a favor. Probably my very favorite release of 2010.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?i0gufv9wgp5j4md)

Honorable Mentions:

Adebisi Shank - This Is The Second Album of A Band Called Adebisi Shank:

Even better than their first release. A solid performance that rarely comes up short.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?9bbkkv2995rq97e)

Domination Through Impurity - Masochist:

Brutal Technical Death Metal. In a lot of ways, an extremely contrived genre. But not here. These guys know how to do what they want to do without sounding like the rest of the crowd. Killer slams, amazing riffs. check it.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?iznih5lmiw2)

In Her Own Words - Brand New Me:

I hate pop-punk/easycore/etc. I fucking love this EP.

Listen to it.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?wwgcbiz84dgil14)

Memoryhouse - The Years:

Rivaling Sister Crayon as my favorite Dream-Pop act of the year. The strong songs are really strong, but there's one or two empty, more boring tracks on this release, which isn't acceptable on an EP.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?dnnlggzldmx)

Pretty Lights - Spilling Over Every Side:

Funky-Ass Electronic. Wonderfully fun.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?x6u0uzabbishp4h)

Sleep In - Carnival:

Another ELHR act. Another perfect ELHR act.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?0zjjyiyqzom)

Wormed - Quasineutrality:

Brutal Technical Death Metal. Again, they do what they do well, but like Masochist, it just hardly missed the mark when stacked up against Defeated Sanity's newest release.

(http://www.mediafire.com/?mmoojlttj4a)

News

    LOVE AND LIGHT

      Love and Light have an EP coming in late January, featuring tracks from the Santa Cruz show such as "Heart", an extra slippery breakbeat wet dream. A comment received from the artists themselves on the release sums it up best: SlooooperySlopSludgePopJunktastic BOING."
Can't wait.

DOEO

     New D414 mix. So good. Free download. SC represent.

Tunes ahoy, Blaptain!

  
All kinds of stuff on the mellow end of the spectrum. Garage, Glitch, and Downtempo. Some delicacies.

ILL-ESHA
      Newest release from the SF glitch mistress. Super mellow, super ornate production, bass-line sensibility. Killing it, she is.

Circadian Rhythms

And perhaps some bay area cross genre collaboration?
Antiserum & ill-esha - Lightning (clip) by ill-esha

YOUNG MONTANA?
     British lad is killing it with his crunchy sound-scapes. Release in 2010, highly anticipated.
Listen&Download:
Kuhn - Quiet Nights (Young Montana? Remix) /// Free Download at 
Astronautico.bandcamp.com by Young Montana?

H.U.D.
     H.U.D. is an interesting one. He's been in the scene for decades, starting in the warehouses of South Detroit as a house DJ in the early techno scene. His sounds are crisp, his mixing fluent and aesthetically gorgeous, and his selections are diverse. Background character, very talented, this mix is essential and the interview is good too.
FRITENITE005

LOCAL LOVE
     New track from Sirr Paul, new killer roots machine from Fish Finger, and one from SCs own Christian Gunning aka Superman Fast, comin' through with some nifty beats as of late. New house track from D414 aka Doeo, super slippery funk business. Good stuff, gents.

Fog by Sirr Paul
Fish Finger & Dread Foxx - Fund Raisers [1st Edit] by Fish Finger
JOin YOur ENEMY (produced By SUperMAN FAST) by Superman Fast
MORPHINE (PREVIEW) by D414

PROFRESHER
     Dope Psy-Crunk track from Profresher, aka Billy Blacklight. Good stuff, great producer. Troll his soundcloud.

Psyentific Eyedealism by Profresher

ROBOT KOCH
     Yes, yes, and yes. A new release. Yes. Completely essential.
Robot Koch - Songs For Trees and Cyborgs

LOW LIMIT
     A new Low Limit mix, super tasty. Spacey sounds, ridiculously head bobbing groovy, emotive and relaxing. Comical at moments, flowing always. Get it Get it.
Brainfeeder Mix

Razor Clean Bass Machine.

     The results of the latest trolls, some new stuff, some old stuff, some spold stuff. These songs hurt you.


TOM ENCORE
       Some seriously tasteful, technical filth. The sounds are extra clean and the sub bass is calculated.
His mix from May is one of the best I've ever heard, blending his thick glitch repertoire with his original and selected dubstep in a manner displaying a most sensuous set of mixing skills. The thing flows like a river.
I also have a few select songs from that mix for download, my personal pickings, set below this tasty mix:

MAY 2010 MIX by Tom Encore

Brokenhaze - Block
Calypso (Tom Encore Remix) - DatsiK & Excision
NastyNasty - No Names

...You'd better troll his soundcloud, too. All of it.

Masala - As One (Tom Encore Remix) by Tom Encore

BASSEL
     Bassel has a super clean sound, similar to the crystalline high end sweeps and cleanly bit-crushers witnessed in Tom Encore's tunes.
Rusko & Sub Focus - Hold On (DJ bassel Remix) by DJ Bassel
Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love (DJ Bassel Remix) by DJ Bassel

GLŸPH
      Some old stuff from Glÿph, one of my all time favorites, which has resurfaced after learning that my two favorite tracks are being coupled for an EP out on Krypled Brain in 2011. The tracks, and a mix.
Glÿph - Purple Bear in the Brain Forest by Glÿph
Glÿph - Mind World (Clip) by Glÿph
Glÿph - The Bassfuckers Deep Mix by Glÿph



SIRR PAUL
      Local delicatessen, glitch madman, gentle mole-friend. The future lies here, in Paul's razor clean bass.
Tell Me When To Go (sirrpaul remix) by Sirr Paul


BULLWACK
      This next ripping filth construction arose from the bowels of tasty trash electro technician Bullwack. It is but a preview. I suggest you prowl this man's other work, it's quite something. Free DL.
Bullwack - My New Best Friend by BULLW∆CK

HELICOPTER SHOWDOWN
      The SF boys have done it, with their new Ultragore release, the Wrestler EP, smashing all conceivable expectations. It is a machine. From strictly the thirty-seven second clips, I can already tell this release is going to be one of the hugest of all time. Made me all but forget about Whistle Tips. These tracks are completely rounded, completely huge, completely tasty, tech-filth-to-the-tenth.
"The Wrestler" (Ultragore) by Helicopter Showdown


And to top it all off, thirteen tracks from hell, or Rottun records, rather:
Liquid Stranger - Mechanoid Meltdown


Sleep Easy.

Local Love

     The Cogito, aka Mason Rosenberg comin' through with some new tracks in his tight chillstep/IDM style. Lo fi, atmospheric, tasty beats.

Irreleventh Final Mix by The Cogito
Ethereal Cereal by The Cogito

Mo' goodness on his soundcloud. Check him out.

L&L

"A new password was requested from 67.180.72.95"
Okay. To whichever one of you fuckfaces who requested a new password for mine/Morgan's addictech account, I hope that you a) receive the royal karmic shaft, or b)come clean so I can wordslap your ass. In either case, I have a new password which will be promptly changed after each requested download, so the zip downloadage of Crunk Junkee may commence for those who hit me up in time to get one of the remainders. Back on track. 

Black Friday

     I have nothing but garage, glitch, and downtempo for you today, this day of Thanksgetting. You don't even have to wait in line or trample domes to get these 100% off deals, like these poor folks:

Pressha Mix, super good shit. all the tasty sounds you want right now, trust me. A Simplify records mix session (vol. 4)

Extra tasty glitchy Garage tune from Zack Christ, free for download:
Cosmic Dog - Tonight (zack christ's Tirsdagsmix) by zack christ

New Shigeto track, free download:
4. Into The Sun, Out In The Cold by SHIGETO

ZDS shutting shit down. I held on to this one for a month, showing it to select heads, but I can't justify hoarding it any longer. Free download.
Trophy Wife // Microlite (Zen Death Squad Remix) by ZenDeathSquad

A mix from Brainfeeder's Ras G. Good stuff from SoCal and Flying Lotus' record label.

Some tight Mochipet from days ago. Freeee.
Splatinum - Pumping Quarterz (Mochipet Remix) by Mochipet

And a not free track that's quite evil and slippery:
Freddy Todd - Blowin Good - Mochipet Remix by Mochipet
And a mix:
Mochipet Mix for Memekast by Mochipet

-PURCHASES TO COME-
An-ten-nae's Acid Crunk EP vol. 7 is out now on Muti, up for download on addictech. His tightest Acid Crunkery to date.

Nhertz's Dropfellas remix has dropped on NoMad, a beatport exclusive DL. I'm buyin' that track (at a whopping $2.50) and the entirety of his Sunday Oscillation EP, which is more reasonably priced. Stay tuned for zip packs in limited numbers.

...That keeps on giving.

Scorch [clip] by Geoff Bukk
One Night by Sirr Paul
Just Taking My Blastoise For a Walk by FreddyTodd
Midnightmolemixing with JackTheRipper by BB831

Smokin' Blunts Makin Cream- Exclusively On Beatport Monday December 6th! by PrimeDUB Records

Ganksthiving.

     While this is of course destined to be followed by more posts a la boredom throughout the day, I figure we might as well start the holiday out proper with some things I was quite thankful to be given. I hope you feel the same.

DREAMS by Love and Light
Thunderball - Enter The Brahmin (Knight Riderz Remix) by Knight Riderz

      A San Francisco local girl and one of the only chicks pushing beats on the scene. And my what beats they are...

Antiserum & ill-esha - Overflow (clip) by ill-esha

Hit-and-miss duo TROWA proves that when they hit, they hit hard.


Classic staggered Dubsaw sounds and a free 320 from Culprate: Dexcell - Fukit (CulprateRMX) 320 by culprate
The Setup - Under Attack [FREE 320] by thesetup
IndustrialDeath - Hot Mess (clip) 140 Inst by IndustrialDeath
Wormhole by Atomic Dubstep

DatNectar

Yeah, it happened. You'd figure they'd have done a bit more for their first production together, I dunno. Fairly tight, though. Basically a Bassnectar update on beats and sampling on top of a DatsiK bassline. The good news is that it is the precursor to a working relationship between Rottun and Amorphous.

Bassnectar & Datsik - YES by Bassnectar

Here is the download.

+++Fresh BBC1 mix from our local boy on his first EuroTour here, ft. Annie Nightingale.

Big Chocolate, continued.

I'm Shot EP
<3  to GestateReality

Crispo/Crispo

     The one and only release from this Subdepths (Garage/UK Funky) artist, the Depths EP, is a good one. Super dark, very clean Garage atmosphere comin' outta this Russian. Gorgeous rainy day music, to be certain. Scope his soundcloud.

...Time capsule to yesterday, last year. Crispo dropped this fat robostep release in obvious contradiction of his future music. Good stuff, hard to find.

Crispo - Valkyrie (Forthcoming Substruk 11.23.09) by Substruk Records
Crispo - Local Threat (Forthcoming Substruk 11.23.09) by Substruk Records

LAZER SWORD!

     Lando Kal and Low Limit have been cosmically crushing the scene with their inventive laser bass sound. It's funky, it's fresh, and displays evidence of a cohesive working relationship between the two. The artists are greats, stand-alone, but as their debut album proves, there is simply more potential when two or more minds are involved. I don't have that album for you, it's definitely one worth purchasing, but here's a couple of tracks and their startup EP, The Golden Handshake

LAZER SWORD - BATMAN by LAZER SWORD
I'M GONE FEAT. TURF TALK by LAZER SWORD
MACHINE FEAT. ZACKEY FORCE FUNK by LAZER SWORD

...And here's a bonus mix from Low Limit, a Brainfeeder promo.

Shigeto

     Shigeto is... Nearly indescribable. His music, on many levels, is what one might call "ambient electronica", but this would be an ignorant analysis of the material presented. When one really tunes in to the emphatic movements of each carefully rendered piece, it is clearly magnified as having a deeper form: truly unique and deeply personal instrumentalia, a sonic arrangement of the self. The music weeps, with gorgeous minimalist soundscapes and the questioning, beat driven passion of early instrumental hip-hop. It looks inward, outward, and often slows the mind while directing the eye towards the positive. Ultimately, it is soulful, hopeful music that depicts the beauty in the world in a manner most powerful.

Shigeto-Full Circle

Semi-Circle EP

Tipper

  
      Dave. Fucking. Tipper. The man is the man. Of the few people possessing the production sense kin to Opiuo and L&L, this one is king. He also co-owns the loudest cars in the world with Richie Warren, the guru behind Funktion One. The vehicles are two cherry 1970 chargers (one is pictured above) that feature left and right channels, 10,000 watts each, for a custom fitted Funktion One bass system. Dubbed the Fuel system, it is legendary for bringing complaint from The Prodigy's stage manager for it's relentless blasting from the parking lot of the 1997 V Festival. Now ya know.
      His Midtempo and Nuskool Breaks are the straight funk, and his downtempo is soul-crushing, perhaps the logic behind the title of his October 2010 release: TIPP00DL10 (Broken Soul Jamboree)

For those who don't have The Wobble Factor, it is necessary.

Robot Koch

   Berlin based Post-Modern Glitch Hop artist. Fucking beautiful, masterful production sense, and varying styles of glitch and ambience. BBC calls it "Essential Listening!", so you know it's good. I call it essential listening, too, so know it's REALLY good. Get it. Got it? Good.
Robot Koch-Death Star Droid

Big Chocolate + More Dubstep

  
I regret to inform the residents of California that this post is so filthy, the employees of Waste Management and the Trashmens union have begun a bitter strike destined to last through Christmas at least.

      BIG CHOCOLATE: I'll just link ya to my friends over at Foreign Banguage, bless their little hearts, and they'll tell you all you need to know about the Huntington based producer of outright metal-step filth, BIg Chocolate: http://foreignbanguage.blogspot.com/2010/11/large-cocoa.html Super tasteful sounds, drums, remixes, nothin' but taste from this man.
BC has an EP out this month titled "I'm Shot!", but I have yet to zero in on a download for you. Try on your own time, or I'll link it as soon as I find one, I promise.

     This track has been running the circuit for a month and a half now, and has not become any less relevant:
Jerry Blam - No Breathing Til Brisbane (Exotope Remix - Free Download!!) by EXOTOPE





And then there's this business: KSH/Beargrillz-LSD

And also some SKisM... FROM THE FUTURE!: SKisM-Power

Just plain good stuff: Wick-It The Instigator-Bed Intruder RMX

Flux Pavilion-Meathead  
     You can youtube it if you're hesitant, but you should really just download this Flux P collab. Easily his best to date and I can't tell if it's Flux (CR009-his new EP), or J Sweet that does the work for this one. Either way, it's golden and on par with the sub bass fuckery of Torino, Italy's Nhertz, whos Dropfellas remix (below) is scheduled for release on NoMad records Thanksgivin' night.
     It tears a new hole in anything the Dropfellas have ever produced, and happens to be one of my top five for 2010. Word. Nhertz has a release out on Beatport, the Sunday Oscilation EP, and it is gorgeous on so many levels. Still working on a download link, I'll probably just buy it. Keep ya posted.
Dropfellas - Crashed Monkey ( nhertz remix ) - Forthcoming on NoMad Records!!! by nhertz

It's hard to talk about Flux and not somehow mention another member of the Circus family. Doctor P has a ripping new Plan B remix, in typical rave-step style. It smashes, though, with a massive sound and an ultra-slippery bitcrusher line reminiscent of his track Rasputin's Gold, which is still my favorite. Plan B-Love Goes Down (Doctor P RMX)

And Druley coming out of nowhere with this ridiculously tasty track, as of yet unreleased:


...And that's all I have to say about that.