Niggas With Guitars - Ethnic Frenzy 2011

think...bohren and william basinski mashed into salem and balam acab.


http://www.mediafire.com/?4vlr8expheuiojq

44 Flavours Mixtape - Robot Koch (2011)

Last post of the night, I promise.

So while we're on the topic of Robot Koch, here's a braaaaand new mixtape. Can't find a download link for it, but give it a listen on MixCloud.

Graciela Maria - Many Places (2011)

I talked about this album last month, but here's a recap: This is Graciela Maria's debut album. She grew up in Mexico City, where she deeply integrated herself into the local electronic scene. She met Robot Koch in 2009, and he featured her in a few of his tracks, which is how I initially heard of her. When I heard Many Places was produced by Robot Koch and Sneaky (who I'd never heard of before now), I expected all of the tracks to be heavily influenced by the glitchy dubstep RK has been releasing. Listening to Sneaky now for the first time, it's easy to see how this album manages to reach such a perfect blend of electronic and acoustic styles.

1. Santa Ana Afternoons 3:18
2. Many Places 3:57
3. Meanwhile 4:03
4. Magic Bus 3:56
5. Underwater 4:53
6. Little White Shoes 2:35
7. Nothing Safe 3:19
8. Through The Night 3:43
9. Always 3:34
10. Sirius 2:57

πrate

Stand by for a Sneaky post.

Bonobo - Days to Come (2006), Black Sands (2010)

Download Days to Come here. It's all I've been listening to today. I'm in love.




Haven't heard Black Sands all the way through yet, but a coworker was playing it at work this morning. So far, it's AMAZING. Download it here.



Who wants to check him out with me in November?

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)

This is possibly one of my favorite albums of all time. The eerie soundscapes, the off-kilter percussion and horn selection, the vocals that sound like a barrel full of whiskey-soaked gravel being set aflame and devoured... everything about it is absolutely stunning!

Tom Waits' personal best (in my opinion), although it could be his most inaccessible work, right up there with Swordfishtrombones. Listen to it, and hate it. Listen to it more and more and more and learn to never want to stop listening to it.

claphands.

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (2010)

So this latest album from Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) features: funky basslines, Thom Yorke, ping pong balls, an abundance of harp, ambient glitchiness, meowing, tenor sax, and a metric shit ton of electronic noise. Very chill and jazzy as usual. My favorites so far are "Do the Astral Plane" and "Recoiled".

Also, admire the cover art. It's by Leigh McCloskey. Up until this, McCloskey acted in many soap operas including General Hospital and The Young and the Restless. From there, he moved on to Star Trek (Voyager AND Deep Space Nine); and from there, he pursued a career as an author, writing such works as Tarot ReVisioned and Codex Tor: Winter Solstice-Part One. He also wrote a textbook of magic. Conclusion: this guy fucking rocks. Also, today is his birthday! Happy 55th, brah.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zfmkm3wgktu