Tuesday, May 22, 2012
PORTALS Mixtape #5
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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J Biscuits- ” Bloody Repeat “
traveling backwards. lost in a foggy city. we step into another life. cutting through time…
new faces. old friends.
The UK beatmaker, J Biscuits (aka James Broughton), reeled me in not too long ago with the slippery, hip-hop influenced beat, “My Lurv”, and his debut EP of winter themed instrumentals, Quests.
Recently, he’s been collaborating with the fellow UK artist and Absent Fever affiliate, Birkwin Jersey (aka Graeme Coop), under a brand new moniker called Nick Jackolson. ”Bloody Repeat” is the latest track to emerge from JB, uploaded just yesterday on a whim.
MP3: J Biscuits - Bloody Repeat
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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APF- ” Lush (Demo) “
emotions running wild. highs and lows. navigating the space…
Boston producer, APF (aka Alex Fiorentini) first caught my attention with his throbbing, synth-heavy piece, “NTHNG”. He recently sent over a much softer tune called, “Lush”, which will be apart of an upcoming single scheduled for release sometime this summer.
From Alex:
Lush is a plurality of things: nature, humid nights, parks, exploring, and beauty in life.
When I make music, I try to draw these things into what I create.
MP3: APF - Lush (Demo)
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
DOPEWAVE IS REAL // MIXTAPE
Flashlight Tag // Smoke Don’t Smoke // Head Underwater present…
DOPEWAVE IS REAL.
Some words from Tim of SDS:
Talking about music is a much different experience than listening to music. Genres at once confine, and define a musical endeavor. They can be offensive to some, and clarifying for others. Most recently genres grow like parasites, dividing into sub-genres, and even further into sub-sub-genres. Artists may always be disappointed with the genres they are inadvertently placed in by music writers, bloggers, and critics. But the fact that we have the luxury, not only of listening to more music than has ever been available, but to converse about it, is one I hope I never take for granted.
Genre creation will always be a fascinating process to watch. It happens everyday as the evolution of music outruns our ability to describe it.
Dopewave is an experiment in genre creation. Birthed out of a new group of young producers creating electronic sounds, that are simultaneously like nothing, and like everything you’ve ever heard. They reside primarily on SoundCloud, forcing us to become foragers among the clouds in constant search for that perfectly shaped sound. They are sounds that could attract several genres, from disco to trap, ambient to hip-hop, shoegaze to post-dub, and on and on. New sounds need new identifiers.
Flashlight Tag, Smoke Don’t Smoke, and Head Underwater have pooled their resources to gather a sample test for our great Dopewave experiment. We each foraged three producers of our choosing and asked for an exclusive track. Whether our findings were conclusive or not, may never be known in this world of constant evolution. Take a listen, and see for yourself if our hypothesis stands true ~ DOPEWAVE IS REAL.
Tracklist:
1. Windslo - “It’s Too Late”
2. Peh Per Ghost - “When It’s For You”
3. Taquwami - “Λlieɳs”
4. MedicineHat - “Garden Child”
5. warui kettei - “Eden”
6. Trap Arnold - “||KingCup||”
7. thirtycenturyman - “October”
8. The Beach Boys - “I Know There’s An Answer (BeachesBeaches Remix)”
9. StewRat - “Freeze”
You can stream/download DOPEWAVE IS REAL for free @ Bandcamp.
<3 <3 <3
Much love,
-Flashlight Tag
Monday, May 14, 2012
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Gossamer- ” Name Tape “
rolling back and forth. losing sleep. eyes wide…
I’ve been sitting on this track from the LA-based producer, Gossamer, for the past couple of weeks. Feeling some extra weird vibes here (some underwater jungle vibes).
He’s got a self titled EP out now via digital label/music blog/collective, The Melt.
MP3: Gossamer - Name Tape
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Olaf- ” Night Train “
small steps. eyes gazing. falling from the sun. soon you will be at home. ride that night train and don’t look back…
Here’s another young and wild spirit making some exciting beat-laced tunes.
This time we’ve got a doped-out, “future garage” cut from the Netherlands-based producer, Olaf Wisselink. He’s got a few more gems floating around on his soundcloud and some lighter ambient driven work on bandcamp.
MP3: Olaf - Night Train
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Monday, May 7, 2012
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311 plays
Soviet Red- ” For Margot “
what are we doing? where are we going? broken off. set back.
Jaysun Rickards aka Soviet Red gave me some personal insight…
this song is about hiding from the world and hiding from people and hiding from yourself. inspired by a very brief relationship with a girl who was beautiful and smart and talented but was paralyzingly self-consious and neurotic and married to her own misery. its about that state of disarray your mind reaches where you can’t even look someone in the eyes because your head just isn’t right, and you want to hide behind that big curtain.you either hide away deeper and alienate yourself from everything, or you get your shit together and come back out into ‘show’.
MP3: Soviet Red - For Margot
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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Capeface- ” Drownin “
the night is blue. the air is crisp. we are drifting off. laying low. sinking into that warm feeling. the night is blue. the air is crisp…
The UK-based producer, Capeface (aka Tom Smart), has a few bubbling tracks resting on his soundcloud.
MP3: Capeface - Drownin
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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Charles Murdoch- ” Worth “
falling back. fading out of existence. rising above ground level. soaring to new heights. atmosphere. environment. these things are rapidly changing…
Back in Feburary I posted Charles Murdoch’s silky smooth, fantasy R&B cut, “Ecviov”. Since then, he’s quietly released a few more tracks via his soundcloud page, including this delicate ambient beat, “Worth”.
MP3: Charles Murdoch - Worth
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