single of the fucking year finally gets a release.
these tracks are so incredible, i can't even. so large, so opulent, intergalactic royal processionals~~
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like the third one the best. Is there a name for this genre of young person's dance music?
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 15:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
prob best just to go with "no" on that point for now
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 16:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really like the title track, best thing on Night Slugs so far by a considerable margin. I'd hardly describe it as "opulent" though, those synth noises sound like the producer's going out of their way make them to sound cheap and nasty.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow the wut wut wut track is one of the best songs i've heard all year lex, just beautiful!
kind of interesting take on modern hip hop production...
the other two songs are good, but for some reason they seem like tracks that are waiting for some one to come record rap vocals over...
but they are good...
whats' the story with this band? uk? new? do they have an album?
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
actually the more i'm getting into it, the third one is really great too, the second seems the weakest to me...
but the "wut wut wut" high sample thing on the first song is one of those little bits of magic that is hard to match.
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is probably an artifact of my headphones but it sounds like most of the low end of "Wut" is missing, making this kind of a trebly, tremulous mess.
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, thanks to years of listening to UK hardcore/jungle/dnb, all of these songs sound half tempo and sluggish to me.
"Every Time" is kind of great though, just to contradict what I just wrote.
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:33 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah sounds quality is ass and i have nice headphones
tempos are pretty low...doesn't really seem like something you could dance to really, more listening music...
is this chillwave? idk what that really is
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah it's REALLY trebly, which is why I'm surprised at it being Lex's single of the year, for all his railing against treble in pop music. It's quite bassy as well though, just not much in between.
It's all about the cut-up vocals for me. The other two would be greatly improved by having someone shout "Pow pow pow pow Wacka Flocka Flame!" over the top.
If anything it's come out of dubstep, which explains the tempo and general sluggishness, but it's been big on dancefloors this year. Albeit the sort of dancefloor I tend to avoid.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe it would be good for line dancing, doing the achy breaky and slap leather etc
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
it seems like it would be good "slowly staggering through an opiate haze" music
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
What about your years of listening to hip-hop though?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah it just sounds like a kinda goofy take on like diplomats type stuff
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is a good bit slower than like... 95% of the hip-hop I listen to!
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I mean, just for tempo comparison:
etc
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
eh, i think it's pushing it call it any sort of flagship nightslugs release, it's good but there's easily other comparable releases.
re: the trebl-y-ness - have any of you heard this live on a good pa? the bass is killer.
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's trebly AND bassy, the version I have sounds pretty big on headphones.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
"wut" is pretty sick
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
the first time i heard 'wut' i felt like it had always been there. instant classic!
― ¸¸.·´¯´·he'd sail across the bubbling waves·.¸¸.·´¯ (another al3x), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
there is definitely some clubworthy bass in there on "wut"--whoever said it's the midrange that is gone was otm.
this is kind of cool but yeah it's hard to know what to "do" with it--tempo-wise and given the spaced-out vibe it kind of reminds me of that g-side record w/out the rapping and nasa samples.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok on the second song the combination of grandiosity + chintzy production is grating
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is way closer to hip-hop chillwave than lex will ever admit
what to do with it - BOUNCE people
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
the bass on this is huge! but there's no b-line, it's just a kick
― goole, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
"this" = "wut"
There is totally a bassline, although it probably doesn't carry through to a Youtube embed.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
but i hear other low end? weird
― goole, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think the lack of bass is probably due to youtube quality...
its function in dancefloor sets is pretty amazing - it really disrupts most of them, just because the sound palette is just so full-on compared to everything surrounding it, but that's not really a bad thing. i'd never say these were bangers as such - they just sound incredible on club speakers that magnify their largeness. people don't so much get down to them as raise their hands up.
those synth noises sound like the producer's going out of their way make them to sound cheap and nasty.
i don't get this in the slightest - yeah it's trebly but it feels so clean, and there are so many ingredients (plus a ton of echo) that all three tracks have this incredibly majestic feel for me - these really overwhelming waves of sound that sound particularly amazing on club speakers. i love how detailed they are - that twinkling motif on "wut", the synth melody coming in towards the end of "every time", the whistle mid-"showstoppa". a lot of the higher-end melodies owe quite a bit to the more abstract grime productions of the mid-00s, and there's a huge juke influence in the beats (esp "showstoppa").
it's prob my favourite night slugs release so far - certainly the most distinct (and the most demanded - they weren't going to release this so soon after "irl" (girl unit's debut)) but it built up such momentum that they had to. kingdom's that mystic ep and velour's the velvet collection ep are prob my other two favourite NS releases - they're so different too, properly banging, dark techno and gorgeous, melodic woozy funk (one for dâm-funk fans, i think) respectively. jam city's "arpjam" should be huge when it's released too.
one guy, often hilariously assumed to be an all-female group. this is his second single - the first, "irl", is ok, pretty different though. he's done an incredible remix of c.r.s.t.'s "the bells", not on youtube but it definitely has the large, ecstatic walls of synths that these do.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
i still don't know what chillwave is, specifically! is it the same as witch house? i like some of that.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think Matt is saying that the actual synth sounds used are tightly associated with grimier music. Certainly when I was listening to this I got a sense of musical density but nothing came close to coming across as "majestic", rather more like this is the sound of rave kids fucking in slow motion.
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
"showstoppa" is prob the most majestic of the three for me? i always think of a red carpet rolling out in space.
girl unit's also done two u&k mixes this year which probably help "explain" where his own aesthetic comes from -
http://palmsout.net/2010/girl-unit-mix-2010/http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2010/08/girl-unit
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think i could see where yr. coming from re: "majestic" if i heard this in better quality. otoh every sound seems like it's probably in the roland mc-505 that i never figured out how to use.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
like basically it's hard for me to get "majestic" out of a track that sounds like Skin Up played at half tempo
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah it's not intending to sound rich and deep and opulent because the actual synth sounds used are essentially the same kind of fake chiptune noises you hear on the Ikonika album, it's harking back to a particular 90s nostalgic way of sounding shimmery, and the cheapness of the sound is part and parcel of that. You compare it to the sounds on, say, the We Love album and one obviously sounds like they've gone to the trouble of making it sound rich and full and textured and the other hasn't, and probably isn't interested in doing so. It sounds preset-y basically.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 19:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
a lot of the higher-end melodies owe quite a bit to the more abstract grime productions of the mid-00s
Exactly! Grime wasn't meant to sound opulent, it was meant to sound like cheap dirty beat-em-up music.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 19:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
This thread title makes me want to bump "Superthug" at high volume.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 19:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
just for comparison's sake, this is the Skin Up track this stuff reminded me of:
― The majestic sounds of Skin Up (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like this!
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Thursday, 28 October 2010 15:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
nice post on this at passion of the weiss
http://passionweiss.com/2010/10/28/sach-o-girl-unit-%E2%80%93-wut/
― prolego, Thursday, 28 October 2010 20:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
man this song is addictive
― catalina whiney ilxor (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 October 2010 22:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
WUT WUT WUT bay bay be bay be bay be bay be baybebaybe
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
yessssss
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
i feel like this should be a beat for a rapper that doesn't currently exist. we need to invent a rapper.
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
also it's awesome and hilarious to me that there is a gravediggaz youtube in this thread
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
WUT WUT WUT
This is nice isn't it? Kind of a midpoint between Joker, Sinden and Jackie Chain. I dig.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 29 October 2010 10:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's awesome and hilarious that Skin Up is on this thread :-D
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 29 October 2010 10:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
find it strange that people "don't know what to do" with this ina post dubstep'n'crunk'n'Salem world.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 29 October 2010 10:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
shit dude, post-salem world already?
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 29 October 2010 11:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
We can but hope.
― Matt DC, Friday, 29 October 2010 11:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
this 'wut' track has been my jam for a few days now btw.. thx lex
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 29 October 2010 11:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
works better in a mix. hearing it as a single lessen the true potential of it. just IMO.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
i thought the same thing at first, but i actually think Black Milk would sound tremendous over this
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:00 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Witch House is sooo early-2010s now. It's all about Swedish Industro-Bhangra in Hitchin these days.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 29 October 2010 13:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm into this but not as much as I feel I should be. Maybe I need to hear a better quality version. Still love Kingdom and the Deadboy remix of Drake's "Fireworks" if that restores my uk chillwave cred.
― Tim F, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Needs more
she say im down wih huh, i say bitch you aloneyou lyin wit the flesh, lyin with the boneshe say i'm lyin wih huh, my mind in the SKREETi say i'm not with me, i'm with she, i'm with shenow plane lights blinkin, off in da eveningot me thinkin, wish i was leavin
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
nothing needs more that
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
those lyrics are great we should talk about that band more
― markers, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
bumpin
― the importance of being furnace (samosa gibreel), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Show your work.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kingdom makes great use of it here: http://www.factmag.com/2010/07/30/fact-mix-171-kingdom/<3 that mix so hard.
― big jeans (lou), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
that mix is gone. grrr.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's in girl unit's own mixes that i linked upthread too
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Gukbe- I'll send it to you.
― big jeans (lou), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh, you can still get it here: http://kkingdomm.com/audio/factmix_july2010.mp3
― big jeans (lou), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
awesome, thanks guys.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
hands-down the best UK dance track of the year – take it from me, i live in minneapolis and listen to neil young!
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
i am loving this track - i wasn't overly fond of "IRL" at the time but i should maybe reinvestigate
― dinah shore, jr. (donna rouge), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
IRL is just horrible. Like having some massive lairy drunk smash into you on the dancefloor. And it's on every fucking set these guys put out.
― Matt DC, Friday, 29 October 2010 21:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sometimes I wonder if all music in this vein was kinda ruined for me forever by the brilliance of Low Deep's "Straight Flush" - like I've actually burned out that part of my music retinas by staring at the sun too intently.
― Tim F, Friday, 29 October 2010 22:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, October 29, 2010 4:51 PM (Yesterday)
why should I?
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Saturday, 30 October 2010 00:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
My this certainly does sound more impressive in high quality. Bass!
― Tim F, Sunday, 31 October 2010 21:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Night Slugs feature @ http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1254Comes with a 47 minute mix.Thanks Lex, WUT revisits me multiple times a day since the start of this thread :)
― willem, Monday, 1 November 2010 11:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^ jam city's "arpjam" on that mix is fucking insanely good, really hope that gets a release this year
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Monday, 1 November 2010 20:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kingdom slapping the vocals from Ciara's "Ride" on top of "Every Time" was one of many highlights when I saw him a few nights ago.
― big jeans (lou), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh SHIT i'd've lost my shit at that
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 00:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, he kind of had my jaw on the floor the whole time. :) Sorry to veer off-topic, but I have really treasured Kingdom's tracks, mixes and remixes this year. His monthly event here has been the source of many euphoric nights. Can't remember the last time I was inspired to go out so much.
― big jeans (lou), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 00:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
i get the fbook invites to those and EVERY TIME wish i could go. and i've never managed to catch kingdom over here either - once this year i got to interview him but on the night had a deadline crisis; the time after that i was in spain; and he's coming over in a couple of weeks, when i...will be in miami
AARGH
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 09:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh good, the EP is on Spotify. INSTANT LOVE for "Wut" and "Showstoppa", WOW!
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
mike (and indeed everyone) should check out kingdom's stuff (esp "mind reader", "that mystic" and "fogs") - not exactly similar but approaching cut-up r&b vox/heavy bass from a different angle
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
actually i'll just bump his thread - Kingdom ft. Shyvonne - Mind Reader
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
I know "Mind Reader" quite well - Lex, you tipped me to it a few months back. Great track. Will try the other two.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 12:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
single of the fucking year finally gets a release
single of the year? hm. i just heard it, and it is good. i can see where the processed vocals can be irritating/nervewracking after a while. tagged it to download later on emusic.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 2 November 2010 13:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
xpost whole Night Slugs catalogue is available on Spotify and that's so fucking sweet, just type label:"night slugs" in searchbox
― V79, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 13:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is very great except I want to say wut wut in the butt :(
― dayo, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 14:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wonder what popular internet phrase Girl Unit will use for his next single?
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 14:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
LOL
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 14:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Deserved that
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 14:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
dayo- I don't think that impulse is nearly as strong here as it is with, say, Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up" (Bottoms up, bottoms up/ stick it in your butt). :)
― big jeans (lou), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 14:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
― willem, Monday, 8 November 2010 21:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
i know lex loves them (not least as hes mates with them all) but can there just be a rolling nightslugs thread so there arent new ones started for these guys all the time?
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is pretty much the only Night Slugs thread isn't it? Mind Reader wasn't even on Night Slugs.
Don't think there's really much doubt that Lex sincerely loves all this stuff, he's not just street teaming his friends for the sake of it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 11:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
is this like the post dubstep "d.a.n.c.e."
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
:(
― big jeans (lou), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
deadboy drake remix is so beautiful
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 07:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
ysi
― dayo, Monday, 15 November 2010 07:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 07:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Glad you like Jordan! Though it really does sound like "all I see is tiger woods..."
― Tim F, Monday, 15 November 2010 08:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha noooooooo that's all i'm gonna hear now
that + the james blake cover of feist = repeat bedtime listening atm
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 08:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is pretty dope
― dayo, Monday, 15 November 2010 08:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
even tho the use of literal firework sounds at the beginning & end of the track is both obvious and i believe carried over right from the drake song, it works really well w/ the deadboy remix -- its sort of like you're looking up in the sky and witnessing this really pretty thing -- it gives me the the same sort of feeling of intense romance in my chest that i get when i see the fireworks scene in 'adventureland'
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 08:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok this crowd video of 'wut' is amazing, somehow it's even huger w/ fuzzy blown-out sound and shakycam, i want to be dancing right now.
― 嬰ハ長調 (c sharp major), Monday, 15 November 2010 12:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
endless <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
mixed also with endless ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; that i couldn't be there
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Monday, 15 November 2010 13:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
(not that i'm complaining about having been able to sunbathe on south beach for the past few days)
\_OˬO_/ at the drop at 1:50
― Know The (ledge) (sic), Monday, 15 November 2010 13:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
also lol at "face down ass up" reconfigured as a grace note for such a pretty and non-concrete, textually, vocal hook
― Know The (ledge) (sic), Monday, 15 November 2010 13:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
not sure why i made the justice snark comment above, i don't know why i have inbuilt negativity towards this when actually anytime i open ableton i try and make music like this. think i have some contrarian feelings towards this just cos i live in london, but i like wut. agree with whoever said they wait for a rapper to come in, i feel a lot like this about lots of this kind of music.
agree about the comments about "what to do" with this music too...i've been in clubs where people "bounce" and it's extremely macho/tedious watching people posture...i guess if i went out to clubs where they play rap music it might be like that too but i dunno, maybe more fun.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 15 November 2010 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's the R&B cut-ups that really make this IMO... it doesn't really feel very functional but that's fine.
― Matt DC, Monday, 15 November 2010 14:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
His remix of Lights On by Katy B is kind of horrible.
― Matt DC, Friday, 19 November 2010 14:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Love Wut and Showstoppa but kind of think both sound like they're missing something. Wut gets boring at its length.
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 November 2010 14:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Anticipating
― Number None, Monday, 22 November 2010 22:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Say whatever about Night Slugs, their sleeve designs are just out-and-out great.
― Matt DC, Monday, 22 November 2010 22:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Listening through proper speakers for the first time... this is fucking AMAZING music
― The Great Cool Lulu who sleeps in Riley... (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
i shall be talking to girl unit (and braiden) tomorrow on resonance fm, 7pm http://www.resonancefm.com/ (pre-recorded interview w/girl unit and talking w/braiden live); i'm sure it'll be on the internet afterwards too
there will be EXCLUSIVE MUSIC played!
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
among the topics of discussion: which rapper girl unit would most like to hear over the top of these trax
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
interview in middle of this podcast - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/lollards-podcast/2010/11/freaky-trigger-and-the-lollards-of-pop-series-4-week-11/
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 27 November 2010 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow, the last four tracks on the Night Slugs label comp are really fantastic, especially Jacques Greene's 'Baby I Don't Know What You Want'. This sort of colourful space-funk sound works *so* much better for me than the more full-on thick-grey-line bass stuff that comes before it. I'm including 'Wut' in the former category obviously.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah the optimum one really surprised me, given what his ep was like. you should hear the velour ep if you haven't, it's all technicolour off-kilter funk like that - you can tell why dâm-funk's a kindred spirit.
this is my favourite on the compilation though, soooo good - posted it in the dance partisans thread already but never sure how many people actually look in there
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
Really impressed by the few other Jacques Greene tracks I've heard, too. (<3<3<3 "Tell Me"!!)
His LuckyMe 12" was supposed to come out Monday but I'm not seeing anywhere to buy it yet.
― big jeans (lou), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
funny that the Greene track mis/re-interprets Ashanti's "Baby I don't know why..." from 'Foolish'
think i like the Kingdom, Egyptrixx (maybe filler-y to some but i like the relative oddness) and Velour tracks most (aside from 'Wut') but it's all good and will get bought.
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah Arpjam is just incredibly funky
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.urb.com/2010/11/30/urb-presents-jacques-greene-exclusive-mix/
1. Jacques Greene – The Look (Koreless remix)2. Ango – Love Me3. Jacques Greene - Tell Me4. Mood II Swing – Move Me5. Machinedrum - DDD6. Jacques Greene - Good Morning7. Nu-Birth – Anytime8. 24 Hour Experience – All Nighter9. Ramadanman & Midland – Your Words Matter10. James Fox – New Jack Swing11. Sasse & James Flavour – The Right Way (Tony Lionni Rremix)12. Jacques Greene – (Baby I Don’t Know) What You Want13. Dubbel Dutch - Throwback14. Aril Brikha - Groove La Chord15. xxxy – Ordinary Things16. Colours - Hold On (SE22 Mix)17. Jacques Greene – Another Girl18. Rick Ross ft. Drake & Chrisette Michele – Aston Martin Music
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think Arpjam (and Jam City in general) is strictly at the end of the spectrum I don't like, but I'm trying to be nice here.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i haven't liked other Jam City stuff but i really like that one. obviously it's not a full-blown technicolor dream like some of the other tracks on this comp but i find the beat irresistable
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
irresistIble... jesus what is wrong with me
would love Arpjam a lot more if he'd thrown a big extra hook on top - not necessarily the mentalism extent of Ecstasy Refix but it doesn't outstrip that imo
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
my 2nd fav jam city track might be "in the park" - on his myspace - http://www.myspace.com/jamcitytrax - no idea whether there are plans to release it, he made it quite a while ago now, but i absolutely love the gothiness of it - the sample of blowing wind in the background and that sinister melody
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is not on night slugs, but the dance partisans thread doesn't seem to get many responses, so in the vein of "banging bass music with r&b samples", gotta recommend brenmar's at it again ep (out this week), in particular this a-ma-zing marques houston-sampling joint:
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 09:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
hmm, i don't usually like brenmar's live stuff at least but i think this is the first production i've heard from him, don't hate it
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
my idea of hell is being stuck in a room listening to this
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
describe this room
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Chiming in on this being my favourite thing in the dubstep/bass continuum so far. Early dubstep I found a bit slow and dull, didn't mind the nosebleed Caspa stuff but it got boring after not very long at all, then all the Zomby/post-step stuff came out and was pretty good but seemed a bit IDM-y and missed the point of "bass" music. This is great stuff - a nice mixture of colour, danceability, poppiness and menacingness. Love the way dance music is going at the moment.
― What are you doing here? (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
That Brenmar track is fun, I like it. All these dudes need to stop fannying around with samples and instrumentals and start working with some actual vocalists a bit more.
I like the Velour EP as well, Booty Slammer and Kick It Til It Breaks in particular.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
All these dudes need to stop fannying around with samples and instrumentals and start working with some actual vocalists a bit more.
Haha I said almost these exact words to Steve Braiden on the radio.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Like it feels like British dance music is approaching some kind of Wild Bunch style tipping point but not getting there due to a) lack of vocalists, b) lack of record labels to put the good stuff out (WHY are there no dedicated funky record labels?) and c) a residual hangover from dubstep that values bass over beats and hooks. It's getting there though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
the vocalists closer to this scene that spring to mind - ahu, fatima - tend to veer towards off-kilter/abstract/skewed hip-hop stuff themselves rather than club bangers
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
i have said to girl unit that what i really want to see, maybe in about a year's time, is for the "wut" ep to be scored for orchestra
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Scoring dance music for orchestra never really works, it either sounds like remedial classical music or loses something else in translation. Unless they're going to somehow orchestrate for an airhorn and pitched up vocals it would just ruin it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
i was listening to the night slugs comp today and my itunes jumped from Jacques Green to the Jonzun Crew, which was kind of mind blowing
― /\/K/\/\, Thursday, 9 December 2010 02:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Umm... On "Booty Slammer" by Velour, is the sample saying "Inside of Me" or "Sodomy"?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 14:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's definitely saying "inside of me". Isn't it...?
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just got the Egyptrixx album, pretty great upon first listen. Also, lots of excellent mixes are available on the night slugs web site.
― Moodles, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:17 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I don't know... is it?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
i suppose you think the cover art is phallic symbolism too huh
― gainfully trˆᴥˆlled (blueski), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Probably not that many songs mentioning sodomy they could have sampled it from
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
bury fc's 92-93 away shirt successfully reminding me of both night slugs and teh lex
tags: too much time on ilx, kind of lol but mostly sad, funky house sceptics let me draw your attention to this
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's an MIA shirt, not a Night Slugs shirt. Maybe a Klaxons shirt as well.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://assets.gearlive.com/music/blogimages/MIA.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
!!!
even spells my name right
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
i see the NS thing, i'm fairly sure i've seen bok bok wearing a shirt with a similar pattern
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
enjoy wonky beats and the rinse fm breakfast show?
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
talking of dva i am totally in love with this release on his label - http://soundcloud.com/scratchadva/dva008-shy-one-the
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/i/m/image_17343.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^ The 1994 mediocre Premiership goalkeepers jersey is surely one of the most unnoticed fashion influences of our time.
Pretty sure there's an actual dubstep record sleeve with that exact pattern on it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
on reflection matt might be right and mia might even have designed that shirt herself ...in 92 she'd have been what... 35?
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
fucking hell those shirts
― LocalGarda, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought this revive was gonna be about the claude von stroke 'wut' remix
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
bahahaha
re mia
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
the "uncle who is a pimp" look
― LocalGarda, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kinda puts a new complexion on the brostep debate.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Belter.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
mate of mine's actually got this one - exquisite
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
"roman glass" is a pretty little pair of words imo
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
think if i ever did go night slugs again i'd have to wear this with a screwface
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
"not that kind of musician", they'd tell me
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, May 2, 2011 10:49 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Had this exact same discussion at age 12 with friends about Smashing Pumpkins' "Disarm".
― skip, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
think if i ever did go night slugs again
...again? :o
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is more like night slugs uniform
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
rite so im playing the night slugs comp
mosca - like this, it's colourful and ~classy~ and vaguely minatory
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
lil silva - like the ardkore stylings, it's the sort of thing hacks would describe as 'dayglo' had the klaxons never existed
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
girl unit (bok bok rmx) - oh no, dubstep
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
kingdom - the part where the vocal gradually materializes through the distortion abt two minutes in is rather impressive, otherwise less so
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
l-vis 1990 - synthy ardkore peaks nice, rest a bit thin for five minutes
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
jam city - clear standout, gazing with cold dead eyes upon the night slug lessers like a hungry kestrel on a telegraph pole
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really dig (Baby I Don't Know) What You Want by Jacques something.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Any minute now
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
lil silva (2) - this sounds like something diplo would haved liked, had he lived to hear it
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Don't actually like that Jam City track much, though i do enjoy other stuff of his that i've heard
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah the jacques greene (ha very easy surname to remember for me, if not everybody else) track is the best
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
egyptrixx - really like this, crazy pitchbend and doppler effect trailloffs VERY oni ayhunish
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
bok bok and cubic zirconia - pretty good
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
optimum - not sure if there are any relevant opinions to be had about this track
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
so pleased to be with you at these moments nakh. this album finishes strong imo.
― oppet, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
aww <3
i guess the 'problem', such as it is, is that this could be a single artist album....lot of preset swapping, very murky
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
jacques green - chipmunks! nice, not the best thing here tho
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
egyptrixx!
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
velour - this is p cool, lol dog latin
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
girl unit (2) - this is great, as you know
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Can you choose a vintage football shirt to sum up the experience pls.
― oppet, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
best jacques greene
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^yeah that shit is yoga f major
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol what
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
So did anyone catch Girl Unit on Rinse FM earlier today?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
idk oppet, tho in a wider sense....
night slugs are probably at the level of bolton atm, impressive skills on a moderate budget
girl unit is CY lee, the fleetflooted showboat off to bigger things
egyptrixx is the johann elmander, pure unadulterated bigness of sound and spirit
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
my inner thoughts have been corrupted by big hoos
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
matt & rtc football jersey convo killed me
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Another Girl is totally totally ace. Will rep for Jacques Greene forever, though, as he spins with a bunch of my friends in MTL. His sets are basically ILM catnip. Nights Slugs type shit with chopped and screwed mixes of Ciara, Yamaha + assorted Terius, 'Motivation', Cassie's Skydiver, etc. etc. etc.
His remixes of Cassie's 'Must Be Love' and Katy B's 'Broken Record' are also keepers.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Egyptrixx's singles are pretty ace and his live show back in February or whatever was killer, but the full length album didn't blow me away.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm liking the Egyptrixx album so far, but I'm kind of taking it track by track.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh shit is jacques greene from montreal i had no idea
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah the katy b remix is my other other jacques greene jam
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
alex are your friends dudes who (used to??) do the night trackin house night at that place in the old port whose name i cant recall always meant to go to one of those
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
yoga flame major
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
one can only hope warrior (liverpool) and under armour (spurs) will make as noble a transatlantic fist of the english football shirt as girl unit and kingdom did
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 06:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
lots of great new night slugs style stuff on ikonika's new mix http://ikonika.tumblr.com/post/5332443820/ikonika-summer-2011-mix
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
1. Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend (Instrumental)2. Untold - U-293. Jam City - Barely A Trak4. Boddika - Basement5. Egyptrixx - Liberation Front (Mike Q Remix - Bok Bok Re-Edit)6. Ikonika - PR8127. Pangaea - Runout8. Jam City - Arpjam (Devil Mix)9. Ikonika - With Your Face10. Bok Bok - Reminder11. A1 Bassline - Falsehood12. Optimum - Afterglow13. Mensah - The Resistance14. French Fries & Bambounou - Hugz15. Ikonika - I Make Lists
actually this mix is kind of amazing
6. Ikonika - PR812
this track!!!!
and the vip version of "arpjam"!!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Mensah - The Resistance
featuring asamoah gyan?
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jacques Greene is the best producer associated with Night Slugs at the moment I reckon (assuming Nzungunzu don't count, and Girl Unit is hit-and-miss). Seems to understand the importance of colour and having bass that does something other than throb and glower. A lot of other Night Slugs stuff talks a good game with its technicolour sci-fi landscape synths and the music seems drab in comparison.
Really didn't like the Egyptrixx album at all, have yet to hear any Jam City that's done much for me.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Actually I really like Velour as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
you know velour = hyetal + julio bashmore, right? i hadn't particularly loved them pre-velour but separately they're kind of blowing my mind this year - hyetal's album is amazing, bashmore's "battle for middle you" was already one of my favourite tracks of the year and then he followed it up with the fantastic batty knee dance ep...
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, Bashmore rules. I think Mosca is great too but he needs to release more stuff.
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Julio Bashmore is really good as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
(Never actually heard of Hyetal, will check that one out).
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
Velour's really good, yeah. Bumsex references aside ;-) Was reading about Hyetal yesterday, hadn't heard of him before.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
also on the batty knee dance ep
my fav trax on the hyetal album (which is a bit of a curveball from his prior productions)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Really didn't like the Egyptrixx album at all
not even Rooks Theme? shish
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
(yes, hyetal pushes the same buttons in me that witch house does, so i'll just pre-empt that zing there)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Ribble to Amazon" is my favourite Bashmore production, real nice summery vibe. Couldn't get on with the Egyptrixx album at all.
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm pretty much in like-not-love territory with egyptrixx's productions myself, though the ikonika remix of "the only way up" was awesome
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
There was one good track on the Egyptrixx album but I can't remember what, the rest sounded so... uninspired.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thes might be my fave Bashmore and Hytetal bits...
Dispite being really into both of them I wasn't feeling those Velour tracks, wouldn't mind hearing them do more though.Hyetal's collabs with Peverelist and Shortstuff are amazing though.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
the importance of colour and having bass that does something other than throb and glower.
Most of the producers mentioned here seem to be working on a deliberately icy, inhuman sound..... it's hard for me to love a lot of it. Which is funny, because I used to get off - and still do - on extremely jacking techno. I dunno. There's an incredible fussiness to a lot of it.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Or maybe younger listeners aren't burdened with unpleasant memories of the jazzier side of jungle so it doesn't bother them as much..
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
unpleasant you say...
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Heh. I realise this is not a unique complaint, and "this isn't dubstep" but still.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
xxxxxxxp
― flopson, Monday, May 9, 2011 11:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yes. these days they do the night tracking house night type thing at Blizzarts on Thursdays for their Baller's Social Club Night, and open for whoever they bring into town. they have piknic electronique the weekend of OSHEAGA and have booked Girl Unit and DâM-FunK, which should be properly epic.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really dug the Velour ep, actually. Probably my favourite Night Slugs release outside of Girl Unit. (And, surely, shouldn't we get a mod to change the title of the thread to some sort of all-purpose night slugs one for ease of discovery?)
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
cooooooooooool i will go as often as possible this summer
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I always forget who is from Montreal on ILM. Heh. I'm sure we will bump into one another without knowing it!
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
i had no idea flopson was canadian let alone from MTL
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
People did not know Jacques Greene was from MTL.People did not know flopson was from MTL.There is only one realistic conclusion to draw here.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:31 AM Bookmark
we could talk about LONE and the return of pre-autechre IDM styles
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
also i've been following this thread with a bit of interest and my only question is why don't these guys get more love on ILM?
for my money much more exciting than night slugs
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
what sort of things were you thinking of? xp
there's bits of bleep all over this comp
i've had 'arpjam' running thru my mind all day
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
the optimum release that's really whoa was his debut on planet mu - max power/crash riddim/lily - all so confident and effective. his new track in that ikonika mix i posted this morning is really awesome too.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like most of the releases i've heard on pattern though never noticed it as a label before now.
i can't get into lone's stuff at all :/
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love Lone, although any record with a tune called Petrcane Beach Track is pretty much bound to appeal to me.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
PTN is pretty sweet yeah. Breach, Hypno, DJ Dom, T.Williams are all ace. The Hackman and Doc Daneeka 12"s are good too but not quite the same level for me. I love Ramp and Brainmath too, they've got to many good labels that lot.
Wonder if T.Williams will have a release on Night Slugs, he's on the comp but it's with L-Vis 1990 and he's a massive weak link in the roster as a producer, quality DJ/label guy though.
I've been suprised how quite Night Slugs have been this year, we're almost half way through and only had an album and one white label from Pearson Sound it feels like they've slowed down a lot.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
I guess there'll be the Jam City album at some point this year. Possibly something from Kingdom too
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
i know bok bok felt he wanted to devote a bit of time to his own productions by the end of last year.
i think t.williams is a fucking great producer - "heartbeat" is one of the pinnacles of everything happening around the scene
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh i guess you meant l-vis was the weak link tho, misread!
Yeah I <3 T.WIlliams he's amazing.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think Jacques Greene and flopson should rename themselves Jacques Greene in MTL and flopson in MTL, respectively. Then people will know they're from Montreal. (Although tbh, I thought flopson was from either Edmonton or Calgary, whichever one rennavate isn't from.)
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:43 (Yesterday) Bookmark
YES!
Right now, I really want a T-shirt that says "Ikonika SUMMER MIX!!!"
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 05:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
the build in this just kind of ruled my mind for a few moments.
― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 05:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought Lone were just another Boards of Canada soundalike - am I wrong?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 09:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
He's like a dancier BOC basically
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lone is closer to the Black Dog than Boards of Canada, everything I've heard isn't really like the latter at all.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well his first album was basically a BOC homage - hip-hop drums pared with analog synths. The recent stuff has the same nostalgic vibe but with more of a 90's techno underpinning.
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I must have the first album as I'd filed him next to Freescha. So I might need to check this out. Never really got into the Black Dog but am a massive fan of Plaid, so...
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lone's latest album is more in the B12/Stasis/As One/Likeminded vein of 90s UK "intelligent" techno as Vahid alluded to back thread, and well worth checking out
― Snámh dá Én (missingNO), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
i say "latest" but I think it came out last year. didn't get around to checking his latest thing on R & S but samples sound pretty great, rave stabs and samples and floaty pads and bleeps
― Snámh dá Én (missingNO), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
also i think he shares his name with a beloved ilxor who's sadly been rather quiet of late
― Snámh dá Én (missingNO), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
lone is 808 state
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 13:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
PR812...like, can i plz have this track standalone right now?
― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
didn't get around to checking his latest thing on R & S but samples sound pretty great, rave stabs and samples and floaty pads and bleeps
This could stand in as a description for basically any UK-based producer's releases in the past 12 months.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 22:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
turns out jacques greene is a friend of a close friend of mine
― flopson, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yes, MTL is a small place for a city of 3 million. (Well, 1.5 million in the city proper.) Even smaller when limited by age and music-scene.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
On topic, the Ikonika mix is lovely.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
also his name is not jacques greene
― flopson, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh, well, yeah. But talking about Ph1l via his real life name seems a bit rude. He went to such lengths initially to be all mysterious about it, distinguish it from his old moniker, etc. etc.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
I mean, we refer to The-Dream as Terius for lolz but it's not like we go around talking about Tremaine Neverson or Sara Abdel-Hamid's Summer Mix or whatever.
― Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
PR812...like, can i plz have this track standalone right now?― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:02 (Yesterday) Bookmark
― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:02 (Yesterday) Bookmark
not quite, but *ahem* for a few days
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
just started listening to ikonika's mix and it sounds great. thanks lex!
btw, "abdel-hamid", is she muslim?
― cuteforce, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
no - her dad's egyptian and her mum's from the philippines
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
"pr812" is the track that made me go whoa in the mix but i think "i make lists" might be even better, proper freestyle influence - love the way the mix closes with it after opening with debbie deb
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah there's a new NS ep on the way - probably their grimiest release yet
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
There's also a white label of Kingdom's Ciara/Girl Unit mashup (which isn't great tbh) with "Fogs" on the flip.
― Number None, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh and this is a bit old but i don't think i posted about it anywhere when it came out - jam city's disko404 mix is also superb - http://disko404.org/podcast/podcast.html
1.DJ Lil Tal - Trax 4 Da Homies2.Ghetto Brothers - Ghetto Disco3.Hanna - Sanctuary 24.Thomas Bangalter - Turbo5.Whatever, Girl - Activator (You Need Some)6.2AM/FM - Poison Dart4.Marcellus Pittmann - Loneliness Leave Me Alone5.Alias - Cape Fear6.Marcus Mixx - Psychousic7.Boddika - Electron8.Youngstar - Formula 39.Pay As U Go Cartel - Anywhere Instrumental10.DJ Fatman - Back N Da Day11.Wiley - Freeze (devil mix)12. Armando feat. Sharvette - Don't Take It (Thomos Edit)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
does any know if there was a Night Slugs related refix/edit of Yolanda Be Cool "Speak No Americano?" Or is that as nuts as it sounds?
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lil Silva did one
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
y
― windows desktop, Friday, 13 May 2011 08:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
This Ikonika mix is a lot better than these sorts of mixes usually are, second half especially. What's the insane ravey one 10mins from the end?
I feel like the world has moved on since the Night Slugs wars of 2010 but if this is the direction the genre's taking in 2011 I'll be happy. Still not mad keen on the fallback metallic bass noise they seemingly use all the time though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 May 2011 19:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
What's the insane ravey one 10mins from the end?
at ~21mins? i asked her, that's the optimum track
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 May 2011 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
This Ikonika mix is a lot better than these sorts of mixes usually are, second half especially
how would you say it compares to the 20th april marcus set matt? choose your words wisely now.
― r|t|c, Monday, 16 May 2011 12:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is where the Lone chat was...
http://wigflex.com/2011/05/12/lone-flex/
He's got another ravey one coming out on Wigflex it sounds pretty sweet.
The Ikonika mix is damn good, her mixes usualy are. The last one I heard of her's was: http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/29/fact-mix-206-ikonika/ which is on a par with it I'd say.
I enjoyed that Marcus set too its not an either/or thing for me. Although I like Petchy, Ill Blu, Funkystepz, Champion, etc loads better for my funky mixes. Marcus has been so shit at mixing when I've seen him live that I hardly tune in anymore to his show unless a load of people have been bigging up a recent one or something.
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
fall back son, i was only making a point specific to mdc
― r|t|c, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
The first 20mins or so of the Marcus mix is great but I was listening before the Cup Final and stopped at kickoff, then forgot to go back to it. It's more fun than the Ikonika mix obv.
― Matt DC, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
The first 20 min is probably the weakest! (relatively)
I order you back.
― Tim F, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol you crack me up rtc, such a grumpy goon :')
― jimitheexploder, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
like i say it wasnt my intention to start a war again, i just wanted to see how lord haw-haw was getting on considering he never seems to forget to go back and finish listening to those yupstep mixes he kind of sometimes maybe likes on occasion.
:)
― r|t|c, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
i can't really blame anyone for getting bored and not wanting to finish something that's like 6 hours long
― that's my hair no horses up there (lex pretend), Monday, 16 May 2011 14:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
i must warn you that further outbursts will be regarded as violating the terms of your diplomatic immmunity; sanctions may ensue.
― r|t|c, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
like i say it wasnt my intention to start a war again
Given that not one photographer in the country managed to capture it you'll just have to imagine I'm posting huthbalotellielbow.jpg here. An unsatisfactory state of affairs but what can you do.
― Matt DC, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
"rtc is a smashing lad, he comes from a lovely family. he is not that type of lad, not that type of player."
― r|t|c, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
the second hour of that marcus nasty set is just pure vibes - love the camaraderie - plus shantie on crunk vip is waaooow!
― ennui soundsystem, Monday, 16 May 2011 15:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wut (Claude Vonstroke Remix)
<3
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 22:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
there are two! i prefer the undressed mix
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 June 2011 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
there are, and they are both titled teribly, perhaps in reference to 'yeah' with its stupid & pretentious mixes
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
this optimum mix is very good http://soundcloud.com/hyponik-com/hyp-041-optimum/s-xZw8B
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 July 2011 07:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
jam city's top 5 hypothetical club locations <3 <3 <3 <3
http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/high-fidelity-top-5-club-settings-by-jam-city
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
am also gonna make my annual fabric trip this fri for THIS
ROOM TWO:NIGHT SLUGS PRESENT L-Vis 1990 'NEON DREAMS' ALBUM LAUNCH
L-Vis 1990 & The Neon Dreams (live)Bok BokJulio BashmoreJam CityGirl UnitKingdom
that l-vis album is really superb btw, and i say that as someone who never quite felt his productions before.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good to hear, as i can't say i've been a fan of his work up to now either
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is the lead single - love how gloriously relaxed it is.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 13:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Am loving 'Play It Cool' off Neon Dreams fyi
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 14:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
^my favourite too
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
girl unit dropped 'wut' at fade to mind last friday and it sounded...weird? like i might not even have recognized it if it weren't for the synth melody. might have been the soundsystem.
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
might have been the Claude VonStroke remix?
― Number None, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
possibly, i haven't heard it
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^this ep is total vibes
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, 4 November 2011 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/blogtracks/kingdom-dreama-ep
― Number None, Friday, 4 November 2011 14:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy shit, do I love Night Slugs' artwork
― V79, Friday, 4 November 2011 14:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah for real. the artwork for the jam city EP is awesome too.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 November 2011 14:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
T-shirts have just become available, too
― willem, Friday, 4 November 2011 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Number None, Monday, 16 April 2012 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
:( terrible artwork
― bass, Monday, 16 April 2012 08:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
not sure i've seen an NS release that hasn't had terrible art?
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Monday, 16 April 2012 08:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
The artwork is the best thing about the label and I think has a significant impact on perception of the artists. I've lost count of the number of articles I've read about NS that start talking about colour even when the music is quite murky.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Monday, 16 April 2012 09:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy fuck
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nice one. I was enjoying this L-Vis 1990 BBC mix on my headphones this weekend while I was doing yard work. It's a little bit more in the Techno zone but includes that new Girl Unit track.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/v/T4ACXKSM9uU&fs=1&hl=en
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:30 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark
this is just very good
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah WTF their artwork is always amazing
on another note
JAM CITY ALBUM JAM CITY ALBUM JAM CITY ALBUM
"backseat becomes a zone while we glide"
― the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 06:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
"ensemble (club mix)" is holy-fuck astounding as well, "rezday" also very good
still trying to get into the jam city album tbh
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh i haven't even heard it yet i just like the track titles and i've really been enjoying waterworks and magic drops and the unreleased stuff too (maybe not as much as bok bok but still quite a lot)
did you get a promo? is it as wack as l-vis 1990's album?
― the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
I haven't heard the album yet but "Ecstasy Refix" and "Magic Drops" and "Arpjam" are my favorite Jam City
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
relevant : http://theclustermag.com/blog/2012/05/this-is-the-future-of-music-qa-with-night-slugs-girl-unit/
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
great interview BW! <3 phil
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks! he's such a nice guy.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait who are you with cluster, i acquaint with max and some peoples
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yup good interview
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
is that article implying that he's from NY?
― the late great, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
seems solidly UK to me? nice interview, BW!
― rob, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought solidly london but he said something about ny in the early 00s like he'd been there
― the late great, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://youtu.be/6rTwqPtRQnE
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 00:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice interview Brainwasher!
me and lex interviewed him ... jeez what, a year and a half now ago? o_O .. i think we asked a similar question about whether he wanted to write anything for a vocalist. it seems like such a natural progression.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
hey lex tell us about the jam city album
is that a ltj bukem sample on "nite life"?
― the late great, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm kind of not sure what i think of it!
i do like the bonus track with main attrakionz a lot
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 10 May 2012 06:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
ugh that track is terrible
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2012 06:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
really as bad an idea as it sounded on paper
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
nah rev it's wonderful
― the late great, Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really like both Main Attrakionz and Jam City but wasn't feeling that track at all unfortunatly. Looking forward to the album mind. Feels like its been in the works forever, I sware one of the Night Slugs guys said it was ready to go in 2010. They must have done a do over or something.
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
If nothing else a Jam City / Main Atrakiionz collabo is a good candidate for any 2012 time capsule.
― Tim F, Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh the new girl unit ep has kinda overshadowed the jam city album in terms of my attention - "ensemble" and "club rez" really are stunning, and i love that there's no attempt to even go near trying to recreate "wut" - is anyone else using the EP format so well right now?
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
how do you mean?
and where is FINAL JOOST?!?
― the late great, Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, that isley bros sample (replayed?) at the end of "double take". i don't think it's possible to sample "summer breeze" and fuck it up.
― The Reverend, Friday, 11 May 2012 04:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
and "club rez" just totally rulez
― The Reverend, Friday, 11 May 2012 04:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
i didn't know what thread to use for this. it's not on night slugs or anything but hearing it for the first time was overwhelming in a similar way to the first time i heard "wut". just that incredible melody pealing out
http://soundcloud.com/localactionrecords/blue-sleet-soundcloud-clip
there's another track on the ep called "fat city" which might be even better
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 14 May 2012 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
i got double-clubrezzed at the clurrrrb the other night (including as the last song of the night). so epic.
― The Reverend, Monday, 14 May 2012 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/b-e-b-e-t-u-n-e/sets/bodyguard-silica-gelhttp://soundcloud.com/t_macabre/t-grime-mix-2003
in case u guys ever tire of having your food chewed up 4 u
― r|t|c, Monday, 14 May 2012 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
lex you said upthread something about night slugs using the EP format better than anyone else, still trying to figure out what you mean by that and why you said it, seems like they use the format more or less like any other dance artist
― the late great, Monday, 14 May 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
That new Slackk EP on Local Action is indeed a beast. He's really nailed those fucked up synth melodies. Almost Transparent is ace too, the subtler synths work a treat on that one.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think he meant Girl Unit himself rather than Night Slugs? But yeah I don't really get the point.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is Ensemble (Club Mix) meant to sound like 'In Your Arms' by Mylo?
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 19 May 2012 14:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
ikonika's new i make lists EP is finally out and it's incredible, maybe the best thing she's done yet - the melodies are just mind-blowing, the way she makes the synths sing, and the amount of cavernous space around them...
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
^^^very good ep
in other news, bok bok x xlr8r on night slugs' visual aesthetic
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 05:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
oop, forgot the link
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/08/vis-ed-bok-bok
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 05:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
i once witnessed bok bok step (barefoot) on a slug at night. he wasn't v amused at the irony
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 07:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
lol
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 08:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
RT @bok_bok i hate when a track brings in one element at a time its so pompous
― Matt DC, Friday, 19 October 2012 07:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
damn straight
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 19 October 2012 09:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
Just came back from the Night Slugs/Fade To Mind showcase at SXSW. Saw Nguzunguzu, Kingdom w/Kelala, L-Vis and Bok Bok. The whole night was good, but L-Vis/Bok Bok were the highlight, and yes, they did Bring In Da Katz.
― Moodles, Saturday, 16 March 2013 07:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
speaking of Bok, his new Fade to Mind mix is very good (and ends with 151 Feva Gang!)
http://soundcloud.com/fadetomind/fademix003-bok-bok
― cunnilingus ah um (The Reverend), Saturday, 16 March 2013 19:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
this is a perfect two-sentence story
― shit tie (Jordan), Saturday, 16 March 2013 19:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
yes otm
― cunnilingus ah um (The Reverend), Saturday, 16 March 2013 20:00 (2 months ago) Permalink
saw Bok last night, he played a good but predictable set to a small, fairly wack crowd with too many dudes. I went to the monthly rare soul night at the same club last weekend and it was way more popping :/
― Fred by Durst (The Reverend), Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:15 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
what'd he play?
― the late great, Saturday, 4 May 2013 19:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
All the stuff I recognized was ns/ftm, some of which was p old ("irl" "stalker ha"), some new ("bank head", "ballad 4ad"). The stuff I didn't recognize was either on the techy side or ballroom trax
― Fred by Durst (The Reverend), Saturday, 4 May 2013 20:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
ah yeah
i've heard a ton of good things about bok bok as a DJ but have yet to hear a set that really blows me away
― the late great, Saturday, 4 May 2013 23:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
The other time I saw him (sept. '11) he was amazing tho
― Fred by Durst (The Reverend), Saturday, 4 May 2013 23:48 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Heh. The promoter has euphemistically described last night's show as "cozy". And apparently RL Grime has sold out the same spot tonight.
― Fred by Durst (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:02 (1 week ago) Permalink
Fisher 18-29 (62.1%) from 3 in playoffs.
― moullet, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 02:53 (1 week ago) Permalink
obvious epic wrong thread.
― moullet, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 02:54 (1 week ago) Permalink