i would listen to all these xlr8r best of the year tracks

Ghislain Poirier
Soca Sound System

my new age father in law would like this too. you wouldn't want to see him dance to it though.

Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II

lots of, um, cuh-razy linguistics. it's raekwon. you know. he does that thing. you like it probably. you've heard it. it's that thing he does. beats aren't blowing me away.

Sabo & Cassady
Bersa Discos #6

peppy! probably fun to dance to. nice latin/electro fusion. i would not buy this.

forgive me again, but if this is bumpin' you, you may need a bump realignment.

Lol, I kinda eye-rolled when I saw Nosaj Thing in bumping, and I like Nosaj Thing.

Schlachthofbronx
S/T

i can see blasting this on your segway. or maybe a scooter. on your way to work at the schnitzel haus.

fun thread! i am following along w/ you. there's not a song i like on this bumpin' list.

I'm glad this thread/XLR8R, for helping me realize that Brock Van Wey is AKA Bvdub, who I have been liking for the last year or so.

xx-post That's short-form blog reviews/blurbs versus long-form magazine reviews in a nutshell. I read reviews and articles to learn more about music, not just to tell me what I should like. How am I going to get to know how to branch out? Randomly download or buy a hundred things, or read a good review and liner notes to figure out how to get more of what I like?

okay, i'll see how much bubblin' i can get thru before i have to go home for dinner. "bubblin'-future-bass-funky-tribalist-flexstep 'nuum" that is.

uh oh: "Haterz can see their way to the message boards."

Table, I wasn't really criticising XLR8R, more just amused by how the general definition of "bumping" (and this is everywhere it seems, so maybe I'm the one with the problem) appears to be "you can nod your head, verrrrry slowwwwly, in time..." Nosaj Thing are good though, I get exposed to endless amounts of this post Flying Lotus stuff and they stayed with me.

Hopefully "bubbling" will be more up my alley.

it's really just about putting things in a box to get those hits. sad, i know, but eh).

at least scott is listening to everything. since there aren't even blurbs on these, i think most people's instinct is to listen to a few seconds each of the ones that look interesting and move on, unless something really catches their ear (or at least that's what i did).

xp

Anyone up for providing a definition (serious or otherwise) of "flexstep"? I am filled with trepidation all of a sudden.

yeah i usually listen to the first minute - if i start skipping forward it's a pretty bad sign.

That Matias Aguayo track is great, isn't it? The use of vocal samples as instruments really reminded me a lot of Roisin Murphy's 'Tell Everybody'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUPleuj42w0

Table, I wasn't really criticising XLR8R, more just amused by how the general definition of "bumping" (and this is everywhere it seems, so maybe I'm the one with the problem) appears to be "you can nod your head, verrrrry slowwwwly, in time..." Nosaj Thing are good though, I get exposed to endless amounts of this post Flying Lotus stuff and they stayed with me.

Hopefully "bubbling" will be more up my alley.

― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:44 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I was expecting the Bumpin run-down to be all house music and electro-boogie 'cos that what my definition/understanding of "bumping" has always been.

xp it's the first Matias Aguayo track I've liked

xxpost - I'd love it if that were true Jordan.

Rockapads, search "Are You Really Lost" and "So In Love" immediately.

2562
Unbalance

now THIS is bumpin'! this would sound great loud. but i'm just listening thru my laptop. i gotta hook up my laptop to my stereo. i'll get on that. is this flexstep? well, i'm a flexstep fan then. i've been in a tech-y mood lately. did anyone hear the album by emptyset that came out this year? not the same thing at all, but its another album i love to play loud. keep my speakers on their toes.

Brackles
Get a Job + LHC EPs

not that long of a sample, but i think i get the general idea. i know i might be out of line when i say this, but it has to be said: Brackles are no 2562! there, i said it. i feel better now. i think i just want stuff that is bracing and sharp as opposed to the old googily woogily. know what i mean?

flexstep is xlr8r name for dubstep that is flexible?

Q: how did scott find this set of XlR8R lists?

Cooly G
Love Dub EP

this sounds like something off of a 90's dance mag cd sampler. if there is someone who gets really excited by stuff like this, then i am probably not in the same aesthetic boat as them. it just sounds lazy. and not in a languorous luv-a-dub-dub kinda way. just in a lazy way.

A: i got an e-mail with links to them.

A: i got an e-mail with links to them.

snap !

Dark Knight
Reasons, What's Your Name?, My Bitch

wow, okay, maybe this is just about genre nuances that i'm not sharp enough to spot, cuz i really do feel like a hater all of a sudden. this just sounds positively moldy to me. if you told me that this came out in 1992 i would believe you. nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't do ANYTHING to make me excited about it.

Donae'o
Party Hard

i like this. i like the rhythm of it. not the kind of thing i ever listen to, but it's very appealing to me for some reason. i even like the phone call in the middle of the song.

Bumpin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Bumpin

Dreamin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Dreamin

Jackin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Jackin

Trippin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Trippin

Bubblin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Bubble

But I suggest let Scott do his thing in full first

El-B
The Roots of El-B

vocals kill this for me. music isn't bad. again, could be a decent southern rap backing track. from 2002. but i love southern rap production, so its a compliment. sorta.

Falty DL
Love is a Liability + Bravery

okay, i think this is a medley of tracks. so it's kinda hard to process. it's not very enjoyable, but there is a lot going on. maybe i'm not smart enough for this. it could be the future of something? it's pretty sci-fi. i would need more time with it. but then again i don't really know if i want more time with it. hmmm, it's a puzzle...

Floating Points
Vacuum Boogie EP + J&W Beat EP

this is more my speed. in fact, i wish it were longer and that they took more time adding all the elements together. because i like all the individual pieces that make up the track. i like how everything comes together and appears and disappears. very methodical, kind of anonymous, but a good kind of anonymous. it's all about building a perfect little space house to live in. look, there's a space pie cooling in the windowsill! mmmmmm....

i have to close up my shop and go home and eat. be back a little later...

Hey Scott, here are Singles Jukebox reviews of some of the acts and tracks you reviewed, in case you wanna know more about what me & other people like and don't like about them. I added your reviews at the end!

Donae'o - Party Hard

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=874

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1333

The xx - Basic Space

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1215

Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (maybe not the same song by them you did)

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1390

Animal Collective - My Girls (different song than by them than you did)

hhttp://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1715

Health - Die Slow (different song)

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1405

Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction (maybe different)

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=456

wow, cool, i will look at those. but i gotta finish here first or it will be xmas or something.

especially curious to read the joy orbison comments, but i will wait...

Kode9
Black Sun EP

i like this. i could definitely listen to an entire album of this stuff. love the textures. the crunchiness up against the elastic. it's not reinventing the wheel or anything, but it has that tactile grooviness that always sounds good to me. a good beat maker makes beats that are three dimensional and living breathing things. or, wait, great beatmakers do this. Kode9 must be great or something.

L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok
Night Slugs EP

the track is "ripe banana". i like this a LOT. i kinda wish they would cut shit up even more than they do though. and the drums could kick a little harder too, but that's okay. a couple of weeks ago i started a thread asking people for help in finding stuff that was similar to mr. oizo's analog worms attack. nobody could help me. this does it for me a little. similar vibe.

Martyn
Great Lengths

i wanna like this in the same way that i like great kompakt-y stuff, but its just not as good as that. the sonics and the attention to detail are lacking. or on here anyway. maybe the cd sounds a lot better. you need to completely believe in your fascist minimal groove thang and make it a monument to your vision of what sound can be and do. you slip up and i'll hear it, buddy. don't ever let me see you wink or get lazy. got that?

Mickey Pearce / Martin Kemp
Innami / No Charisma 12"

hey, if you are on a label called Blunted Robots then your music should appeal to blunted robots. mission accomplished! well done.

Various Artists
No Hats No Hoods Vol.1

the track is: Ice Kid - "Patient State of Mind". i really like his voice. and delivery. he sounds like a punk kid. i can always go for that. music is fine. fits the mood and this bloke's grhyming style.

can't get the last two bubblin' tracks to play. sorry roska! sorry untold! i'll try back later.

but now i'm jackin'.

Black Jazz Consortium
Structure

a snooze for the chillout room. no jazz. black if you say so. and hopefully only a consortium of one cuz i can't believe it would take more than one person to make this.

Bodycode
Immune

starts out as more lowkey snooze, but there is more here than meets the eye. the monastic vocals kick in and the energy level goes up. lots of cool touches around the edges. things keep mutating, but the basic skeleton of the song keeps things anchored. this is cool! and then things calm down again. and all is well.

these 'jackin' picks are kinda blah, not *bad* but RA's tracks list totally outjacks XLR8R imo

was stoked for a second to see kza, but that track isn't even by kza- it's cos/mes, on a completely different release. at least they got the label right? the track is good regardless

Claro Intelecto
Warehouse Sessions

the track is called "instinct". i like the late night down low vibe. streamlined. would sound good in a 200,000 dollar car.

Claude VonStroke
Bird Brain

i would definitely play this in the store. its good store music. or cafe music. granted, i'm in western massachusetts and not zurich or milan or tokyo, but i like to aim high and expose the general population to the finer things in life. sad peasants that they are.

DJ Koze
Reincarnations

the track is: Heiko Voss - "I Think About You (DJ Koze Remix)". things start moving by the end, but by then it's too little too late.

DJ Sprinkles
Midtown 120 Blues

"intro" is a spoken-word house manifesto set to music. um, it's interesting? a curio? where's green velvet when i need him?

Italoboyz
Bla, Bla, Bla

the song is "techno tower". this is great cuz you can see the possibilities of this track shoot out over the horizon and into the stratosphere. you could rip off so many great ideas from this. you could just steal the piano alone, add it to something else, and look like a genius. i wanna hear more from the boyz. they could have overplayed their hand and gone overboard - and part of me wants them too - but they keep things relatively tight while managing to be playful and silly too. they must be big yello fans. five thumbs up!

The Juan MacLean
The Future Will Come

this is electroclash deja vu. and there is something way too rinky dink about it. bad human league impressions in 2009 ain't gonna make me your friend. and i usually like dfa stuff. but i gotta call a spade a spade. this is weak. it would have been weak back then too. are these people nostalgic for 2003?