So we're... blah blah blah... of the way through 2009; what records are worth listening to so far?

listened to the crazy cousinz funky mix, and duh it's really great - i think i like it better than the marcus nasty cuz it seems to skew more towards... the melodramatic/romantic (female?) side of funky as opposed to the more beat workout kinda stuff?

email it 2 me plz :D

really like this emptyset album i got in the mail. it's techno music!

Been enjoying the Ben Frost album. Scary stuff - not entirely suited to trying to work (or headphones) but very interesting.

Also, like what I've heard of the Demdike Stare album. Need to hear more if it's all that good.

Moreover here's my longlist so far for the year. Can't be much more to come I guess now. First album of 2010 I'm looking forward to is the Delphic one based on the singles so far...

The Sight Below - Glider
Micachu and The Shapes - Jewellry
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Field - Yesterday and Today
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The Yellow Moon Band - Journey to Several Remote Countries
JJ - no.2
Julianna Barwick - Florine
Prins Thomas and Lindstrom - II
Wilco - The Album
Marconi Union - Tokyo
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
The XX - XX
The Gentleman Losers - Dustland
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Andrew Weatherall - A Pox on The Pioneers
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Shackleton - Three EPs
Ben Frost - By The Throat

Ok. Uploaded the first This Is Funky House disc split into tracks. If anyone wants/needs a link, Webmail me, I guess, and I'll send you the link. (would post it, but I'm not exactly sure if that would be cool.) Working on splitting the second disc into component tracks.

And everyone really should hear this. It makes me wish every nascent scene had a compilation this good - the biggest producers in the scene mixing two discs: one of their own remixes and one of every major hit that UK Funky has thrown our way. Someone should get on this for Jerking stat.

i think the jerkin with jhawk tape is like the #1 easily available jerk mix

http://www.zshare.net/download/575196508d0e657a/

I have Jerkin' w/ JHawk but it's not quite the same, nahmean?

yes

Anyway, fuck it. Crazy Cousinz, Disc One:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmn2gnx24zm

If it shouldn't be here, mods can delete it, and apologies for the hassle.

i think the jerkin with jhawk tape is like the #1 easily available jerk mix

I digress.

http://matthewafrica.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-06T11_42_19-07_00

1. Cold Flamez: Miss Me, Kiss Me
2. Jaye Cooley: Drippin Wet
3. YT: Call Me Daddy feat. New Era & TayF3rd
4. Dizzy: Swagg It Out
5. YG: AIM Me
6. Looney Toonz: Cock A Doodle Doo
7. Swagg City: That Hoe Crazy
8. Asia Lynn: Bad Bitch
9. Vixen Ent: Toot My Shit
10. Clothes Off Movement: Better Than You
11. J.R.: Inhale It feat. TayF3rd & Ashlii
12. NHT Boyz: Introduction
13. Dinoo Supreemo: Dirty Ass Vans
14. Rude Boyz: Go Hard
15. Go Go Power Rangers: Tippin on My Dick
16. New Boyz: You're a Jerk
17. Rude Boyz: Tight Jeanz
18. Fresh Boyz: I Rock Skinnies feat. New Era
19. YT: Skinny Ass Nigga
20. Pink Dollaz: I'm Tasty
21. Camille Tianna: Hot Commodity
22. TayF3rd: Heard About Me feat. Project & New Era
23. Turfeazy: In a Tree
24. Vixen Ent: Bust Me a Nut
25. The Lowz: She Poppin' feat. Nie'Starr
26. Julian: Jerkin Song
27. L7: Knock Knock
28. YB: 2 Step
29. Ro2co: Toot It Up Done
30. Dinoo Supreemo: Step To
31. Aeiress Ent: Billy
32. Wes Nyle: Dougie
33. Nokio: Hi I'm a Jerk feat. YT
34. YB: I'm a Jerk
35. Jayy Starr: Where the Functions
36. New Boyz: Cricketz feat. Tyga
37. YG: I'm Still Poppin
38. Young Sam: I Do My Thang feat. Asia Lynn
39. Payso: Beat That Pussy feat. Cold Flamez
40. New Era: Dumb Bitch
41. Draft Pick: Get It Jerkin
42. Julian: Do It Don't Stop
43. The Bangz: Get It Girl feat. Pink Dollaz
44. Asia Lynn: Tip Toe feat. Aaliyah D
45. Fly Guys: We Jerkin
46. Ro2co: Shooting Dice
47. TayF3rd: Conceited

alright word

oh is that all one track?

yeah, it is

this is dope too

http://mrleubmixtapes.blogspot.com/2009/08/los-angeles-jerk-movement.html

01 Bobby Huntington feat. FKi - Tounge Martial Arts Remix
02 Red Duce - Pussy In My Mouth
03 Crown Vik - Go Bizerk
04 Michael Harrell - Hold Up Master
05 Dinoo Supreemo - Dirty Ass Vans
06 The Bangz - Hard In The Paint
07 YT ft. Tayf3rd , New Era - Call Me Daddy Remix
08 Wes Nyle - Reject
09 New Boyz - You're A Jerk
10 The Bangz ft. Pink Dollaz - Get It Girl
11 Flip Major - Yes Sir
12 Green Thumbs & Bbeezy - Jerkin' WIt A Pistol
13 Jaye Cooley - You Wid It
14 The Bangz - We Jerkin
15 Double-A feat. G-Low - No Doub
16 Fe Raw ft. Yung Miss - Got What They Want
17 Double-A feat. G-Low & T.J. - Hot Boi (Hot Chick Reply)
18 New Era - Do It Now
19 New Era - Filth In My System
20 Double-A feat. G-Low - On Point
21 Looney Toonz Ft. City and FlapJack - Cock A Doodle Doo
22 Red Duce - Shake My Ass
23 Conce1ted 1nk ft. Deadly - Turnt Up

Probably less of a hassle to track down all of those songs on zshare and make an "album" than to download the single mp3, tbf.

i'm gonna try & do the former, we'll see how it goes

Those are both mixed, rather than individual tracks.

Jerk does work very well in a mix format.

Finished splitting mix 2 of Crazy Cousinz an hour or so ago, but it's failed to upload twice. I will try again later and post the link when it does.

u r great

^^^

vol 1 is really great so far

vol. 2 is almost better? because instead of all these crazy cousinz mixes with the same basic patterns to them it's an overview of funky's first yr in the spotlight.

I like the Washed Out and Neon Indian records quite a bit. Anyone have any other recommendations based on those?

off the top of my head, three great albums that came out in '09:

brand new "daisy"
the flaming lips "embryonic"
and fever ray.

there are tonnes more that i could list without hesitating, like the xx and micachu and yeah yeah yeahs and fuck buttons and atlas sound, etc etc, but i'm sure these have all been listed already.

hi marc

calstars - I guess check out the Memory Tapes stuff.

i found that atlas sound was a bit of a slog, the first one's got all that wonderful creepy atmospheric children's music while the new one seemed like a lot of boring indie with a couple amazing pop tunes thrown in. i only listened to it like once though, i'll check it out again.

logos is a really boring album, i'm not gonna lie. boringness is a trend i've noticed in a lot of the new music i've been listening to. the thing about logos, though, is that it is awesome as hell on top of being boring. it's great music to go to sleep to. or wake up to.

that crazy cousinz mix is proving to be a pretty great introduction to the genre. from my vantage point-basically having absolutely no previous knowledge of uk funky besides an odd dj night here and there-it seems pretty heavily loaded with great melodies and jams. a lot of these songs are surprisingly unrepetitive, like the hooks just keep on coming. it's all weird to me though, it's familiar sounding in a weird way, like something i heard a lot of as a child or something.

albums:

the-dream - love vs money
think about life - family
dirty projectors - bitte orca
dj quik & kurupt - blaqkout
nadja - the bungled and the botched
white denim - fits
lil boosie - superbad
tv ghost - cold fish
electrik red - how to be a lady vol. 1
clues - s/t

not-albums:

destroyer - bay of pigs ep
the bitters - wooden glove 12"
red mass - radio radio 12"
gucci mane - burr russia
ultrathin - endless sumer ii c-20

I really love the Dirty Projectors, but that album would be sooo much better if the drumming wasn't so rigid and shy. Put Grizzly Bear's drummer in there instead and we'd see a big difference.

ya it's pretty calculated. but so is everything on the album besides his vocals and guitaring, but i think that's a big part of what i like about it; it's really mechanical and moves in really clearly defined, intentional strokes. and then his singing is really care-free, sounds almost improvised at times.

my lengthy list of records i have really dug this yr

outrageous cherry - universal malcontents
section 25 - nature + degree
hatcham social - you dig the tunnel, i'll hide the soil
coloma - love's recurring dream
desolation wilderness - new universe
wye oak - the knot
paper moon - only during thunderstorms
we were promised jetpacks - these four walls
future of the left - travels with myself and another
the joy formidable - a balloon called moaning
st vincent - actor
telekinesis - telekinesis!
speck mountain - some sweet relief
pull tiger tail - paws.
cut off your hands - you and i
it hugs back - inside your guitar
new rhodes - everybody loves a scene
engineers - three fact fader
sky larkin - the golden spike
camera obscura - my maudlin career
cheval sombre - cheval sombre
saint jude's infirmary - this has been the death of us
the hussy's - japanese graffiti
for against - never been
raveonettes - in and out of control
headlights - wildlife
spc eco - 3d
at swim two birds - before you left
juan maclean - the future will come
annie - don't stop
my sad captains - here and elsewhere
burning hearts - aboa sleeping
golden silvers - true romance
starless & bible black - shape of the shape
elusive parallelograms - and everything changes
the pains of being pure at heart s/t
woolfy - if you know what's good for ya!!
emma tricca - minor white
fanfarlo - reservoir
grammatics - s/t
cave - psychic psummer
seeland - tomorrow today
thee oh sees - help
the bats - the guilty office
dreamdate - patience
asobi seksu - hush
deep cut - my thoughts light fires
liechtenstein - survival strategies in a modern world
thee oh sees - help
gofaster>> - a modern education (MLP)
the boxer rebellion - union
blackbud - s/t
the beautiful few - the nights you did your hair
vivian girls - everything goes wrong
de rosa - prevention
the durutti column - love in the time of recession
sad day for puppets - unknown colours
the legends - over and over
socialist leisure party - tactical pop for coffee cadets (MLP)
dolly rocker movement - a purple journey into the mod machine
the lea shores - s/t
idlewild - post electric blues
the drums - summertime (MLP)
grand salvo - soil creatures
the innits - on the fence

haha that's as long as the "albums i've listened to at least once this year" list i've been keeping. that future of the left will probably be on my list in a week, i'm loving it more every time i listen to it.

^i would not like to try to document a similar list, it would be... longer

I think I tend to underrate the Crazy Cousinz mixes a bit because I knew 99% of the tracks beforehand, whereas the Ministry of Sound comp (surprisingly) introduced me to heaps of amazing tracks I didn't know.

tim i have a rap recommendation 4 u (covered briefly on autogoon) but im trying to find which would be the best album example of a rather prolific producer

^^same here

xp

Stuff I like from this year roughly in order:

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Nellie McKay - Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People Lazers Do
Destroyer - Bay of Pigs EP

crazy cousinz vol. 2 : http://www.mediafire.com/?5tgm1zrnzkz

With the understanding that these lists say more about demographics and personal history than objective quality, here's what I heard at least several times:

Superb:

Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping its Clothes in the Street
Fedaden - Broader (melodic IDM)
The Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning

Good for its genre:

Ebtekar/Mashayehki - Ornamentalism
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
jj - jj N° 2
My Toys Like Me - Where We Are
Zoot Woman - Things Are What They Used to Be
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
Cortney Tidwell - Boys
Horrors - Primary Colors
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - Through the Devil Softly
Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why

Won't mind hearing again:

Pati Yang - Faith, Hope & Fury
Little Boots - Hands
The Juan MacLean - The Future will Come
Julianna Barwick - Florine
Delorean - Ayrton Senna EP
The Raveonettes - In and Out of Control
Regina - Puutarhatrilogia

Will probably delete:

Fischerspooner - Entertainment
Tim Exile - Listening Tree
Client - Command

Singles for special mention not on the above releases:

Delphic - "Counterpoint"
Lily Allen - "Fuck You"
Phoenix - "Lisztomania (Classixx Version)"

My lists never settle down till at least 2-3 years after the year in question...

hey alex you're great

hey k3v, you're great too. apropos of nothing in particular. but it's 6 am and i'm spreading the love.

Pati Yang - Faith, Hope & Fury

derelict : you found this on cd? i was promised this by certain people but as yet, the promise has yet to be fulfilled, and i've wondered whether its worthy of my hassling.

the best

Fever Ray

very good

The XX
Here We Go Magic
Cass McCombs
Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth

good

Super Furry Animals
Micachu and the Shapes
Girls

yet to hear

Bill Callaghan
David Kitt
Dirty Projectors
Ducktails
Broadcast/Focus Group
Lindstrom/Christabelle

xp mark e:

The Pati Yang is AFAIK unavailable through legitimate channels in the Americas. Much more to my taste than the FlyKKiller band she runs with her husband/producer.

2 more 2009 titles that excel for their genre, witch will probably be missed in year-end tallies:

Engineers - Three Fact Fader gazy dreampop from Manchester
Emmon - Closet Wanderings Emma Nylén's 2nd solo album remains slavishly mid-80s electropop, but she's tops at it.

Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard, Em Are I
Schwervon!, Low Blow
Hazel Rickard, Windfall
Julie Doiron, I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Falk & die Wiese, Appointments
Kevin Blechdom, Gentlemania
Huggabroomstik, The Alternate Huggabroomstik
Toby Goodshank, Johnny’s Democracy
Prewar Yardsale, M104
Patrick Wolf, The Bachelor
Der Nino aus Wien, Down in Albern/The Ocelot Show
Stahlberger, Rägebogesiedlig
Yo La Tengo, Popular Songs
John Houx, John Houx's Green Period
David Tattersal, Happy For A While
Maher Halal Shash Baz, C’est la dernière chanson
Bill Callahan, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Sarsaparilla, Ebb
A Orillas Del Magdalena - Coastal Cumbias From Colombia's Discos Fuentes LP
Schwervon!, Low Blow

One that's flying bizarrely under the radar:

Gareth Sager (aka, the guy from The Pop Group, Rip Rig and Panic, etc.)
"Slick Slack Music"

Kind of a lot take all at one sitting, but parts are amazing. "So Fired Up" = one of my top tracks of the year.

Would like to see some updates on this thread

definitely forgetting stuff:

LPs:
fever ray, duh
el perro del mar - love is not pop
tama sumo - panorama bar 02 (and the two singles)
redshape - the dance paradox
lindstrom and prins II
shackleton - three eps
meanderthals - desire lines
dam funk - toeachizown
jon hassell - last night the moon came...
STL - dub techno explorations
moritz von oswald trio - vertical ascent
pill - 4180 the prescription
black meteoric star
john daly - sea and sky
most likely lindstrom & christabelle, but i haven't listened enough yet to be sure

singles/eps:
baby ford - gravy train; tin of worms
omar-s - still serious nic
odd machine - phase in
pepe bradock - swimsuit issue
cio d'or - die faser
santiago salazar - la minoria
margaret dygas - invisible circles
lawrence - jill
burger/voigt - wand aus klang remixes
andre lodemann - coming home
sally shapiro - miracle
walter jones - i'll keep on loving you
osborne - hovercrafting
woofy vs projections - neeve
matt john - radio self
tensnake - in the end (i want you to cry)
burial & four tet - moth
pantha du prince - behind the stars
floating points - love me like this; vacuum EP
chaton - +91 ahead session 3
even tuell - workshop 07
linkwood family - firecracker eps
kassem mosse - workshop 08
giorgio gigli - observation document

okay, i'm getting lazy...

various things on permanent vacation, underground quality, and sandwell district; singles by mark e, peter van hoesen, audion; remixes by baby ford, pepe bradock, aeroplane, idjut boys

as someone who likes pill & not really any other rap, can u explain why it is that hes the artist you're drawn to? seriously not trying to start an argument or say youre wrong, im just curious bcuz he seems to me to be a pretty standard -- good, but standard -- style of g rap.