Post Physical

Theephysical
Travis Egedy, aka Pictureplane, is in the process of tidying up his sophomore LP, Thee Physical which is scheduled to drop on July 17th via Lovepump United Records.  He's just released the album's second single entitled "Post Physical" on his SoundCloud.  Here's the update from his blog, Plain Pictures:

"on this day, june 15th 2011:

there is a full moon lunar eclipse occurring as i write these words. our world is under a great transformation physically, mentally, psychically and spiritually.  what better time for my new single "POST PHYSICAL" debuting raw style on my soundcloud.  the song is off of my new record, THEE PHYSICAL. listen with open ears and an open body. WE ARE ALL NEW PHYSICAL"

Listen to it below:

Post Physical by PICTUREPLANE

Filed under  //   Lovepump United Records   Pictureplane   Post Physical   Travis Egedy  
Posted June 15, 2011
 

Obsidian

Obsidian
Thumping new deep electro track from Lorn, Milwaukee's finest producer and sole non-L.A. based member of Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder Records.  Lorn has gone through a drought of inactivity over the past year.  In fact, last week marked the one-year anniversary of his 2010 immense debut, "Nothing Else".  The new release, entitled "Obsidian" was released with London-based electro'er Om Unit.  Snag it below, and listen to Om Unit's mix done for Donkey Pitch last Thursday:

Om Unit x Lorn - Obsidian by Lorn

Donky X Hivemind Vol 9 (Om Unit and Laurent Fintoni live in the studio) by Donky_Pitch on Mixcloud

In less than two weeks time, June 28 to be sure, fellow Brainfeeder Records experimentalist beat maker Samiyam, will release his long-awaited sophomore solo album entitled Sam Baker's Album.  Check its tracklisting and hear the single "Where I Am" below:

Sam Baker’s Album tracklist:
1. Escape
2. Bedtime
3. Presure
4. Bricks
5. Already
6. Frosting Packets
7. Kitties
8. Where Am I
9. Cushion
10. Turtles
11. My Buddy
12. No Dinner
13. Understanding
14. Wonton Special
15. Taco Delay
16. Lifesized Stuffed Animal
17. Sometimes

SAMIYAM - Where Am I by BRAINFEEDER

[via FACT Mag/Brainfeeder Records]

Filed under  //   Brainfeeder Records   Donkey Pitch   FACT Mag   Flying Lotus   Lorn   Milwaukee   Nothing Else   Obsidian   Om Unit   Sam Baker's Album   Samiyam   Where I Am  
Posted June 15, 2011
 

Bruck Out/The One

The_one
Just released on Chakra Sounds comes Jon Phonics' new EP.  Featuring two experimental-hip-hop-beat bangers entitled "Bruck Out" and "The One", Phonics reaches a more accessible sound collage that stays true to his past innovations in a remarkable way.  Proof of this newfound accessibility, via Chakra Sounds:

"After receiving a warm response from fans & critics alike and radio play from the likes of Gilles Peterson (Radio 1/Brownswood) & Alex Nut (Eglo/Rinse FM) we are pleased to announce the release is now available for digital purchase with the added bonus of COLOSSAL remixes from Blue Daisy (Black Acre) & Naive Machine (Hit & Hope Records)."

Get the EP now on the Chakra Sounds bandcamp site here.  Listen to the whole gorgeous EP, as well as Gilles Peterson's airing of 'The One' on Radio 1 below:

'The One' on Gilles Peterson Worldwide (Radio 1) by jonphonics

Filed under  //   Alex Nut   BBC   Black Acre   Blue Daisy   Bruck Out   Chakra Sounds   Gilles Peterson   Hit & Hope Records   Jon Phonics   Naive Machine   Radio 1   Rinse FM   The One  
Posted May 27, 2011
 

Universal Symphony Remix

Pixelord

Alexey Devyanin, aka pixelord, has done it--he has created Soviet Juke.  Leading the Motherland's beatmaking scene, pixelord has dropped a track that beautifully redefines juke--reenvisioning a genre born and bred in Chi-town as a densely pixelated Moscow cacophony.  The track is a remix of Brighton's standout wonky futuristic juker Manni Dee's newly dropped track, "Universal Symphony".  Manni Dee's split release "Antidote/Universal Symphony" was just released on Vermin Street and features two other remixes by Alby D and Halp.  Hear pixelord's take on Manni Dee's "Universal Symphony" and preview/get the split release below:

MANNI DEE - Universal Symphony (Pixelord remix) by pixelord

Manni Dee - Antidote / Universal Symphony Split Release by vermin street

ANTIDOTE/UNIVERSAL SYMPHONY SPLIT RELEASE - MANNI DEE

Filed under  //   Alby D   Brighton   Halp   Manni Dee   Moscow   Soviet Juke   Universal Symphony   Vermin Street   juke   pixelord  
Posted May 19, 2011
 

Thee Physical

Thee_physical
Pictureplane has just announced the release date for his sophomore album, entitled Thee Physical.  The album's tentative release date is July 19th, 2011 on Lovepump United Records.  It was produced by both HEALTH's Jupiter Keyes and Travis Egedy himself.  The first single for the new album, entitled "Real is a Feeling" sounds like a continuation of 2009's Dark Rift, with a more pop-techno vibe; the song itself is named after Egedy's "house/bass/rave/synth/goth/queer" gatherings that occurred at Meadowlark Bar Denver last summer every other Sunday. 

Here is the tracklisting for Thee Physical:

01 Body Mod
02 Black Nails
03 Sex Mechanism
04 Touching Transform
05 Post Physical
06 Techno Fetish
07 Real is a Feeling
08 Trancegender
09 Negative Slave
10 Breath Work
11 Thee Power Hand

Also, hear Pictureplane's new single below, along with his previously released "Real is a Feeling" promomix:

(download)

Real is a Feeling mix

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The man himself from his latest live show for the Rhode Island School of Design's "Take a Break" after party at the Salon in downtown Providence, RI, during which he played many new songs off of his Thee Negative Slave mixtape, as well as a banging closer from the new album, called "Techno Fetish". [photograph courtesy of Austin Snyder]

Filed under  //   Dark Rift   HEALTH   Lovepump United Records   Pictureplane   Thee Negative Slave   Thee Physical   Travis Egedy  
Posted May 10, 2011
 

ichiro_

Ichiro_

New beats by glitch master ichiro_ out of Tokyo, Japan.  Check them out below:

Walnut and raisins by ichiro_

wrap by ichiro_

Filed under  //   Japan   Tokyo   Walnut and raisins   Wrap   ichiro_  
Posted May 9, 2011
 

On Fire: Malefique

Malefiquemf3
'Malefique' is both French for "evil, pernicious, or baleful" and the pseudonym of one of Moscow's most exciting beatmakers.  His latest tracks are laden with old crooning European lovesong vocal samples which are sequenced spledidly over jiving bass lines.  Malefique has no doubt mastered the ability to take just about any vocal clip and transform it--from something you would only ever expect to hear coming from a phonograph on a 1930's French promenade or in an underground billiards game in a smoky American pub--into a hip-hoppy-bounce beat.  Recently, Malefique has been exceedingly prolific, as he just released a six-track beat set of sorts, entitled "vol. 1", alongside a handful of other unassociated beats.  Check out Malefique's latest works below, including the guitar sample-driven "To Fall In Love", the vocal virtuosity of "Last Gleaming", the wonderfully glitchy banger "Colabwoy", and the mysterious piano track "Moon Glow" the lead track on his new beat compilation. Evil.

 

To Fall In Love by Malefique

Last Gleaming by Malefique

Colabwoy by Malefique

Moon Glow by Malefique

Filed under  //   Colabwoy   Evil   Last Gleaming   Malefique   Moon Glow   Moscow   To Fall In Love  
Posted May 7, 2011
 

HD Beats Collection: April

Charlesjguiteau
This April has been relished with fresh new experimentalism in the industry of hip-hop beats and electronic production.  Sonic thickness and choppiness are tropes that generally define the corpus of work of the leaders of the movement for this month, featuring artists from Russia to Japan to L.A. and back again.  As the first edition of the Hands in the Dark (HD) monthly beats collection, April of 2011 features innovators in experimental hip-hop beats, productions that arguably percolate through all forms of electronic music production and shape the present face of the genre as we know it today, worldwide.  April's HD Beats Collection features many new up-and-coming producers, as well as some that have been around the block; regardless, the genre's history can credit the technical innovations of these producers for furthering its sound and bringing the future closer to tomorrow. 

HD April Beats Collection:

Vulvatron by pixelord

st bb 216 by constrobuz

McGuillicutty Moves by eLan

Untitled......again by Ras_G

run and gun (updated) by DZA

Alarm clock pt.2 by mr.dibiase

Digital diagram by POGFLIPPER™ ♪♫♪

BEAT 8 (Untitled Remix) by InDeLiBLe

oh joy...itsonlylovethatgetusthrough Somehowyoumadeittotheotherside itsonlylovethatgetusthrough by INNOBUSHU ¬_¬

Spring Break '88 by Grass Mirror

09 Jon Phonics - Liberties // Rapohnelizenz Beat Tape Vol.2 by rapohnelizenz

stuckwiththis by bit1

ramachandran #japan -bugseed's sequel- (Fancy Mike - Sigma Chi Primavera) by bugseed.

vegetable (2008) by bugseed.

LA-773 by J Todd

Bitchorange by J Todd

Ne Otdavay by Malefique

Mesr - Kuplet (Malefique rmx) by Malefique

Mesr - Cosmos (Malefique rmx) by Malefique

Filed under  //   April   DZA   Dibia$e   Grass Mirror   HD Beats Collection   Hands in the Dark   Indelible   Innobushu   J Todd   Jon Phonics   Malefique   Mesr   Pogflipper   Ras G   bit1   bugseed.   constrobuz   eLan   pixelord  
Posted April 29, 2011
 

Rising: ß¡†1

Bit1
A rising artist hailing from Cambridge, Britain, bit1 has established himself both as a persnickety sampler and experimental beat maker.  He is also a prolific musician: he dropped a 12 track album called Bits_n_Peace, last February, along with three EPs in the span of six months last year.  All are downloadable for free on his Bandcamp page.

The fresh, "bit-ifying" electronic artist has released several new tracks on his Soundcloud.  bit1's "stuckwiththis" is stuckwith turntabilized piano loops that hover over bass booms and a statically-charged back drop.  "pprclp_1" has a similar vibe, also featuring intensely hott piano loops, some orchestral violen and cello loops, as well various vocal snippets (from choir to reggae), over a twitchy bass and hi-Tom rhythm.  bit1 has created a sound that is as electronically progessive as it is catchy, and is carving out recognition for himself, among fellow electronic hip-hop beatmaker experimentalists.  Listen to and download both new tracks below:

stuckwiththis by bit1

pprclp_1 by bit1

Filed under  //   Britain   Cambridge   bit1   pprclp_1   stuckwiththis  
Posted April 26, 2011
 

Distant Hype

Distant_hype
Upon first listen Distant Hype--solo project of Alex Arditti from Chester, Britain--sounds like a poor man's Burial.  But upon further listens, his tracks offer more than ambient dubstep: they are more experiemental droning songs that are less choppy and more fluid than Burial's beat driven tracks.  Yet, at the same time, fingerprints of Burial exist on Distant Hype's songs.  The echoing backdropped vocals, churning ambient rhythms, and crinkling noises and blips still remain; but Distant Hype provides a different take on ambient dubstep, and an important one: he puts much more emphasis on the ambiance--the urban decay, infrastructural collapse, and dying centers of urbanity at night--in his music, that makes his sound even more haunting and lonely at times, whatever its relation to Burial and other predecessors.  Here newly uploaded songs "Home", "South Cheshire Boroughs", and "2 Weeks", below:

Home by Distant hype

South Cheshire Boroughs by Distant hype

2 Weeks by Distant hype

Posted April 25, 2011