Prefuse 73 | Preparation’s Kids Choir

March 1st, 2009 Stu

And thus a new Prefuse album was born. From the mind of the prolific Guillermo Scott Herren comes another superior exercise in beat physics, once again pushing himself out of the cocoon of the last album sessions, gorging and filtering all that’s new and blending that into his own individual timeline. It’s for tracks like this that the Oxford English Dictionary will soon come to include ‘prefusian’ in their mighty tome.

In this episode, Herren weaves an unrecognisable and somewhat wonky vocal into a multi-layered slice of midtempo sunshine – at just over 2.5 minutes, it’s the perfect soundtack for nipping quickly out to the shops to grab some suncream and a six-pack. Not so much a road trip, as a swift excursion.

The full-length record, the 29-track ‘Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian’, lands planetside on April 14 via Warp, flaunting track titles such as ‘Periodic Measurements of Infrequent Frowns’, ‘Gaslamp Killer Feedback Text’ and ‘Whipcream Eyepatch’. In the words of the great Stan Lee, ’nuff said.

Prefuse 73 – Preparation’s Kids Choir | mp3

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Harmonic 313 | Dirtbox

December 11th, 2008 Stu

Mark Pritchard is a very naughty boy.

Aside from the fact that Mark has given us a taste of what might have happened if Gary Numan had invented dubstep, ‘Dirtbox’ is – in no uncertain terms – pure, low-end, smear it on your face, dirty, dirty bass. Hallelujah.

Thankfully, the former Reload / Global Communications / Jedi Knight and all round good fellow emigrated to Sydney some time ago, which means that we’ve had an opportunity to pop ourselves filthy to his bass-killing sets for quite some time. Even then, we knew it was a foretaster of what was to come – and finally, it falls to Earth with a crater-gouging thud. ‘Dirtbox’ is ripped from the EP of the same name, available via the angelic people at Warp Records, download at Bleep.com.

Harmonic 313 – Dirtbox | mp3

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Hudson Mohawke | Polkadot Blues

December 3rd, 2008 Stu

It feels like only last week that I posted about Hudson Mohawke, but in truth it was much, much longer than that – almost two whole weeks in fact. But never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and never one for knowing what that actually means, a tasty Xmas titbit arrived in the mailbox this very morn and who am I to deny the spirit of Xmas giving? And, not only that, Hudson deserves a second bite of the cherry due to the excellence of his live(ish) set in Sydney and the general feeling of downtempo well-being that he exuded from his daytime set on FBi a few hours prior.

His debut Warp EP ‘Polyfolk Dance’ lands 19th January, two tracks are available to download now from the Bleepmasters @ Bleep, one of which is also available a few millimeters below.

Hudson Mohawke – Polkadot Blues | zshare

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Hudson Mohawke | Mary Anne Hobbs Session

November 20th, 2008 Stu

Glaswegian upstart Hudson Mohawke (aka Hud Mo, aka Ross Birchard) lands in Sydney tomorrow night, ahead of his Warp records release ‘Polyfolk Dance’ on January 19th. Hudson’s early work is rooted in the ‘Heralds Of Change’ project with co-hort Mike Slott, who now joins HudMo as part of the ‘Lucky Me’ stable – who also count fellow Scots boy Rustie amongst their number. Together, the ‘Lucky Me’ clan have given the hip hop, R&B, electronica and dubstep scenes a much-needed kick up the backside, fusing all genres together and cutting’n’splicing with a glee that would put William Burroughs to shame. Part of the joy in all of this is that it never feels like the game-changing output was intentional, or that the iconoclastic reference-points were deliberately chosen – there’s a fresh, fluid, semi-accidental feel to ‘Lucky Me’, and it’s something to be fully embraced with a death-like bear hug.

Tomorrow night at The Civic Underground in the city of Sydney (Cnr Pitt & Goulburn St), I’ll be playing an appropriately early DJ support at 10:30 in my role as ‘old enough to be HudMo’s father’. Rounding out the bill: El Gusto (Hermitude), Bec Paton, Jonny Faith and Monk Fly. $20 on the door.

Hudson Mohawke – Mary Anne Hobbs Experimental Session (July 2008) | mp3

Aardvarck – ‘Water’ (Nod Navigators)
Mammal Ft Chris Brown/TPain – ‘Kiss Kiss’ (Mo Twrk)
Hudson Mo – ‘Zo0o0m’ (unreleased 2006)
Hudson Mo – ‘Open Lock’ (unreleased 2005)
HoC – ‘Work That’ (All City)
Hudson Mo – ‘Girders loop’ (unreleased 2007)
Hudson Mo – ‘Returning’ (Unreleased 2007)
Hudson Mo – ‘Dip It Low’ (unreleased 2007)
Hudson Mo – ‘Sequon loop’ (unreleased 2006)
Nas ft Keri Hilson – ‘Hero Instrumental’
MonoPoly – ‘MS20’
American Men – ‘Cool Snake’
James Pants – ‘Blowjob’
Damfunk – ‘Thank You’
Mike Slott – ‘Sumz’ (unreleased 2008)
Hudson Mo – ‘Polkadot Blues’ (Warp)
Harmonic 313 – ‘El n Kat rough mixx’
Hudson Mo – ‘Spotted’ intro
Hudson Mo – ‘Butterfat’ (unreleased 2007)
Rustie/Joker – ‘Play Doe’
Hudson Mo – ‘500 loop’
Heralds of Change – ‘Bopgunn’ (All City)
Hudson Mo – ‘YoNard’ (Warp)

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