He may be young, operate under various levels of mystery and record music in his bedroom but there is no way that London based Becoming Real could be linked to the current tidal wave of blog-pop stars emerging every five seconds. You only have to listen to five seconds of 'Fast Motion' to realise that Becoming Real operates on a completely different playing field to his contemporaries. With a genre he likes to call "Ghost-Step" - 'Fast Motion' is a three minute workout of futuristic scattered beats; where sub bass collides with synthetic cymbal crashes and semi-audible [...]
The creeping spectre Becoming Real emerges...
I guess I haven't wound up on the Becoming Real email update list even though I covered him nearly a year ago. So, Mr. Real, if you're watching... hit me up. [via NPIP ] Becoming Real - Let the Right One In
Cycles always complete themselves.. And 'Nightcycles' are no different.. Always ending up where they began, this time with ever - emerging Becoming Real taking a final, stuttering glance at Seams ' debut 12.. Pick it up here Nightcycles (Becoming Real rmx) - Seams
Seams x Becoming Real Becoming Reals' ghetto-tech remix of Seams' Nightcycles, off a 12" bearing the same name and containing 4 remixes of the track. Tres smooth. Seams - Nightcycles ( mp3 )
Tune into UtahFM every Saturday night 9-10:30 MDT to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show at your convenience for the next two weeks right here . This week marks 52 weeks with UtahFM. I took a walk down memory lane and also played a few of the latest tracks that will leave an impact over the next 52. Thanks for coming back each week whether live or by stream. There have been a lot of great conversations, lots of band sharing, interviews, screw ups [...]
DDW Compilation Review On Fader Thanks to the good people over at Fader for this nice review of our recent DDW Volume 1 compilation in their latest issue, few copies of which are still available here . Volume 2 is coming very soon so stay tuned! Check out mentioned track Ghost Step below. Becoming Real - Ghost Step ( mp3 )
Don't Die Wondering Compilation Volume 1 ORDER HERE . Track-listing: 1. Young Athletes League - Monaco Sunglasses 2. A Grave With No Name - Sofia 3. Egyptian Hip Hop - Heavenly 4. Dignan Porch - On A Ride 5. Becoming Real - Ghost Step 6. Elapse-O - Sonny Liston 7. Visions Of Trees - My Antlers 8. Ghost Hunter - Through The Haze 9. Desert Disco - Bare Light 10. Ice Castles [...]
Track-listing: 1. Young Athletes League - Monaco Sunglasses2. A Grave With No Name -...
Tradition makes life routine but this is LivingEars' 2nd year end and it looks as though 51 songs is here to stay. These are the 51 songs that got the most plays and left the deepest impressions sonically & emotionally. There is also an albums list . 51 . Phoenix - Love Like a Sunset 50 . The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea 49 . Toro Y Moi - Blessa 48 . Passion Pit - The Reeling 47 . Real Estate - Beach Comber [...]
This slipped right under my radar! On November 28th, BBC Radio 1 opened the decks for one of Blind I's favorite producers - Mr. Hudson Mohawke - to do his thing and put together a superb, stellar, fantastic Essential Mix. This thing is CRAZY man, I'm talking 57 tracks of complete BANGERS! I've included a MP3 download along with the stream so you can check it out however you please, but whatever you do, indulge! Hudson Mohawke - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix 11-28-09 ( DL Sharebee [...]
Becoming Real is the one-man project of England's Toby Ridler. He's got a four-song EP out now, one of the tracks from which is entitled "Get Hype." The track pulls heavy bass wobble from dubstep, crunk-style synths, a mess of music boxes from Kid A 's title track, and emotive vocals from Xiu Xiu's neighborhood to put together something that you might be able to dance to if you weren't kind of terrified. Pulling from a slew of influences like this runs the risk of sounding stretched, but "Get Hype" manages to sound concise and singular instead of overreaching [...]
Since we last caught up with Becoming Real he has become a whole lot realer. Remixes for Comanechi and Banjo Or Freakout, a mixtape for Platform that opens with Cilla Black and closes with Des'ree, and an appearance on a new Merok comp compiled by our favourite blog, Don't Die Wondering. On Monday Mr Real drops his debut 12" on Tough Love Records. From it, for a limited time only, here are three-and-a-half minutes of anxious, fragmented funk.
South London enigma Becoming Real mixes up dubstep, Busta Rhymes and Cilla fucking Black.
Words by Scott Curtis . When PMA asked me to create a mix for them I immediately started putting something together that was all encompassing, a mix to show what Living Ears was about in the past, the present and where I see the future of the site going. I put together a playlist that had just over 40 songs. As I started playing through it what quickly stood out was the number of incredibly strong tracks from the past 3 months or so that stood up to much of what I was pulling from [...]
DON'T DIE WONDERING CLUB NIGHT #1 Branching out from the hyper-kinetic dimension of cyber-love into the make-belief realm of "solid" tangibles, we are proud to announce the first ever Don't Die Wondering club night! This will take place this Friday on the 9th of December at the Camden Lock Tavern in London, which is at 35 Chalk Farm Rd London, NW1 8AJ, United Kingdom. FREE ENTRY FREE ENTRY FREE ENTRY FREE ENTRY FREE ENTRY FREE ENTRY FREE ENTRY The nights will be hosted [...]
After Pinglewood tipped us off about London's Becoming Real and his Blank Dogs via Dilla lo-fi dubstep, we knew we had to get him to fuck with something we're involved with. So, below is his reinterpretation of the upcoming Banjo or Freakout single 'Left It Alone' . It'll be available on iTunes and whatnot as part of a digital EP in a few weeks. Becoming Real has also just done a little interview on Fader , where he talks 9/11 and the Microphones. Banjo or [...]
This show was for my friends. If you missed it, you can listen to a replay at your convenience right here . Scene Not Heard 09.05.09 Playlist Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica YACHT - The Afterlife Noah and the Whale - Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix) The Teenagers - No Love (Delorean Remix) LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (Theo Parrish's Space Cadet Remix) Gotye - Learnalilgivinanlovin' (Passion Pit Remix) [...]
Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, I find myself having three covers of this Womack & Womack track from 1988. I first heard the song on the Buffet Libre Rewind 2 mix just this year (this version is very true to the original and my least fave of the three). Then I see The xx put out a cover which I really like. Then today I'm browsing Pinglewood and he's got this excellent cover done by a new (to me) artist going by the name Becoming Real that is a whole other take on the track. Watch the original [...]
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