You wouldn't necessarily expect music from the man who owns Exponential Record s, teaches middle school technology, has two kids, and created the production moniker Mexicans With Guns to be mellow. But, like the Renaissance man that he is, Ernest Gonzales has eluded stereotypes with his latest single, "The Prudence of Evolution," a minimalistic, sample-free track that speaks to Gonzales's versatility as much as to his pure talent as an artist. With a fresh spin on classically clean electronic archetypes, "Prudence" is a play-on-repeat-worthy preview of the rest of his ten-track LP, [...]
Is there anything better to listen to on a broiling summer day than a mix of tropical Brazilian burners. No, there is not. Pazes understands our plight. Hence, the 19-year old wunderkind behind this February's Southpaw EP, has quietly dropped this simmering mix of unalloyed gold gathered from the area around Asa Norte, Brasília. Not much more to add. Smoke a spliff, drink a drink with an umbrella in it, play this mix. Via Ernest Gonzales Capricorn Concerto Mix by [...]
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Between Madlib, Daedelus, and the Gilberto Gil-appreciation society, the last several years have been rife with producers chopping Brazilian samples to their own ends. So the exchange of ideas becomes properly symbiotic with 19-year old Pazes releasing his debut, The Southpaw EP, next week on San Antonio's Exponential Records. Weaned on his father's rock and bossa nova collection, the Brasilia native has incorporated beatz and bass into his country's native rhythms. The results amalgamate delicate Portuguese ballads with the mercury-poisoned funk you'd expect to hear at the [...]
We are kick off our best of 2010 coverage with the best music videos we have seen this year. Enjoy. Streamable: Meat Step Lively (vimeo) by Thee Oh Sees Downloadable: Meat Step Lively (mp3) Streamable: I've Got Friends (vimeo) by Shark? Downloadable: I've Got Friends (mp3) Streamable: Throw Yourself Apart (vimeo) by [...]
It's time again to look back and reflect. What were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the August 2009 Mix to find out... Downloadables: You're A Target (mp3) by No Age Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms Bone Jam (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood Stats And Demographics (mp3) by Huak Truth Is (mp3) by The [...]
It's time again to look back and reflect. What were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the July 2009 Mix to find out... Downloadables: 1,2,3 Partyy! (mp3) Mission of Burma No Time, No Hope (mp3) Times New Viking Mickey Mouse (Demo) (mp3) WAVVES It #1 (mp3) Ty Segall Good Enough (mp3) Mudhoney [...]
According to simple-minded caricature, San Antonio is a city best known for Tim Duncan, Pace Picante Sauce, and the Alamo (which according to my research gleaned from Pee Wee's Great Adventure has neither bikes nor a basement). Though Austin and Dallas typically absorb the glare of the Texan music spolight, Exponential Records , based in the land of Ginobili seeks to help define the city's soundtrack for those benighted masses unfamiliar with Bill Miller BBQ . Extant since 2002, the manifesto is straight-forward and consistently executed: "it is our belief that good music can [...]
Cover By Dan Love Artifacts , the debut solo record from San Antonio producer Aether , was last year's most underrated beat record. Come list time (it finished at a too-low #46), I claimed that few artists were as accurately defined by their name. In Greek myth, Aether is the personification of space and heaven, and Diego Chavez's music successfully embodies that notion with its celestial strings and samples and bedrock of breakbeats that come loose from their moorings and drift off into the void. Collecting the splintered [...]
Just in case you have not heard, the 1000th (non-spammy) follower of @GIMMETINNITUS is going to receive a bunch of prizes. If you are the lucky follower you will get... :: The 1928 Recordings' Golden Hour Box Set with 73s by Tijuana Panthers , Air Waves , and Gray Goods Listen: Sweetness (mp3) by Air Waves :: a CD-R of The Singles EP by Gray Goods [...]
There is reportedly a new Pollination album coming soon, but this track here is from last year's free EP, Inca Orange . This is (obvs) trippy stuff as remixed by Stenographer . Streamable: Some Sun ( Stenographer Edit) (vimeo) by Pollination Downloadable: Some Sun ( Stenographer Edit) (mp3) This is the first video from Shark? This looks like it must have been a lot of fun to [...]
Het onafhankelijke Texaanse platenlabel Exponential Records zal natuurlijk ook niet ontbreken op SXSW . Het label, in 2002 opgericht door grafisch vormgever en producer Ernest Gonzales , is gespecialiseerd in electronische, downtempo en experimentele muziek. De afgelopen twee jaren bracht Exponential , ter gelegenheid van SXSW een sampler uit met artiesten uit eigen stal. Voor de sampler die uitgebracht werd voor de editie van 2010, Kadohadacho werden ook (bevriende) artiesten van bevriende labels geïnviteerd. Het moet gezegd, de artiesten die Gonzales c.s. tot zijn vrienden mag rekenen is [...]
by serena fox Producer and graphic designer Ernest Gonzales formed the San Antonio indie label Exponential Records with DJ Jester in 2002. He's been releasing albums ever since, including his latest Been Meaning to Tell You which came out last week. It will be an ambitious follow-up to his Self Awakening EP which came out in October of last year to high praise. In listening, you'll realize that Gonzales cuts thoughtful and compelling beats which propel you [...]
Next up in our q and also a series are the answers from the crafter of noise and beats named POLLINATION . q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: Redlights (mp3) by SALEM q: What is your favorite food? a: Any kind of New Mexican (I am required by state law to say this). Specifically, a carne adovada burrito from Garcia's Kitchen . Or, alternately, a [...]
Ernest Gonzales creates the blend of electronic and live instrumentation that will swirl around the small folds of your frontal lobe . Here are his answers in this installment of q and also a . q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: Literally the last song I heard was Ke$ha's Tik Tok (youtube) (ed. note: click at your own risk) which I have a love/hate relationship with but really really heard was Wind it Up (youtube) by Mark Pritchard ...that song [...]
Continuing our Best of 2009 coverage, I put together a mix of my favorite tracks from 2009 and uploaded it to the Soundcloud . These are my top 19 tracks from the past year. Downloadable/Streamable: Best Of 2009 Mixtape (soundcloud) The Individual Tracks: 01. Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH 02. You're A Target (mp3) by No Age 03. Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females 04. Gumball Machine [...]
And now more Best of 2009 coverage. These are most awesome albums of the year. I thought I was gonna get this list down to 10, but I couldn't do it (I tried). There were a bunch more excellent albums were released this year, but these were the ones I kept coming back to again and again a clear indicator of awesomeness. 1. GET COLOR by HEALTH Listen: We Are Water (mp3) ( buy GET COLOR ) [...]
And now the 3rd installment of the Best Downloadables Of 2009 a/k/a The End Of Summer 2009 Mix ... When They Fight They Fight (mp3) by Generationals ( buy from the label ) 1,2,3 Partyy! (matador mp3) by Mission Of Burma ( buy from matastore ) Robots (mp3) by Exercise ( buy from amazon ) Portofino (mp3) by Teengirl Fantasy ( [...]
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