Der Mainzer Tim Keiling alias Erdbeerschnitzel steht fest auf wackeligen Beinen. Seine eigenen Produktionen schlingern zwar meist entlang der großen House-Geraden aber mit dem ein oder anderen Ausfallschritt in Richtung Disco oder der experimentellen Version von Hip Hop. Idiosynkratisch könnte man die ganze Angelegenheit nennen und wenn man sich die Playlist seines Mixes für Little White Earbuds anschaut, beschreibt das auch ziemlich genau wie und was der Herr auflegt. Im Mix trifft das Dresdner House-Whizzkid Jacob Korn auf Whateverstep-Posterboy James Blake , den Glitch-Gott Flying Lotus und Erdbeerschnitzels eigene Produktionen. Dabei [...]
May 27, 2011, 2:22pm
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May has been a busy month of reviews for me. I've had reviews published in three different places: Little White Earbuds , FACT Magazine , and Sonic Router , who I just started writing for. In case anything was missed I wanted to run them down here. SR Mix #83: Dropping Gems (Dropping Gems) — Very proud to organize and publish an interview and mix with the great [...]
Wer in den letzten zwei Jahren auf der Suche nach den aufregendsten Schnittstellen von Dubstep, House, Elektronika und Garage war, der ist mit ziemlich großer Sicherheit über die Musik von Drew Lustmann aka FaltyDL gestolpert. Jeder Track von ihm ist ein Genre-Kaleidoskop, in dem die letzten zwanzig Jahre elektronische Musik in einander laufen und in einem neuem Licht funkeln. Nicht umsonst reißen sich alle von Planet Mu (wo gerade sein neues Album "You Stand Uncertain" erschienen ist) und Rush Hour über Hot Flush Recordings, Ramp oder Swamp 81 um FaltyDL-Tracks. Sein Podcast für Little White Earbuds ist eine [...]
Das Geheimnis, wer sich hinter dem Pseudonym Millie & Andrea und den von ihnen auf ihrem eigenen Label Daphne veröffentlichten Exkursionen durch tiefste Bass-Weiten versteckt, hielt nicht wirklich lange. Es war schnell klar, dass sich hier Miles Whittaker (Pendle Coven und Demdike Stare) und Andy Stott eine neue Spielwiese angelegt hatten, um sich mit ihren Dubstep-, Jungle- und Hardcore-Vorlieben auszutoben. Für Littlewhiteearbuds haben die beiden jetzt einen ziemlich großartigen Podcast abgeliefert. Und ein Interview gibt es wie üblich noch dazu. Den Mix gibt es hier. Tracklist: 01. Millie & Andrea [...]
Als Teil der Underground-Quality-Posse um Jus Ed und Levon Vincent und mit seinem eigenen Label Stregth Music ist DJ QU ein integraler Bestandteil der New Yorker House-Renaissance, die in den letzten zwei Jahren ordentlich an Fahrt gewonnen hat. Sein Podcast für Little White Earbuds featured diverse noch unveröffentlichte Tracks. Und wie immer bei den LWE-Podcasts, gibt es ein ausführliches Interview. Die Woche fängt gut an! Den Mix gibt es hier . Tracklist: 01. Mist Works, "Common Question?" (Aybee's Immortal Mix) [Atjazz] 02. Vince Watson, "Ethereal" [Delsin] 03. [...]
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Even though this blog has slowed in output, I'm still out there writing about music and trying to raise awareness of some of the great stuff being produced currently. I've been regularly contributing to Little White Earbuds and you can find my reviews to date here . A review of Skream's killer Outside The Box went up today. My interview with Jimmy Edgar went up at FACT Magazine and I hope to be doing some more stuff with them in the future. Also, I'm constantly tweeting [...]
Deze maand omschreef een jubelende René Passet op KindaMuzik Before we say goodbye van Donnacha Costello als 'een album om te koesteren, zo mooi." Deze Ierse producer biedt daarop melodieuze techno op stevige detroit- en idm-basis, en dat koestert inderdaad prima weg. Niettemin wordt het pas écht mooi als Costello zijn eigen interpretatie van ambient muzikaal definieert met een podcast voor Bodytonic . Burial, Aphex Twin, Shuttle 358, Sylvain Chauveau én eigen werk, it's all good . Mocht je niettemin liever de dansbare platencollectie van Donnacha Costello inzien, dan is [...]
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of our series of short interviews affectionately titled Talking Shop . The majority of media and fan attention gets showered on the artists who create the music we love to listen to/DJ with/dance to, and for good reasons. But without the hard work, keen ears and business savvy of label staff, we'd be stuck only streaming tracks on Myspace . Mule Musiq, one of Japan's leading techno/house labels, is the focus of our attention this time around. Owned and operated by Toshiya Kawasaki, Mule Musiq (and its sub-labels, Mule Electronic and Endless Flight) [...]
For små to måneder siden nævnte vi den NY bosatte duo House of House. De havde netop udgivet ep'en 'Rushing To Paradise' på Whatever We Want Records , som stadi er værd at lytte til. Grundet deres omtræden på Fabric i London har de i samarbejde med Fabric og den anerkendte hjemmeside Little White Earbuds , smidt et promomix ud til fri afbenyttelse og det er kun godt for os, der ikke havde mulighed for at se deres optræden. Mixet indeholder en masse house, techno og en god omgang soul. Hvis du kunne lide 'Rushing To Paradise' [...]
Afgezien van de Autosample EP is het al ruim 2 jaar stil rondom Duplex . Het Rotterdamse duo Chris Callahan en John Matze maakte in 2006 een onuitwisbare indruk met Late Night Driving , zonder twijfel 1 van de belangrijkste Detroit aan de Maas-releases ooit. Daarna leken ze niettemin verdwenen van de aardbodem, zowel qua releases als qua optredens. Maar nu, opeens, uit het niets, is er een dj-mix van Chris Callahan voor het muziekweblog Little White Earbuds . In een goed uur komt daarin een selectie minder bekende [...]
[ Ramp Recordings ] ( buy vinyl ) Zomby sees himself as part of the undead but with a taste for skunk weed instead of flesh. He is a resolutely anonymous producer whose publicity photo has few clues into his identity: he wears white gloves and a mask of the all-seeing eye of providence. Zomby's been banned from dubstep forums, infamous for missing gigs and has no small legion of fans who'll call him a cock while still admiring his tunes. And 2008 was big for Zomby tunes. Starting with "Mush," his [...]
[ Minilogue ] ( buy vinyl ) It's been a busy (and largely successful) year for Minilogue. The Swedish duo have issued a stunning double-length album, Animals , a fistful of singles and remixes (including the mighty "Jamaica," complete with love-it-or-leave-it Dubfire remix), and now, the second limited-edition 10-inch release on their own Minilogue imprint, the third release on the label overall. Through it all, they've maintained a consistent quality, as well as the animal-theme they seem to have grown attached to over the last year. Whatever their quirks, the pair [...]
[ Horizontal ] ( buy vinyl ) ( buy mp3s ) Matthew Styles took the long road to acclaim before puncturing charts and year end lists with the propulsive grind of "We Said Nothing." As a manager of Crosstown Rebels and well rated DJ, he was already plugged into the scene before dropping his first collaborative and solo releases (the ill-advised "Baby Judy" homage with Jamie Jones and for Dinky's label Horizontal, respectively). Firsthand knowledge of floor-filling fillips honed his own productions such that his first real hit cratered clubs wherever it [...]
05. Matias Aguayo, "Minimal" [ Kompakt ] ( buy ) In the year that minimal either went cynical or cyclical, or simply gave its critical audience more to harp about than usual, Matias Aguayo played devil's advocate with "Minimal." Aguayo's late-night lover-man persona can be hard to read, so who really knows if this is smackdown or pisstake (I daresay it's both at the same time), but it's the groove that carries the track, a bumptious, licentious shake and slide. File it next to Barbara Morgenstern's "Come To [...]
10. Sascha Dive, "Deepest America" (Moodymann remix) [ Ornaments ] ( buy ) Building up from a classic Motor City stomp into a looped-out masterpiece with energy to spare, Moodymann's frenetic take on Sascha Dive's "Deepest America" was a timely reminder of Kenny Dixon, Jr.'s mastery over the sampledelic end of the spectrum. Tastefully limiting the now-cliched Afrocentric speech of the original, Moodymann let the soulful vibes speak for him instead, with ridiculously catchy vocal clips ("Music! Music! Ain't no soul no more!"), propulsive congas, and a massive breakdown [...]
15. Melchior Productions Ltd, "Who Can Find Me (I Can't)" [ Cadenza ] ( buy ) "Who Can Find Me (I Can't)" has to be one of the best emotional minimal tracks of 2008. It's brittle structure and softly plodding drums are classic Melchior, but something about the shimmering arpeggios and mournful vocals make this one especially heavy-hearted. "Choir" makes the EP worth buying on its own, but "Who Can Find Me (I Can't)" shows a prolific artist at the top of his game. (Will Lynch) [...]
In the face of critical malaise, 2008 was a great year for techno and house singles. As the landscape shifted further from minimal, deep-house (already as broad a term as "minimal"), dub and tribal sounds came back strong, joined by brand name Berghain techno, dubstep and its techy (as of yet unnamed) brother. There was certainly no shortage of great singles crowding shelves (physically and digitally), and these twenty, as selected by LWE's staff, represent our favorites from this year. This is just the first slice, with Tuesday through Thursday hosting the rest, and our albums list will cap off [...]
For our second year end column, LWE's editor-in-chief, Steve Mizek , digs up his top 10 overlooked tracks of 2008 . Thousands upon thousands of tracks are released each year, followed by remix packages, online exclusives, reissues and more. So it's inevitable that a number of great tunes and remixes get passed over, escaping even the most obsessive fans and blogs. Still, there are a handful whose absence in collections, year end lists, crates and blog posts is a bit inexcusable. So here are ten of my favorite tracks from 2008 which have been erroneously [...]
Art by Joe Baran [ Mule Musiq ] ( buy CD ) Like disco before it, house music was born in queer club culture, one of the few places its artists and patrons - mostly gay minority men - could be themselves without fear of reprisal. And also like disco, house was co-opted by ever larger audiences, shedding its ethnicity and sexuality along the way. With this in mind, Terre Thaemlitz begins Midtown 120 Blues with a challenging statement: [...]
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