Just realised I haven't posted any music for three weeks

[petronia]

Scissor Sisters - Electrobix
Fujiya & Miyagi - Elektro Karaoke

From the Turbo Studio Sessions Vol.3 double CD. This comp is lulz because about half these acts are way more famous now than they were at the time: Black Strobe, LCD Soundsystem, Chromeo - and here they are in 2002 making songs with "electro" in the title.

DJ Koze - Mariposa: the and the one below are my favorite tracks from Kompakt Total 8 (not counting the Gui Boratto remix because I had it already). I'm not quite sure how to describe it, actually... there's this pulsating trance motif, clatter like doors and windows slamming in the wind, and an overwhelming sense of menace.

Oxia - Not Sure: this is Speicher 50. At MUTEK Mayer used it to segue in from Gui Boratto's set (on what I later figured out was the 12"'s release date). Dark trance - I think it even charts as trance, not minimal. XD And so catchy.

Shackleton - Blood On My Hands: I'm too lazy to make up my own explanation, so here's the Wikipedia page on Dubstep. XD Will probably be to the late 00's what trip-hop was to the late 90's. When all's said and done you'll like it if you liked early Massive Attack.

This song is seriously awesome, not least because the entire bassline happens somewhere around 50Hz - if you play it on a crappy setup you'll actually NOT HEAR IT. (It only drops two minutes in; if in doubt, push the leftmost equalizer knob to the top.) Even when you hear it there's this sensation of strain, like you're picking the sound up with your diaphragm more than with your eardrums, and half the melody is disappearing into a range reserved for warning animals of impending seismic events. It's the oddest feeling in the world. XD

Comments

[izkariote.livejournal.com]

Thanks for uploading these... all of the tracks look really interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing the song from Shackleton the most. :3

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Hope you liked. XD

[nem0.livejournal.com]

Oooh, sweet. I've been wanting to check out dubstep for a while, but didn't know where to begin. Have you heard Skream's full-length yet? It's really good.

And you're not kidding on that Shackleton bassline, holy crap :o I played it on my portable headphones, and they were not pleased. There was a little bit of low-frequency thrumming, but it wasn't very audible under all the crackling. Must get the better headphones and try again!

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard it! Actually my experience with dubstep is something like ten tracks. XD It surprised me by not at all sounding like what I thought it would sound like and what it purports to be, i.e. slowed-down grime.

The sub-basslines are definitely a characteristic, though.

[cis.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's much of a shock that my favourite tracks so far are "we love" (gentle paape! celeste noises! boy shauflerrrrrr) and "in the moog for love", but I do love the Oxia track a great deal as well. Though I can't work out if it's so familiar because I've heard it in loads of dj sets or it's so familiar because it's... just one of those really familiar tracks, as if it's distilled the essence of a bunch of this ever-reaching-upward neotrancey bobbins.