A couple I have really been enjoying recently and highly
recommend:
Juju & Jordash "Techno Primitivism"
"Staggering new album of fusioneering 'Techno Primitivism'
from the A'dam-based Israeli ex-pats, Juju & Jordash. It's
fair to call this their debut album proper - following their
eponymous set of singles and an early digital collection
with this striking mission statement, a mazy and immersive
sound distilling elements of dub, jazz and psychedelia in a
tactile house and techno framework. It's testament to both
their nuanced skills as live musicians and studio boffins
par excellence, a mind-melt moire of analogue hardware
knowledge and hands-on vibes rendered with a diffuse sense
of synthesised space. We could be here all day picking out
highlights, but if you're only gonna check a few then the
unfathomably wide mixing trickery applied to 'Stoplight
Loosejaw' is a great start, as is the Mark Ernestus-meets-
Sun Ra vibes of 'Backwash', or the Augustus Pablo-in-Chicago
styles of 'Shakshuka Dub', while you can't go wrong with the
stoned descent of 'Dr. Strangepork' (great name!) and the
pensile, Carl Craig-like Detroit romance of 'Track David
Would Play'. It's kinda hard to believe these guys aren't
praised more widely, but with 'Techno Primitivism' now out
there, we suspect that's about to change. Outstanding."
Memotone "I Sleep. At Waking"
"Following a slew of 12s, avant beatmaker William Yates has
finally rustled up this delicious full length for the Black
Acre label. Blending a passion for experimental classical
music with a clear understanding of bass music, Yates
vision is quite strikingly unique, fitting somewhere between
James Blakes pointed piano experimentations, Demdike
Stares murky atmospherics and late-period Third Eye
Foundation. Yatess talent is finding a connecting thread
between the sounds hes obsessive about, and this makes for
an an absorbing full length."
I couldn't really describe either one so I included the
summary from Boomkat.com. I'll just say I concur and love
them both.
recommend:
Juju & Jordash "Techno Primitivism"
"Staggering new album of fusioneering 'Techno Primitivism'
from the A'dam-based Israeli ex-pats, Juju & Jordash. It's
fair to call this their debut album proper - following their
eponymous set of singles and an early digital collection
with this striking mission statement, a mazy and immersive
sound distilling elements of dub, jazz and psychedelia in a
tactile house and techno framework. It's testament to both
their nuanced skills as live musicians and studio boffins
par excellence, a mind-melt moire of analogue hardware
knowledge and hands-on vibes rendered with a diffuse sense
of synthesised space. We could be here all day picking out
highlights, but if you're only gonna check a few then the
unfathomably wide mixing trickery applied to 'Stoplight
Loosejaw' is a great start, as is the Mark Ernestus-meets-
Sun Ra vibes of 'Backwash', or the Augustus Pablo-in-Chicago
styles of 'Shakshuka Dub', while you can't go wrong with the
stoned descent of 'Dr. Strangepork' (great name!) and the
pensile, Carl Craig-like Detroit romance of 'Track David
Would Play'. It's kinda hard to believe these guys aren't
praised more widely, but with 'Techno Primitivism' now out
there, we suspect that's about to change. Outstanding."
Memotone "I Sleep. At Waking"
"Following a slew of 12s, avant beatmaker William Yates has
finally rustled up this delicious full length for the Black
Acre label. Blending a passion for experimental classical
music with a clear understanding of bass music, Yates
vision is quite strikingly unique, fitting somewhere between
James Blakes pointed piano experimentations, Demdike
Stares murky atmospherics and late-period Third Eye
Foundation. Yatess talent is finding a connecting thread
between the sounds hes obsessive about, and this makes for
an an absorbing full length."
I couldn't really describe either one so I included the
summary from Boomkat.com. I'll just say I concur and love
them both.