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Todd Edwards' Treehouse Mix

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:16 -0800

#1 Todd Edwards fan and Stranger freelancer/columnist Michaelangelo Matos suggests that you listen to Edwards' latest mix for the Treehouse party at Littlefield in Brooklyn, New York. Now that I'm halfway through the thing, I also encourage you to check it out.

Treehouse is a euphoric roller-coaster ride of rhythmically inventive house and garage, animated by Edwards' trademark vocal/micro-editing hijinx. The bulk of the mix sounds like Akufen if he were high on God and helium. It might be the feel-amazing DJ set of the year.

(Photo from Edwards' MySpace.)

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Oslo Fi: Beach House's "Norway"

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:05:26 -0800

Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House have a new song, "Norway," from their forthcoming Teen Dream album tremulously awaiting your ears here (look for the LISTEN section). To these ears it sounds like former Dream Syndicate and Opal member Kendra Smith singing one of her magenta-tinted, melancholy brooders on a warped 7". (A good thing.) Sub Pop will release Teen Dream Jan. 26, 2010.

Stay tuned for tour-date announcements.

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Hiphop and Drug Addiction

editor@thestranger.com (Charles Mudede) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:45:04 -0800

To hear Macklemore x Ryan Lewis's "Otherside," go here, DjBooth.net:

I must be honest (and this may have something to do with my immigrant status), the beautifully arranged track provided me with a new piece of information: cough syrup is up there with meth and crack. I had no idea of the dangers of cough syrup until now. I was also just informed that the problem is usually associated with the South rather than the Northwest. You learn something new everyday.

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About those SAD Songs in This Week's Underage

editor@thestranger.com (Megan Seling) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:25:35 -0800

In this week's Underage column, I list a few of the songs I'm listening to these days—these cold, rainy days like today. If you haven't heard these songs yet (and you like listening to sad stuff sometimes), then the internet has a couple presents for you. You can hear Asahi's "Baltimore" on their MySpace, and Sub Pop has a free MP3 of Tiny Vipers' "Dreamer" (posted below, for your listening pleasure).

Tiny Vipers - "Dreamer" (via Subpop.com)

Cry on, crybabies.

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Boom Bleep: Slugabed's Dummy Mix

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:46:36 -0800

Slugabed's latest mix for dummymag.com offers you the future sound of planet bass. This wonky clusterfuck will give your ears whiplash and put your colon on notice while disorienting the hell out of you. It's party time in the next dimension, and everyone's wearing neon-hued Depend®s.

Track list
Pharoahe Monch — Simon Says (Slugabed Remix)
EPROM — Shoplifter
Nasty Nasty — No Names
Low Limit — Trapperkeeper
Lokid — Kick The K
Akira Kiteshi — Pinball
Zomby — Strange Fruit
Dyno — Sosismas
Slugabed — Titans
Slugabed — Take OFF
Busta Rhymes — Everybody Rise
Cupp Cave — Breech This Trust
Mark Pritchard — Wind It Up
Scuba — Twicth (Jamie Vexd Remix)
Rustie — Response
Rustie — Bad Science
Nasty Nasty — Necking
Kingfisherg — Rubicon
Machine Drum Ft. Melo — Let It (Lazer Sword Remix)
Loops Haunt — Impact Omnihammer
Boss Kite — ??
Dyno — Fuh Real Inst.
Last Poets — Long Enough
Slugabed — The System
Slugabed — Beer
Rabbi Bananas — Cat_Eat
Slugabed — Ultra Heat Treated
Nasty Nasty — This Kills
EPROM — Humanoid
AK Kids — A Soft Touch
AK Kids — Donk
Powell — Toyz Like Soup
?? — ??

ht: @carcrashset and @eprombeats via Twitter

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LCD Soundsystem Wave 'Bye Bye' to 20K Downloads

editor@thestranger.com (Brian Geoghagan) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:47:13 -0700

As a regular reader of the DFA forums, I'm well aware of James Murphy's short fuse when his records get leaked. I'm pretty sure he typed one post with tears in his eyes just after Sound of Silver leaked. Anyway, a few days ago the new single, a cover of Alan Vega's Bye Bye Bayou, made its way to blogs and message boards. Murphy has apparently thrown in the towel and decided to give away 20,000 free downloads.

well, bye bye bayou totally leaked everywhere, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, since anything that exists is essentially all over the internet in 5 minutes—but it wasn’t actually supposed to come out until november 7th (that indie store vinyl day), so we’ve asked and parlophone have given us 20,000 free downloads to give away to the first, well, 20,000 people. one per customer. or downloader. or avatar or whatever.

All you need to do is enter your email address. If you don't want to be contacted about LCD stuff, check the box.

Click here to get your free download of Bye Bye Bayou

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The Pentagon

editor@thestranger.com (Charles Mudede) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:59:35 -0700

The new track by Fresh Espresso....
...Bedroom reinforces P Smoov's centrality in the production and sound of local hiphop. He is as volcanic as Bean One, and has Sabzi's sense of texture. As well as texuality, there is sexuality. The new thing he brings (or returns) to the scene is sex, which has not been here since that famous moment near the opening of the 90s.

At the beginning of the current decade, there were three leading producers in town (Vitamin D, Jake One, and Bean One). By the middle of the decade, Sabzi transformed that triangle into a quartet of top producers. At the end of the decade, in its deepening twilight, the growing figure of P Smoov has remade it into a pentagon.

The image is from P Smoov's Myspace space.

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Greg Skidmore's Desperate Measures Mix

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:02:30 -0700

Local DJ Greg Skidmore has a new mix up here. It's a gut-wrenching journey through some of electro's crunchiest, darkest realms, with side trips into merciless dubstep alleys. The mix's title—Desperate Measures—reflects the overall atmosphere of this 23-track lesson in highbrow, low-end, electro brutality. The segues are seamless and the selections impeccable: typical Skidmore quality.

Regarding the tenor of the tracks, Skidmore says, "The music within reflects my emotional impression of our global socio-political climate. While it's not a call to action, the energy expressed by these artists is therapeutic and affirming."

DESPERATE MEASURES MIX
01 - Zeller - "Thortheory" - Audio Vandalism (Hymen)
02 - Somatic Responses - "Takayama (Another Rainy Day)" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
03 - Cane - "Non-Fiction" - Non-Fiction (Creative Space)
04 - Lowfish - "Wreckage" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
05 - Nomadic - "Anxiety" - Subsidence (Touchin' Bass)
06 - Scanone - "Atlas" - 2 Paths Of Rage (Combat Recordings)
07 - Zeller - "Cavern Sunshine" - Audio Vandalism (Hymen)
08 - Nymate Association - "System Online" (C. Mantle Remix) - Stractic
Remixed EP (Subgrade)
09 - Badaszewski - "Future Dictator" (Cursor Miner Remix) - Future
Reminiscence (Digital Distortions)
10 - Modeselektor - "The Black Block" (Byetone Remix) - Happy
Birthday! Remixed #2 (BPitch Control)
11 - Black Lung - "The Hostmen Of Tyne" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
12 - Hac[k] The Tab - "...Is Back" (The Wee DJs Remix) - ...Is Bac[k]
([k]rack-troni[k])
13 - Scanone - "Kick It" (The Wee DJs Rework) - The Dark Horse Dubs
(Combat Recordings)
14 - Marching Dynamics - "Bizango Datura" - The Workers Party Of Haiti (Hymen)
15 - Heuristic Audio - "Frantic" - Shaded Mind (Satamile)
16 - Al Tourettes - "Sassafrass" - Troglodyte ([k]rack-troni[k])
17 - Mnemonic - "Prototyp" - Emerging Organisms Vol. 2 (Tympanik Audio)
18 - Al Tourettes - "Troglodyte" - Troglodyte ([k]rack-troni[k])
19 - Marching Dynamics - "Almighty Bomb" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
20 - Access to Araska - "xt10.20zp9" - Miwak Twelve (Hymen)
21 - Funckarma - "Fraid Shim" - Vell Vagranz (n5MD)
22 - DJ Hidden - "Things To Come" - Emerging Organisms Vol. 2 (Tympanik Audio)
23 - Hecq - "I Will Survive" (feat. Nongenetic) - Steeltongued (Hymen)

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Mocky's "Birds of a Feather" Feat. GZA

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:19:32 -0700

"Birds of a Feather" by Jamie Lidell collaborator Mocky is one of those quintessential morning songs that some will find unbearably gleeful and that others will embrace for its gently uplifting quality (there's a slight resemblance to Roy Ayers' "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"). The remixed version with the GZA comes out digitally today. You can hear it here.

Whatever the case, GZA sounds really out of his element and uncomfortable here—which may be a first. So it's worth hearing if only for that rare happenstance.

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214's Electro Mix

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:01:45 -0700

Recent Seattle via Florida transplant 214 (aka Chris Roman) bestows this mighty fine electro mix that he recorded in September.

214 performed last Saturday at Chop Suey as part of Decibel and reportedly impressed. A CD-R containing 11 of his original productions that he recently sent to me augurs well for this 206 newcomer. Stay tuned for more funky, low-end goodness.

Tracklist
1.Doctor Evil - Zissle - Touchin Bass
2.Jeff Pils -Montiert - Touchin Bass
3.Martyn - Right? Star! -3024
4.Joy Orbison - Wet Look - Hot Flush
5.Dusko Janevski - Downtown - Juan's Kitchen Delights
6.Matt Whithead - Conveyor - Cultivated Electronics
7.Thomas P Heckmann - Robocop - AFU
8.Dez Williams - Abandoned Emotions - Cheap
10.Hardfloor - The Life We Choose (ERP remix) - Hardfloor
11.Headnoaks vs CPU - Lost Sense - Transient Force

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DJ Introcut's The Creepo Man Mix

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:37:56 -0700

Seattle DJ Introcut is a super-busy man on the scene, promoting and spinning at Stop Biting on Tuesdays at Lo-Fi, Trashy Trash SNAP! 90s night (next one is Oct 23 at Lo-Fi), and Grey Area at the Grey Gallery Fridays w/ WD4D. Amid all of that activity, Introcut found time to record The Creepo Man Mix, a blunted, tight collage of glittery and gritty future funk and postmodern downtempo business. Listen/download here and check the track list below (all selections sourced from vinyl, yo).

The Creepo Man Mix
1.
- DIMLITE — Exact Finger Pointing
- ARKEN — Step Off
- O.BOOGIE — Hoerenjong
- SUPER SMOKY SOUL — African Beat Idea
- TRICKSKI — Sunshine Fu*k Pt. 1
- MICHNA — Levitation
2.
- DIMLITE — As We Arrive
- RAS G — Beyond the Sky
- HARMONIC 313 — When Machines Exceed
- DAEDELUS — Just Briefly (UMOD REMIX)
- TAKE — Slouched Over
- FLYING LOTUS & DECLAIME — Whole Wide World - Instr — added scratchz by INTROCUT
3.
-LOW LIMIT — Inspirational Jumpsuit
-PAUL WHITE — Hustle (BULLION REMIX)
-EXILE — Your Summer Song
-ARCHITEQ — Birds of Prey (FULGEANCE EMOTRONICAL MIX)
-MONO/POLY — Oil Fields

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Neil Landstrumm's RA.174 Podcast

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:19 -0700

When I can find a spare 65 minutes, I'm going to dive into Neil Landstrumm's podcast, hosted by Resident Advisor. I'm excited because Scottish producer/DJ Landstrumm put on my favorite performance at this year's Movement festival in Detroit, toggling between avant-rave techno and innovative dubstep cuts with head-spinning frequency and making the rapid, unlikely juxtapositions work incredibly well. I'd never heard anything like it; he literally provided a thrill every 45 seconds, making seemingly incompatible styles sound like harmonious bedfellows.

You can listen to the podcast and read an interview with Landstrumm here (you must register with RA in order to gain access to it; it's free and painless). But hurry, as these podcasts live only for a couple weeks on the site.

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New Macklemore, Have Some!

editor@thestranger.com (Kelly O) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:34:57 -0700

Says the Mac, "It's a song about dancing, pumping pelvis, and having a really, really, good time." Who doesn't like a nice good time pelvis pump?! Nobody, that's who.

Macklemore - "And We Danced"

From the new "The Unplanned Mixtape", available at Bengalyucky.com. Produced by Ryan Lewis. Macklemore + Ryan Lewis = VS. Their debut EP is coming in November.

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New Bobby Birdman Song "Only for a While"

editor@thestranger.com (Megan Seling) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:55:17 -0700

On November 10th, Bobby Birdman will release New Moods, his first record in three years, and today we finally get a sneak peak. The song is called "Only for a While" and you can stream it here.

I love it—it's sunny and fun and a little bittersweet (about a temporary love or existence, after all), so it's perfect for fall. Because fall is also sunny and fun and fleeting.

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New Mixtape from Sabzi of Blue Scholars

editor@thestranger.com (Eric Grandy) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:57:59 -0700

The mix is called 69ROLLS&OOF!, a "jawaiin mix." It comes on the heels of Blue Scholars' recently released OOF! EP and in advance of a tour of Hawaii.

DOWNLOAD: Sabzi/Blue Scholars - 69ROLLS&OOF! ("it's 26 songs plus artwork, so be patient with the download")

Take it away, Sabzi:

People ask me why I care about making a mix of Hawaiian tunes. I tell them that it’s because Iʼm from Seattle.

I donʼt think I can apply the word ‘foreign’ to any cultural elements that have inﬂuenced me in becoming the person I am today.

Through years of, um, ‘nourishment’ from grinds, to listening to Jawaiian tunes as a teenager, to starting a group with a military kid from Honolulu, to learning the meaning of ‘false crack’ the hard way (ha!)... the spirit of Hawaii has long maintained a notable presence in my life.

And while Iʼm not Hawaiian, nor do I claim to be a local boy, I acknowledge and am thankful for the role that the Islands have played in the development of my cultural identity.

For me, a big part of the OOF! EP project was to experiment with a new way of identifying who we are and where we come from. It was an exercise in global cultural expression. Perhaps this is the age we can start believing that ‘where we are from’ is anywhere that has influenced us in becoming who we are. And perhaps our brothers and sisters are simply those who want to share this belief with us.

Watch out tho. When you embrace this idea, you start to think that home can be everywhere and your people could be everyone.

New People comin thru, son!

Respect to In4mation for the nifty ‘OOF!’ logo they designed and lent us, respect to Ohana for engineering the delicious shrimp tempura + diced spicy scallop + krab + masago sushi that they’ve dubbed the ‘69 Roll,’ and respect to you for reading this and listening to these tunes.

Mahalo.
saba / sabzi
Blue Scholars

Hawaiian tour dates after the jump.

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And Because I Have MTX On the Brain...

editor@thestranger.com (Megan Seling) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:30:45 -0700

In honor of Dr. Frank being in town tonight, here are some favorite Mr. T Experience songs posted for your listening pleasure, courtesy of the internet!

"Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend"

"I Fell For You"

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The Next Step

editor@thestranger.com (Charles Mudede) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:21:45 -0700

What I'm rocking today, a little rapstep:

The mixes can be downloaded from here.

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Feeling Rustie

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:33:34 -0700

In the last couple of days, two people (Stranger freelancer Michaelangelo Matos and Line Out commenter supreme Cosby) excitedly sent me links to Rustie's latest mix for FACT. This almost never happens. So it might be a good idea to have a listen and immerse yourself in Rustie's club-hiphop/dubstep/wobble sound pool.

This mix sounds dazzlingly extroverted, yet also sonically adventurous and fresh; it's a rare combo. It sounds like the next decade's party soundtrack, today.

Photo from Rustie's MySpace.

Tracklisting:
Lil Scrappy - Addicted to Money
Rasheeda - Juicy like a Peach
Bflecha - Ceja De Carnival
Terror Danjah - Zumpi Hunter (Swindle Remix)
Hudson Mohawke - Twist Clip Loop
Ace Hood - Loco 4 Cake
Jeremy Greene - Pitbull - Rain Remix (Instrumental)
Rustie - Relay
Loops Haunt - Rubber Sun Grenade
Hudson Mohawke - Glue Tooth
Samoyed - Maybe Yes
The Dream - Sweat It Out
Tiago - Never Forget
Subeena - Dereflex
Young Snead - I Love When Dey Hate
Hudson Mohawke - Fuse
The Cool Kids - Jump Rope
Doll Phase - Damn Right (Instrumental)
Sweat X - I'm That Alley (Mike Slott remix)
Loops Haunt - Impact Omnihammer
Rustie - Teen Souls Burning
7vwwvw - It's my Birthday

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Chinese Stars' "Rabbit Face"

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:21:46 -0700

The new Chinese Stars album, Heaven on Speed Dial (out Oct. 13 on Anchor Brain Records), is a hot mess: spiky, strident, spazzy rock in a thrillingly irritable condition. (They really should go on tour with Seattle's Past Lives.) Check out "Rabbit Face" from that album here. The Providence, Rhode Island-based Chinese Stars consist of ex-Arab on Radar members Craig Kureck and Eric Paul, Paul Vieira, and V. Von Ricci.

Press release after the cut.

Photo from Chinese Stars' MySpace.

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I Got an MP3 Powered Vibrator in the Mail Today!

editor@thestranger.com (Kelly O) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:05:14 -0700

Those sassy pants over at Babeland, my #1 all-time-favorite-sex-toy-store-in-the-world, um, they sent me a new toy:

DJ your orgasm with the fabulously innovative Freestyle, from our friends at OhMiBod. Freestyle is the world’s first music-responsive vibrator combining state-of-the-art technology, ease of use, and unparalleled satisfaction; just hook it up to your iPod/iPhone/mp3 player/home audio system, and thrill to the rhythmic vibrations your favorite bump-and-grind music provides (or set it on manual to use like a regular vibrator). The wireless controls, shower-friendly insertable body, and 25-foot remote range liberate you to dance, gyrate, and come closer to the music than you’ve ever come before. And when you’re done exploring the seven programmed vibration patterns (adjustable independently from intensity with simple controls), just plug it in for two hours to recharge for up to five hours of continuous use. Perfect for the techie or music lover in your life!
They wondered if I might like to test it out before tomorrow's in-store event, "Sex and Rock N Roll", 8/29, from 3-6 pm, at Babeland, Capitol Hill. Problem is, I can't decide on a song. Please help!

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Sicko Was a Band Before It Was a Michael Moore Movie

editor@thestranger.com (Megan Seling) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:40:08 -0700

Local pop-punk legends Sicko have been disbanded for about a decade now, but Red Scare is making sure their music lives on—the label has recently re-released digital versions of their four full-length albums You Can Feel the Love in This Room, Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy, Chef Boy R U Dum, and You Are Not the Boss of Me!.

Perfect timing too, because the Rain City Mix Tape Club is meeting this Sunday at Havana and the theme is "Nerdy Songs" and there isn't a band in the world that's nerdier than Sicko. I'm still trying to decide which song of theirs is gonna make it on my mix—"Computer Geek," or "Dateless Losers"? Decisions decisions.

Here are some free MP3s, courtesy of Sicko.com:

"Where I Live"

"Believe"

"Farm Song"

You can buy all the albums via iTunes (Chef and You Can Feel... are my two favorites, for what it's worth).

(ht punknews.org)
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The Dutchess & the Duke - "Hands"

editor@thestranger.com (Eric Grandy) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:28:42 -0700

Yesterday, Hardly Art posted the first song to be released from the Dutchess & the Duke's forthcoming sophomore album, Sunset / Sunrise. It's called "Hands," and it's slower than some of their "campfire-punk" numbers, but with a bigger, broader electric guitar sound and smart touches of organ and percussion. It's dark, dimly lit stuff, and it's good (full disclosure: the D&D hasn't always done it for me, but this track seems pretty promising). Here it is:

The Dutchess & the Duke - "Hands"
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Jerry Abstract’s “Symbols Fall Sick From My Lips”

editor@thestranger.com (Dave Segal) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:49:01 -0700

This track by Seattle techno/IDM producer/DJ Jerry Abstract is tentatively set to come out on a compilation titled Still Illin’ from the resuscitated (one hopes) Miami label Schematic. It’s a gradually intensifying suspense-builder of a track—a nice combo of the intricate beat science and textural gnarliness for which Schematic has remained unjustly obscure, except among the staunchest IDM freaks.

Jerry Abstract performs at Decibel fest Sun. Sept. 27.

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His Year Is Your Year, Or Should Be

editor@thestranger.com (Michaelangelo Matos) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0700

A few weeks ago I got an email from a Chicago DJ named Chrissy Murderbot announcing a new project: a year's worth of weekly themed mixtape. My Year of Mixtapes sounded kind of cute, but there's a lot of music out there, especially in the form of mixtapes and/or podcasts. I can barely keep up with the weekly podcast from the techno site Resident Advisor and the two offered Mondays and Fridays by London's FACT Magazine. That's not to mention both sites regularly point to other DJ sets, and that's not to mention this monster of an archive, which offers some 25,000 archived sets.

So what's one more project got to offer? In Chrissy Murderbot's case, a lot.

I haven't played all 12 of the mixes yet, though I'm working on it: finishing up no. 5, New Jack Swing, as I type this. It's fantastic—37 tracks in 67 minutes, the whole thing as smooth (or maybe I mean smoove) as that herky-jerkiest of R&B styles can be. New jack swing, after all, was the music that first merged R&B songwriting and harmonizing with hip-hop beats, and the meld could be awkward—have snares ever clattered so much in any pop style? But it sounds innocent now in a way no one at the time could have predicted—or, given how much coarser pop culture has grown in the decades since, necessarily have wanted to. Either way, the mix is great; special props for including Redhead Kingpin & the F.B.I.'s "Pump It Hottie," with its coda featuring Kingpin telling each hottie on the floor who they're going to pump it up for:

The other Murderbot mixes alternate between period and sonic through-lines, as with Week 1: Tin Pan Tape (juicy turn-of-the-'90s dancehall) and Week 9: Ambient Jungle (can't wait to A-B this with Woebot's wondrous FACT Mix 61), and thematic mixes such as Week 2: Robot Love, which contains maybe my favorite segue of the year so far: James Brown's "Sex Machine" sliding slowly into the Pointer Sisters' "Automatic." I've loved both songs for ages, and never thought in 100 years they'd work together so well—much less for the half-minute or so Murderbot uses to join them. Don't just take my word for it.
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Made Like a Tree: Jon McMillion

editor@thestranger.com (Chris Govella) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:34:24 -0700

Check out the latest podcast from Made Like a Tree, featuring Jon McMillion. For this podcast, the Seattle producer recorded a live set comprised entirely of unreleased material. Jon McMillion exposes his deep side, stringing along cosmic synthesizers and braiding fresh house rhythms with an Afro-Caribbean twist. An excerpt from the Made Like a Tree description:

To you, what do you think distinguishes a studio production from a live performance (whether it be a continuous set or a track, etc)? You must have a varying ethos in your handling when engaging in either one. Maybe you can elaborate on your two approaches.

To me they can often be the same thing. I build my live sets pretty much the same way I create a studio track. Most of the time the tool set is identical. In the past when I've created sets for live performance, I've always tried to bring something out that represented what I've been working on in the studio or a feeling/idea that I've had in mind at the time. Obviously with this type of music getting people to dance has got to be on the agenda, but I also strive to get folks thinking as well.

When the live performance starts to indulge with studio experimentation, the imaginary line between studio and stage is blurred. Correspondingly, the listener's setting could be a quiet night at home, at a party or at a club. What is going on here is not simply role reversal; Jon McMillion's refreshing take on electronic dance music synthesizes and furthers both the studio instrument and the live setting. Check out his earlier releases on Orac Records for more from the frontiers of Seattle electronic dance music.
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