Mike Relm / Interview
Mike Relm is as badass as they come. He has won turtablism championships, plays live with completely original video DJ'ing mash-ups, and is just releasing his first album that features Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Mr. Lif, and Lateef the Truth Speaker. He is coming to Australia with Good Vibrations festival and we think he is the underdog of the lineup, but the one who will blow you away the most.
Long Night, Jim O'Rourke
I am an embarrassingly huge fan of Jim O'Rourke's solo work, I think HALFWAY TO A THREEWAY and EUREKA are probably some of the most played records in my collection. Most will know him from his time spent in The Red Krayola, Sonic Youth and Loose Fur, but he has remained incredibly prolific outside those bands; quite literarily involved in hundreds of recordings.
Squarepusher, Just A Souvenir
Conceived as a dream concert performed by five ultra-talented, trans-dimensional musicians, this new issue from veteran UK sound-setter, Squarepusher, is full-on epiphanic, funky fresh shit. Resurrecting the direction of his classic 1998 album, MUSIC IS ROTTED ONE NOTE, JUST A SOUVENIR sees Tom Jenkinson back in live-playing territory - transcending notions of him as a bygone drill'n'bass artist via prodigious performances more aligned with Lightning Bolt or Aprodite's Child than the 'braindance' sound of old scene compadre, Aphex Twin.
Take Me To The Sea, Jaguar Love
Those ‘from the ashes' supergroups often compare palely to their forefathers. In retrospect, was anyone really ever going to give a shit about the Travelling Wilburys?
Jaguar Love save themselves from this destiny by sounding very little like their old disbanded bands (Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves).
Party Pirates: Booty on the dancefloor mixed by the Apollo Kids
DJs Edo and Steezy are awesome DJs in their own right, but team them together and it's the Apollo Kids that drop the bombs. Sure, we might be a little biased - they are regulars at our nights after all - but those who know, know: their 4-deck sets have been known to reduce dance floors to sweaty messes.
Fasciination
After what seemed an eternity between Wet From Birth and the release of FASCIINATION, I was anticipating an incredible, mind-blowing record which pushed theboundary of the whole dance-punk sound as their past three LPs had (disregard Media, please). But instead I'm left with a slight sense of disappointment throughout.
Beat Pyramid, These New Puritans
This record is a jigsaw. A Rubick's cube. As soon as you enter this musical labyrinth you're lost in the shadows. Caught up in a running stream of repeating refrains and echoing hooks as the record circles in on itself like a snake eating its own tail (Dear, infinity symbol).
But really, who wants to keep tabs on the real world when such an escape is on offer.
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