RIP. A weekly roundup of releases on Bandcamp and Soundcloud selected and delivered by Aidan
Let us all worship at the temple of Rebecca Black. Do I share too much? Who knows. This one is a bit streamlined. Blame my kitchen.
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Various Artists (Fifth Wall) - No Person Is An Island
Brooklyn label Fifth Wall tapped up their artists for a 13-track compilation, the proceeds of which will go towards two charities that fight malaria - Malaria No More and the quite brilliantly named Nothing But Nets. It's all good but I particularly like the contributions from Eomac, Alis and Bleaching Agent.
Dylan Check - Caravan EP
An interestingly muted take, this seems like drone with a beat, but it’s not quite house with drone overtones. Somewhere in between. It kind of reminds me of NYMA’s EP from last year. D. Tiffany’s remix is a bit more outsider-ish.
Nenado - Your Sketch
Luke will be mad at me sharing this here, but dude I will be reviewing this on Truants, don’t worry. I don’t know how many times I’ve listened to this over the past few weeks. There’s a great moment in ‘Like Attracts Like’ where he seems to leave the breathy percussion going and nip out for a smoke. Then it all kicks back in again. Lovely. Like a less portentous Nicolas Jaar.
CASK - CASK
UK DRONE SUPER GROUP KLAXON. To be honest I don't know anyone involved. It's just great drone stuff. I'd say more but it's real one-earphone get work done music for me. I need it.
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Giganta - Force EP
A full stream of Giganta’s new EP for Werkdiscs. Streamlined garage-meets-techno beats.
Truant: Real Traxx Magick - Magick Circle
Real Traxx Magick aka @AlwysEvrythng aka Truant Yung Simon throws together 85 minutes of jams. There’s a ridiculous transition between Laurel Halo’s Throw and an unknown Kanye bootleg (titled only ‘BIBOMC’).
Xosar - Total Schlock Mixtape Vol II
Xosar upped this short jam session for our pleasure. It’s darker and less new-age stargazer than some of her stuff, not better, as such, but different. Thumbs up anyway.
Morgan Buckley - Inner City Hum
Dublin native and all-round cool dude Morgan Buckley is about to release Shout Out To All The Weirdos in Rathmines on Rush Hour. Here's a taste. He can do anything it seems. Tip! for the title alone.
Gamertag Mix (ACM003)
An intriguingly “eclectic”mix - no no, come back! - from Gamertag, the latest character set to release on All City. Nice gentle intro music, acid electro, Awesome Tapes From Africa™, T-Bangz, it’s all good.
More great sounds from Portugal. Banging house, techno and electro.
Ambient City 1994 - Mixmaster Morris - "Tripping On Sunshine"
A lovely mix from the master (pun not intended, he's damn good). It starts off with Popol Vuh, and features lots of stuff I don't know.
Martin Schmitz - Quadrat
Because sometimes you need some noodly prog on a Tuesday morning
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Holla back young'uns - was this streamlined effort more manageable? Postcards or emails welcome.
All the best,
Aidan