The birdman of Brainfeeder: Teebs premieres first single off ‘Ardour’<
via Pop&Hiss:
Flying Lotus has described Teebs’ music as sounding “the way ‘Avatar’ looks.” And those familiar with the 23-year-old visual artist and musician’s canvasses would be prone to concur.Like the Teebs-painted album cover at right, his music is a yarn ball of intense colors and peculiar crevices. His last EP was titled “Tropics,” and it boasted the spectral beauty of his artwork, with beats that bloomed with pastel color. His sound is a Gordian knot, impossible to unravel but bright as agate.
It’s a balance of the baroque with the abstract, a collision between tangled futuristic projections and everyday objects. One of his best mixes was called “2 a.m. Wine,” and it captured Teebs’ ability to project an Ambien-addled aesthetic — a gauzy, gorgeous haze ideal for the witching hours.
His first single for his Brainfeeder debut LP, “Ardour,” expands on these ideas, and illustrates why it’s one of the most anticipated records within the Los Angeles beat community. Since moving from New York several years ago, the producer-artist born Mtendere Mandowa has been one of the city’s brightest prospects, a member of the My Hollow Drum collective, a frequent Dublab guest and a Low End Theory staple. Additionally, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs included one of his tracks on her “Wild Angels” compilation.
“Ardour” is slated to be released Oct. 19th. It figures to be worth marking your calendar in advance.
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(SKR∆WBERRiES.FUNR∆iSRS VOL.3, 2010)
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Al B. Sure - Nite and Day (Onra edit)
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Goodie Mob - Soul Food Instrumentals (LaFace, 1995)
There really aren’t very many hip hop albums that I would recommend seriously checking the instrumentals to. Rapping always supersedes not rapping and unless you are a DJ or a beat biting dope style taking MC looking for something to spit on, son, then you really should not have instrumental albums in your collection. Dudes who sit around like “I prefer the instrumental version of Deltron 3030 for when I trim my beard” or whatever hate rap music and should kill themselves.But I picked up the Soul Food instrumentals over the weekend, mostly in the name of Dungeon Family completism and they are worth a listen if you are seriously interested in Organized Noize productions (and why wouldn’t you be?). Because the rapping is so dense and musical space so open it’s really easy to miss how much is going on instrumentally on this record - the bed spring squeaks on “Fighting,” the conga loops on “Live At The OMNI,” the wandering piano leads on “Thought Process” and “Blood.” Live instrumentation allows for tiny flourishes in a way sampling doesn’t quite and the way ONP takes advantage of this is almost in direct opposition to The Roots’ approach with live musicians. It’s neither about showboating nor sedating them into hip hop repetition but giving them a forum to display their talents subtly. Great musicians know when to move in silence and great producers know exactly which pair of slippers to loan them.
This is not my rip, I found it on the computer. (Don’t leave your Rapidshare links ‘round me, true player for real.)
Balam Acab - See Birds (Moon)
(See Birds EP, 2010)
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MED - MEDical Card
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Strong Arm Steady - Chittlins & Pepsi
(In Search of Stoney Jackson, 2010)
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