Slowly Goes The Night

Zarko · 08-06-2010, 08:39 PM

DJ Signify - "Just your favourite DJ saviour"

In 1996 this now commonly known sample from the Master's of Ceremony track 'Dynamite' was used in two different but pretty important albums (To me at least). The popular one obviously being DJ Shadow's use in Best Foot Forward, and the perfection with which he intermingles the sample with the surrounding soundscape is amazing. It doesn't get much better in Endtroducing..... than when it is announce that 'he's coming'. However, during the same year, DJ Signify used the sample (As I am sure many others had/have) for his Signifyin' Breaks mixtape. Not as perfect, in fact if you aren't listening to the album in context the whole thing can seem to be a jumble. As a mixtape artist however, he is one of my favourites. Hi two studio albums though take it to another level. Better 'flow', darker beats, Of Cities and Sleep No More are two fairly amazing albums. I guess those are the two albums that I am spruiking here today - Get them.

They might require 'patience', but its well worth the magic that accompanies.

music_phantom13 · 10-09-2010, 05:52 PM

Christ man. This is probably a little bit behind but I just really sat down and listened to the 3rd compilation you made, pretty much instantly fell in love with every song on there. You have an amazing taste in music, mostly stuff I have never even heard of before. Thanks!

Zarko · 10-09-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by music_phantom13

Christ man. This is probably a little bit behind but I just really sat down and listened to the 3rd compilation you made, pretty much instantly fell in love with every song on there. You have an amazing taste in music, mostly stuff I have never even heard of before. Thanks!

No problem. I have plans to get this going again once uni finishes for the year and I hve a little bit more time.

Glad you enjoyed it though.

Zarko · 01-26-2011, 09:32 PM

Dan Berglund’s Tonbruket - Dan Berglund’s Tonbruket

Jazz/Experimental

The Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) were a phenomenal piano jazz trio that ended in 2008 with Esbjorn Svensson’s death in mid-2008. The two remaining members, Dan Berglund and Magnus Ostrom, had to ask the question – Where to from here? Well, their decision isn’t one that will summon up memories of e.s.t.’s style. Here they’ve decided to infuse some jazz styling into other genres. It isn’t jazz as most people know it.

In a lot of tracks there is a particular dark tinge across the music – Never too overt as to make you actually think you’re listening to dark jazz, but there is a nice balance between the upbeat times, the downtempo times and their depth. Sometimes they group gets a bit proggy, but only in a way that a jazz quartet can. Definitely worth a listen. ATM it would be about an 8.5/10 with room for improvement on that rating.

Bulldog · 01-27-2011, 09:29 AM

Good to see you're still updating this thread, as it's definitely one of the best on the site. You've gotta let me know which blogs you visit one of these days, as each of the albums I've picked up from this journal have been anything from pretty decent all-round.

As for this bunch, can see what you mean by the dark tinge over the pieces. It's a kind of murky, dark nu jazz which is really up my street, and that I should really explore a bit further soon. All three of those tracks you posted are awesome, but I'd say that Sailor's Waltz one's impressed me the most - gotta love when that guitar kicks in at around 5 minutes!

Zarko · 02-01-2011, 08:03 AM

Random Picks
Method of discussion - Open Foobar -> Click random track buttom -> Get album chosen for me. Easy enough.

Shiyugosha - Equinoxe

From the album, "Equilibre"
Definitely an interesting pick. Shiyugosha sort of jumps between simple hip hop beats and simple post-rockish type melodies. Probably to the detriment of the album, neither side are fleshed out enough in my opinion. He creates simple, heavy stuff using his guitar and a few drum beats with some solid production every now and then to keep things interesting. It is definitely worth a check out, but it's pretty heavy, laden, slow stuff that's best reserved late at night. Has some subtle Asian-esque 70s samurai movie stylings, which is always a plus. Okay album, nothing amazing.

MRR-ADM - 009

Untitled release.
Winner winner. The real highlight here is Malcom Catto's drumming. Deceptively simple at times, and although this probably isn't the best song to highlight it, one of the foremost funk drummers going around. Love his stuff, and this album is no exception. Only 1000 vinyls pressed of this one, and nearly every track (Out of 6) is a killer. Got a very nice groove beat throughout the entire thing. Definitely recommend a try, even if only the youtube vids of all the tracks.

Third and last pick for the evening!

Gomma Workshop - My Heart The Spoon

Music made for his short animations. It really is quite an interesting album, made up of 1000s of different, random sounds. Despite what it was made for, it is extremely fluid and well developed either way.
More succinct information here

mneo · 02-15-2011, 08:25 PM

Loved "Hurtbreak Wonderland – World’s End Girlfriend".. Thank you for sharing.

Zarko · 02-20-2011, 04:21 AM

Beat'sotastic

More beats. You might be getting sick of them by now but that is pretty much all I am listening to at the moment. Most of my mates were listening to the stuff when we were 16/17 and now they're all pretentious wankers and I'm the one trolling them at parties with my raps.

Anyway, more interesting stuff (I hope)

Shadow Huntaz

I've heard these guys being referred to as 'Autechre doing beats'. I don't really mind the description, given the experimentalism of their beats in general. Their work (Valley Of The Shadow, Corrupt Data and Dark Matter) works in both instrumental and with emcees. Although I can't attest to the greatness of their flow or rhythm, their rapping often just 'works'. Sometimes it s a bit to the detriment of the beats, but it all depends on what side of them fence you sit on on what you would prefer.

Definitely worth a check out. Might be better off with the instrumentals if youre picky, but it's great either way.

Zarko · 02-20-2011, 04:59 AM

Heyyyy two rap posts in the single evening. Whatevs

The Isolationist - The Isolationist

This one is a classic from all the way back to 1999. A collaborative piece between DJ Vadim and the Antipop Consortium, this one is full of just about everything that can be good in hip hop IMO. Great beats, a hefty dose of turntablism, great emcee'ing (Everything that you would expect from APC) and the results speak loud and clear.

Anyway, will presume normal transmission music-wise if most people don't give a **** about this type of music (Who read this at least)

Zarko · 04-06-2011, 08:24 AM

Urban Tribe - The Collapse of Modern Culture

Just a short one today. As I was reading through this thread, I was surprised to see no mention of Urban Tribe from myself, whose release 'The Collapse of Modern Culture' under the Mo Wax label is one of the seminal electronic releases of the 1990's. It's a bit tough to describe whats going on I suppose, but when you're mixing in four Detroit masters in Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir and Kenny Dixon, something grand is likely to be popping out the other end.

Ingram leads the project, and the distinct Detroit techno stylings aren't lost in a relatively downbeat but inspiring album. Probaly better to hear with your own ears.

Probably sits around 9.5 out of 10 for me.

08-06-2010, 08:39 PM	#151 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	DJ Signify - "Just your favourite DJ saviour" In 1996 this now commonly known sample from the Master's of Ceremony track 'Dynamite' was used in two different but pretty important albums (To me at least). The popular one obviously being DJ Shadow's use in Best Foot Forward, and the perfection with which he intermingles the sample with the surrounding soundscape is amazing. It doesn't get much better in Endtroducing..... than when it is announce that 'he's coming'. However, during the same year, DJ Signify used the sample (As I am sure many others had/have) for his Signifyin' Breaks mixtape. Not as perfect, in fact if you aren't listening to the album in context the whole thing can seem to be a jumble. As a mixtape artist however, he is one of my favourites. Hi two studio albums though take it to another level. Better 'flow', darker beats, Of Cities and Sleep No More are two fairly amazing albums. I guess those are the two albums that I am spruiking here today - Get them. They might require 'patience', but its well worth the magic that accompanies. Last edited by Zarko; 08-07-2010 at 08:50 PM.

10-09-2010, 05:52 PM	#152 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Christ man. This is probably a little bit behind but I just really sat down and listened to the 3rd compilation you made, pretty much instantly fell in love with every song on there. You have an amazing taste in music, mostly stuff I have never even heard of before. Thanks!

01-26-2011, 09:32 PM	#154 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	Dan Berglund’s Tonbruket - Dan Berglund’s Tonbruket Jazz/Experimental The Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) were a phenomenal piano jazz trio that ended in 2008 with Esbjorn Svensson’s death in mid-2008. The two remaining members, Dan Berglund and Magnus Ostrom, had to ask the question – Where to from here? Well, their decision isn’t one that will summon up memories of e.s.t.’s style. Here they’ve decided to infuse some jazz styling into other genres. It isn’t jazz as most people know it. In a lot of tracks there is a particular dark tinge across the music – Never too overt as to make you actually think you’re listening to dark jazz, but there is a nice balance between the upbeat times, the downtempo times and their depth. Sometimes they group gets a bit proggy, but only in a way that a jazz quartet can. Definitely worth a listen. ATM it would be about an 8.5/10 with room for improvement on that rating.

01-27-2011, 09:29 AM	#155 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	Good to see you're still updating this thread, as it's definitely one of the best on the site. You've gotta let me know which blogs you visit one of these days, as each of the albums I've picked up from this journal have been anything from pretty decent all-round. As for this bunch, can see what you mean by the dark tinge over the pieces. It's a kind of murky, dark nu jazz which is really up my street, and that I should really explore a bit further soon. All three of those tracks you posted are awesome, but I'd say that Sailor's Waltz one's impressed me the most - gotta love when that guitar kicks in at around 5 minutes!

02-01-2011, 08:03 AM	#156 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	Random Picks Method of discussion - Open Foobar -> Click random track buttom -> Get album chosen for me. Easy enough. Shiyugosha - Equinoxe From the album, "Equilibre" Definitely an interesting pick. Shiyugosha sort of jumps between simple hip hop beats and simple post-rockish type melodies. Probably to the detriment of the album, neither side are fleshed out enough in my opinion. He creates simple, heavy stuff using his guitar and a few drum beats with some solid production every now and then to keep things interesting. It is definitely worth a check out, but it's pretty heavy, laden, slow stuff that's best reserved late at night. Has some subtle Asian-esque 70s samurai movie stylings, which is always a plus. Okay album, nothing amazing. MRR-ADM - 009 Untitled release. Winner winner. The real highlight here is Malcom Catto's drumming. Deceptively simple at times, and although this probably isn't the best song to highlight it, one of the foremost funk drummers going around. Love his stuff, and this album is no exception. Only 1000 vinyls pressed of this one, and nearly every track (Out of 6) is a killer. Got a very nice groove beat throughout the entire thing. Definitely recommend a try, even if only the youtube vids of all the tracks. Third and last pick for the evening! Gomma Workshop - My Heart The Spoon Music made for his short animations. It really is quite an interesting album, made up of 1000s of different, random sounds. Despite what it was made for, it is extremely fluid and well developed either way. More succinct information here

02-15-2011, 08:25 PM	#157 (permalink)
mneo Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1	Loved "Hurtbreak Wonderland – World’s End Girlfriend".. Thank you for sharing.

02-20-2011, 04:21 AM	#158 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	Beat'sotastic More beats. You might be getting sick of them by now but that is pretty much all I am listening to at the moment. Most of my mates were listening to the stuff when we were 16/17 and now they're all pretentious wankers and I'm the one trolling them at parties with my raps. Anyway, more interesting stuff (I hope) Shadow Huntaz I've heard these guys being referred to as 'Autechre doing beats'. I don't really mind the description, given the experimentalism of their beats in general. Their work (Valley Of The Shadow, Corrupt Data and Dark Matter) works in both instrumental and with emcees. Although I can't attest to the greatness of their flow or rhythm, their rapping often just 'works'. Sometimes it s a bit to the detriment of the beats, but it all depends on what side of them fence you sit on on what you would prefer. Definitely worth a check out. Might be better off with the instrumentals if youre picky, but it's great either way.

02-20-2011, 04:59 AM	#159 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	Heyyyy two rap posts in the single evening. Whatevs The Isolationist - The Isolationist This one is a classic from all the way back to 1999. A collaborative piece between DJ Vadim and the Antipop Consortium, this one is full of just about everything that can be good in hip hop IMO. Great beats, a hefty dose of turntablism, great emcee'ing (Everything that you would expect from APC) and the results speak loud and clear. Anyway, will presume normal transmission music-wise if most people don't give a **** about this type of music (Who read this at least)

04-06-2011, 08:24 AM	#160 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	Urban Tribe - The Collapse of Modern Culture Just a short one today. As I was reading through this thread, I was surprised to see no mention of Urban Tribe from myself, whose release 'The Collapse of Modern Culture' under the Mo Wax label is one of the seminal electronic releases of the 1990's. It's a bit tough to describe whats going on I suppose, but when you're mixing in four Detroit masters in Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir and Kenny Dixon, something grand is likely to be popping out the other end. Ingram leads the project, and the distinct Detroit techno stylings aren't lost in a relatively downbeat but inspiring album. Probaly better to hear with your own ears. Probably sits around 9.5 out of 10 for me.