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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Last Night Cosmo Baker Saved My Life / Hip Hop History

Photo: Nicked from Cosmo's Myspace.

Cosmo Baker comes straight out of Brooklyn. You might already have a hint of who he is - what with his re-jigging of that old synthpop classic "Oh Sheila" from Ready for the World, popping up across mixes highlighted on this blog, both on that recent one from DJ Half Dutch and, ages ago, on DJ C's Bouncement.

Last night he played Toronto, a tight blend of smarts from a man that really digs deep and back. His Martial Law CD, for instance is made up of old 45' funk records. Baker is sometimes mix buddy with DJ Ayres - one of those types that blows Baltimore club sounds all over poptastic hooks in a sick formula for club music. Grab a track called Shake from Ayres and you'll see what I'm taking about.

A few years ago, literally about half a dozen people I know had just read Simon Reynold's Energy Flash, his excellent journey into what would end up becoming know as the hardcore continuum, or 'nuum as parts of the blogosphere call it. At the time, compilations such as We Call It Acieed - named after that old D Mobb track, and The History Of The House Sound Of Chicago were passed around manically to accompany the read.

And here's where it's good, now it seems another book has popped up inspiring a similar infectious reading routine among friends. This time it's that Jeff Chang Can't Stop Won't Stop look at the hip hop generation. So no better time to check out the radio show Cosmo Baker does alongside DJ Ayres, it's called the Rub - and there's an amazing archive of shows on it, including 14 different specials looking at hip hop on a yearly basis from 1979 through to 1994.

Labels: Black Brain Radio, cosmo baker, mixes

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

In Me Ears Nine: Maximum Carnage

Ever earlier in the eternal monologue that is Soundtracksforthem I stuck up some links around bassline/niche. Partially I was looking for some more pointers, none came - but I did stumble across DJ Venom through a mention elsewhere online. His Maximum Carnage mixtape is getting serious dues around parts of the net at the moment, it's well worth a listen if you can let yourself get past parts of the real ready for chipmunking vocals scattered through out.

The shout outs from Drop The Lime, DJ Assault, Starkey and others on the mixtape will give you some idea of who and where is converging through niche, sure to make it a much fuller part of their own sounds. The Smugpolice blog's worth keeping an eye on for more of this, while over at Fact magazine K-Punk looks at bassline as the feminine yin to the male yang of grime and dubstep.

Labels: bassline, dj venom, In Me Ears, mixes, niche

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

In Me Ears Eight: Ghislain Poirier

Ghislain Poirier is known for tearing it up over in the direction of Montreal with regular monster raves under the city's bridges. More fool me I've missed him every time he's hit Toronto, including both the release of his latest album down the Drake Hotel, then on Nuit Blanche - a 24 hour art mad rush around the city, and the only time it feels like there's a night life outside the Orwellian "clubbing district" - when his partners in illegal partying Megazoid played off the same hotel's roof to crowds below.

Poirier's recent "Blazin'" track was a pretty big number, getting the remix treatment from Trouble and Bass' Starkey, Modeselektor and ripped with the vocals of TTC's Telephone. He sounds a bit like a heavily fractured electro dance hall in places or just stonking slap down rhythms poked around some more familiar club voices and rap artists, at least that's my impression of his Bounce Le Gros mix CD.

Recently Pitchfork had him do a pretty short mix poking back and forth between African rap and grimey bass lines. Anyone that liked the templates of exotica opened up by those Maga Bo mixes I linked to before, is sure to like this shit. If you are looking for more along these lines, get yourself a copy of The Rough Guide to African Rap compilation and do check out X Plastaz, their "Msimu Kwa Msimu" number is one of my recent favorites.

Labels: African Rap, Ghislain Poirier, In Me Ears, maga bo, mixes, montreal, Music

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

In Me Ears Seven: DJ Half Dutch

Spent a good chunk of time listening to this over the Christmas, it's one of a series of mixes released online under the title of the Chopshop Podcasts. Volume 5 in the series comes from DJ Half Dutch, I'm not going to say much about it apart from the fact that it's real soulful, full of old skool vibes from the likes of Kurtis Blow and with some very tasty exotica beats from that master of the favella beat DJ Sandhrino. In parts there's an odd soundtrack feel off it, or so I thought till a mate ensconced in Jeff Chang's history of the first hip hop generation Can't Stop Won't Stop, explained to me that releases from Ennio Morricone, especially his Apache were big DJ tools back in the day. Definitely my favorite mix of the past while, the perfect thing to sneak up and garrote you from behind with sneaky progressions on a night out.

Labels: dj halfdutch, In Me Ears, mixes

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 Last Night Cosmo Baker Saved My Life / Hip Hop History Photo: Nicked from Cosmo's Myspace. Cosmo Baker comes straight out of Brooklyn. You might already have a hint of who he is - what with his re-jigging of that old synthpop classic "Oh Sheila" from Ready for the World, popping up across mixes highlighted on this blog, both on that recent one from DJ Half Dutch and, ages ago, on DJ C's Bouncement. Last night he played Toronto, a tight blend of smarts from a man that really digs deep and back. His Martial Law CD, for instance is made up of old 45' funk records. Baker is sometimes mix buddy with DJ Ayres - one of those types that blows Baltimore club sounds all over poptastic hooks in a sick formula for club music. Grab a track called Shake from Ayres and you'll see what I'm taking about. A few years ago, literally about half a dozen people I know had just read Simon Reynold's Energy Flash, his excellent journey into what would end up becoming know as the hardcore continuum, or 'nuum as parts of the blogosphere call it. At the time, compilations such as We Call It Acieed - named after that old D Mobb track, and The History Of The House Sound Of Chicago were passed around manically to accompany the read. And here's where it's good, now it seems another book has popped up inspiring a similar infectious reading routine among friends. This time it's that Jeff Chang Can't Stop Won't Stop look at the hip hop generation. So no better time to check out the radio show Cosmo Baker does alongside DJ Ayres, it's called the Rub - and there's an amazing archive of shows on it, including 14 different specials looking at hip hop on a yearly basis from 1979 through to 1994. Labels: Black Brain Radio, cosmo baker, mixes # posted by antrophe @ 4:34 AM (0) comments Tuesday, January 22, 2008 In Me Ears Nine: Maximum Carnage Ever earlier in the eternal monologue that is Soundtracksforthem I stuck up some links around bassline/niche. Partially I was looking for some more pointers, none came - but I did stumble across DJ Venom through a mention elsewhere online. His Maximum Carnage mixtape is getting serious dues around parts of the net at the moment, it's well worth a listen if you can let yourself get past parts of the real ready for chipmunking vocals scattered through out. The shout outs from Drop The Lime, DJ Assault, Starkey and others on the mixtape will give you some idea of who and where is converging through niche, sure to make it a much fuller part of their own sounds. The Smugpolice blog's worth keeping an eye on for more of this, while over at Fact magazine K-Punk looks at bassline as the feminine yin to the male yang of grime and dubstep. Labels: bassline, dj venom, In Me Ears, mixes, niche # posted by antrophe @ 1:18 AM (0) comments Sunday, January 20, 2008 In Me Ears Eight: Ghislain Poirier Ghislain Poirier is known for tearing it up over in the direction of Montreal with regular monster raves under the city's bridges. More fool me I've missed him every time he's hit Toronto, including both the release of his latest album down the Drake Hotel, then on Nuit Blanche - a 24 hour art mad rush around the city, and the only time it feels like there's a night life outside the Orwellian "clubbing district" - when his partners in illegal partying Megazoid played off the same hotel's roof to crowds below. Poirier's recent "Blazin'" track was a pretty big number, getting the remix treatment from Trouble and Bass' Starkey, Modeselektor and ripped with the vocals of TTC's Telephone. He sounds a bit like a heavily fractured electro dance hall in places or just stonking slap down rhythms poked around some more familiar club voices and rap artists, at least that's my impression of his Bounce Le Gros mix CD. Recently Pitchfork had him do a pretty short mix poking back and forth between African rap and grimey bass lines. Anyone that liked the templates of exotica opened up by those Maga Bo mixes I linked to before, is sure to like this shit. If you are looking for more along these lines, get yourself a copy of The Rough Guide to African Rap compilation and do check out X Plastaz, their "Msimu Kwa Msimu" number is one of my recent favorites. Labels: African Rap, Ghislain Poirier, In Me Ears, maga bo, mixes, montreal, Music # posted by antrophe @ 5:45 AM (0) comments Wednesday, January 16, 2008 In Me Ears Seven: DJ Half Dutch Spent a good chunk of time listening to this over the Christmas, it's one of a series of mixes released online under the title of the Chopshop Podcasts. Volume 5 in the series comes from DJ Half Dutch, I'm not going to say much about it apart from the fact that it's real soulful, full of old skool vibes from the likes of Kurtis Blow and with some very tasty exotica beats from that master of the favella beat DJ Sandhrino. In parts there's an odd soundtrack feel off it, or so I thought till a mate ensconced in Jeff Chang's history of the first hip hop generation Can't Stop Won't Stop, explained to me that releases from Ennio Morricone, especially his Apache were big DJ tools back in the day. 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