Jesse Futerman kicks off the show this week with his beat tribute to Yusef Lateef before one of modern funks finest, Sugarman 3, get all new retro and show most of the others how it's done. Heatsick then provided the raw, lo-fi Casio vibes which sound a whole lot better than most tunes produced in double expensive studios. The raw, vintage, electronic experiments of Bruck Haack were then given a little twist from Prince Language for good measure.
We've slept a bit on The Internet but we were happy to pick up the album a couple of weeks ago as they're definitely one of the more interesting Odd Future acts as 'Lincoln' ably demonstrates. Now we are happy to announce, after championing them since day one, that the Mancini & The Creepers album has finally arrived and it's great, fresh, UK urban vocal business - well done Jakarta records for making it happen. XL records have dragged the one and only, Bobby Womack back into the studio with the intent of doing a "Gil Scott" on him. From what we've heard it hasn't all worked but 'The Bravest Man' is certainly sounding fine.
Traxman then juked up the dance, Chicago style, with the mellowest track from his recent and good (by Chicago standards) album, out on Planet Mu. Things then took a turn for the mellow with Simon Scott and part of his tribute album to the flat and boring, Fens in East Anglia of all places. Trapist kept things generally horizontal but with some nice percussive and abrupt wake up moments to keep you on your toes before Fetsum kept the mellow vibes rolling, nice and steady style.
Now we're suckers for a good cover version and Gabriele Poso has come up with a really fresh jazz take on the Dawn Penn classic 'You Don't Love Me'. Atjazz then provided a super musical, souful house take on GP's Cuban project before from out of hiding Dobie comes through with a little taster of his great new EP for Big Dada.
Jesse Futerman - Yusef feat. Milo of Sibian & Faun (Jus Like Music)
Sugarman 3 - Rudy's Intervention (Daptone promo)
Heatsick - Deviation (Pan promo)
Bruck Haack - Party Machine, Prince Language rmx (Stonesthrow)
The Internet featuring Left Brain & Mike G - Lincoln (Odd Future)
Mancini & The Creepers - Dont You Remember (Jakarta)
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe (XL promo)
Traxman - Chilllll (Planet Mu)
Simon Scott - 1._Sealevel.5 (12K)
Trapist - Pisa (Experimedia promo)
Fetsum - Birth Of A River (Sonar Kollectiv promo)
Gabriele Poso - You Don't Love Me feat Osunade (Infracom)
Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band - Orisa feat Dreiser & Sexto Sentido, Atjazz Love Soul rmx (Brownswood)
Dobie - Hustle With Speed (Bid Dada promo)
Audio Texture
Audio Texture is a music consultancy, specializing in the musical road less traveled. We love sharing music almost as much as we love discovering music so a blog was a natural development. Here you'll find the track listings for our weekly radio show, hear about new music in advance or our latest discoveries old and new. We'll also pop on a few informative articles and fully sanctioned downloads.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - May 18, 2012
So the show is back on the road and on the regular with a great, generally soulful, selection this week - it should sound pretty good during what looks like the start of summer for large parts of the northern hemisphere. Portformat kicked things off in fine style from his great album about to drop on Tokyo Dawn. The album is full of great beats and production and with a dazzling array of guest vocalists, this boy just gets better and he was pretty good to start off with! The Jazzanova live group album has just dropped and if you like the classic sounds of black America then it will be right up your street. Vintage soulful jazz was then the order of the day from the reissued Solis Lacus album on Heavenly Sweetness as Favourite recordings also carry on their reissue series with another of the great Ray Stephen Oche albums, out about now.
Guido Mobius then weirded up the show a bit with 'All Evil Ways' from his interesting new album on Karaoke Kalk before sonic adventurer RYAT kept things off the beaten track from her forthcoming album on Brainfeeder, a bit Bjorkish vocally but certainly none the worse for that and generally a great unique sound. Slugabed's album on Ninja has finally dropped and we're particularly liking the cosmic soul vibes of 'Unicorn Suplex'. Best use of a blues sample award goes to the debut single from The Allergies and their 'Big Star' tune on Riddim Fruit, a really fine start to the recording project from mix king DJ Moneyshot & Rackabeat. HornDogz then kept the funk flowing and enlisted the vocal talents of Ty to make some of that classic sounding hip hop, nice.
A little 4/4 section finished the show kicking off with a taster of the new Fantastic Mr. Fox EP on Black Acre, great leftfield house vibes. Auntie Flo then carried on the deep house mission from one of our albums of the year, Future Rhythm Machine - check it! Pitchben then went super deep and soulful with surely one of the warmest tunes of the summer, the Alexander Maier 1to11 remix of 'Unique' - lovely! Enawadan then kept the soul vibes flowing before Lone finished the show in fine style with 'Earths Lungs' from his excellent new album on R&S.
Portformat - It's Been So Long feat. Astrid Engberg (Tokyo Dawn Records promo)
Jazzanova with Band & Paul Randolph - No Use (Sonar Kollectiv)
Solis Lacus - Utopic Cities (Heavenly Sweetness)
Ray Stephen Oche & His Matumbo - Peace Upon Kenemaland (Favouite promo)
Guido Mobius - All Evil Ways (Karaoke Kalk)
RYAT - Object Mob (Brainfeeder promo)
Slugabed - Unicorn Suplex (Ninja Tune)
The Allergies - Big Star (Riddim Fruit)
HornDogz - Movin' On feat Ty, Breis & Peeda (Uptown Records)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Yesterdays Fall feat Alby Daniels (Black Acre promo)
Auntie Flo - Futurismo (Huntleys & Palmers)
Pitchben - Unique, Alexander Maier 1to11 remix (Compost Records promo)
EnaWadan - Reborn, Inner Dimensions mix (Sonar Kolletiv Records)
Lone - Earths Lungs (R&S)
Guido Mobius then weirded up the show a bit with 'All Evil Ways' from his interesting new album on Karaoke Kalk before sonic adventurer RYAT kept things off the beaten track from her forthcoming album on Brainfeeder, a bit Bjorkish vocally but certainly none the worse for that and generally a great unique sound. Slugabed's album on Ninja has finally dropped and we're particularly liking the cosmic soul vibes of 'Unicorn Suplex'. Best use of a blues sample award goes to the debut single from The Allergies and their 'Big Star' tune on Riddim Fruit, a really fine start to the recording project from mix king DJ Moneyshot & Rackabeat. HornDogz then kept the funk flowing and enlisted the vocal talents of Ty to make some of that classic sounding hip hop, nice.
A little 4/4 section finished the show kicking off with a taster of the new Fantastic Mr. Fox EP on Black Acre, great leftfield house vibes. Auntie Flo then carried on the deep house mission from one of our albums of the year, Future Rhythm Machine - check it! Pitchben then went super deep and soulful with surely one of the warmest tunes of the summer, the Alexander Maier 1to11 remix of 'Unique' - lovely! Enawadan then kept the soul vibes flowing before Lone finished the show in fine style with 'Earths Lungs' from his excellent new album on R&S.
Portformat - It's Been So Long feat. Astrid Engberg (Tokyo Dawn Records promo)
Jazzanova with Band & Paul Randolph - No Use (Sonar Kollectiv)
Solis Lacus - Utopic Cities (Heavenly Sweetness)
Ray Stephen Oche & His Matumbo - Peace Upon Kenemaland (Favouite promo)
Guido Mobius - All Evil Ways (Karaoke Kalk)
RYAT - Object Mob (Brainfeeder promo)
Slugabed - Unicorn Suplex (Ninja Tune)
The Allergies - Big Star (Riddim Fruit)
HornDogz - Movin' On feat Ty, Breis & Peeda (Uptown Records)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Yesterdays Fall feat Alby Daniels (Black Acre promo)
Auntie Flo - Futurismo (Huntleys & Palmers)
Pitchben - Unique, Alexander Maier 1to11 remix (Compost Records promo)
EnaWadan - Reborn, Inner Dimensions mix (Sonar Kolletiv Records)
Lone - Earths Lungs (R&S)
Audio Texture Radio Show - April 13th & May 4th
Work can really get in the way sometimes of doing the things you really love so unfortunately there has only been 4 shows in the last 7 weeks. Here are the track listings for a couple of the shows that never made it on-line on our various music sharing sites although you can still hear them through the various radio station websites.
We also have to say a sad farewell to Paulius & Jonas from Gaudeamus FM who have departed the station to set up their own IT company focussing on mobile apps, CMS, website design etc.(www.cometos.com). They really did a great job promoting an alternative musical agenda in Kaunus, Lithuania - hopefully they'll be back with more creative ventures in the future and we wish them all the best. We're not sure whether the new team will take on the show but we'll keep you posted.
April 13, 2012
Marbert Rocel - Whether The Night (Compost Records)
Leon Ware & Quadron - Orchid For The Sun (Quired Chicle)
THEESatisfaction - God (Sub pop)
THEESatisfaction - Sweat (Sub pop)
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Titel 10 (Hyperdub)
S. Maharba - French Maid, Extended version (BTS)
Gilla and The Wageira Le Drummers - Guribiyua (Soul Jazz)
Francis Bebey - La Condition Masculine (Wedoo)
Bola - Makamiba (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
Beaumont - Never Love Me (Hot Flush)
Protect-U - Motorbike (Planet Mu)
Noapre - Canoa Boogaloo (Ho_Tep)
Jack Dixon - You Wont Let Me (Apollo)
May 4, 2012
The Insomniax - Daydreaming (Earnest Endeavours)
Sweatson Klank - Always You (Project Mooncircle)
Jeremiah Jae - Money (Brainfeeder)
Debruit - Cuivree (Civil Music)
Fabulous/Arabia - Perm (Jakarta)
Ceu - Falta De Ar (Six Degrees)
Filfla - Wst-Est (Someone Good)
Wild Honey - Gold Leaf, Gummy Soul Remix (Lovemonk)
Monty Adkins - Permutations (Audio Bulb)
Philippe Petit & Friends - Motion-Pictured (Home Normal Home)
Kuedo - Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space, Laurel Halo rmx (Planet Mu)
Last Step - Somno (Planet Mu)
Dave Aju - Ms Reposado (Circus Company)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - April 6, 2012
An unrepentantly electronic selection is the order of this weeks show with Dean McPhee kicking things off with a long meandering electroacoustic adventure from the Son Of The Black Peace album before the prolific Me Raabenstein drops the abstract beatscape 'Jabbering and Jam'. A deep future Afroelectronic experiment then seemed fitting from the Damon Albarn led DRC Music project, pieced together deep in Kinshasa with a load of local musicians and a fine roster of western producers.
A little Project Mooncircle section then seemed appropriate as they are putting out a load of beat tapes (as in actual tapes) with a few new artists that I'm happy to now know about. Vienna boy Szenario kicked things off with 'Shy' before Krakow native Good Paul fed us electronic dreams. Ninja new boy and sample fiend Hot Sugar then gatecrashed the PMC party but brought the right flavoured beats before tagging South Carolina homey Kwala. To finish off the Mooncircle love in we had to drop another track from the excellent Rumpistol/Red Baron album coming to all good record stores soon.
A little mish mash mix up took care of the second half of the show kicking off with the deep dub stylings of Deadbeat & Daniel Tate which led nicely into an Osunalde Palenque remix from the excellent Jende Ri Palenge comp on Soul Jazz. If deep bassline beats are your flavour then make sure you check the forthcoming Bass Clef album soon to drop on Punch Drunk. We then dropped a new remix of Trus'me and said a warm welcome back to the Prime Numbers label, it has seemed like ages. Tennis, with some great vocals from Fink, then injected the soul vibes before we gave you a little taster from the exciting new album from Dave Aju which is currently on repeat at Audio Texture HQ.
Dean McPhee - Golden Bridge (Blast First Petite)
Me Raabenstein - Jabbering and Jam (Nonine)
DRC Music - Ah Congo featuring Jupiter Bokondji & Bokatola System (Warp)
Szenario - Shy (Project Mooncircle promo)
Good Paul - Midnight With Tatoo Girl (Project Mooncircle)
Hot Sugar - Coconut Powder (Ninja Tune promo)
Kwala - Sail The Wooden Horse feat Roof Light (Project Mooncircle)
Rumpistol/Red Baron - Anywhere (Project Mooncircle promo)
Deadbeat & Daniel Tate - Lazy Jane (Blkrtz promo)
Curramberos De Gamero - La Preña, Osunlade's Yoruba Soul mix (Soul Jazz)
Bass Clef - Hackney-Chicago-Jupiter (Punch Drunk promo)
Trus'me - Good God, Norman Nodge Dub (Prime Numbers promo)
Tennis - Make It Good (Life and Death promo)
Dave Aju - Rise (Circus Company promo)
A little Project Mooncircle section then seemed appropriate as they are putting out a load of beat tapes (as in actual tapes) with a few new artists that I'm happy to now know about. Vienna boy Szenario kicked things off with 'Shy' before Krakow native Good Paul fed us electronic dreams. Ninja new boy and sample fiend Hot Sugar then gatecrashed the PMC party but brought the right flavoured beats before tagging South Carolina homey Kwala. To finish off the Mooncircle love in we had to drop another track from the excellent Rumpistol/Red Baron album coming to all good record stores soon.
A little mish mash mix up took care of the second half of the show kicking off with the deep dub stylings of Deadbeat & Daniel Tate which led nicely into an Osunalde Palenque remix from the excellent Jende Ri Palenge comp on Soul Jazz. If deep bassline beats are your flavour then make sure you check the forthcoming Bass Clef album soon to drop on Punch Drunk. We then dropped a new remix of Trus'me and said a warm welcome back to the Prime Numbers label, it has seemed like ages. Tennis, with some great vocals from Fink, then injected the soul vibes before we gave you a little taster from the exciting new album from Dave Aju which is currently on repeat at Audio Texture HQ.
Dean McPhee - Golden Bridge (Blast First Petite)
Me Raabenstein - Jabbering and Jam (Nonine)
DRC Music - Ah Congo featuring Jupiter Bokondji & Bokatola System (Warp)
Szenario - Shy (Project Mooncircle promo)
Good Paul - Midnight With Tatoo Girl (Project Mooncircle)
Hot Sugar - Coconut Powder (Ninja Tune promo)
Kwala - Sail The Wooden Horse feat Roof Light (Project Mooncircle)
Rumpistol/Red Baron - Anywhere (Project Mooncircle promo)
Deadbeat & Daniel Tate - Lazy Jane (Blkrtz promo)
Curramberos De Gamero - La Preña, Osunlade's Yoruba Soul mix (Soul Jazz)
Bass Clef - Hackney-Chicago-Jupiter (Punch Drunk promo)
Trus'me - Good God, Norman Nodge Dub (Prime Numbers promo)
Tennis - Make It Good (Life and Death promo)
Dave Aju - Rise (Circus Company promo)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - March 30, 2012
Warmer music for warmer days is the ticket for the start of this weeks show, kicking off with some great Kiwi soul from the newly formed group Fabulous/Arabia. Vintage vibes from Meirelles then added some Brazilian sunshine to the mix - look out for the excellent Bossa Jazz compilation it was taken from if you fancy more of the same. The modern dream team of Quantic, Alice Russell & The Combo Barbaro then provided some classy soul vibes. You really do need to buy their album that has just been released, trust us. More modern vintage vibes were then provided thanks to Mr. Day and the soulful delights of 'Right On' from the soon to be released 'Dry In The Sun' album.
We don't drop enough Barcelona made music on the show mainly because, to be brutally honest, most of it just isn't up to standard but Seward are beyond reproach and our favourite band in the city. Starting off as a sprawling live project, they've trimmed down the group size and started putting some recordings down and both live and recorded they are great. If you are a label, they are also unsigned -tip! Don't say we didn't warn you. Sven Kacirek our favourite German drum experimentalist then followed with a track from his forthcoming album on Pingipung before Bang On! provided the Liverpool urban music flavour. Portland duo, Blaktronics then kept the slo-mo beats rolling, Ostinato waved the flag for the Sydney beat making massive and Lo Tide represented for the rejuvenated Future Sounds Of Jazz comp, now at the dizzy heights of volume 12.
Mathias Stubo is spreading his wings, away from disco deviance as the genre fusing 'Those High Frequency Feelings' showed, which led nicely into the feel good house vibes of 'Magic' from Recloose. Jazzanova are about to drop a new album with help from a full contingent of musicians and the disco vibes of 'Theme From Belle Et Fout' are a little taste of things to come. Ebo Taylor then finished the show with some great Ghanain funk vibes from his great new album Appia Kwa Bridge.
Fabulous/Arabia - Up To My Neck In Shit (Jakarta promo)
Meirelles - Mulhe Rendeira (Soul Jazz)
Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro - Travelling Song (Tru-Thoughts)
Mr. Day - Right On (Favourite promo)
Seward - Avocado (Self Released)
Sven Kacirek - Or Other Stirring Or Boring Tales (Pingipung promo)
Bang On! - The Whinge (Big Dada promo)
Blaktroniks - Keep Reakting (Tokyo Dawn)
Ostinato - Echoes From The Past (Free The Beats)
Lo Tide - Yello Brick (Compost)
Mathias Stubo - Those High Frequency Feelings (BBE promo)
Recloose - Magic feat B.Slade, Carl Craig Edit (Rush Hour)
Jazzanova with Band & Paul Randolph - Theme from Bell Et Fout (Sonar Kollectiv promo)
Ebo Taylor - Assom Dwee (Strut)
We don't drop enough Barcelona made music on the show mainly because, to be brutally honest, most of it just isn't up to standard but Seward are beyond reproach and our favourite band in the city. Starting off as a sprawling live project, they've trimmed down the group size and started putting some recordings down and both live and recorded they are great. If you are a label, they are also unsigned -tip! Don't say we didn't warn you. Sven Kacirek our favourite German drum experimentalist then followed with a track from his forthcoming album on Pingipung before Bang On! provided the Liverpool urban music flavour. Portland duo, Blaktronics then kept the slo-mo beats rolling, Ostinato waved the flag for the Sydney beat making massive and Lo Tide represented for the rejuvenated Future Sounds Of Jazz comp, now at the dizzy heights of volume 12.
Mathias Stubo is spreading his wings, away from disco deviance as the genre fusing 'Those High Frequency Feelings' showed, which led nicely into the feel good house vibes of 'Magic' from Recloose. Jazzanova are about to drop a new album with help from a full contingent of musicians and the disco vibes of 'Theme From Belle Et Fout' are a little taste of things to come. Ebo Taylor then finished the show with some great Ghanain funk vibes from his great new album Appia Kwa Bridge.
Fabulous/Arabia - Up To My Neck In Shit (Jakarta promo)
Meirelles - Mulhe Rendeira (Soul Jazz)
Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro - Travelling Song (Tru-Thoughts)
Mr. Day - Right On (Favourite promo)
Seward - Avocado (Self Released)
Sven Kacirek - Or Other Stirring Or Boring Tales (Pingipung promo)
Bang On! - The Whinge (Big Dada promo)
Blaktroniks - Keep Reakting (Tokyo Dawn)
Ostinato - Echoes From The Past (Free The Beats)
Lo Tide - Yello Brick (Compost)
Mathias Stubo - Those High Frequency Feelings (BBE promo)
Recloose - Magic feat B.Slade, Carl Craig Edit (Rush Hour)
Jazzanova with Band & Paul Randolph - Theme from Bell Et Fout (Sonar Kollectiv promo)
Ebo Taylor - Assom Dwee (Strut)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - March 23, 2012
So you'll be happy to hear there wasn't much talking in this weeks show, hardly any in fact for the last 40 mins when it was a future boogie/nu disco/house mixup selection but it was hip hop that kicked things off from The Darkhorsemen aka Jon Wayne & Dibia$e (team!) before Homeboy Sandman kept the lyrical quality and underground vibe flowing, showing why 2012 is going to be his big year if there is any justice. Project Mooncircle, who are never far from this show, then provided some great spaced out, tripped out beats from Rumpistol and Red Baron before New Zealand super group Shogun Orchestra, containing members of The Black Seeds and Fat Freddie's Drop provided the soul jazz vibes with a touch of Asia thrown in for good measure.
The mix up selection then started in earnest courtesy of My Panda Shall Fly & Benjamin Jackson with some great boogie beats. Kelpe & his 'Cola Mine' track then picked up the future boogie baton and ran with it with before handing over to Crackazat and Slugabed who ran the final two legs culminating in the whole team getting gold for future soul endeavor and the fair play award as well.
Disco was then the order of the day with a great rework of Ned Doheney's 'Prove My Love' from Ruben & Ra before El Freakadell went full on disco for the consistently great Compost Disco label, which haven't put a foot wrong so far in their short but sweet existence. Things then went all quality house with the first of two cuts from the Don't Be Afraid label kicking off with the DJ 3000 remix of label boss's 'Pizza' tune from earlier last year (I downloaded it into an obscure folder by mistake and only discovered it yesterday, along with 4 other great EPs, 9 months later!) and then the latest offering on the label from Mr. Beatnick who is holding down the quality in his brief, but hopefully long, recording career. Devonwho then ended the show in fitting style with some heavily pitched down, deep cosmic beats from his new EP on All City.
The Darkhorsemen - Taking Over Empires (Brownswood promo)
Homeboy Sandman - Cops Get Scared Of Me (Stones Throw promo)
Rumpistol/Red Baron - Dinosaurs (Project Mooncircle promo)
Shogun Orchestra - Falko (Jakarta promo)
My Panda Shall Fly & Benjamin Jackson - Data Module (Five Easy Pieces)
Kelpe - Cola Mine (Svetlana promo)
Crackazat - Explanation (Astro:Dynamics)
Slugabed - Sex (Ninja Tune)
Ruben & Ra - My Love (Retrospective promo)
El Freakadell - I Got You (Compost Disco)
Semtek - Pizza, DJ 3000 rmx (Don't Be Afraid)
Mr. Beatnick - Sun Goddess (Don't Be Afraid)
Devonwho - Strangebrew (All City promo)
The mix up selection then started in earnest courtesy of My Panda Shall Fly & Benjamin Jackson with some great boogie beats. Kelpe & his 'Cola Mine' track then picked up the future boogie baton and ran with it with before handing over to Crackazat and Slugabed who ran the final two legs culminating in the whole team getting gold for future soul endeavor and the fair play award as well.
Disco was then the order of the day with a great rework of Ned Doheney's 'Prove My Love' from Ruben & Ra before El Freakadell went full on disco for the consistently great Compost Disco label, which haven't put a foot wrong so far in their short but sweet existence. Things then went all quality house with the first of two cuts from the Don't Be Afraid label kicking off with the DJ 3000 remix of label boss's 'Pizza' tune from earlier last year (I downloaded it into an obscure folder by mistake and only discovered it yesterday, along with 4 other great EPs, 9 months later!) and then the latest offering on the label from Mr. Beatnick who is holding down the quality in his brief, but hopefully long, recording career. Devonwho then ended the show in fitting style with some heavily pitched down, deep cosmic beats from his new EP on All City.
The Darkhorsemen - Taking Over Empires (Brownswood promo)
Homeboy Sandman - Cops Get Scared Of Me (Stones Throw promo)
Rumpistol/Red Baron - Dinosaurs (Project Mooncircle promo)
Shogun Orchestra - Falko (Jakarta promo)
My Panda Shall Fly & Benjamin Jackson - Data Module (Five Easy Pieces)
Kelpe - Cola Mine (Svetlana promo)
Crackazat - Explanation (Astro:Dynamics)
Slugabed - Sex (Ninja Tune)
Ruben & Ra - My Love (Retrospective promo)
El Freakadell - I Got You (Compost Disco)
Semtek - Pizza, DJ 3000 rmx (Don't Be Afraid)
Mr. Beatnick - Sun Goddess (Don't Be Afraid)
Devonwho - Strangebrew (All City promo)
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - March 16, 2012
So a show of two halves this week with a largely folk based, Americana selection for a change followed by an unrepentant electronic finale. Saying that though Atom and his atmospheric bleepy soundtrack to his own 2011 photo exhibition opened proceedings before Gareth Dickson and a tune from his personal soundtrack to some South American adventures caused by affairs of the heart sent the show into more ethereal territory. Melodic beats made in Poland from Astroboter then sustained the show's warm glow before Gillian Welch provided some lovely southern fried Americana which strangely seemed like the most natural progression to the sublime sounds of French based Malian songstress Fatounata Diawara.
Now J Mascis has been on a musical journey, no two ways, and amazingly his solo album Several Shades Of Why has seen this hardcore icon mellow, perhaps not unusually for a grey haired, almost 50 year old, to great effect. Jonathon Wilson then provided some great stoned country rock from his album Gentle Spirit which is currently on repeat at Audio Texture HQ. Quantic is back with a new album with his old spa Alice Russell and all we can say is it's a classy affair partly due to the continued use of The Combo Barabaro, his crack team of Colombian musos, Alice's real deal soul vocals and some wonderful arrangements - we'll be hitting you with more tracks soon.
So then the electronic fun and games began with a track from the new, all played live, Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble's album before Old Apparatus combined with some Shangaan Electro to great modern Afro dub effect. Barker then provided some pleasant, quirky, melodic electronica before Synkro marked the return of the R&S sub label, Apollo in fine style. Lando Kale then kept his great run of form with some brand new classic house vibes soon to released on the stylistically ducking and diving Hotflush label. Untold then ended the show with some mind melting future bassline action for Hemlock, nasty boy.
Atom - Drei Schneewalzer-Teil I (Raster Noton promo)
Gareth Dickson - Noon (12K)
Astroboter - Averroes Dream (Switchstance promo)
Gillian Welch - Scarlet Town (Acony)
Fatoumata Diawara - Sonkolon (World Circuit)
J Mascis - Can I (Sub Pop)
Jonathan Wilson - The Way I Fell (Bella Union)
Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro - Similau (Tru-Thoughts promo)
The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble - Teufelsleiter (K7 promo)
Old Apparatus - Old Apparatus meets Shangaan Electro (Honest Jons)
Barker - I Feel (Leisure System promo)
Synkro - Why Don't You (Apollo promo)
Lando Kal - Rhythm Sektion (Hot Flush promo)
Untold - Motion The Dance (Hemlock promo)
Now J Mascis has been on a musical journey, no two ways, and amazingly his solo album Several Shades Of Why has seen this hardcore icon mellow, perhaps not unusually for a grey haired, almost 50 year old, to great effect. Jonathon Wilson then provided some great stoned country rock from his album Gentle Spirit which is currently on repeat at Audio Texture HQ. Quantic is back with a new album with his old spa Alice Russell and all we can say is it's a classy affair partly due to the continued use of The Combo Barabaro, his crack team of Colombian musos, Alice's real deal soul vocals and some wonderful arrangements - we'll be hitting you with more tracks soon.
So then the electronic fun and games began with a track from the new, all played live, Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble's album before Old Apparatus combined with some Shangaan Electro to great modern Afro dub effect. Barker then provided some pleasant, quirky, melodic electronica before Synkro marked the return of the R&S sub label, Apollo in fine style. Lando Kale then kept his great run of form with some brand new classic house vibes soon to released on the stylistically ducking and diving Hotflush label. Untold then ended the show with some mind melting future bassline action for Hemlock, nasty boy.
Atom - Drei Schneewalzer-Teil I (Raster Noton promo)
Gareth Dickson - Noon (12K)
Astroboter - Averroes Dream (Switchstance promo)
Gillian Welch - Scarlet Town (Acony)
Fatoumata Diawara - Sonkolon (World Circuit)
J Mascis - Can I (Sub Pop)
Jonathan Wilson - The Way I Fell (Bella Union)
Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro - Similau (Tru-Thoughts promo)
The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble - Teufelsleiter (K7 promo)
Old Apparatus - Old Apparatus meets Shangaan Electro (Honest Jons)
Barker - I Feel (Leisure System promo)
Synkro - Why Don't You (Apollo promo)
Lando Kal - Rhythm Sektion (Hot Flush promo)
Untold - Motion The Dance (Hemlock promo)
Monday, March 12, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - March 9, 2012
So no time for idle chatter this week, time is the enemy so here's the tracklist with no links and that's your lot...
Memotone - Ghost (A Future Without promo)
Meta Marie Louise featuring Max & Momo - Black White and Colour (Metonic)
Breton - The Commission (Fat Cat promo)
Mo Kolours - Twelve (One Handed Music promo)
Yppah - Never Mess With Sunday (Ninja Tune promo)
Chromeo - I Can't Tell You Why (K7)
Gaby Hernandez - Twin Flame (Brownswood promo)
Vessel - Standard (left_blank promo)
Jimmy Edgar - Switch Switch (Hotflush promo)
Si Tew - Silhouette, Si Tew Night Light rmx (Atjazz promo)
The Abstract Eye - Grandfather Fire (Eglo promo)
Elpoep - Another Day (Dancing Turtle promo)
San Proper - Animal In Dub, Ricardo Villalobos mix (Rush Hour promo)
Memotone - Ghost (A Future Without promo)
Meta Marie Louise featuring Max & Momo - Black White and Colour (Metonic)
Breton - The Commission (Fat Cat promo)
Mo Kolours - Twelve (One Handed Music promo)
Yppah - Never Mess With Sunday (Ninja Tune promo)
Chromeo - I Can't Tell You Why (K7)
Gaby Hernandez - Twin Flame (Brownswood promo)
Vessel - Standard (left_blank promo)
Jimmy Edgar - Switch Switch (Hotflush promo)
Si Tew - Silhouette, Si Tew Night Light rmx (Atjazz promo)
The Abstract Eye - Grandfather Fire (Eglo promo)
Elpoep - Another Day (Dancing Turtle promo)
San Proper - Animal In Dub, Ricardo Villalobos mix (Rush Hour promo)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - March 2, 2012
Balearic business courtesy of the new Incarnations EP kicked off this weeks show where we let the tunes run their long, meandering courses and lock you into their hypnotic grooves. Arp 101, courtesy of an Eglo Records freeload then switched the vibe to some 80's style, modern electro funk before Madrid's Alex Under went mesmerizingly deep and dark with 'BOLA5' from his excellent new album available on Soma Records. The new Portico Quartet material has just been given some progressive remix treatment and Will Ward's Circle Trap remix is the pick of the bunch for us. The new RareBit album is a really interesting listen with more hidden depths and layers than most but 'I'll Be Hard On You' is something else, fantastic, cultured jazz flavoured beats which led perfectly into some of that original jazz flavour and Tyrone Washington's 'Submission' from the excellent Best Of Perception & Today Records compilation put together by the one and only DJ Spinna and coming shortly on BBE records.
Senegalese Mbalax started the second half of the show and another killer long groove this time at high tempo from Jeri-Jeri & Mbene Diatta Seck ably produced by the one and only Mark Ernestus before some fresh modern broken beats from Blaktronics new album, coming shortly on Tokyo Dawn, highlighted the drums move from palms and animal skin to fingers and pads. House music was then the order of the day from Chicago's Gene Hunt but given a Detroit resident's remix courtesy of Theo Parrish. Austrian Roman Rauch then provided the deep house vibes with his Curtis Mayfield sampling 'Hell Below'. Hype Williams then ended the show with a radical Shangaan remix from the recent Honest Jon's compilation which in our books is much better than the source material.
Incarnations - Let Love Find You, Pepe Link Balearic rmx (Lovemonk promo)
ARP 101 - Mystery Man (Eglo freeload)
Alex Under - BOLA5 (Soma promo)
Portico Quartet - Window Seat, Will Ward Circle Traps remix (Realworld promo)
RareBit - I'll Be Hard On You (Non Projects)
Tyrone Washingon - Submission (BBE promo)
Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck - Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh (NDagga)
Blaktronics - Nothing (Tokyo Dawn promo)
Gene Hunt - May The Funk Be With You, Theo Parrish rmx (Rush Hour promo)
Roman Rauch - Hell Below (Tenderpark)
Hype Williams Meets Shangaan Electro (Honest Jons)
Senegalese Mbalax started the second half of the show and another killer long groove this time at high tempo from Jeri-Jeri & Mbene Diatta Seck ably produced by the one and only Mark Ernestus before some fresh modern broken beats from Blaktronics new album, coming shortly on Tokyo Dawn, highlighted the drums move from palms and animal skin to fingers and pads. House music was then the order of the day from Chicago's Gene Hunt but given a Detroit resident's remix courtesy of Theo Parrish. Austrian Roman Rauch then provided the deep house vibes with his Curtis Mayfield sampling 'Hell Below'. Hype Williams then ended the show with a radical Shangaan remix from the recent Honest Jon's compilation which in our books is much better than the source material.
Incarnations - Let Love Find You, Pepe Link Balearic rmx (Lovemonk promo)
ARP 101 - Mystery Man (Eglo freeload)
Alex Under - BOLA5 (Soma promo)
Portico Quartet - Window Seat, Will Ward Circle Traps remix (Realworld promo)
RareBit - I'll Be Hard On You (Non Projects)
Tyrone Washingon - Submission (BBE promo)
Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck - Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh (NDagga)
Blaktronics - Nothing (Tokyo Dawn promo)
Gene Hunt - May The Funk Be With You, Theo Parrish rmx (Rush Hour promo)
Roman Rauch - Hell Below (Tenderpark)
Hype Williams Meets Shangaan Electro (Honest Jons)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Audio Texture Radio Show - February 24, 2012
The Colman Brothers got this weeks show off to a nice mellow jazzwise start with 'On A Better Day' taken from the new Heavenly Sweetness compilation, Digging the Blogosphere, before the beautiful sound of Joyce bathed the show in some Brazilian sunshine and served as a little taster of her forthcoming live album on Far Out due out in March. Our new discovery of the week Goran Kajfes then kept the jazz but added some great African vibes from his excellent album X/Y - a great blend of jazz, Africa, eastern vibes and electronica - a bit expensive (plush packaging) but worth it. Boddhi Satva's ancestral soul vibes have been infiltrating the house scene for a while and we're pleased to report that his debut album is about to drop on BBE records and it's one of those rare things, a house album that actually works start to finish, the production is deep and there's some great vocalists on there as well, as 'Ngari Konon' featuring Oumou Sangare, more than ably demonstrates.
Hyperdub seem increasingly determined to transcend their reputation as a home for bass music and their forthcoming release from Fhloston Paradigm aka King Britt is deep, dark, raw, stripped back, hypnotic electronica which will probably educate and confuse Hyperdub bass heads in equal measures. This paved the way for a stripped back, less is more, Ethiopian electro experiment courtesy of Fresh Touch, make sure you check the video as well for some great footage of Haile Selassie. Chopped and heavily screwed vibes were then the order of the day as Caracal, another producer who prefers to remain anonymous, gave us a taster of his forthcoming EP on Black Acre. Australian pianist and composer, Anthony Pateras then kept the vibes dark with the unsettling 'Infectious' from his OST, Errors Of The Human Body before Felix Kubin and Venetian Snares dropped some, quite frankly, mental beats.
Now we've been keeping tabs on Airhead's all too sparse output since day one and were happy to receive a promo single from R&S this week with new material and also news that this young, guitar playing producer has seemingly been saving all his output for an album release also due on R&S later this year. Two classically trained, adventurous, producers named Colo, then kept the leftfield beats rolling with 'Rick' from their inspired debut EP on Take. Uptempo beats then finished the show off nicely led by Duct, a music technology professor who practices what he teaches before Sisi Bakbak (allegedly Thom York) gave Sbtrkt's 'Hold On' a pleasing twist and ended the show in fine fashion.
Colman Brothers - On A Better Day (Heavenly Sweetness promo)
Joyce - Adeus América (Far Out promo)
Goran Kajfes - Subtropics/Kankani Boulila (Headspin)
Boddhi Satva - Ngari Konon feat Oumou Sangare (BBE promo)
Fhloston Paradigm - The Chase (Hyperdub promo)
Fresh Touch - Harar Rhythm (Angular Records)
Caracal - Elements (Black Acre promo)
Anthony Pateras - Infectious (Editions Mego promo)
Felix Kubin - Total No.1 (It's)
Venetian Snares - Ego DSP (Planet Mu promo)
Airhead - Wait (R&S promo)
Colo - Rick (Take promo)
Duct - Jessica's Garden (Shades Of Grey promo)
Sbtrkt - Hold On, Sisi Bakbak rmx (Young Turks)
Hyperdub seem increasingly determined to transcend their reputation as a home for bass music and their forthcoming release from Fhloston Paradigm aka King Britt is deep, dark, raw, stripped back, hypnotic electronica which will probably educate and confuse Hyperdub bass heads in equal measures. This paved the way for a stripped back, less is more, Ethiopian electro experiment courtesy of Fresh Touch, make sure you check the video as well for some great footage of Haile Selassie. Chopped and heavily screwed vibes were then the order of the day as Caracal, another producer who prefers to remain anonymous, gave us a taster of his forthcoming EP on Black Acre. Australian pianist and composer, Anthony Pateras then kept the vibes dark with the unsettling 'Infectious' from his OST, Errors Of The Human Body before Felix Kubin and Venetian Snares dropped some, quite frankly, mental beats.
Now we've been keeping tabs on Airhead's all too sparse output since day one and were happy to receive a promo single from R&S this week with new material and also news that this young, guitar playing producer has seemingly been saving all his output for an album release also due on R&S later this year. Two classically trained, adventurous, producers named Colo, then kept the leftfield beats rolling with 'Rick' from their inspired debut EP on Take. Uptempo beats then finished the show off nicely led by Duct, a music technology professor who practices what he teaches before Sisi Bakbak (allegedly Thom York) gave Sbtrkt's 'Hold On' a pleasing twist and ended the show in fine fashion.
Colman Brothers - On A Better Day (Heavenly Sweetness promo)
Joyce - Adeus América (Far Out promo)
Goran Kajfes - Subtropics/Kankani Boulila (Headspin)
Boddhi Satva - Ngari Konon feat Oumou Sangare (BBE promo)
Fhloston Paradigm - The Chase (Hyperdub promo)
Fresh Touch - Harar Rhythm (Angular Records)
Caracal - Elements (Black Acre promo)
Anthony Pateras - Infectious (Editions Mego promo)
Felix Kubin - Total No.1 (It's)
Venetian Snares - Ego DSP (Planet Mu promo)
Airhead - Wait (R&S promo)
Colo - Rick (Take promo)
Duct - Jessica's Garden (Shades Of Grey promo)
Sbtrkt - Hold On, Sisi Bakbak rmx (Young Turks)
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