Lohan from the dubstep/breakstep duo Search & Destroy who are also behind the awesome dubstep labels Destructive and Pitch Black, has released an instrumental hiphop album. Or actually he released it a while ago already, but I only recently got around checking it out, and i love it. The album itself is called Crazy Lohan & the 2nd Hand Orchestra - 2nd Hand Shop Vol #1 and it contains 33 simple, raw and unpolished, short instrumental hiphop tracks. It's pretty laid back, but nothing dreamy or dubby. Simply just good funk breaks and samples and no fancy tricks or gimmicks.
Lohan himself describes the album like this: "It's all raw, straight vinyl + b-movie samples, no compression + a little eq. Out to the old school Hip-Hop heads who like it a bit dirty, crackles n all. To all my crate-digging brothers and sisters out there!
Please feel free to pass this around, give it to your friends, host it online, torrent it, sample it, burn it on a cd + use it as a coaster even, but most of all, I hope you have a listen and enjoy it."
Lohan is also working on an experimental Dubstep album under his Scarecrow moniker, so something dark and sci-fi influenced will be coming our way very soon.
Download the album here, or stream/download the tracks from the Soundcloud player below.
A selection of early Finnish experimental music/sound made between the years 1969 and 1981. Compiled and mixed by Sipitron in 2010.
Tracklist:
pekka airaksinen - m60 (dharmakustannus)
usko meriläinen - ku-gu-ku (jasemusiikki)
esa kotilainen - avartuva näkemys (love)
edward vesala - maailman reuna (johanna)
sperm - dodekafoninen talvisota (de stijl)
yhtye - apatian tanssi (love)
erkki kurenniemi - sähkösoittimen ääniä #1 (love)
jukka ruohomäki - mikä aika on (love)
aavikon kone ja moottori - karavaani (bad vugum)
j.o. mallander - in reality (anoema)
Fanu has a little Q&A session with Khal for Dogs On Acid, and reveals some new information about his third solo album, Serendipity, as well as a fact or two about the live pa he's been working on and planned releases for his new digital-only label, Lightless Digital.
Helsinki's very own Fanu has been busy working on his next album and on his live set, but he still had enough time to create a special mix for our podcast.
01 death cab for cutie : brothers on a hotel bed (bachelors of science remix) - free tune
02 klute : perceptron (fanu remix) - commercial suicide
03 bmt vs erykah : you got me - not on label
04 big history : everybone (greenleaf remix) - dub
05 sub : cerberus - subtle audio
06 klute : 174 bpm - commercial suicide
07 adam tensta : ok wow (seba remix) - emi
08 digital, outrage & klose : work for it - temah
09 thought : cultigen - translation
10 requiem : ancient dub - subtle audio
11 parallel : rotten apples (greenleaf remix) - dub
12 mineral : twisted dream - lightless digital dub
13 dak : ovi a re-opened - lightless digital
14 break feat. die - slow down - symmetry
15 break : light speed - symmetry
16 seba : dangerous days - warm communications
17 fracture : play that record - dub
18 fistfunk : tetsuo - lightless digital dub
19 fanu : tears of the killer - lightless
I thought it's my turn to pick a favourite track for a change. This piece from 1998 is one of my favourite drum'n'bass tracks of all time and basicly if I have to pick top 5 tracks, this ends up always in that list.
I don't really know what makes this so special for me, the deep atmospherics and the vibe of the track or the amazing use of the tighten up break, or just the fact that it's a track that stays interesting from start to finish, which isn't really usual in drum'n'bass these days.
The legendary Renegade Hardware organized a "History Session" party last year, and now they've uploaded two heavy sets from that party by Loxy & Ink and Optical. According to the flyer Trace also did a No U-Turn set, which is something I would definitely like to hear, but I'm happy with these two sets too.
This is a mixtape I did back in 2008. In fact, it was a long project that I had wanted to do for a long time. In the 90's LTJ Bukem'sGood Looking Records released a series of compilations called EARTH. Actually it was a sublabel of GLR, EARTH, under which the compilations were released.
ASC recently made a mix for mnml ssg blog which covers mostly techno, ambient and other really nice things. With that in mind, his mix isn't exactly an average drum'n'bass mix. The guys asked him to do a mix that is both ambient, like his Deep Space mixes, and drum'n'bass, and the mix is exactly that.
No tracklist as of yet, but it will be most likely posted here once it is available. This one is definitely going to stay in my mp3 player for a long time.
Update: The tracklist has arrived
01 - 36 – Cocoon [3Six]
02 - Sam KDC - Symbol #4.4 [forthcoming/Auxiliary]
03 - Bvdub - No More Reasons Not To Fall [Glacial Movements]
04 - Sandwell District - Readymade 7" (Side A) [Sandwell District]
05 - Relapxych.0 - City Nightlights (Beat Reduced) [Ghost Sounds]
06 - ASC - Throughout The Years [Unreleased]
07 - They Live - Cancel Standard [Exit]
08 - Dan HabarNam - Ant Society [forthcoming/Santorin]
09 - ASC – Torque [Unreleased]
10 - SKV18 – Withdrawal [Unreleased]
11 - Abstract Elements - Basic Substance [Kos.Mos]
12 - ASC – Ubik [Unreleased]
13 - Sam KDC - Symbol #4.3 [forthcoming/Auxiliary]
>> - ASC - Untitled Loop
14 - Synkro – Dwelling [Unreleased]
15 - Crystal Fighters - Follow (Consequence Remix) [forthcoming/Zirkulo]
16 - Consequence - Rolling Supreme [forthcoming/Darkestral]
17 - ASC - No Secrets [forthcoming/Auxiliary]
The original track, which we already heard in his mix, is a rather deep and chilled track with a subtle drum programming, I kind of feel tempted to say minimal but I refuse to use that word.
In the remix Mineral has taken a darker and more energetic route. With a growling bassline, a boymerang breakbeat and scifi synths the remix almost sounds like early Teebee releases. That's not exactly a bad thing.
You can check the tunes from the Soundcloud players below or from Juno Download where you can also buy the release.
in episode #16 we're going to take a swim in the deeper end of the pool.
our third guest mix comes from tampere, finland and is compiled by esc. he might be more known as a dj and promoter for nights like pressure and cut! in his hometown, but this mix showcases some of his own productions as well.
