Three years after releasing their last EP and almost seven years after their last full length album, the production powerhouse duo KOAN Sound unveil their most ambitious and lucid collection of music to date; Polychrome.
Read MoreGramatik - Street Bangerz Vol. 5
Ten years to the day since Gramatik dropped Street Bangers Vol. 1 and began turning a new sub-section of music heads on to boom-bap instrumentals, he returns like the long-lost hero Odysseus bearing SB5, or Street Bangers Vol. 5, a capstone for his hallowed series of high fidelity hip-hop compilations.
Read MoreFanu - Whack Lack Vol. 3
Creeping up and out of the atmosphere of Gastropodia Prime is perhaps one last slug for the year of 2018, and like all the rest, he's a real slime ball; Straight out of the gate, Fanu flips the script right on it’s head. Combining low fidelity textures with pounding bass lines and massively compressed percussion, Whack Lack Vol. 3 is perhaps the most ferocious battlewax release from the slugs to date.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 055 - AJMW
Hailing from across the across the pond in West London, musician and producer Ashley Warden concocts groove-blending lofi and fireplace beats under the moniker AJMW. Without fanfare and shiny post-production, Warden breathes life into smooth and dynamic arrangements that respond with organic points of tension and release.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 054 - delt
One of the draws of lo-fi hip hop is its consistency. It’s so easy to sink deeply into a groove when the tunes roll over, one after another, kick after snare after kick after snare with atmospheres that shift but never too far from a focal vibe. Bumping out of Spokane, Washington, the producer delt is a paragon of consistency and the result is a smooth sensation for listeners.
Read MoreMALAKAI - Milieux
Over a year has passed since the release of MALAKAI’s Saros, an ambitious and exploratory EP that set the standard for future productions from this sonic sage. Since then, he has compulsively honed in on his signature tones and high-fidelity synthesis textures. One result is Milieux, a matured collection of melody-driven compositions that puts MALAKAI squarely on par with the fidelity-driven cornerstone producers of the modern age.
Read MoreDreamWalker - Exodus
Through its fierce experimentalism, this new three-track DreamWalker release Exodus slides neatly into the colony productions catalogue and DreamWalker's own small discography. Given the caliber of the producers who have released on colony productions, Exodus puts DreamWalker in the realms of giants, and he measures up decently.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 053 - a.bee
Beats from Dutch producer a.bee are recklessly experimental. From dizzying chopped percussion and atmospheres that haunt, to synthesized bass that verges on an acid sound, the producer’s approach is one we don’t stumble across frequently in the wide world of lo-fi beats.
Read MoreCoalesce Invites You To "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride"
“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” writes Cosmic Synergy, quoting the late psychedelic journeyman and journalist Hunter S. Thompson to describe their event Coalesce, taking place December 29, 30, and 31 on the San Francisco Bay. These words gesture towards a spirit of faith on which DIY shows and communities thrive.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 052 - Axian [Interview]
To mark one year of Lo-Fi Sundays, we’re publishing a conversation with an eminent representative of beat music, Alexander Fjellerad Thomsen, better known as Axian of Aarhus, Denmark. In addition to covering who Axian is and how he makes his spacey, sample-cut music, we ended up discussing beats music generally, the “lo-fi community” at large.
Read MoreLo-fi Sundays 051 - Xon'a'jazza
Channeling the smooth noire of jazz and ballroom sonatas, Xon’a’jazza is a hidden gem reaching out from the Russian Federation. Combining dusty instrumental motifs with craftily sampled hip-hop verses and a particularly clean mix-down, his productions are set aside from typical lo-fi in their stereo depth and percussive clarity.
Read MoreKalaha - Mama Ngoma
Sometimes bands combine seemingly disparate music styles into one cohesive sound. In doing so, they remind listeners that styles which may seem far apart either physically, stylistically, or both, are actually closer to one another than they appear. The Danish group Kalaha allows us to experience this phenomenon through their new EP Mama Ngoma.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 050 - Furozh
“…And I sound the way I feel.” Smooth and resonant words that producer and peacemaker Furozh seems to live by. Furozh beats carry with them the sound, swing and essence of the concrete jungle of New York City from which the producer hails. They also carry an inspiring and necessary message of peace, goodwill and uplift in between their breaks and sample-cut melody.
Read MorePrimate - Out Of Time
Seemingly standing atop the shoulders of giants, Primate is a creator of the highest accord, and he utilized his precious time with a remarkable patience to craft the aural opus Out Of Time. The word “layering” does not do his process justice, as his music is not stacked like logs or bricks. It is a crisscrossed, interwoven, biosynthetic matrix of sound and intent.
Read MoreKalaha - Mama Ngoma [Premiere]
From the first guitar lick plucked by Niclas Knudsen, one can hear the West African influence in “Mama Ngoma”, the title track off the upcoming EP from Danish band Kalaha which arrives October 29th on Rump Recordings, the imprint founded and managed by producer and Kalaha synth player Rumpistol. The premiere of “Mama Ngoma” is accompanied by far out animated music video, directed by Zven Balslev.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 049 - wowflower
Based out of Boston, Massachusetts, wowflower is a young beatmaker with an exceptional talent for melody and atmosphere. He creates vibratory fields full of colorful static backed by fuzzy, textured percussion. At 22 years old he’s released 14 albums and a pair of mixes. It’s likely that most of that is hardly touched upon in our curated playlist, which features compositions from the past 18 months or so.
Read MoreVALE - Dmitri's Table Compilation
Following up their massive Awareness Compilation, their most recent collection is a parred-down, tactile assortment of nuclear powered sound design. Enter: Dimitri’s Table. The concept of Dimitri’s Table is at once both novel and elementary; Elements combine to form compounds. Compounds have different properties from the elements they are composed of.
Read MoreDust Collectors - Seasonal Sounds 5: Fall
In its curation efforts, Dust Collectors is true to its name. Their new compilation Seasonal Sounds 5 helps establish this label in the realm of the rough hewn, in-the-pocket, dusty shuffling beats. They aim at and strike this specific nerve in the beats world with a dazzling array of beatmakers big and small from among that world.
Read MoreDeeZnauts - Disruptor
DeeZ and Smigonaut are two Boston-dwelling bass mages practiced largely in the crafts of halftime and glitch hop. The two have alchemized their labor into a single project and Street Ritual now blesses the world with Disruptor, the first release from the hilariously-named DeeZNauts. This EP - the 150th release from Street Ritual - is fittingly a testament to the evolving sounds of the next generation of electronic enthusiasts.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 048 - Tenki
Warming bones straight out of the deep Canadian tundra, Tenki is a sample-carving wiz with a slapstick approach to controllerism. Flipped, reversed, pitch-shifted samples, and even palindrome phrasing sprout heavily dot the arrangement of each song. His choice of call-and-response between sampled phrases is the fuel that powers the evolution of his catalog.
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