And the 2011 award for “Track Which Oldsy Should Have Posted” goes to…this one. Why? Because he loves Thundercat, Austin Peralta and Flying Lotus and while I am a fan of all three, I am no expert. The track in question is ‘$200 TB’, a tune which only features on the Japanese import version of Thundercat’s album The Golden Age of Apocalypse and was posted, for the benefit of everyone not in Japan, on Soundcloud today. Produced by Flying Lotus and featuring Austin Peralta, it’s a rather beguiling affair and the silky bass makes me believe I could walk into a bar, click my fingers provocatively and have all the ladies swooning like some kind of jazzy George Clooney. Actually, I can kind of do that already, just without the finger clicking…and the women…and the going to a bar bit.
We heard sneak peeks of it on Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 show a couple of weeks back. Now it’s here in that lovely, easy-to-use mp3 format. ‘For Love I Come’ comes straight from the long-awaited Thundercat LP Golden Age of Apocalypse, due out sometime soon I guess.
Flying Lotus (who produced the album) has been feeding the hype-fire like a real pro on his Twitter. From the sounds of this track though, it’s all going to pay off… for everyone involved. Those guys will hopefully earn some tasty bones while we are treated to an album full off space junkie-friendly, low end-driven, float-away beats.
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Brainfeeder will release Golden Age of Apocalypse maybe in the summer, maybe in the Autumn.
In all fairness the title of this post probably lead you to believe that I was going to be talking straight music. So when it turns out that Shaun Bloodworth is actually a photographer and ‘Underground’ is an exhibition of his work if you are indeed slightly taken aback I apologise. Got to keep you on your toes.
We went along to the opening party last night and were treated to free beer, DJ sets from Mary Anne Hobbs and Grievous Angel and, above all, excellent photography. Shaun has been documenting the electronic bass music scene since 2005, taking in the rise of Dubstep etc. over here with Rinse and that before crossing the Atlantic and getting in on the LA beat action. ‘Underground’ features, among others: Skream, Benga, Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Roska, Mary Anne Hobbs, Ramadanman and there’s a sweet shot of some plugs too. If you want to sample the goods, this Bleep blog post will sort you out.
‘Underground’ will be running at Bank Street Arts in Sheffield city centre for another week or so. Shaun and the crew also want to take this exhibition down to London (and beyond) so get involved, spread the love. More and info and prints to buy can be found on the official site. The video below is a trailer for a little film put together for Sonar last year, you can watch the whole thing here.
Mucho hypo zooming around heads right now concerning Thundercat’s upcoming LP on Flying Lotus’ unstoppable Brainfeeder label. If you happen to be going stir crazy in anticipation then tell your mum everything is going to be alright because Gilles Peterson throws out a couple of exclusive tracks on his latest Radio 1 show. There’s also the usual quality selections, including an Erykah Badu DJ mix and some Raphael Saadiq session material. I’m finding it hard to get on with life because this has me transfixed mmmhmmm.
We may as well rename this damn site brainfeederbumsesh.com or something because once again the track featured here is to be released on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. Although, in honest reflection David aka Jheri Kurl aka White Men Can’t Run aka The O.G.G. doesn’t amble about with the same musical blinkers strapped to his tiny head that I do. Like a tired old pit pony, I just want to lie down!
Taylor McFerrin is Bobby McFerrin’s son so if ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ is most certainly your bag then great because this is completely different. Blissed-out future-Björk sitting in a coffee shop in the ‘Dam is the closed I can come to a summary that implies I’ve put a shred of effort in.
Jazz is cool (again). There’s no escaping it. It’s coming back and it’s going to swallow you whole. Then poop you out with a whole new perspective on life, perhaps. New from Brainfeeder comes this debut from Austin Peralta. Peralta you say? Yeah he’s the son of skateboard legend Stacy Peralta but who cares.
Endless Planets features collaboration with Strangeloop throughout and finishes with an epic track featuring The Cinematic Orchestra. I’m still getting my head round the thing really; it’s a good time and the aforementioned ‘Algiers’ is certainly standing out right now. I could say a review will follow but it probably won’t. It’s jazz man, subjective to the last so let it take you wherever you want to go.
“This is a step in direction of where I want Brainfeeder to go. True musicianship as well as some interesting electronics” – Flying Lotus
There appears to be no legitimate streams or samples going on but again, who cares. The tracklist might excite you? Jump in.
1. Introduction: The Lotus Flower
2. Capricornus
3. The Underwater Mountain Odyssey
4. Ode To Love
5. Interlude
6. Algiers
7. Epilogue: Renaissance Bubbles
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