From mars 2012

[UNLOg x Sur Le Beat] Podcast #9 by Archibald Singleton



This month, and after a long wait, Unlog teams up with Sur Le Beat (CA)  for a cross podcast!

Sur Le Beat is a Montreal based french speaking blog created by Archibald Singleton and Sylv9st9r, that also focuses on pushing that weird music pattern that keeps your head nodding.

For this cross podcast project, we’re pleased to have Archibald Singleton, also of the duo project The Gulf Stream  (Daly City Recordings, Archipel) as our guest podcaster for this 9th edition. This 9th podcast (tracklist and download below) Meanwhile, Sur le Beat is simultaneously releasing an Unlog made podcast. Who? More details here : 

http://www.miatches.com/surlebeat/2012/03/podcast-012/

Short Q&A with Archibald :

)) Who are you?

 Jerome Guilleaume also known as Archibald Singleton in some fields. I play with sound.

)) What’s musically to expect by the next 6 months?

 We are releasing our second EP with my main project, The Gulf Stream, on May 17th. We are pretty happy to release this at last. We are also working on a Audio-visual project with VJ Ma », called Trajectoires, the teaser can be seen here:http://vimeo.com/32179659 . There are more details on our facebook page, with dates etc.
I’m also writing the music for a theater piece that will play next may, at SAT (Montréal) and simultaneously in Geneva, Switzerland. A really interesting project involving live video and music.

))) What’s your current top 5 ?

Kilowatts – Nocturnal Sunrise
Ichiro_ – Nerima Atsui Shinu
Modeselektor – Berlin
Himuro Yoshiteru – Inryoku
Raj Mahal’s mixtape, Jar

))) What is the most disturbing thing you’ve seen/heard this week?

 I’m hardly bothered by disturbing things but I won’t lie, I wasn’t able to finish that video about that new Crocodile drug, you are basically roting alive.

))) Joker?

 It might sound geek but I can’t wait for the second season of Game of Thrones. The first one was a gem,

UPLIFTING TRACK LIST :

Nouveau Palais – Drama (Famelik remix RMSTR) – Unreleaded
JmeJ – Funktasticular – Unreleased
Who cares – Show Me Some Change (Knight Rider remix) – Teenage Ego Trip Remixes
E40 – The Server (MC2 remix) – Internet Release
Sebatian – Head-off – Ross Ross Ross
Machine Drum &Melo X – Let it (acapella) – Let It EP
Nasty Ways – Pass Me The Lazer Beam – Internet release
Robot Koch – Devil Drums (Alex B remix) – Friends of Friends Vol.3
B&K – En faux – Unreleased
Xzibit – Paparazzi (acapella)
Wiley – 100% Publishing – Boom Boom Da Na (acapella)
Leathal Bizzle – Pow 2011 (Taal Mala remix) – Unreleased
Wiley – 100% Publishing – One Hit Wonder Instrumental
Alaclair Ensemble – Moulin Bin Sec – Dans l’South du Bas (acapella)

Download Unlog Podcast #9

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LORN – Ask the dust LP // Out on 18/06/2012 on Ninja Tune

TRACKLIST

1.
Mercy
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2.
Ghosst
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3.
Weigh Me Down
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4.
This
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5.
Diamond
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6.
Everything Is Violence
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7.
The Well
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8.
The Gun
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9.
Dead Dogs
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10.
Chhurch
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11.
I Better
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12.
Ghosst(s)
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Lorn returns with a new full-length album, his debut on Ninja Tune, and it’s a huge stride forward since Nothing Else (released on Brainfeeder, June 2010). Listening back to his first album, Lorn says it now seems “cold and strict.” Ask The Dust, on the other hand, is “haunted, oily, smeared,” and with this description he captures something of the intensely felt, visceral aliveness of the music.
If Lorn began his musical career as a poet of alienation, then Ask The Dust(named after the 1939 proto-Beat classic novel of the same name by John Fante) sees his music develop a more human energy. In particular, the use of his own singing voice (a process which began on the last track of Nothing Else, “What’s The Use”), which has added a new dimension to his often crunching and brutal but never less than beautiful electronic music.Take “Weigh Me Down,” where Lorn comes surprisingly close to glitched-out soul music. It would be easy to overlook while reaching for muscular superlatives, but his music is also supremely melodic, where a tune like “The Well” (ostensibly “a soundtrack to being buried alive”) is memorable for a melody that nags at your brain long after the music has stopped. “Dead Dogs” combines spectral choirs with explosive drumming, (one of three tracks with live drumming). “Chhurch” combines the feel of early electro with Lorn’s own highly developed aesthetic (originally written on tour, GonjaSufi came up with lyrics to accompany it, but never recorded them anywhere else save his iPhone). But it’s on a tune like “Ghosst” that he shows the sheer energy and raw drive he commands. It is exhilarating and slightly terrifying all at once. Other highlights include, « This », a wipe of a hand across a chalkboard, so to speak. A simple sequence to reset things, a mantra to calm the nerves. « Diamond », was among the first written for Ask The Dust, while Lorn was still up in northern Wisconsin, the last surge in his isolation, over the expanse of the lake in the house his grandfather built 
Since the release of Nothing Else, Lorn has toured the world alongside the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Amon Tobin, and GonjaSufi to name a few. He became a devout owner of a B5 A4, and much like his dedication to music and art, wasted no time tearing it apart in order to learn how to put it all back together again. Ask The Dust suggests he’s learnt to do much the same with his emotions.
Source : http://ninjatune.net/release/lorn/ask-the-dust

Jean du Voyage – La routine du dimanche

Sunday.

Coffee.

Perfect timing for the fourth Routine du Dimanche by our french nomadic and multitask friend Jean du Voyage. 

You might want to check the previous ones now :

Routine du dimanche I

Routine du dimanche II

Routine du dimanche III

Merci Jean. WiFive. 

Music & Scratch by Jean du Voyage – http://soundcloud.com/jean3d

Facebook : http://facebook.com/jean3duVoyage

Math Rosen live session #2 : Acid Traps

Next video from Math Rosen‘s live jams : Acid Traps If you haven’t checked the first of the series, check Beast (1)

Acid Traps
Live Session
Recorded March 2012
Toronto, ON

Camera – Andre Rehal (http://www.andrerehal.com)

Looking forward to the next one? Stay tuned!

VLEK08/APP – A MIDI INSTRUMENT BUILDER FOR IPAD. // [Beta]

Big news from Belgium, with this new ipad app released developed by Herrmutt Lobby (if you’re into M4L, you also gotta check his BeatFader module) . The beta version is available on the Vlek website : http://vlek.tumblr.com/post/18443761704/vlek-presents-beatsurfing

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VLEK08/APP – A MIDI INSTRUMENT BUILDER FOR IPAD.
Developed by Herrmutt Lobby.

More info: beatsurfing.net

BUILD ORGANIC MIDI INSTRUMENTS.
– Create swarms of MIDI objects that fit your most delirious setup dreams. Just drag&mod.
– Overlap objects on layers, create new organic systems that bring back a human feel to your performances.
– Each object can interact with your DAW and/or alter any other object’s behaviour, creating an infinity of combinations.
– In-app editing: switch between edit and play modes in a split second.

BRING BACK EXPRESSION IN YOUR PERFORMANCE.
Build an instrument and play it, like a partition, in a 1000 different ways.
This video features 4 « operators »: the Line, the Circle, the Polygon and the Fader. Each of these operators allows you to build your own MIDI instruments from the ground up as if you were drawing them on the screen. The distribution of the objects and the trajectory of your fingers then help to reintroduce variety and a human feeling to your performance.

The Beatsurfing app is set to be released in Spring 2012.
Enroll for the Beta Test here: bit.ly/vlek08-beta

This video shows Herrmutt Lobby playing with the new Beatsurfing app.
This video features an iPad2 running iOS 5 controlling an Ableton Live / Max For Live session.

 

 

Math Rosen live session #1 : Beast (1)

Let’s welcome Beast (1) first of a series of live session recorded by the Toronto based artist Math Rosen. For having the opportunity to play live on the same stage, I won’t teach you that his music kills it, you decide (but if you’re reading that right now, I’m pretty positive about seeing agreement in your eyes). But definitely, some artists clearly know what’s going on between their gear and what you’re hearing. Among them, some can control it, some are even doing pretty well and sometimes, even REALLY well.

 

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Yeah, he’s that kind of guy… Check it out!

Beast (1)
Live Session
Recorded March 2012
Toronto, ON

Camera – Andre Rehal (http://www.andrerehal.com)

More to come from Matt really soon, stay tuned!

Sector7g – Apocalypse Night [MIX]

TRACKLISTING :

1000names – Pocket Calculators (Lynx & Hellrazor rmx)
eLan – Benson Bridges (heRobust rmx)
Elos – Fang
Muta – Elixir
Slugabed – Sun Too Bright Turn It Off
heRobust – Coma Toast
Nostalgia 77 – Sleep Walker (Ambassadeurs rmx)
Dailon – Pixel Blossom
Memorecks – Cartridge
Headshotboyz – Sweton
Squeaky Lobster – Tyner in Blue
iL – For (Polyklinik rmx)
Shepherd – Winged Chariot (MuSsCk rmx)
Alaclair Ensemble – Hustle Tard
Fancy Mike – Ramachandran -(Pixelord’s Tron Cat rmx)
Elos – Flying Sky Fortress
Childish Gambino – Backpackers
MuSsCk – The Morning Sun
Dimlite – Through the Grimms
Comma – Evil Snag
1000names – Water Resistant Rakete
Vlooper – The Healer w/ Modlee (Badu rmx)
Vlooper – Roots Luv
Muta – Eastern Body
Ras G – Star Messengers
J| | | | |M – Klonaking
Dimlite – Heroine Roof
Squeaky Lobster – Saint Seiya
Ambassadeurs – Tyrrhena Patera
Muta – Mutate
Digi G’Alessio – Karate (interlood)
Dailon – Colonized Universe
Memorecks – Deepwaters
Digi G’Alessio – Wolf the Legend (Polyklinik rmx)
Vlooper – EncoreWat
Squeaky Lobster – Runnin’ Amok
Headshotboyz – In Hostel
Vlooper – Free Self IFONE
Young Montana? – Legwrap
Dimlite – Fridge Note
Ras G – Psilocybin
Damscray – Blot Method
J| | | | |M – Jimgivitis
Dimlite – Than Them
Groundislava – Animal (Young Montana? rmx)
Young Montana? – Bad.day
Mr. Chop – Root Down (And Get It)
Mr. Chop – Givin’ Up Food For Funk
J| | | | |M – Tracers
Bambooman – Knowledge
Mike Gao – Straight Edge Girls (eLan sub mix)
Mr. Chop – Blow Your Head
Dimlite – XY
J| | | | |M – Locusts and Jackals
Motëm – 118
Manni Dee – Flowlight (Krampfhaft rmx)
Coco Bryce – Kibra Hacha
Childish Gambino – You See Me
Motëm – If You Try
1000names – Paper Trip
Young Montana? – Connct
Gamera – Neopolitan Hoes
Ambassadeurs – Rössler
Ginuwine – Pony (heRobust rmx)
Motëm – In Berlin
1000names – The Afternoon Sounds
Coco Bryce – Supercalifraglistic ( 1000names rmx)
AK Kids & Slugabed – Charles Bronson
Virtual Boy – Mass (Young Montana? rmx)
Dam Mantle – Meet Me in the Ambulance
Dam Mantle – Somnambulate My Dear
Pixelord – Mad-Hop World
Damscray – Itz Darknez
Krampfhaft – Faux Art
Damscray – Smellin Feelin (+verb robo reslip)
eLan – Hunting Season (NastyNasty rmx)
Isaiah Toothtaker – Crimekillz X Humansuit (Mike Gao rmx)
Pixelord – Vulvatron
J| | | | |M – Blueheron
Bambooman – Drop
Dam Mantle – We
Comma – Mezcal Hologram (Om Unit rmx)
Motëm – Sinking Feeling
Gamera – Bicycle Kick Swag
Krampfhaft – Carl Sagan the Man
Ital Tek – Particle Zoo (Young Montana? rmx)
J| | | | |M – Lancelord

OPIUO : BUTTERNUT SLAP – PART 1 [ADDICTECH044]

Opiuo is easily one of the fastest rising stars in underground electronic music, and he steps into the fold for 2012 with his first installment of a series of cutting edge musical creations! The excitement and buzz around this release is off the charts, and for good reason. Opiuo has created a new, independent, and completely infectious sound; captivating an extremely wide audience with his genre defying catalog. Constantly touring internationally and spreading his music far and wide, his popularity is exploding due to his symbiotic connection to the audience and his high energy live performances.

Butternut Slap EP – Part 1 is the first entry of a 3 part series, and it expresses a diversity of styles of the Opiuo output. Each part has a theme, and upon completion of the release of the total trilogy, an album is formed.

The EP starts with tried and true banger “Bill Bro Baggins” drawing the dancefloor in with cinematics and then dropping the glitchbass bomb, as the introduction to the release, you can hear very easily that Opiuo is about to make a serious statement.

Next up is “Mouse Trap” where a funkified tribal low end intro sets the stage for pumping and jumping Opiuo vibes, horns riding atop the flexing beat, rolling hard with a large and in charge bassline. The energy and hype expressed through the speakers is undeniable!

Devil in the Dark and Load Landfill showcase Opiuo’s ability to use vocals as an intricate instrument within his compositions. The Devil in the Dark remix ramps up the tempo with smacking breakbeats and basslines, carefully crafted edits, and perfectly embedded vocal stylings from The Nomad. Especially impressive is the evolution of the drums and percussion starting organic and hybridizing throughout the track into a full on underground rager that could also be heard on the radio.

Load Landfill is a soulful lurching bass treat, where carefully placed melodies work their way around the syrupy vocals provided by Syrenisscreamy, completing the package with a strong note that organic and human elements not only belong in electronic dancefloor music, but are dearly needed.

This new series reaches deeper into the skill set of Opiuo, furthering establishing him as a prolific producer that completely understands immaculate production techniques, as well as incredible dance floor energy!

TRACKLISTING :
1. Opiuo – Bill Bro Baggins
2. Opiuo – Mouse Trap
3. The Nomad – Devil In The Dark (Opiuo Remix)
4. Opiuo + Badge – Load Landfill (feat. Syreneiscreamy)

Cop it here : http://www.addictech.com/p/92381

Samples – Life of the Party [MAL030]

For those who missed it, Ben Samples has released his latest EP on MalLabel Music.

Ben Samples, well respected badman in the glitch hop arena, comes correct with a brand new batch of amazing, original material with his first full release from MalLabel Music, the deftly titled Life of the Party EP, four choice tunes ready to permeate dance floors worldwide Feb. 28th.

The EP comprises a grip of spry, chunky grooves packaged magnificently into some incredible bass bin knocking jams. Opening up the EP is Capture the Flag, a beastly melody stuffed with heroic, buzzing analog bass lines grinding aside stoutly hip hop breaks. Second is a veritable attention grabber entitled Bred 2 Party, endowed with ripping, crunchily distorted leads and big beats sure to set a party in motion quickly. Song number three, Onyx, is a gutsy, funky track full of thickly laden warm fuzz tones and a slapping rhythm. Finally, closing out the EP is the darkest of the quartet. Basscraft chugs and lurches with a lumbering gate, spouting intriguing sound design audio bits and an eerie, superbly supernatural vibe.

The Life of the Party EP is a certified body mover, a gem of a release that continues MalLabel’s already sterling, diverse 2012 schedule, and it’s a demonstration of one of glitch hop’s supreme talents.

TRACKLISTING :
1. Capture the Flag
2. Bred2Party
3. Onyx
4. Basscraft

Cop it here : http://www.beatport.com/release/life-of-the-party/866875

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