Kiss & Punch (Edit)

Lapalux is a name you might have heard flying around the web 2.0 over the past few months, a producer hailing from Essex adding his two cents (I say two cents, I really mean his 2gs) to the leftfield/electronic/hip hop/bass/post/beat shit. Quite frankly, he's on fire, uploading new tracks weekly to his Soundcloud and hitting the nail on the head with his style of production; broken/lazy beats, static humming, field recordings, wet claps/clops/clicks/cloks, vinyl dirtrolls, grating x lush synths, vocal snips etc. He ticks all the boxes, plus many more.

Having just released his 'Many Faces Out Of Focus EP' on the up and coming Pictures label, self released his Forrest EP via his Bandcamp, and recorded numerous mixes for the likes of Sonic Router, Boiler Room and more, you know that he's sitting on a lot of unreleased material and you know that hes only going to get bigger from here on. Since his 'Forest EP', you can hear the progression/change in his sound, taking a slightly more softer touch with 'Many Faces...', and focusing more on working with space, ambience and atmosphere, notably in the appropriately titled 'Time, Patience, Everything'. To be honest, I probably preferred the stuff he did on the 'Forrest EP' ('Deforestation' is quite something), but its all still very good and worth listening to at the least. XLR8R gave away a tune off 'Many Faces..' a month ago, so to give you a taste:

Lapalux - Time Spike Jamz (via XLR8R)

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Samiyam is to release an LP on Brainfeeder in June entitled 'Sam Bakers Album'. After releasing Rap Beats Vol. 1 on Brainfeeder back in 2008 and thus leading pushing and maintaing the LA beat scene, hes released an EP with Hyperdub, 'Man Vs. Machine' on Poo Bah, and a split LP with fellow crew member Ras G on Dublin's All City. With a string of detached instrumental tracks floating on Youtube, his Bootleg Beats, and material made with Flying Lotus as FlyamSam, as well, I'm very much looking forward to this album, and since I saw this last year, my anticipation has grown ridiculously. He has become one of my favourite producers of the past few years, and seeing proof of new material got me more excited than I have been with any artist/track/album in a long time. MVMNT posted two low quality streams of 'Understanding' & 'Frosting Packets'

Shigeto - And We're Gonna Go (Samiyam Chopsticks Rmx) (via 92BPM)

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Something to leave you with, check out their mix for BBC Radio 1 on the Soundcloud.. Wow. And is it me, or is there far too much hype around Tyler (The Creator) (quite feeling that tune still)/Odd Future....?

+++ Love You Up. (DEMO) --- by T.I.P

The 9th Edition

Price films presents: The Wonder Year. A documentary that follows hip hop producer 9th Wonder for a year, 'from his childhood home to late nights in the studio and everywhere in- between'. As a huge fan of 9th's work, I'm very much looking forward to watching this. It looks as though it goes quite deep into the friction and beef that occurred during the Little Brother years between Phonte & 9th as well.

I would delve more into my love for this producer (no homo), but its 03.00, I need to sleep.

Quantum Leap (Man's Back)

I'll spare the handful (if that) of readers a pitiful speech of why I haven't blogged anything in so long, but because of my laziness, the list of material I want to chat breeze about has amounted to too much to fit into an easily digestible blogpost. I've narrowed down the list though, (its taken me since last week to do that) and I'll start with letting you know that teleportation is well on its way.

Om Unit is a producer I have grown to love. Shamefully, I've only just purchased 'The Corridor EP', and its fantastic. I'm pretty pissed off at myself for not getting it sooner, or when it came out last year on Plasticman/Plastician's imprint 'Terrorhythm Recordings' (something which I was suprised at). But I've been a fan since I heard his remix of 'My World' by Mizz Beatz (BTW, Mizz Beatz released an EP on Eglo not so long, and 2Bit Road is a beatiful hip hop instrumental, its how hip hop instrumentals should sound; a good sample found and looped, which doesnt get boring (See Ya Dayz R #'D)).

'The Corridor EP' portrays a future dystopia; slow paced, half time rhythms, airy 80's synths and arpeggiators, big reverbs and delays - something you could imagine in Blade Runner (to which there are rumours of a prequel/sequel... sigh). Its progressive, and an atmosphere is definitely built and created within each of the tracks. And to top this off, a remix of the title track from the talented Shigeto. It's only £3, so its definitely worth buying it. You should probably go ahead and get Lavender as well while you're at his Bandcamp - an amazing track which runs along the same vibe as 'The Corridor EP'. Oh, and also check his remix for Take's 'Juniper', another amazing piece of work. All of this is available through his website, including his latest release on Civil Music, 'The Timps EP', which includes a very nice rework from Salva on there too.

Om Unit - Neptune (Left Click)

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I've been listening to a lot of house recently, having my horizons broadened even more to the masses of music that is available to us. Schmoov! are 3 guys from Nottingham who have been around for a minute now, having music first released in 1999 with their track 'Destinations'. Their album 'While You Wait' was released in 2001 with great acclaim, which perfectly showcased their sexual, funk influenced deep house. The one stand-out track from this album for me has to 'Playground', it will take you somewhere else, whether you're stone sober or high as a kite. The submersed and dreamy pad which lasts from start to finish indulges your imagination with whatever you find most comforting (I apologise with softcore writing, but the pad is a lot!). Kick back and forget about your worries and troubles for 6 and half minutes.

I leave you with a lil throwback track, a track to make you crack yo' neck to.