So for the most part the new El-P album/megamixxx sounds like you think it would – its a dense and cluttered dispatch from a dystopia populated entirely by brain stomping mechanical drums. Then at track 14 there’s a sharp left turn, and the suffocating claustrophobia suddenly gives way to an airy 3 minutes of proggy guitar and synth. And for a moment El-P comes kinda close to sounding like his acronym namesake.
This departure makes sense considering it’s credited to ‘Wilder Zoby ft. El-P’. Zoby is one of the co-founders of Chin Chin, and Contagious Snippet actually feels more in line with some of their work than it does with El-P’s. Regardless of who’s leading who on here, these two need to make more stuff like this asap.
R.Dot (aka the SMS Intern) crafted my favorite G-Side song since Hunstville International and for this he deserves some attention. Here are two of his patented IvyLeague remixes. Honestly I’m not too crazy about the Jay-Z one, it’s a little anemic for my taste but I can see others enjoying it. On the other hand, his transformation of Weezy’s dense stomper into a breezy stroll is a big success.
A world premier from the Canadian mainstay Mindbender. Taken from his upcoming solo album, Jupiter, produced entirely by Rich Kidd and dropping July 15th, 2010.
Straight out of Borklandia comes a boatload of Berlin-based bangers. With everyone and their mother making beats in da twenty ten, finding someone who is exceptional at it is rarer and rare.
