Machinedrum: Room(s)

He killed at Decibel Fest several years back. Strictly balls-out dancehall. I usually hate that kind of "look it's urban music but fucked up" thing. It was vicious, tho.

I would also like to challop that he is better and less boring than Jimmy Edgar.

Given that Jimmy Edgar is generally not good and consistently boring, I absolve you of all challoping.

I listened to this album and don't remember a thing about it.

really like u don't survive and the track that comes after it. those are the two that have stuck in my head thus far.

Machine Drum: Want To 1 2

Nick, those are two standouts for sure... Come1 is the one you're thinking of. I love that little descending three-note echo guitar part that comes in after a few minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfXHiz-9FUE

ok, that track is really nice

I listened to this album and don't remember a thing about it.

i thought it was just me but this thread keeps repopping up so i feel i should retry it

just hearing this now, but it does remind me a little of sepalcure (but not as pretty, or as good as dance music) and faltydl. my first impression is that a lot of it is too busy to be as fast as it is, but I guess that's no than imo

Yeah Come1 is the highlight, waiting for someone to drop that at the perfect moment in a set

at first i was like "oh hell no" because it's based on a rhythm i've been meaning to make into a dance track for years (happens to be identical to a certain bass drum pattern in new orleans brass band music), but he did a great job with it. i like the jazzy live drums and the way he breaks up the pattern when the backbeat comes in.

I like this IDM

in fact I would go so far as to say I prefer this IDM to the real thing (footwork?)

I think maybe part of the reason this struck me as well as it did was because I didn't approach it as dance music, or IDM, or footwork, or whatever, because its not really any of those things. It's either too zany or too soft or too hard; to my (not incredibly erudite) ears it sounds unlike anything else. It conspicuously uses elements of other things, but distanced enough from pastiche or self-conscious referentiality or eccentricity. Think I'll pop it in in a bit, actually.

which parts did you think were too zany?

this is the clear standout track IMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYUgYWBXhg

though on a track-by-track basis i'd say "room(s)" is a much more pleasant proposition than dj diamond's "flight muzik", i don't think there's anything quite as good as this on "room(s)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpnff1guVuc

sounds like 4 hero collaborating with dj assault

"Now U Know tha Deal 4 Real" is the one that burrowed furthest into my brain first for sure. I wouldn't expect that vocal sample and that little Tri Repetae melody to fit together so snugly, but they do, and I like that there's a little more space in this track than in some of the other busier ones.

xposts: well, Zany is a bad word, for whoch I still can't think of something better. I think I mean to say the way the rhythms works; i.e. that they're really fast but in a way that's surprisingly not intense. I guess.

It feels to me like the drums are relatively low in the mix, which may contribute to them not feeling intense or as if they're carrying or are the focal point of the tracks. Rolling rather than drilling. I think the music is sometimes so lush and enveloping that the drum programming feels like it's buoying things up rather than driving them.

"I’m glad Machinedrum did that service of showing people who weren’t quite ready to get ‘real’ footwork that it’s ideas can be watered down into a sugary, acceptable and beautifully poppy form."

^FACT interview w/ Mike Paradinas yesterday

lol

Don't know much about either juke or Machinedrum's previous stuff but I like this record a lot.

^FACT interview w/ Mike Paradinas yesterday

he put out this record, right? ha.

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing...

Maybe he was tongue-in-cheekily pre-empting that sort of super-predictable dis' of the record?

yeah he's definitely in sarcastic priest from Father Ted mode, I just thought it was funny

I love it.

really loving these tracks right now

so ravey, so junglist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39I1msWNJQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8zvOmBk1H8

"come1" seems to sample "going back to my roots" by richie havens?

this is one of the first IDM-type albums in a long-ass time that it's occurred to me many of the songs could/should have been at least two minutes longer

"GBYE" is exhilarating... I love the lack of restraint on this record. I've also wished for some of the tracks to go on longer, but I like the breakneck furious rush of it all.

This album is so JOYOUS. It's inspiring...

Come1: best song of 2011?

excellent record. only complaint is there are (few) moments that remind me of bibio

new ep out, "nastyfuckk"

it's good.

really surprised I didn't end up trolling this thread

Machinedrum hardly seems notable enough to merit trolling.

and that's probably why i didn't

This guy makes great music, but he really does look like a tit.

http://iheartcomix.com/wp-content/uploads/machinedrum-by-shaun-bloodworth1.jpg

^^^^^ new board description

http://youtu.be/22Ukwhp2rdk

new single sounds good.

love the name.
have an option to hear new stuff.
have looked at the picture above.
game over.

Enjoying this so far.

yeah I'm feeling this too, it's like coming full circle by moving from footwork to jungle

hasn't captured my attention like room(s), which is an unbelievably good record

I've listened once, sounded pretty bitching. Really digging the aforementioned old skool jungle influence.

this is fucking great

It's a wonderful album. I haven't listened to Room(s) for a while but it sounds = to or better, such a sumptuous sound.

Yeah this is superb. Only listened twice and it might be favourite electronic album of the year.

this is fantastic

I would love love LOVE a Machinedrum/Lone tour

def

can't wait to hear this

Nothing to add but further praise. Great stuff. "Rise n Fall" just killing it right now.

nothing to add but i still can't wait to hear this. you may carry on posters

Do you do Spotify? You can find it there if all else fails.

haha thanks, i'm going to check it out when i get home from work

Popped this on at work today, love all the tunes except for Eyesdontlie which gets on my nerves with the excessive overplay of the pitch shifted vocal loop, but the rest is just utterly glorious.

I never did listen to Room(s) so this is a great opportunity to check it out.

very nice

this is blowing me away.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this above and beyond mild appreciation but both 'Center Your Love' and 'Rise N Fall' are amazing.

I really want to like this less than I do based on his ridiculous appearance but this is undeniably good.

Seriously, barring him wearing something that id's him as a nazi cannibal - who gives a shit what he looks like?

Room(s) is the better record, this feels like a rehash/refinement. Leading off with "gunshotta" is a detriment to the album, nothing else leaves as good an impression. "center your love" is a nice Boards of Canada track. What am I gonna do with these useless art cards? Gimme a basic jewel case, this shit does nothing for the music.

I am still very down with this album, jamming it a lot lately

it's a different feeling than "Room(s)" but that's okay with me

This doesn't feel anything like Room(s) to me, rhythmically or otherwise.

this is very much of the same sound palette as Room(s)... maybe the rhythms are more streamlined, or pared down on Vapor City? Some of these beats recall his various remixes and tracks on the nastyfukk ep... Room(s) has an abundance of good-great tracks, much of this is weaker in comparison. imo

dreamy track w/the spare beat (clap delay), Drive-esque bass line is nice/different. dig the filtering and rapid-fire kicks on "eye don't lie," it recalls Squarepusher's "Journey to Reedham/9:30 am mix," sorta.

i'm annoyed that Ninja Tune's site couldn't process my paypal payment attempts, after trying to buy the cd for two weeks. FWIW, the album (CD) is priced cheap (bundled w/mp3s) on the Ninja Tune website (w/supposed free international shipping). Couldn't get it to work, though

some of the Vapor City vibe recalls this remix of a Bonobo track: http://youtu.be/6qmVNB4nalk

alright, "dont 1 2 lose u" is dope, and the art cards *smell* good.

found vapor city pleasant, well-listenable, etc, but still skipping several tracks. it's like he minimized the 'dirt' that made room(s) lively and dynamic. on rooms, the kicks have more weight, snare cracks have a REPORT, and the background tonal washes are gaseous, expansive -- more space between the components in general. "Door(s)" ends up with the lower register elements all blown out and overdriven, almost as if he just fucked around and kept the results. there are still raw bits on vapor city, but they're nearly sanded off/obscured. maybe a poor analogy, but similar to jim o'rourke's rock stuff, and the polish he applied to a couple of sonic youth's albums. the dirt has a sort of finer grain, it's well-sanded and finished. like made into a toy music, figurines, etc.

http://youtu.be/TGdPU0iHgLM

"RA Sessions: Machinedrum - Vizion / Center Your Love / SeeSea"

http://youtu.be/YsxZjQ0uJm0

upcoming ep is good. same formula

https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/machinedrum-only-1-way-2-know-1/s-Zm5zF

most interesting machinedrum for me in a while https://machinedrum.bandcamp.com/album/movin-forward-a-tribute-to-dj-rashad

Yeah, the $$$ is really nice.

just discovered boxoff and feeling it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMlcmOXH8oo

heh

heh

Which has surprised you the most?
The Machinedrum one, 'Rooms' - I didn't necessarily think that was gonna do well because I thought it was almost watered down footwork, but it really connected with a lot of people and that became a scene-defining record. I thought that it was another sort of post-garage, influenced by footwork, record. It was just the right kind of watered down that people like, I s'pose. Influences were watered down on both sides and it coalesced into something very easygoing.

http://clashmusic.com/features/nothing-stays-tha-same-mike-paradinas

So, Human Energy then. Haven't heard anything this guy's done before, and only found out about this record cos Dawn Richard is on it, but I'm two thirds of the way through and loving it.

yeah, sweet i'm enjoying this so far

So this is like... a pop album?

It's extremely brightly coloured, I didn't really expect this from him, closer to Glass Swords or the last Hudson Mohawke record than his previous records, but with the same frenetic approach to rhythm. I like it but some of it feels half-realised and it didn't quite live up to the frankly awesome promise of the first couple of minutes.

the song w/ jesse boykins is amazing

I feel like this is to current pop what the last Lone album was to classic rave.

Most of the vocals on this are really not to my taste. Shame cos there's some pretty spectacular production going on.

The new one that is, I love Room(s).

Theoretically I have mixed feelings abou my this Jamie XX move, but in practice I love it pretty unproblematically.

I don't really hear this as a Jamie XX move? That would imply this was grey, lifeless, limp, unengaging, etc. I can imagine this actually provoking a response.

this feels lively and fresh, compared to Vapor City. it sounds like he's moving beyond his regular template/formula, with more immediate pop elements and flashiness.. dig the bright, colorful, up front quality of the sounds. i read a lot of negative talk about the new album, pleasantly surprised

FWIW I'd be very happy with an entirely Machinedrum-produced Dawn album. They seem a pretty good fit for one another.

Well, that's what's you're getting (see Dawn thread)

:)

I've decided I don't like Human Energy, too much focus on pyrotechnics over atmosphere, too many cheesy arse singers. A lot of it sets my teeth on edge, as accomplished as it is.

check out Folding Time, the recent Sepalcure album.. it's got Machinedrum vibes, but more varied/dynamic--it's less exhausting

Cheers for the tip, sounds like something I'd enjoy.

Good suggestion on the Sepalcure. Human Energy tires me in the same way Prefuse 73 does (now).