lol what
my inner thoughts have been corrupted by big hoos
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
matt & rtc football jersey convo killed me
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Another Girl is totally totally ace. Will rep for Jacques Greene forever, though, as he spins with a bunch of my friends in MTL. His sets are basically ILM catnip. Nights Slugs type shit with chopped and screwed mixes of Ciara, Yamaha + assorted Terius, 'Motivation', Cassie's Skydiver, etc. etc. etc.
His remixes of Cassie's 'Must Be Love' and Katy B's 'Broken Record' are also keepers.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Egyptrixx's singles are pretty ace and his live show back in February or whatever was killer, but the full length album didn't blow me away.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm liking the Egyptrixx album so far, but I'm kind of taking it track by track.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit is jacques greene from montreal i had no idea
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah the katy b remix is my other other jacques greene jam
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
alex are your friends dudes who (used to??) do the night trackin house night at that place in the old port whose name i cant recall always meant to go to one of those
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
yoga flame major
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
one can only hope warrior (liverpool) and under armour (spurs) will make as noble a transatlantic fist of the english football shirt as girl unit and kingdom did
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 06:23 (thirteen years ago) link
lots of great new night slugs style stuff on ikonika's new mix http://ikonika.tumblr.com/post/5332443820/ikonika-summer-2011-mix
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:30 (thirteen years ago) link
1. Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend (Instrumental)2. Untold - U-293. Jam City - Barely A Trak4. Boddika - Basement5. Egyptrixx - Liberation Front (Mike Q Remix - Bok Bok Re-Edit)6. Ikonika - PR8127. Pangaea - Runout8. Jam City - Arpjam (Devil Mix)9. Ikonika - With Your Face10. Bok Bok - Reminder11. A1 Bassline - Falsehood12. Optimum - Afterglow13. Mensah - The Resistance14. French Fries & Bambounou - Hugz15. Ikonika - I Make Lists
actually this mix is kind of amazing
6. Ikonika - PR812
this track!!!!
and the vip version of "arpjam"!!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Mensah - The Resistance
featuring asamoah gyan?
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Jacques Greene is the best producer associated with Night Slugs at the moment I reckon (assuming Nzungunzu don't count, and Girl Unit is hit-and-miss). Seems to understand the importance of colour and having bass that does something other than throb and glower. A lot of other Night Slugs stuff talks a good game with its technicolour sci-fi landscape synths and the music seems drab in comparison.
Really didn't like the Egyptrixx album at all, have yet to hear any Jam City that's done much for me.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually I really like Velour as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link
you know velour = hyetal + julio bashmore, right? i hadn't particularly loved them pre-velour but separately they're kind of blowing my mind this year - hyetal's album is amazing, bashmore's "battle for middle you" was already one of my favourite tracks of the year and then he followed it up with the fantastic batty knee dance ep...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy9qMNXsDUw
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, Bashmore rules. I think Mosca is great too but he needs to release more stuff.
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Julio Bashmore is really good as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
(Never actually heard of Hyetal, will check that one out).
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Velour's really good, yeah. Bumsex references aside ;-) Was reading about Hyetal yesterday, hadn't heard of him before.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
also on the batty knee dance ep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5WBcwTtoQs
my fav trax on the hyetal album (which is a bit of a curveball from his prior productions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ROES_YTydA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysiSKJGod64
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Really didn't like the Egyptrixx album at all
not even Rooks Theme? shish
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
(yes, hyetal pushes the same buttons in me that witch house does, so i'll just pre-empt that zing there)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link
"Ribble to Amazon" is my favourite Bashmore production, real nice summery vibe. Couldn't get on with the Egyptrixx album at all.
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty much in like-not-love territory with egyptrixx's productions myself, though the ikonika remix of "the only way up" was awesome
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
There was one good track on the Egyptrixx album but I can't remember what, the rest sounded so... uninspired.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Thes might be my fave Bashmore and Hytetal bits...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiAJLBT8ue0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEqch0TgDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZapOXj0cDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auv1gIn3V3c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owd18iXONI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8vf-4QxrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHY42rVRCpA
Dispite being really into both of them I wasn't feeling those Velour tracks, wouldn't mind hearing them do more though.Hyetal's collabs with Peverelist and Shortstuff are amazing though.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:39 (thirteen years ago) link
the importance of colour and having bass that does something other than throb and glower.
Most of the producers mentioned here seem to be working on a deliberately icy, inhuman sound..... it's hard for me to love a lot of it. Which is funny, because I used to get off - and still do - on extremely jacking techno. I dunno. There's an incredible fussiness to a lot of it.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Or maybe younger listeners aren't burdened with unpleasant memories of the jazzier side of jungle so it doesn't bother them as much..
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
unpleasant you say...
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Heh. I realise this is not a unique complaint, and "this isn't dubstep" but still.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:23 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxxxxxp
― flopson, Monday, May 9, 2011 11:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yes. these days they do the night tracking house night type thing at Blizzarts on Thursdays for their Baller's Social Club Night, and open for whoever they bring into town. they have piknic electronique the weekend of OSHEAGA and have booked Girl Unit and DâM-FunK, which should be properly epic.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I really dug the Velour ep, actually. Probably my favourite Night Slugs release outside of Girl Unit. (And, surely, shouldn't we get a mod to change the title of the thread to some sort of all-purpose night slugs one for ease of discovery?)
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
cooooooooooool i will go as often as possible this summer
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I always forget who is from Montreal on ILM. Heh. I'm sure we will bump into one another without knowing it!
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i had no idea flopson was canadian let alone from MTL
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
People did not know Jacques Greene was from MTL.People did not know flopson was from MTL.There is only one realistic conclusion to draw here.
― Alex in Montreal, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
optimum - not sure if there are any relevant opinions to be had about this track
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:31 AM Bookmark
we could talk about LONE and the return of pre-autechre IDM styles
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
also i've been following this thread with a bit of interest and my only question is why don't these guys get more love on ILM?
for my money much more exciting than night slugs
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
what sort of things were you thinking of? xp
there's bits of bleep all over this comp
i've had 'arpjam' running thru my mind all day
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
the optimum release that's really whoa was his debut on planet mu - max power/crash riddim/lily - all so confident and effective. his new track in that ikonika mix i posted this morning is really awesome too.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i like most of the releases i've heard on pattern though never noticed it as a label before now.
i can't get into lone's stuff at all :/
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Lone, although any record with a tune called Petrcane Beach Track is pretty much bound to appeal to me.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
PTN is pretty sweet yeah. Breach, Hypno, DJ Dom, T.Williams are all ace. The Hackman and Doc Daneeka 12"s are good too but not quite the same level for me. I love Ramp and Brainmath too, they've got to many good labels that lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIdzqO5tKO8
Wonder if T.Williams will have a release on Night Slugs, he's on the comp but it's with L-Vis 1990 and he's a massive weak link in the roster as a producer, quality DJ/label guy though.
I've been suprised how quite Night Slugs have been this year, we're almost half way through and only had an album and one white label from Pearson Sound it feels like they've slowed down a lot.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess there'll be the Jam City album at some point this year. Possibly something from Kingdom too
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i know bok bok felt he wanted to devote a bit of time to his own productions by the end of last year.
i think t.williams is a fucking great producer - "heartbeat" is one of the pinnacles of everything happening around the scene
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
oh i guess you meant l-vis was the weak link tho, misread!
Yeah I <3 T.WIlliams he's amazing.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Jacques Greene and flopson should rename themselves Jacques Greene in MTL and flopson in MTL, respectively. Then people will know they're from Montreal. (Although tbh, I thought flopson was from either Edmonton or Calgary, whichever one rennavate isn't from.)
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link