josh praus has been involved in san francisco’s bay area scene for the last two decades. a prolific collector and player of records, what we tellin’ them marks his first public outing as a producer. as debuts go, it’s pretty darn impressive.
praus has been working hard in the studio over the last three years, creating tracks that draw influence from a wide range of styles and artists. he cites “downtempo, disco, house, italo and techno” as major inspirations, and listeners may hear elements from all of these disparate styles on this assured, confident ep.
BABYLON IS FALLING / JAH A GO MASH THEM DOWN (10 INCH)
10 Inch 09.10.15
full vocal & dub mixes from the *return of vibronics* album sessions. especially packaged on scoops records for the soundsystem selector - vocal & dub style. 2 legends from the scoops label head 2 head on a mighty riddim that has been setting the dub roots reggae dancehalls alight all year. madu messeneger is fresh from touring the world as vibronics main mc and echo ranks has recently scored hits with kanka. serious stuff for the dub collector.
yo speed released their debut in digital format on the distorsion records in 2016. since then their sound has gradually evolved, as their productions have served to mark a turning point in today’s breakbeat sound, making them a leading name throughout the genre on the international stage. as you would expect, their first solo vinyl release comes courtesy of the label where they first started out.
!! new koze !! seeing aliens unquestionably is a banger, its bass riff snaking around your body like a python, its high-drama strings, pianos and outbursts of noise designed for maximum crowd pressure release. but, again, it sounds like nothing else, and its dynamics and twists unfold over eight and a half minutes in ways that will mess with your head every time no matter how many times you hear it. the exclusive b-side track, nein könig nein (no king no!), meanwhile, is slightly gentler on the face of it: it’s less about sonic pressure, more about hip-shaking syncopation. but it too tells strange fairytales in its peculiar and brain-tweaking accumulation of detail, and though you’ll hear archetypal sounds from the heart of house and disco in it, every last one of them becomes new and otherworldly.
bristol based the pleasure dome are back with the double a-side -insane/love is dead-. -insane- is a snarling post-punk number that proves this rowdy bunch have it in them. the slobbering vocals and rough backing give an exciting insight into what else you can expect from this band. in the lyrics, the band discusses themes of love, drug addiction and recovery, the struggles with mental health, therapy and issues in society.
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