![]() I’m pretty sure Nate would say that I am overthinking it as I try to parse it. The effect is disorienting, willfully weird and disturbingly refreshing. ![]() ![]() The beats are basic but shift subtly throughout. Just when you think it will change, he hammers it again. He finds a loop he likes and then hammers it. He makes a sort of sped up and updated version of the ghettotech/house sound. The ‘juke / footwurk’ scene throws up many oddities, not the least of which is Nate. There’s wobble, naturally, but there’s also house, electro and a brilliant single, “Hold On” featuring Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors.ĭJ Nate – “Da Trak Genious” But as one of the guys who represented the wobble the longest and best, headz eyes were on him, wondering if he would stick with it or move on. That’s a fun and descriptive moniker and there’s a place for that johnny-come-lately wobble, for sure. Rusko’s debut long -player came just as the commercial dubstep scene was bifurcating (again) and people started talking about “brostep”. Could it be that every generation and scene gets the wanky musos it deserves? One of the founding myths of “Ardour” is that Teebs used discarded christmas records and the varieties of bells and scratches on them to build the record. “Cosmogramma” sometimes strikes me as crazily inventive and out there, and sometimes I think it is a “Dark Side of the Moon” for the bass generation. I turned to these often and was confused and delighted by turns. ![]() Two memorable and confounding releases from the LA bass scene. These 3 CDs were also pretty much the only ones that I could play for the kids on my block and not have them look at me like I sprouted a second head.įlying Lotus – “Cosmogramma” – Teebs – “Ardour” “Dancing on My Own” is still wonderful all these listens later as it works on so many different levels, not the least of which is a bitter stalker anthem. Part 2 featured a filthy collabo with Snoop Dogg called “U Should Know Better”. After all, the first track on Body Talk Part 1 was “Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do”, and while it is actually the second track on the full length CD, moved down the running order to make room for the awesome single “Dancing On My Own”, that is as good a motto for her recent career as any. The combination of dance and pop is nothing new, of course, but the addition of Robyn’s nasty attitude is what makes the difference here. ![]() The three shortish CDs/longish EPs which go to make up this release were by far my most loved and listened to items over the year. ![]()
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