dubstepfriday:

Burial - Ashtray Wasp

from Kindred EP 2012

love it

As I’m falling again into Fela Kuti’s discography and amazed by this sound, I’m wondering if this awesome material has been used in techno mix ? This relentless sound is to be remixed ! :)

Surprising Money, the bass guitar definitely plays reggae during the break, I love this track for its capacity to support different style. It reminds me that even though Money does not sound especially like a blues, the bass tab during guitar solo is a strict blues grid ! It was a pure genius to mix 4/4 structure with 7/4 of the main bass line at the beginning/end :)

It always reminds me Froth on the Daydream (“L’écume des jours” in French) from Boris Vian. Any ideas why ?

coffeeandprozac:

Blessed

It’s funny how musical taste evolve over the years. When I was adolescent, I listened to a lot of reggae (and still today: LKJ, Augustus Pablo, Sugar Minott, etc.), then I moved toward dub music (helped by a great french scene: Zenzile, High Tone, etc.). I listened to dub music for a while, looking at both its reggae origin (Lee Perry, King Tubby, etc.) and its evolution toward electronic music, like the famous Rhythm & Sound w/ The Artists or See Mi Yah.

That’s precisely how I get into this Berlin sound, exploring to the production of Moritz Von Oswald & Mark Ernestus (the duo of Rhythm & Sound) and their friends’, like Pole or Deadbeat. And recently, I eventually moved to a pure techno sound, discovering Maurizio’s M Series. I just love this sound, cold and inspiring still.

These M-Series feature a Carl Craig mix of Maurizio’s Domina (M-3), which I appreciate particularly. So I explored a bit and started to listen to Carl Craig productions, with its recent “Carl Craig Sessions”. This is just amazing sound, clearly different from the Berlin sound, but no less captivating.

Now I understand why I often heard about the Berlin-Detroit axis. These guys rocks ! What else would you suggest me to continue my musical exploration ?

Burial offers a deep and rich environment, quite dark but not hopeless, featuring a lot of subbass and soulful voices. Highly recommended for any amateur of Pole, Deadbeat, Trentemoller, Massive Attack or Mark Ernestus & Moritz Von Oswald’s productions.

Here is a perfect example of Massive Attack genius with Five Man Army :

1. the first part of the file is from Al Green (I’m Glad You’re Mine)
2. the second one from Lewin Bones Lock (Five Man Army Dub)
3. mix the drums of Al Green with the bass line of Lewin Bones Lock
4. add the deep voice of DaddyG
5. invite Tricky to sing, and Horace Andy to play with his legendary voice
6. here we are, you get Five Man Army (the third part), a great hit of Massive’s Blue Lines album :)

The result of this Massive Attack sampling work is really amazing, the atmosphere is radically different. To learn more on Massive Attack inspirations, listen to the “Protected: Massive Samples” compilation.

One day of course we must die (Fela Kuti, Army Arrangement)

Always amazed by these relentless brass…