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DRINKS None too many reckon where the tradition of brewing Kentucky bourbon in charred White Oak barrels started, but many attribute the legend to a certain Baptist reverend, Elijah Craig. Back in the days before prohibition, it was common for the clergy to handle the …
NOW TUBE An interview with Rusko DUBSTEPPER TALKS SHOP AT HIS RECENT TORONTO STOP BY GRAEME PHILLIPS & Jesse ship NOW sits down with the reigning king of dubstep Rusko to talk about his new collaboration with Cypress Hill, his pop writing rejection, and …
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At just 21, Jun Cha is making waves for his fine art and gothic inspired tattoos from his LA-based, Arudima Studios. Some of Jun’s celebrity clients include Freddy Gibbs and Rob Dyrdek, who hired him for a full back piece to honour his lifelong sponsors, Monster Energy Drink.
So, this is a great big wtf mess of noise. Elucid, (stalwarts, Breakage & Jamie Vex’d [who now goes by Q-d0]) call it the ‘Pain Parade’, which is probably the effect it would have on your mom’s ear drums, and it comes from their new album Super …
By Jesse Ship
Just in case you have yet to be bitten by the Bug, Kevin Martin goes for the jugular, making sure you stay sick with his super-heavy dub madness. “Catch A Fire” will appeal to the angsty teen inside of you who can’t get enough of subversive little Asian girls chanting about burning the world down. This track features Hitomi as the agent provocateur, and the entire EP is built around this deeply disturbing track, easily the most infectious of the set. Autechre’s remix of “Skeng” is reminiscent of the Bug’s earlier work in the industrial scene, as dark sound textures are explored in depth with heavy clanks and echoes. Flow Dan’s vocal bits are reduced to eerie mutterings, with occasional splatting and squishing noises combined with the constant fritzing of a mosquito lamp battling a winged swarm. Also on the album is Roots Manuva on “Tune In,” a track bound to get your mojo, er, juju rising, as well as a remix by Scratcha DVA of the already anthemic “Poison Dart.” You may have a hard time finding a hardcopy with Hitomi’s buggy drawings (seen on many other bass-heavy albums), but the e-store is just a few clicks away.
(Ninja Tune)
Tricky INTERVIEWS WEB EXCLUSIVE NOV 2010 By Jesse Ship Tricky’s newest album, Mixed Race, like his previous Knowle West Boy, features an eclectic bag of trendy minimal, electro, funk, and soulful sounds with some high-end collaborators. Making guest appearances are the ghetto-tech dancehall queen, Terry Lynn, the …
Various Ninja Tune XX By Jesse Ship Best known for founding their fan base during the infancy of sampling in the early ’90s, or the “gee, aren’t we clever?” days by founders Matt Black and Jonathan More (aka Coldcut), this massive 20th anniversary release is mostly …
By Jesse Ship
Tricky’s Mixed Race, like his previous Knowle West Boy, features a, well, mixed bag of current sounds and collaborators, in support of the once top rude boy of British trip-hop. The single, “Murder Weapon,” a cover of the quirky ’90s dancehall hit by Echo Minott, could find its place in a Guy Ritchie soundtrack, given the right musical planner. It does its job for the radio, with a steady beat and infectious chorus, but it’s little more than background noise. “Time to Dance” references two-step and minimal techno, vocally driven by Franky Riley, with literally a hint of his whispers in the background. Terry Lynn, known for her diverse bass lines, appears with a blunted redo of her Jamaican ghetto-tech anthem “Kingston Logic,” with Tricky dropping a couple bars so he can claim the song as his, but it’s robbed of its bass mentality. As an experimental artist, he’s constantly seeking to re-invent himself, so one shouldn’t expect a return to anything of his pre-millennial days. If anything stands out on Mixed Race, it’s that Tricky can still create well-produced, commercially palatable music. It may pique the interest of new listeners, but this one is mostly for open-minded fans.
(Domino)
