Andr é Obin, Zer0 G, Dutty Artz, and DJ C
By SUSANNA BOLLE | May 19, 2008
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Last week I discussed a trio of new drone and improv releases by local artists, but there’s a bounty of homegrown beat-based recordings due out this spring as well. Here’s a rundown of a few local releases that will put a bit of bounce in your step.Those looking for a little synthesized bliss should check out the debut 12-inch by ANDRÉ OBIN (best known as the bass-playing half of MATTERS AND DUNAWAY) on the Moodgadget label. Titled Colorwheel, it’s a lush, heartstring-tugging record that’s cut from the same emotive cloth as the Field’s much lauded Things Keep Falling Down (Kompakt). Also, keep your ears peeled next month for the second release of 2008 on Boston’s own Zer0 G Sounds. “First Corner” is the first single by ESQUINA, the duo of label head EDDIE O. and BALAZS BOGNAR (a/k/a LATE SEASON), and it’s a deep, seductive bit of aquatic techno.
If you prefer the earthy to the æthereal, there’s a pair of new releases from labels whose roots in Boston run deep, even if they’re based far and away. Dutty Artz is a new multimedia label run by Massachusetts native and DJ extraordinaire JACE CLAYTON (a/k/a DJ /RUPTURE) in partnership with New York dubstep producer MATT SHADETEK. Their inaugural release is Dutty Remix Zero EP, a scorching split 12-inch by Shadetek and Barcelona’s CAUTO with four gritty, dubstep-infused tracks.
JAKE TRUSSELL (a/k/a DJ C), one of /Rupture’s compatriots from his days in the influential late-’90s artcore jungle collective Toneburst, has a new full-length release called Gods and Robots that features the warmly thunderous ragga’d vocals of Zulu. Released on his own Mashit label, it includes remixes by the likes of Montreal remixmaster GHISLAIN POIRIER and fellow Windy City resident CHRISSY MURDERBOT, and it’s available at Mashit’s super-handy download shop.
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- Two great tastes
In March of this year, a series of MP3s by an unknown techno producer named Coralcola began circulating among a few DJs and bloggers around town and beyond.
- Beats not Bombs
Most people consider DJs party types who head to clubs night after night and sleep the day away. Of course, most people have not met DJ Yamin. DJ Yamin, "Seek the Truth" (mp3)
- DJ C freeks out
One of Boston’s favorite mixmasters and music makers, DJ C (a/k/a Jake Trussell), was invited to play New York City, sort of out of the blue, alongside Chicago ragga MC and fellow Mashit artist Zulu at the Freek Factory party.
- Wired for sound
In the hideyholes and squares all around our expansive city, pockets of electronic-music action can be found churning and yearning. Paul Dailey, "Live in Portland" (mp3)
- Wilkie works it
When people think of house DJs, they generally conjure an all-out party character set on dropping tracks and staying up until sun-up. Eli Wilkie leads a double life.
- Linwood bounce
Beat Research is going large this Friday with Bouncement, a party of extreme bass sound and huge beats with an experimental touch. Juelz Santana, "Santana's Town (Ghislain Poirier remix)" (mp3)
- Not another top 10
What follows is by nature a hodgepodge, a not-quite-10 list of some RF favorites from 2007.
- 5 for '10
I love baby bands, and I hope the ones I mention here don't mind my calling them that.
- Riddim science
For more than a decade, Jake Trussell (a/k/a DJ C) was a central figure in Boston’s electronic-music underground.
- Cross-pollinization
Thomas Gallagher and André Obin stepped into the breach.
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