Shigeto "What We Held On To"

This is stunning. I don't want to say to much, because you'll come up with your own descriptions.

that said, it suits my watery shuffly tastes- very smoky and chill,
And amazingly free from his Ghostly International Label. It has the bass, the depth, the what the fuckness that I love. For you gear slut types, apparently his axe of choice is propellerhead's Reason. Yeah, you can make good work with any set of tools given vision and drive. something like that.

Download the EP free here.

Read about the Artist Here.

Ghostly International's own words speak better than mine at the moment:

Zach Saginaw’s releases as Shigeto are more than just pieces of music—they’re chapters, carefully laid building blocks of a narrative that spans the artist’s increasingly impressive body of work. Building a sonic bridge between the Semi-Circle EP and the upcoming Full Circle full-length, Shigeto’s new What We Held On To EP is the next installment in the artist’s ongoing treatise on his family’s troubled history, as well as a free taste of what’s to come from the prolific Brooklyn producer.

Jim you should like this one. Don't skip it.

To Repel Ghosts: from Beats and Bass to Basquiat

This album is a special find for me- looking for sounds both bass and groove heavy but still hazy, I discovered this album. Don't skip it, it moves slowly with presence and has pleasing bass stylings hitting like old low-ride autechre, but with a bit more slink. It isn't perfect, but it is damn good.



After I spent days listening and enjoying it, I found out more: the cover and name are a reference to one of my favorite artists Jon Michel Basquiat's later works in and to a retrospective show of those same works from 2009. This description

"To repel ghosts is a name that he was using commonly during the last period of his short life, hallucinating about ghosts because of alcohol and drugs. He also had a crisis once, entering the gallery in a rush and destroying all of his paintings to repel ghosts inside them. Probably the owner of the gallery was enjoying the scene, imagining that every piece of his painting will costs like pieces of gold after this crisis. Indeed, there were pieces in the exhibition like this door broken in half."

click here to read the rest of this short description of the show- I would welcome more information about the show and the works if anyone wants to offer it. I love seeing more connections between Basquiat and music.

Armen Nalbandian, the musician behind "To Repel Ghosts" seems to be one to watch. Tapped into similar sources of inspiration and drive as I am, as my world is. Love that sentence fragment. Check out his webpage for more info on his work and loads of visual treats. Definitely get the album.

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Old Raw Live FlyLo

I'm sliding this one in under the radar. listen to it here- this is the official outlet.
it explains a bit, but not too much. it's older work, lots of the synthy "1983" type of stuff. Some you should already know, but bis and pieces are simply stunning and wonderful... he reworks "What a diference a day makes..." into his own dimension.
RBMA Radio - Flying Lotus (Brainfeeder, Warp, Los Angeles) - Melbourne Marvels

that said, get it here- just download it and jam it. if you like flying lotus and you trust me you'll feel this.

After you digest it, go buy cosmogramma.

The Tokyo Tea Suite makes my days better

this beatmaker is onto something- almost cinematic, still quite simple, these beats flow like a soundtrack to the film that is your everyday life. I can listen to the whole thing end to end- it suits me well driving home from the gym, working, zoning, thinking. Probably even fucking. I have yet to try that one though. This almost reminds me of the RZA's work for the Jarmusch's film Ghost Dog.

don't sleep on this one. But it might be nice for that too.



I love you so I try to make sure you can have something to download- it's worth it.

broken, layered, flowing, and free. and free.

Shlohmo is an L.A. denizen of similar territory as flying lotus, daedalus, nosaj thing. fitting in nicely, he has his own hazy sound. Slurpy slithery and beautiful. Crickets and bass float around in loose breaks, hitting hard near the territory of burial but just a little more fragile.

SO here's the good news: his Shlo-fi EP is available as a download- get it and love it.

If you are feelin it and feelin good then buy his new joint Slohmoshun Deluxe at bleep.com




I like it. I seem to be gravitating to this L.A>>>> sound... check this video of his recent low end theory show

Low End Theory 06.16.10 LORN x SHLOHMO x STRANGELOOP x TEEBS x TIMEBOY from Aaron Bennett on Vimeo.

enjoy. Good night.

MISS BRASS PICKS: Bare Noize - Plant Food

OLD SCHOOL JOHN GOMI MIX: GOMI AM

Gomi-am by johngomi

THIS IS AN ANCIENT MIX I UNEARTHED RECENTLY SUPER DUB HEAVY

A.M. MIX RECORDED IN LATE 90s DURING AN AFTERPARTY

POST A LIQUID SKY PARTY IN

AUSTIN. I DON'T REMEMBER

MUCH ELSE, YEAH!!!!

MISS BRASS PICKS: Kelly Dean - Mind gone

MISS BRASS PICKS: Kastle - Better Off Alone

MISS BRASS PICKS: Joker feat. Ginz - Purple City

MISS BRASS PICKS: Skeng [Kode9 RMX]

(IN)FUSED WEDNESDAYS @ TOWNHOUSE

photo john gomi

here's a shot of Architektur @ the helm, guiding our sonic journey during

(IN)FUSED Wednesday @ Townhouse, 305 W. 5th, Austin.

Agape featuring Nadia Harris-Peace=Solution

Here's a video by our friend Nadia, the new album is dropping soon. also, here's a link to the Giant Step listing... http://www.giantstep.net/artists/1170

Hobo D & Tats - the shape of things to come (TEASER)

Got directed to this by my man Hobo D. This is a teaser mix he & Tats are putting together. It's dope & so much more of a departure from what they're know for doing peep it, download it & Facebook, or comment via Soundcloud let them know what you like about what they're doing.

Enjoy...

Hobo D & Tats - the shape of things to come (TEASER) by HOBO D