After hours grooving…
Oni Ayhun – OAR003-B
Game changer! Still amazed by how this guy tells such a story with only four channels.
Art Ensemble of Chicago – Theme De Yoyo
Irresistible piece of free jazz funk mothaf***a that shakes our world.
Ercolino Ferretti – Pipe And Drum
The most charming piece of vintage electronica ever.
Autechre – Gelk
That never ending bell synth line! The kind of magic that only improvised music has.
Holly Herndon – Movement
This how we want our acid.
Depeche Mode – Pipeline
A milestone in sampling!!
Cristian Vogel – Ninja
Still sounds like a million years in the future!
Redshape – Unfinished Symmetry
Oh when that line appears after 3 minutes…!!!
DJ Koze vs Sid Le Rock – Naked
Thank god that we have Koze, otherwise things would have been boring!!!
Neil Young – Transformer Man
We are huge Neil Young fans anyways, this one is waaaaay ahead of his time, vocoded country? hell yeah!
Skinnerbox ‘Sawtooth Blues EP’
(My Favorite Robot Records)
My Favorite Robot Records introduce a new act to the label in the form of German pair Iftah Gabbai and Olaf Hilgenfeld aka Skinnerbox. Here they serve up three exciting new cuts and rightly call themselves an “avant-jazz opus wrapped in a disco suitcase.”
Before now the pair has released in both LP and single format on Doxa Records, BPitch Control and Treat Your DJ Right, and their arty, synth heavy sound makes perfect sense on the MFRR label.
Title track ‘Sawtooth Blues’ opens things up in gloopy style, with bendy, downbeat bass synths off set by more colourful pads up top. It’s an undulating, warm and comforting tune with a left of centre sense of melody that really resonates.
‘Sally’ is a more peak time affair with strident bass notes, buried vocal yelps and thick, purposeful synths next to more pixelated and retro chords. Kinetic and prickly, it’s a fresh and floor filling track that really stands out thanks to the fulsome and rich production.
Lastly, ‘Trimorph’ marries glassy outer space synth lines with arpeggiated melodies, wooden percussion and squelchy bass. It’s curious and involving, cerebral and physical and the groove ticks on like a metronome.
Musical and emotive yet beat driven and florrfilling, this EP is another fine addition to the My Favorite Robot Records cannon.
Skinnerbox ‘Sawtooth Blues EP’ out April 27th 2015 on My Favorite Robot Records
