Tag Archives: Kraftwerk

Paint That Sh*t Gold!

October 13, 2008 – 10:30 am
Hopefully some of you went out and peeped Ann Arbor, Michigan-based emcee Buff1’s sophomore LP There’s Only One when I told you to a couple of months ago. If you did you know that Ypsilanti, Michigan-based beatmaker 14KT — who is a member of both the Lab Techs producers collective and, like Buff, the […]
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Beats of Future Past

September 10, 2008 – 11:25 am
Like I said yesterday, it’s not uncommon for me to get my hands on a yet-to-be-released record ludicrously early. When that happens I usually like to hold off on posting about it until the release date is imminent so the record in question is fresh in the minds of anyone reading this blog when […]
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Three the Hard Soft Way

August 26, 2008 – 10:51 am
I’m sure the merger of aggressively-paced, barb-riffed Post-Punk with the gently undulating sinews and mechanical pulses of Electronica by British rockers Bloc Party on their new record, as discussed in yesterday’s post, is libel to catch some of their fans off guard. But fans of today’s featured artist — a Canadian composer of soulful […]
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“Repent Ye; For The Upsetter Is at Hand!”

August 19, 2008 – 10:58 am
It shouldn’t have gone unnoticed that over time I’ve profiled a few records produced by legendary Dub producer Lee “Scratch” Perry in this space. I’ve also invoked his name on numerous occasions even when he wasn’t directly involved with creating the music under discussion. The frequency of his appearances in my writing is […]
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