No Pain In Pop

Jungle Slurry

As so many start tripping over tails in an attempt to glue together something in at least the same field as Los Angeles – a record both soaked in waves of static but retaining some dancefloor ingenuity – most seem content to just head down a cul-de-sac of idle IDM frivolity. Alongside LuckyMe’s recent On-Ra 7″ however, one producer who’s proving to be the latest master tailor of hypnotizing instrumentals is Vienna’s Dorian Concept whose sound picks at the chip chaos of Quarta330, humble funk of Prefuse 73 and the crippled crunk of Rustie. Following the sunken steps of the precursory The Fucking Formula 12″, When The Planets Explode (available to suck on at Rush Hour and out through Nod Navigators) is due around the time the Austrian auteur heads over for a performance at Cargo on January 24.



MP3: Dorian Concept - Yorktown Recreation

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Swinging Jaw: Old Blood

Writing songs with Jael is easy because I tell her what to do and she does it. She isn’t a musician, she’s a photographer, but she loves music so it works. She is like a drum machine and I like that quality. Too many times drummers want to add and add and add until it’s one long drum solo. I hate that. That’s why I will take my sister over some douche bag kid who played jazz drums for seven years with Miles fucking Davis. I don’t give a shit. Drums should be pulsy and thriving, kinda like a heart beating over and over. We love that rhythm and it never changes because if it did, we would die. And that’s how I look at rhythm, and Jael gets it.

Click to read our interview with Caleb from Old Blood at the Vice music blog.



MP3: Old Blood - I Win

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