No Pain In Pop

End of a Sentry

Jah Pat has been eaten by machines. He liked it, though - conveyor belts reeled him in grinning, tireless rubbery tongues delivering him unto a belly of cogs, cables and tiny lasers made huge by the chewing of him into blissful invisibility. Busy and supremely well-oiled, NPIP004 is the greatest mix Pat’s offered up yet - the ever-reliable bassland sentry going deeper, darker, seeing more than ever before.

Taking in Darkstar, George Fitzgerald, Daniel Wang, Joy Orbison and Deadboy, the full tracklist can be found after the jump.



MP3: Jah Pat - NPIP004

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List

New ‘Dragnet’ column up at The Quietus looking at the best tracks of the year so far. Includes Joy Orbison, Floating Points, Lone, Karizma and ten others.

Click here to read.

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Blue and black glad atmosphere

Is this thing still on…? Lull over. You must listen to this. London-based Mancunian-born Floating Points recently put together a mix for Eglo Recs cohort Alex Nut’s Rinse FM show. Sam Sheperd stretches ears night-sky-wide, taking in Dilla-beat hip-hop, lairy bassland shocks and Apple’s funky anthem ‘De Siegalizer‘. The best parts of the mix are his, though - ‘Vacuum Boogie’ and ‘J&W Beat’ particularly fine, rolling with a subtle but unshakeable sense of purpose through just over half an hour of Rinse airtime. Tracklist ‘after the jump’.
(via nutriot.com)

We bought this recently, too - Floating Points debut on 12″ thrives on throbbing space-funk, giddy on its own cosmic slank. R2 are to be held responsible.



MP3: Floating Points - Rinse FM Mix

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Tags: alex nut, eglo records, floating points, mix, r2, rinse fm

@DazedDigital

No Pain In Pop playlist up now at Dazed Digital. Details below, thanks to them for their kind words.

Old Blood - I Win
Arch M - Cat Grave
Night Control - Good Looks
Little Dragon - After the Rain (Floating Points Remix)
The Mayfair Set - Already Warm
The Samps - Magnetic Thys
A Grave With No Name - And We Parted Ways at Mt Jade
Sunni-Geini - SG Main Theme
Nite Jewel - Chimera
Banjo or Freakout - Archangel (Burial Cover)

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Floating Points

Video by Hayden Bannochie & Alex Pissourios

What’s struck me most about Floating Points is the moment’s peace all his tunes seem to enjoy before they step into life, the way that they start out with clear sonic motives before succumbing to the intricate detail and minutiae that clutters days, emotional phosphorence that only makes itself known after-the-event, dust glowing as the lights go down. Such complications, when combined with the jazz soothe of beat lopers like Sun Ra, Metro Area and the pluvial Flying Lotus, seem to mark new evolutionary wanders in electric blues; 22-year-old Londoner Sam Sheperd with empathy enough to know all you need is to mirror and soak your noise and confusion in the music rather than have anyone radically alter the mood. The video’s a fit, the sharp angles of its pylons connected by sudden light that fizzes and pops like a dance of panicked neurones, solution found at 02:03.

‘For You’ b/w ‘Radiality’ is out through Eglo Records now - get it here. A 12″ (’Love Me Like This’ b/w ‘Shangri-La’) will arrive in the spring through Eglo/R2 and you should check out recent mixes Shepard has done for Mary Anne Hobbs and Gilles Peterson. He’s at London’s Vibe Bar on Friday March 6th and then down the road at the Truman Brewery on Saturday 28th.



MP3: After the Rain - Little Dragon (Floating Points Remix)
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Tags: alex pissourios, eglo, floating points, hayden bannochie, r2, sam shepherd