Full of pliable synths, murmurs, and even snippets from a few bona fide ASMR recordings, it’s as wispy as “something like the feeling of the idea of silk scarves in the air,” a fitting metaphor for the mix’s diaphanous aesthetic. His set for Blowing Up the Workshop, probably the most consistently interesting mix series out there, interweaves pensive ambient music with provocative bits of movie dialogue in a way that’s unusually transporting. Wordcolour (aka the London composer Nicolas Worrall) has come up with a mix concept so simple, it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been done before. But given the circumstances, and the two musicians’ determination and generosity, it doubles as a sad reminder that the more America isolates itself, the more we miss out on. The music would be thrilling under any circumstances sounding like a fast-forwarding cassette player about to explode, singeli is one of the most exciting styles on the planet right now. Never mind “the fact that we fill stadiums in Dar Es Salaam and are loved by millions in our country,” wrote the two musicians American immigration authorities “still assumed we were going to run away and hide illegally in America.” In the spirit of entertainers everywhere, they determined that the show must go on they just moved it to the internet, delivering this blistering, 48-minute blast of 235-BPM beats and auctioneer-speed chat. But despite having paid artist-visa fees in excess of their combined families’ annual incomes, they were refused the right to enter the country. Back in May, Tanzania’s MCZO and Duke, Nyege Nyege Tapes signees and representatives of Dar Es Salaam’s breakneck singeli sound, were scheduled to perform at New York’s Red Bull Music Festival. Walls, both physical and metaphorical, are going up around the world.
Beta Librae – Oscillate Recording No 09 (September 2019) Best of all, a partial tracklist she created on Buy Music Club (a website she cofounded to share playlists on Bandcamp) provides handy links for everything that's available on the independent download platform.
It’s an exhilarating two-hour tour of EBM, acid, breakbeats, and sneaky samples that range from Middle Eastern flutes to Nina Simone.
Like her Printworks set from a couple years ago, this one, captured at MUTEK Mexico, includes the faintest background layer of crowd noise, and those raucous cheers make the recording truly come alive. Her muscular, propulsive playing could suit any mainstage or basement, and it’s infused with enough moments of straight-up fun-a breaks 'n' acid remix of Fast Eddie’s 1988 hip-house anthem “ Yo Yo Get Funky,” a sneaky segue into Josh Wink’s classic “A Higher State of Consciousness”-to remind revelers to go wild because dammit, this is a party. Over the past few years, the Berlin-based American artist Avalon Emerson has emerged as one of the best club DJs out there.
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