Tag: rock

Beats and Grooves and Random Left Turns

Episode 190: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 150 BPM EXTRAVAJAMZA!!

Holy crow! This episode marks FIVE FULL FRIGGIN’ YEARS of me doing this show! I wasn’t quite sure what to do… in the past special episodes have generally been extra long. One anniversary episode was the first I recorded using Traktor instead of put together in Ableton (which is now my usual method). Another anniversary…
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Episode 186: Texan Levee Grime

Aloha Amigo-San While largely based in grime, this episode ranges quite widely, from Pottery’s wild Texan (though Canadian, actually) post-punk rave-up, to London for Silkie’s posh Dubstep and sinister instrumental grime from Terror Danjah and Johnny East… then to Portland for Modern Melodies and their slowed down take on Juke. Then we head back to…
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Episode 176: Turntable Exiles

Now this is an episode that leans pretty heavily on underground club and Hard Drum sounds. It veers over to techno sounds and hip hop beats, and even to rock, jazz and motorik, but mostly it’s club and club-adjacent. Not sure what else to say, honestly. This one cooks, but at a simmer, with stomping…
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Episode 144: Rhythm of Vision

Similar to last week’s episode in a way, this one slows down the tempo to ~140 BPM and looks at what footwork and DnB producers do at a slower tempo. Some of it is slowed down footwork or jungle, some of it is Drum’n’Bass producers aping Dubstep. There’s also some techno — mnml courtesy of…
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Episode 131: LIVE! (3RD ANNIVERSARY)

Hooooooooray! Three years! this episode begins with an extended intro, intended to give me time to make sure I was actually broadcasting. It goes on possibly (definitely) too long, before launching into Turkish Delight’s “Around,” a song which I thought was more metronomic than it actually is, hence the clumsy transition into the Neil Landstrumm track…
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Episode 111: Decade of an Afro Warrior

Last night’s episode showcases Benga’s “Diary of an Afro Warrior” ten years after it came out. Yes, this was what D****** sounded like before Skillrex came along and ruined everything. ~141 BPM, bass and space. At some point over the past few years I got sick of trying to explain to people who were convinced…
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