Demon Boyz - Acieed! Mixtape

I don't feel that this would necessarily come as a surprise to anyone, but I am a huge fan of early house music and my appreciation for the genre is constantly growing. The Soul Jazz compilation "Acid: Can You Jack?" which focuses on the experimental side of acid house …

DJ Medhi - Lucky Girl/Stick It

So a couple of days ago I got an email from a friend of a friend who's a deejay in Washington, D.C. I had recently been lamenting the lack of dance parties at William & Mary, and as a graduate of the College a couple of years ago, my new deejay acquaintance echoed my …

Oren Ambarchi - Grapes from the Estate

I admit it, I'm a fan of noise. Most people can't listen to noise at all and that's certainly understandable. Traditionally, my interest has been focused on more cacophonous, industrial noise. For that other democraphic, though, the one that rejects chaos as a musical …

Christian Dittmann - Emporio

I'll be honest. I haven't really dug into my minimal electronic music obsession deep enough to be into really independent-type artists yet. But yesterday, I was introduced to a netlabel that specializes in electronic music called Thinner/Autoplate, and most of this …

Michael Mayer - Immer

Almost universally regarded as the defining mixtape of microhouse, Michael Mayer's Immer compilation is an exploration of the genre from its roots in 1990s Basic Channel dub minimal techno to the glitchy broken house of artists like Montreal's Akufen. If you have the …

The KLF - The White Room

I was dicking around on Wikipedia yesterday, when I came across the entry for acid house legends, the KLF. Why this even matters is because the band's history is an interesting incorporation of popular culture and radical activism that isn't really replicated within …

Quadrant - Dub EP

Last night, Thomas came home from getting high with some guy. He sat down, ate a bowl of Grapenuts and then demanded that I put on Quadrant's Dub EP for like 5 minutes before I actually did it. I was consumed in my reading of Ghetto Bassquake (but more on that later). …

Oren Ambarchi - Grapes from the Estate

I admit it, I'm a fan of noise. Most people can't listen to noise at all and that's certainly understandable. Traditionally, my interest has been focused on more cacophonous, industrial noise. For that other democraphic, though, the one that rejects chaos as a musical …

DJ Medhi - Lucky Girl/Stick It

So a couple of days ago I got an email from a friend of a friend who's a deejay in Washington, D.C. I had recently been lamenting the lack of dance parties at William & Mary, and as a graduate of the College a couple of years ago, my new deejay acquaintance echoed my …

Old School Reggaeton

Ghetto Bassquake has been a goldmine for the past few weeks. In addition to dancehall and kuduro mixes for the pilfering the blog also did a section on old school reggaeton from the early 1990s. After giving the stuff a listen myself, I decided that it's really good. …

Demon Boyz - Acieed! Mixtape

I don't feel that this would necessarily come as a surprise to anyone, but I am a huge fan of early house music and my appreciation for the genre is constantly growing. The Soul Jazz compilation "Acid: Can You Jack?" which focuses on the experimental side of acid house …

The KLF - The White Room

I was dicking around on Wikipedia yesterday, when I came across the entry for acid house legends, the KLF. Why this even matters is because the band's history is an interesting incorporation of popular culture and radical activism that isn't really replicated within …

Horace Andy - In the Light (Dub version)

First up, Horace Andy is a fucking reggae legend. The man has been at it since the late 1960s creating hits for the dub soundsystem bangers in South London. He is still recording too and has been signed to Massive Attack's Melankolic label since the two collaborated in …

Michael Mayer - Immer

Almost universally regarded as the defining mixtape of microhouse, Michael Mayer's Immer compilation is an exploration of the genre from its roots in 1990s Basic Channel dub minimal techno to the glitchy broken house of artists like Montreal's Akufen. If you have the …

Big Cease feat. HAWK & Kyle Lee - I'd Rather Bang Screw

Big Cease feat. HAWK & Kyle Lee - I'd Rather Bang Screw (2006)

Being in Houston means I'm so much more interested in dirty south hip-hop than I ever am at school. The radio plays advance tracks and Sunday nights are chopped and screwed. My friends here like screw and …

Christian Dittmann - Emporio

I'll be honest. I haven't really dug into my minimal electronic music obsession deep enough to be into really independent-type artists yet. But yesterday, I was introduced to a netlabel that specializes in electronic music called Thinner/Autoplate, and most of this …

Big Cease feat. HAWK & Kyle Lee - I'd Rather Bang Screw

Big Cease feat. HAWK & Kyle Lee - I'd Rather Bang Screw (2006)

Being in Houston means I'm so much more interested in dirty south hip-hop than I ever am at school. The radio plays advance tracks and Sunday nights are chopped and screwed. My friends here like screw and …

Trance? Hip-hop?!?

Some personalities in the blogosphere are kind of worried about the impending (well, I say impending, but that's kind of generous) trend of trance-influenced hip-hop that's been floating around. Personally, I think any chance America has at establishing a club culture …

Quadrant - Dub EP

Last night, Thomas came home from getting high with some guy. He sat down, ate a bowl of Grapenuts and then demanded that I put on Quadrant's Dub EP for like 5 minutes before I actually did it. I was consumed in my reading of Ghetto Bassquake (but more on that later). …

Big Mike & Six 2 feat. Young Bleed - Down Home

Nominating Big Mike for best use of a blues guitar in a rap beat ever. Ever.