GRITSY! The Official Praia Urbana Afterparty! [Sat / Oct 3rd / 21+ / La Strada]

The Gritsy Temple of BOOM!

SURAJ K.
[gritsy / karma / south3rn]
www.myspace.com/sdf3

TDBZ
[gritsy / heavy dnb/krunk ninjas]
www.myspace.com/djtedbeezy

SQUNICY JONES
[gritsy / speakerboxx / dirb]
www.myspace.com/squincyjones

ROB HARRELL
[indy]



MCs Pon' The Mic:

Fullfx
[gritsy / heavydnb]
www.myspace.com/fulleffectmc

Kam
[gritsy]
www.myspace.com/bamitskam



Details:

Doors open @ 10pm - LATE!
Free giveaways ALL night long!
RE-RE-RE-ENFORCED sound with even MORE BASS!
Powered by AURA SOUNDSYSTEMS!

$5/21+
FREE! FREE! FREE! BEFORE 11PM*
[*W/ FACEBOOK RSVP!]

La Strada
322 Westheimer @ Taft
Houston, TX 77006



Gritsy Online:

Visit & join our e-mail list for updates, free passes, & more @ :
www.gritsy.com

Add us!

http://www.myspace.com/gritsytx

MUTANT FUNK on XLR8R

"This 'funky' thing, it'll be over in a minute. You can only say something is new once." If anyone has witnessed a genre come and go, it's Geeneus. The 30-year-old boss of London’s most influential pirate radio station, Rinse FM, Geeneus started broadcasting 15 years ago with guys like Wiley and Slimzee. They played strictly jungle back then; however, Geeneus is a self-professed “new thing addict” these days. He’s seen the arc of U.K. urban music burn through jungle, garage, and grime.

“The funky thing came about because girls had stopped dancing in clubs—[grime] was more of a show thing,” says Geeneus. “So people could just dance again, you know? It was 70% females. And now it's gone the completely opposite way again.”

Already, in less than a year and half, the style that's become known as U.K. funky has been banned, un-banned, and re-banned in countless South London clubs. Three generations of producers and DJs have effectively come and gone. And as the music crests toward perhaps a final stage, funky has splintered into a mutant, experimental phase via producers like Cooly G and Roska—right as the rest of the world has only just heard about it.


check the rest out here....
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/09/mutant-funk

Simian Mobile Disco f. Beth Ditto, “Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix)”

Simian Mobile gets the "Purple" treatment on this fine rmx by Bristol badman Joker.
courtesy of www.thefader.com

http://thefader.cachefly.net/Cruel-Intentions-Joker-Remix.mp3

Kode9 - Bubble'n'Squeak Mix

Found this gem off a mix on http://otwradio.blogspot.com/
Kode Nina dropping some garage.

1. M Dubs feat. General Levy - Sweet Love (Wildstar)
2. Dj Narrows - Dreams (Resurrection)
3. Moreso - Take My Hand [Dem2 Over There Dub Mix] (Locked On)
4. Horsepower - Classic Delux (Tempa)
5. Ordinary People - Ghetto Lovin Dub (Social Circles)
6. Monie Love - Slice of the Pie [El-B Dub] (Relentless)
7. Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man [Wookie Dub] (Beyond)
8. Bass Masters - Bass Bug (black label)
9. Groove Chronicles - 1999 the remix (Kinky Fox)
10. Mario Cee feat. Alexia - Negativiti [Chris Mack 2 step] (Electric Melt)
11. Chris Mack - Baby Gonna Rock Dis (First Class Records)
12. DJ Double G -Get Loose (DFL)
13. Pay As U Go Crew - Know We (Solid City Records)


http://www.divshare.com/download/8583646-08d

FaltyDL - Party-Ramp Recordings

Phaeleh - Symbiosis Podcast

Phaeleh (pronounced “fella”) hits us with an urgent, attention grabbing, mix this week. His distinct sound fuses the dark and heavy sounds of Dubstep and Drum and Bass with the melodies and soundscapes of Electronica, all sealed together with the subtle textures of acousmatic music. But he doesn’t want you to think about that whilst you dance.. This mix is from the heart and was recorded after a long night out, straight to disk!



Phaeleh’s diverse range of influences gives him an equally diverse musical output which can range from disturbing bass lines and heavy Dubstep/Jungle beats, perfect for the rave, to the more soulful, restrained tracks incorporating a variety of sound sources and vocal styles.



In 2008 he started Urban Scrumping Records and continues to gig regularly across the UK and Europe…

Recent release:



STNSN003: Phaeleh ‘Lounge’ // Phaeleh ‘Lounge’ (Geiomix) // Vaccine ‘Atrium’ (Phaeleh Remix) - Surface Tension (12″, Digital)

Forthcoming:

Phaeleh ‘Lockdown’ (feat. Jut Lew) // Phaeleh ‘Lykasea’ - OpenEarz Recordings (12″, Digital)

Phaeleh ‘Cheki’ - Formant (12″, Digital)

Phaeleh ‘Selecta’ (feat. I-mitri) - Cool & Deadly (Digital)

MaJiKer - ‘Tongue’ (Phaeleh Remix) - Gaymonkey Records (Digital)

Bella + Time - ‘Magic Circles’ (Phaeleh Remix) - Audio Banquet (Digital)

01. Wachs Lyrical - Thrasha [Dub]
02. Section 8 - Solar Flare [Dub]
03. ['eolo:] - The Autocrat [Dub]
04. 23Hz + Numaestro - Nemesis [Corsario Digital]
05. Orrphan101 - Moscow [Dub]
06. Zhou - Marsh [Dub]
07. Synkro & Faib - Inhale [Smokin' Sessions]
08. El-B - Son De Cali [Soul Motive]
09. VVV - Unknown Region [Dub]

http://overlap.org/podpress_trac/web/16419/0/SymbiosisEp26_Phaeleh.mp3

NIGHT SLUGS Dubplates 2009

01 - BOK BOK - Ripe Banana [Dress 2 Sweat]
02 - Buraka Som SIstema - Generale (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Fabric]
03 - Royal T - Beat Fighter (BOK BOK remix) [No Hats No Hoods]
04 - Hardhead - Toothbrush Country (L-VIS 1990 edit)
05 - BOK BOK - Citizens Of The City Dub
06 - L-VIS 1990 - Zahonda [Sound Pelegrino]
07 - Little Jinder - Youth Blood (BOK BOK remix) [Trouble & Bass]
08 - L-VIS 1990 - Compass [Sound Pelegrino]
09 - Untold - Stop What You're Doing (BOK BOK edit)
10 - BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990 - Wake Up Early [White]
11 - L-VIS 1990 - Hide [Dress 2 Sweat]
12 - Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Phantasy]
13 - Egyptrixx- Just Say Really (BOK BOK remix) [Idiot House]
14 - Kingdom ft Shyvonne - Mind Reader (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Fools Gold]
15 - L-VIS 1990 - Changes
16 - Secret Agent Gel - Crew (BOK BOK dub) [Bass Tourist]
17 - Gucci Vump - Sha, Shtil! (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Sound Pelegrino]

http://www.archive.org/download/NightSlugsDubplates2009/NightSlugsDubplates2009.mp3

xxxy on Climate Control Radio

Indigo - Cosmos [On the Edge]
Millie & Andrea - Black Hammer [Daphne]
Shed - Masque (a made up sound remix) [Soloaction Records]
Moderat - Nr 22 [BPitch control]
Indigo - Levitate [Forthcoming Openearz]
Indigo & xxxy - Hold on [Forthcoming Openearz]
xxxy - you always start it (dub)
http://www.myspace.com/xxxydubs

http://www.zshare.net/download/655680981f80f82c/

or

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zryah3jj2l4

FACT mix 83: El-B

As one half of Groove Chronicles with Noodles, and then with his Ghost crew, El-B brought giddy low end pressure and sharp, Photek style editing to the skippy, viscous rhythms of UK garage, unwittingly laying the foundations for dubstep in the process. Tracks like 'Stone Cold', 'Serious' and his remix of Zed Bias's 'Neighborhood' have become touchstones for fans of 2step, grime, funky house and beyond - revered by modern producers like Burial. For evidence, check Tempa's Roots of El-B compilation, compiled by Rinse DJ and all around bass blogger Martin 'Blackdown' Clark.



His FACT mix consists of his headline set from our last party. He's solo for the most part, then he's joined by his former partner in Groove Chronicles, Noodles, for the last quarter of an hour - and the first time the two have DJed back to back at a club for what, a decade? Tracks from Hard House Banton, MJ Cole and more feature alongside new dubs from El-B's Ghost label, and yes, it does feature 'Stone Cold'. Without wanting to sound too much like fannies, this mix is a little bit of history. It's not too often you can say that about something you can download in twenty minutes. MCing by Raw Smilez.

http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/FACT%20Mix%2083%20-%20El-B%20%28Sep%2009%29.mp3

Hyetal - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Tracklist:

Hyetal – We Should Light A Fire (Forthcoming Planet Mu)
Hyetal – Gold Or Soul (Forthcoming Soul Motive)
Hyetal – Pixel Rainbow Sequence (Reduction)
Guido – Korg Back (Dub)
Hyetal & Shortstuff – Ice Cream (Dub)
Eskmo – I Dream I’m Flying (Ancestor)

http://soundcloud.com/fabric/hyetal-fabriclive-promo-mix

LABELS TO WATCH-BLUNTED ROBOTS

photo by:Steve Braiden
With a slew of releases between the 3 of them,this trio of fellas has been making
waves in the dubstep/uk funky/garage scene. Tunes on labels such as Planet Mu,Pollen,Ramp,Apple Pips,Berkane Sol,Formant and of course their own label Blunted Robots. There is really no defining name to fit the genre of their music. Its a cross between garage,uk funky and dubstep. Watch out for this label and the future music that comes with it.


Fact Magazine Article
BluntedRobots myspace
Brackles Myspace
Shortstuff Myspace
Martin Kemp Myspace

TUNE-Melodies Ft. Mike Knight - SpectraSoul (EXIT016) - Exit Records

IF YOU DONT KNOW GET TO KNOW!!!!! VVV'S

I have been following this guys music since he had another name.
His tunes just get better and better. So deep and so emotive. Believe me I have a plethora(not trying to sound like a fanboy) of his tunes. They are just that good. Someone needs to wisen up and sign this fella(hint hint). Top guy and top producer. Proves that Texas has alot to offer.
http://soundcloud.com/vvv

http://www.myspace.com/vvvdubz

FACT Mix 81 - 2562

Tracklisting:

Starfighterz - Flavour 1
Telex - Raised by Snakes (Shake remix)
Deetron - Let's Get Over It (Marcel Dttmann remix)
A Made Up Sound - Bounce
Solid Groove - Flookin' remix
Shortstuff & Hyetal - Don't Sleep
Seiji - Yo Voy remix
A Made Up Sound - Rework
Jack Sparrow - Terminal
Untold - Never Went Away
2562 - Lost
Geiom - Reminiscin' (Kode 9 remix)
St Files - Tek Dub
Martyn - Mega Drive Generation
Headhunter - Prototype (Modeselektor remix)
? - Idle Hands 001b
Thomas Bangalter - What to Do
Tom Trago - Lost in the Streets of NYC (Actress remix)
Elemental - Undulating Elf (2562 edit)

http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/FACT%20Mix%2081%20-%202562%20%28Sep%2009%29.mp3

Jackmaster //// Lower End Spasm Mix

1. Khixbrrr - Fairies Helixir Remix (Forthcoming Northern General)
2. Karizma - Twyst This
3. Blackhouse Project - Come Dancin'
4. George Morel - Let's Groove
5. L-vis 1990 - Run (Forthcoming Dress 2 Sweat)
6. 24 Hour Experience - Together
7. Maroy - Basement Dimensions
8. Hot City - Setting Me Free
9. Pearson Sound - Wad (Forthcoming Hessle Audio)
10. Deadboy - U CHEATED (Demo)
11. Aardvarck - Nosestep
12. Todd Edwards - Open Your Eyes
13. Roska - Holograph
14. U.S.L. - Making Love
15. Dead Letter Drop
16. Zed Bias - Been Here Before
17. Manitoba - If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be A Fucking Airport
18. MJ Cole - Gotta Have It (MJ's Funky Dub)
19. Menta - Sound Of The Future (Edit)
20. Silkie & Mizz Beats - Purple Love
21. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Forthcoming Hot Flush)
22. Hyetal - Pixel Rainbow Sequence
23. Freeland - Do You (Joker Remix)
24. Joker & Ginz - Re-Up
25. Guido - You Do It Right
26. Gemmy - Word Perfect
27. Mark Pritchard & Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up (Forthcoming Hyperdub)
28. Aardvarck - ??///???/
29. Taz - Gold Tooth Grin (Forthcoming Glasgow)
30. Deadboy - Way That I Love U (Demo needs mastered)


http://www.archive.org/download/JackmasterInTheMixForLowerEndSpasm/MixForLowerEndSpasmJuly09.mp3

HYETAL-SONIC ROUTER MIX

Tracklist:

Brackles & Martin Kemp – Graffiti (Dub)
Geeneus – Yellow Tail VIP (Rinse)
Roska – Pyramids (White Label)
Shortstuff & Hyetal – Don’t Sleep (Dub)
Hard House Banton – Reign (Spoilt Rotten Entertainment)
Hyetal – The Rhythm In Light (Dub)
Shortstuff & Mickey Pearce – Tripped Up (Dub)
Untold – Stop What Your Doing (Forthcoming Hemlock)
Silverlink ft Badness & Jammer – The message is love (Starkey Remix) (Dub)
XI – Ghost (Dub)
Desto – 20 20 Hindsight (Dub)
Guido – Beautiful Complication (Forthcoming Punch Drunk)
Hyetal & Shortstuff – Ice Cream (Dub)
Hyetal – Gold or Soul (Forthcoming Soul Motive)
Peverelist – Blues (Dub)
Darkstar – Video Tape (Forthcoming Planet Mu)
http://soundcloud.com/sonicrouter/hyetal-sonic-router-mix

DONT SLEEP ON THE FLIP!

ANTHEM OF THE YEAR?

Big tune from this years upcoming man of the moment.
Out now on Hotflush Two.
Check him out here http://www.myspace.com/joyorbison

UNTOLD XLR8R MIX

01 Julio Bashmore "Um Bongo's Revenge" (Unreleased)
02 Bakongo "Bambara" (Roska Kicks & Snares)
03 TRG "Now You Know" (Unreleased)
04 L-Vis 1990 "Hide" (Dress 2 Sweat)
05 Green Velvet feat. Walter Phillips "Shake & Pop (Instrumental)" (Relief)
06 Rod Lee "Let Me See What U Workin With" (Dress 2 Sweat)
07 Unknown "Unknown" (Unreleased)
08 Untold "Don't Know Don't Care" (Hemlock)
09 Untold "No One Likes a Smart-Arse (Hemlock)
10 Kode9 "Dislokated" (Rephlex)
11 Zomby "Expert Tuition" (Ramp)
12 TRG "Siberian Poker" (Unreleased)
13 Mount Kimbie "Sketch on Glass" (Hotflush)
14 A Made Up Sound "Rework" (Unreleased)
15 TRG "Strobe Lick" (Unreleased)
16 Untold "Gonna Work Out Fine" (Hemlock)
17 Joy Orbison "J. Doe" (Unreleased)
18 Ramadanman "No Swing" (Unreleased)
19 Untold "You Didn't Win the Holiday (Chequebook Mix)" (Unreleased)
20 Ramadanman "I Beg You" (Unreleased)
21 Geiom feat. Marita "Reminissin' (Kode 9 refix)" (Berkane Sol)
22 Ramadanman "Tempest" (Unreleased)

http://www.xlr8r.com/listen/19744/mp3/Podcast_Mix_2009_09_10.mp3

SEPT 12.09 - GRITSY DUB!

Saturday, September 12th, 2009!

GRITSY GETS A DOSE OF TXDUB!
The Gritsy Temple of BOOM!

BMC
[texas dub / purrin lion]
www.myspace.com/badbwoybmc

JOHN THE 3RD
[gritsy]
www.myspace.com/john314

DREAD FOXX
[texas dub / airtight imprint]
www.myspace.com/dreadfoxx

PEJMAN
[gritsy / heavy.dnb]
www.myspace.com/junglistpage



MCs Pon' The Mic:

Swift
[texas dub / purrin lion]
www.myspace.com/mrsteveswift

Fullfx
[gritsy / heavydnb]
www.myspace.com/fulleffectmc

Kam
[gritsy]
www.myspace.com/bamitskam



Details:

Doors open @ 10pm - LATE!
Free giveaways ALL night long!
RE-RE-RE-ENFORCED sound with even MORE BASS!
Powered by AURA SOUNDSYSTEMS!

$5/21+
FREE! FREE! FREE! BEFORE 11PM*
[*W/ FACEBOOK RSVP!]

La Strada
322 Westheimer @ Taft
Houston, TX 77006



Gritsy Online:

Visit & join our e-mail list for updates, free passes, & more @ :
www.gritsy.com

Add us!

www.myspace.com/gritsytx
The Gritsy Group on Facebook
The Gritsy Group on Facebook



Sponsors:

Heavy DNB
Connekted Events
Icon CD Duplication 713.733.1206.
Karma Houston on Facebook
www.houstonbeats.com
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FRMNT006 REVIEW BY SONIC ROUTER BLOG

Following on perfectly from the Texan label Formant’s last 12” platter from the much discussed Hyetal, Shortstuff, known to the copywriting world as Richard Attley, hits out at the market with his second solo 12” after the superlative ‘A Rustling’ b/w ‘Stuff’ offering on Ramp Recordings.

This three track single manages to take his broken tech infused, nearly funky sound into deeper territory; the opener ‘Progression’ jitters into life with its punctuated echoes and soulful, hot buttered bleeps contrasting the computerised bass warbling until the broken groove Shortstuff is fast making a trademark hits. Taking the garage template and twisting it into new shapes he ebbs up the drone synths, adding familiar chimes and time stretched percussion before the saw waves finally erupt.

With a synth lead reminiscent of early Planet Mu or even some of the more Boards of Canada-esque Warp releases, ‘Relapse’ displays perfectly how to create tension through melody as Attley gears up to his first breakdown with rolling chord stabs and persistent percussion; the kind that absolutely drives the whole rest of the song when it re-appears after it makes way for the low end riff.

‘A,’ the longest track on offer here, again fuses Attley’s penchant for snatches of melody with thick, sweetly compressed kick drums with the kind of wandering bass you’d more likely find accompanying 170bpm drums. Its sawing pierces your belly at high volume and really does leave the lead synths and the high end of the drums completely alone, letting them flitter and twinkle respectively showing a deeper and somewhat more subtle side to Shortstuff.

Words: Oli Marlow & James Balf
Out: Now

Links:
www.myspace.com/djshortstuff
www.myspace.com/formantrecordings

SYMBIOSIS PODCAST 23-SINES

Symbiosis on overlap - Episode 23 - Sines


KMA - Cape Fear
Peekay - Sweet Sensations
Same People - Dangerous (New Vocal Mix)
Suburban Lick - You’re Mine
Dem 2 - Baby (You’re So Sexy) (Big Time Scary Dub)
DJ Abstract - Touch
Blast From The Past V1- It’s Over
K.C & Zed Bias - Let Me Know
The Croydon Dub Heads - Your Lying (Miles Fontaine 2 Step Mix)
D. Dastardly & P. Perfect - Tear It Up
Operator + Baffled - Things Are Never (Steve Gurley Mix)
Vincent J. Alvis - Body Killin’ (M-Dubs Break Beat Funk Vocal)
Ras Kwame - Cum On

http://overlap.org/podpress_trac/web/16304/0/SymbiosisEp23_Sines.mp3

SINES - GRITSY 3YR ANNIVERSARY MIX

FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO MISSED THE ROUNDS OF THIS MIX.
1) Burial - Archangel
2) Untold - Just For You
3) Hyetal - The Last Time We Spoke
4) Mala - Left Leg Out
5) Martin Kemp - No Charisma
6) Shortstuff & Hyetal - Don't Sleep
7) Martyn - Hear Me
8. Pearson Sound - Inedible
9) Karizma - Groove A K Ordingly
10) Groucho Marxx - The Fallout
11) Cooly G - Dis Boy Part 4
12) Roska - Pyramids
13) Vincent J. Alvis - Body Killin' (M-Dubs Break Beat Funk Vocal)
14) Ras Kwame - Cum On
15) Lil Silva - Funky Pulse
16) Secret Agent Gel - Crew (Bok Bok Mix)
17) Jahcoozi - Get You Shit Out (Octa Push Mix)
18. DMZ - Da Wrath (Souljahz VIP Mix)
19) Brackles - LHC
20) Brackles - Lizards
21) Littlefoot - Go Again
22) Rustie - Response
23) 2000F & J Kamata - You Don't Know What Love Is
24) Dz - Do For Love
25) Joker - Snakeater
26) Joker - Grimey Princess
27) DJ DMD - So Real

right click>save as

www.formant-recordings.com/Sines%20-%20Gritsy%203rd%20Anniversary%20Mix.mp3

SINES-MY LIFE E.P-TWENTY/TWELVE IMPRINT-9/9/09

TWENTY/TWELVE IMPRINT CATALOG # TTRD003

SINES-MY LIFE E.P

1. L.A DREAMING
2. DEM DAYS
3. TEST SIX
4. FRACTURED
5. DAYS END


There is something to be said about Electronic Musicians who are able to write music that stands the test of time, Music that regardless if you know what it is or what "scene" it belongs to, You can appreciate it as if it was meant for your ears. By all means Sines is one of those cats, "My Life" is undoubtedly soulful. It unfolds expression with seductive rhythms and deep vibes that charm the deaf, and please the listener. Alright is that enough fluff?


In tradition of Twenty/Twelve Netaudio, This release will be FREE @ The Twenty/Twelve Recordings Shop from:

TUESDAY 12:00AM CST until WEDNESDAY 9:00AM CST
(Detroit)


Available at these stores and more on 9/9/09!
ADDICTECH
CHEMICAL
DIGITAL-TUNES
DUBSTEP RECORDS
JUNO
CD FORMAT AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM TWENTY/TWELVE!

PREVIEW HERE: HTTP://SHOP.20TWELVEDUBSTEP.COM
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SINESOFTHEFUTURE
RELEASE DATE: 9/9/09

HEAVY DNB 1 YR ANNIVERSARY W/KLUTE AND SINES

Houston's one & only drum & bass monthly is turning a year old and doing it BIG!

$5 before 11pm w/ Facebook RSVP
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For one very special night only...

We're taking over a dope new venue, setting up a downstairs second area hosted by our GRITSY brothers in bass & last but not least... invited a very special guest from LONDON, UK to set the candles on the cake on FIRE!!!!

KLUTE!

Klute is the primary recording alias of Tom Withers, the respected drum and bass and techno Producer and DJ from London, UK.

In 2001 he established the label Commercial Suicide. This label received widespread acclaim in the electronic music community. The track "Time 4 Change" from "No One's Listening Anymore" was the last tune played on-air by John Peel.

Commercial Suicidel has also released tracks from artists like Amit, Break, Digital, Spirit, Calibre, Hive, SKC and Chris Su, establishing itself as one of the bigger players in drum and bass.

Klute's style of drum and bass is strongly influenced by techno. It is deep and progressive, with flavours of house, dub and trance, and frequent use of vocals. Although Klute is one of the most melodic and musical producers in drum and bass, his tracks are still typically intended for the DJ and dancefloor. They should not be classified alongside the atmospheric or "intelligent" drum and bass popularised by LTJ Bukem, nor should they be considered to be liquid funk

Local DNB support:

SDF3
[aka Suraj K. / gritsy, karma, heavy d&b]

PEJMAN
[heavy d&b, gritsy]



GRITSY DOWNSTAIRS AREA
[powered by aura sound systems]

Sines
[formant / gritsy]

SDFONE
[heavy d&b / gritsy]

TDBZ
[gritsy / heavy d&b]

John the Third
[gritsy]

Featuring

Kam
MC Full Effect
TR3


DETAILS!

Doors open @ 10pm
21+ / $10

$5 before 11pm w/ Facebook RSVP
$5 before 11pm w/ Facebook RSVP
$5 before 11pm w/ Facebook RSVP

Club 112
112 Milam @ Franklin
Downtown, Houston, 77002

FRMNT006 Review

By The Kind Fellas @ Boomkat

Formant Recordings make their smartest move to date with a crackin' 12" from Brackles cohort, Shortstuff. His recent 12" on Ramp is one to keep an ear out for, but this record swings in favour of a more meditative and feminine feel, espeically on the brilliant A-side 'Progression'. It's one of those "what do you call it?" moments with the rhythm, sitting on the periphery of garage, dubstep and UKF but doing it's own thing in fine style, while a brittle but lilting synth melody dances over the top, leading to thoughtful pads floating out to the end, like Pearson Sound meets D1 maybe? On the flip 'Relapse' tucks into a tight Garage roll with crafty sequencing, and 'A' flows out on an ace Zomby styled tip. Wicked 12" for any fans of Zomby or Pearson sound then!

OUT NOW FRMNT006-SHORTSTUFF

Boomkat
Chemical Records
Drop Records
Juno
RedEye
Bounce
Deejay
BBS
Uptown Records
BeatStax
BMSoho
RushHour
Phonica