Δkkord | Milanese | Kahn | Ruckspin -ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS

[antipode]

Polar!

[hendramarshall]

Bagged off chemical, so happy to get some new ruckspin on wax!

[rob_booth]

Mine just got all the way out to west coast USA. BIG

that's what I wanna see

[Shum]

got this in the mail yesterday. immense.

[rob_booth]

nice one Shum

[rob_booth]

Resident Advisor - 4 out of 5 LINK

"I still think there's a lot to experiment with, with 140, with that tempo," Mala told me a few years back in an interview for Little White Earbuds. If it feels like he's the only producer taking the sentiment to heart, it's worth listening to Electronic Explorations 001, the first physical release from Rob Booth's scene-defining podcast-cum-record label. Featuring four tracks handpicked from EE's mammoth digital compilation released this summer, this heavyweight EP isn't the platonic ideal of dubstep nor is it exactly what you'd call experimental. But its contributors do thoughtfully refine an aesthetic many have been quick to move on from.

Anonymous beatsmiths Akkord (whose mix for EE was something of a sensation) turns in the most techno-leaning cut here. But even if "Surge" comes in ten BPM short of classic dubstep, its syncopated rhythms, digital sound design and meaty low-end check off every other box. Milanese, formerly of Various Productions, uses a nearly identical sound palate on "Hershey's Back" to a very different effect, adding overdriven grime vocals and pushing up the tempo to get heads nodding. More than any of his previous Punch Drunk releases, Kahn's moodily reverberant (and tantalizingly brief) "Polar" recalls that label's early output. Likewise, Ruckspin's expansive "Belong" sounds more like Martyn than Martyn has in years. Stylistically conservative but never safe, Electronic Explorations 001 comes off as less a low-end timewarp than a glimpse into how dubstep might have moved forward.

[digerati]

Had this in my cart on Juno and watched it disappear... but had to go grab it from Rough Trade! Going to be way poor for awhile, as shipping to Montana in the U.S. is spendy..but had to have!


Also grabbed Hylu & Jago - Anansi Riddim with the Kahn remix on it
http://soundcloud.com/unit137/sets/hylu ... nsi-riddim

Supposedly they had Jay5ive and Kromestar Bass 96 / Hands in the air on pre-release Added it to my order, we'll see what happens...

[dsprainman]

IS there going to be another EE sampler? Still plenty of amazing beats in that comp that could use wax!

[Geey]

How the fuck did I miss this one?

Please someone show me where or how I can get a copy of this?