CoDeC sent me this electro Rock and Roller so I thought I would share it with y’all. It’s a pretty awesome tune, well put together synths and a grinding tune. Love that!
CoDeC - Subliminal ControlI am also busy with crafting a new look for electrotrash so stay tuned in the next month for a new look and hopefully an easier to use site! If you have any suggestions please drop us a line in the Contact box!
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Hey Electrotrash heads. Some time back you may have read a blog post about the Red Bull Music Studios down in Cape Town.
Following on from that I’d like to introduce a regular Electrotrash post to do with the RB studios. As many people would agree, Cape Town is a hub of mad electronica, being the hometown of African Dope and the mid 2000 wave of brilliant glitch-hop courtesy of the Real Estates, Waddy Jones, Considerate Builders Scheme and many more.
There are a whole new wave of beat-smiths, emcees and DJs coming up the ranks and over the past months I’ve gotten into the rhythm of getting these guys into the Red Bull Studios to make music. Of course they’re all pretty amped to get stuck in, cause we have some sweet noise making artillery down here.
And it doesn’t stop in Cape Town. Of course anyone familiar with this blog will know that cities like Pretoria, Joburg and Durban have their fair share of sonic-manipulating genius. We’re going to endeavour to get as many mad music makers from around the country into the studio to bring the noise.
All the music coming out of the studio will be available on the exclusive Red Bull Studio blog at www.redbullstudioza.com. Of course the blog is just starting out, whereas Electrotrash is the online hub for local electronica, being around since before some of the artists on here even knew what an oscillator was. This column will be a roundup of the great electronic music coming out of the Red Bull Studios in Cape Town and wherever possible I’ll make sure to get exclusive content onto Electrotrash for all your downloading pleasure.
Kicking things off is this Dubstep remix of DJ MX’s “Like I See You” featuring song bird Black Porcelain. While the original is a rolling South African house number, not really in line with Electrotrash’s vibe, the remix is a dark, asthmatic juggernaut that fits in perfectly with the meteorically rising Dubstep scene in Cape Town.
DJ MX feat. Black Porcelain – Like I See You (Darkstep Remix) – Soundcloud link, 13.8MB
These tracks were recorded and produced during the Red Bull Music Academy Taster some months back at the studios. The taster, dubbed ‘A Third World Perspective’ saw 20 music minds from around South Africa come together to share knowledge with music greats such as Sipho Hotstix and Trevor Jackson for three days. To find out more about the taster, and to get the lowdown on the studios in general, head over to the Red Bull Studio Cape Town blog here – www.redbullstudioza.com
Before I leave I would like to introduce one last musical innovation courtesy of the world’s biggest energy drink: Red Bull Music Academy Radio. An internet radio station, RBMA Radio has a catalogue on some of the most incredible artists making music in the world, I kid you not. As an example you can see this playlist embedded into this post below which you can actually simply play off this post.
RBMA Player Code:
A banging electrified mix from Crookers, a one on one Dubstep session featuring Benga and Skream and a live recording of electro-pop king, M83 should be enough to make you head over to www.redbullmusicacademyradio.com to see what the deal is for yourselves.
Otherwise keep an eye out on Electrotrash as well as the studio blog for more Red Bull Studio Cape Town freshness in the weeks to come.
Richard the Third
It’s always great to get a new artist on the site, especially when it’s someone from a band you have always liked! Myrid Ambre is Stephen Timm from The Buckfever Underground, and although really different (this time it’s ambient electronica) it’s still pretty awesome!
Grab a sample track below and read more about Myrid Ambre here!
Myrid Ambre - Let The World KnowStephen has told me that the first person to guess who is doing the main vocals on the track will get a FREE copy of his album. So anybody, everybody, anywhere in the world… leave a comment below with your guess (when you leave the comment you have to leave an email address – we will contact you on that!) and if you are the first person to guess correctly, a free CD is yours!
If you are in Cape Town on Wednesday 28 October, go on down to Mabu Vinyl (2 Rheede Street, Gardens, Cape Town) and watch Myrid Ambre perform live! It starts at 6PM and there will be free stuff!
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Cape Town is a remix machine at the moment with awesome remixes of tracks coming out regularly! The latest addition to that growing list is an awesome electro take on the indie rockers Desmond & The Tutu’s track Pictures by CoDeC.
Let us know what you think!
Desmond & The Tutu's - Pictures (CoDeC Remix)Technorati Tags: CoDeC, desmond & the tutus, pictures, remix, cape town
Monday morning… load this one up on your iPod for your drive to work… A brand, spanking new Haezer track, “Lui Die Klok” is a super rad, intelligent electro track that is easier on the ears than his other stuff!
Give it a listen and let us know what you think!
HAEZER - Lui Die Klok
So after a whole bunch of technical difficulties the site is back to running as normal. We have a new events section that is slightly different, but way cooler so give it a look! If you have problems with anything please let us know so we can fix it ASAP!
On a lighter note, a new artist is up on the site… Enough Weapons are a Cape Town based, electronic dance production duo putting out glitchy chopped up funky breaks and tech with deep grinding bass lines!
Read more about them here. We have a couple of their tracks up for download, give them a listen and let us know what you think!
Enough Weapons - Bass Wize
Two AWESOME remixes from the Skene brothers aka Grave Danger. First up is a remix of Princess Superstar, a killer, sexy remix – I have it on repeat in my car! Secondly is a groovy bass’d up remix of Status IV… Grab ‘em below and let us know what you think!
Grave Danger is now also a proud resident in our featured artist section… read more here!
Princess Superstar - Perfect (Grave Danger Remix)
Status IV - You Ain't Really Down (Grave Danger Remix)
And as a bonus, here is a mediafire link to a Grave Danger mix:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/z3ymji3eydi/
Kick it!
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So we have a new artist up on the site… known as “Liver” he is from Cape Town and makes some slick beats… Glitch-hop / Downbeat / Breakbeat / Good beat! Read his profile over here and grab a tune from him below, sit back and relax…
Liver - Smoking The Hedge
Members: Alex W
Website: www.myspace.com/theliver
Born from the mucous that caused the 2008 rolling blackouts Liver has blown rigs from Cape Town to Grahamstown with his dirty wobble heavy style. Part chamber concept, part dankliver and part zim dollar bill, this dude moves through genres like a gang leader in a “fresh fish” prison cell. Resurrected only by certain lunar patterns Liver’s sick mixes and dirty skull cracking track selection will make you click your heels with excitement.
Be Scared!
Listen to some Liver over in our Downloads section!
Check more out from Liver at his Facebook fanpage:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/liver/8690321969
Based in London, Trevor Jackson founded the label Output Recordings in 1996, which introduced the world to such genre defying and inventive bands and acts as LCD Soundsystem, the Rapture, Four Tet and his own project Playgroup which helped create the blueprint for present day electro.
Over the ten years that Output was in existence, Trevor helped put out no less than 100 records and the label is considered to be one of the biggest influences and driving forces behind the sound of the modern dancefloor. His DJ mix for the series DJ Kicks, is much like his own approach to making music and remixing: an eclectic mash of sounds that traverse the sonic spectrum. He is also a prolific remixer having started reworking tracks as early as 1991 for the likes of Massive Attack and U2 under the name Underdog.
Other than having such a profound influence on present day dance music with his labels output (excuse the pun), his own productions, remixes and DJ sets, Trevor is also an amazing designer, having designed and created the artwork for many of the artists released through Output. His visual art career dates back to the early 90’s with his company, Bite It!, designing record covers for acts such as the Stereo MC’s, the Jungle Brothers and Todd Terry.
Read all about the South African shows after the jump!
