Vinyl and Digital Reviews: Dorian Concept, Jargon V.A, and Ricardo Villalobos

I'll soon be back on regular posting duties, but as I know you'll all be looking for hot new music - overcome by an urge for relentless beats and spine-tingling melodies - have a mull over the latest releases from April onwards in the upcoming posts. All reviews were submitted to Clash Magazine.

Singles

Dorian Concept - Her Tears Taste Like Pears (Ninja Tune)
…futuristic dancehall-electronica

Fans of Modeselektor’s ‘Hello Mom!’ and Warp electronica will find deep satisfaction with Dorian Concept. Futuristic dancehall infuses the backbone of these tracks, with splashes of funk and progressive that engage you in uplifting dalliances. ‘Toegames Made Her Giggle’ and the title track spark most listening delight.

Release date: 28th March 2011

Jargon V.A Ft Tinie Tempah - Disappoint You (Cheese On Bread)
…Charts and dancefloor destined

Borrowing the guitar and vocals of Kaiser Chief’s hit, ‘Love’s Not a Competition...’, Jargon V.A infuses with electro, grime and the lyrical flows of Tinie Tempah. It’s destined for the charts, while High Rankin’s remix with thunderous stabs of dubstep takes it to the dancefloor.

Release date: April 2011

Ricardo Villalobos, Los Updates and Anthony Collins - Joli Chat EP (Nice Cat Records)
… dissociative dance

Hook lovers will find themselves clinging to the murky vocal repetitions of this trippy and disassociative electronica like an adrift raft, a fitting theme for the slow, overwhelming and warped traversal of ‘I Throw Water Into the Lake’ and DJ tool-esque ‘I Miss You So Much’.

Release date: 3rd April 2011




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Vinyl & Digital Reviews: Baobinga, New Kind of Porn, Los Updates vs Argenis Brito and Nick Thayer

July reviews for you people! (Originally written for Clash Magazine July/August 2010)

Baobinga - Steak 003 (Steakhouse)
...always produces a meaty selection

Raggastep professor Baobinga is pushing the bass and the 'future garage' movement for a meaty 4 track release; compacting hyper electro and dancehall on 'Wine Up ft Killa Benz'; adding a glass-like texture to the beats on 'Raggipahop ft Rubi Dan', and competing bass against deep stabs and euphoric chord changes.

Release date: 5 July 2010

New Kind of Porn - Decision to Resist (Superstonic)
...making these tracks

The shock tactics of the name is mistakenly interesting; sounding like an electro Blues Brothers at first, 'Decision to Resist' slices into Apollo 440-esque guitar rock and comes off sounding like a movie chase scene. 'V.2' takes the electro edge further, exploring the Dragonettes' playground.

Release date: 12 July 2010

Nick Thayer - Just Let It Go (Passenger)
... and ramp up the energy!

Nick Thayer's 16 track LP swings between the Justice tones of electro and breakbeat on 'Bring On the Drums', dancehall vibes on 'Zombies' and drawls everywhere Sporty-O appears. Dnb-style builds are employed as the default tension creators (a little draining eventually) and macho growls deploy attitude to rival the tracks' ferocity - food for thought.

Release date: July 2010

Los Updates vs Argenis Brito (Nice Cat Records)
... bringing cumbia to the masses

Capturing the feel-good festival sentiment, these Chilean dance purveyors blend traditional cumbian music with house and metallic winces on 'Valparaiso (No te olvdes, Panchito)'. 'Dont Take Candy From Strangers' punches in the electro and techno influences but prolongs the breakdown a tad, and 'Candy' imbues an
irresistible ass-shaking latin shuffle.

Release date: 24 July 2010