In more Balam Acab news (check out last week's remix), the man behind one of our favorite albums on our favorite record label from 2012 just tweeted the download links to two unreleased tracks. More drowned R&B diva vocals and underwater haunted ghost-hop for your perusal. You can download "Come True" here and "Just Say" here.
As you may or may not know, we have a little tradition going here at Red Cup of posting two TriAngle releases together. We like to call this (almost) feature Tri Angle Bi Post (check out the first and second ones too). It seems that while a TriAngle has three sides the label's good news usually come in two. This time the good news came in the form of a Bleep exclusive digital compilation (check out the exclusive tee shirt too) of the online shop's favorite tracks from the label's roster plus exclusive remixes of two Holy Other tracks.
First up is the label's latest signing The Haxan Cloak and his remix of Holy Other's "Feel Something" off the "With U" EP. The remix is multifaceted and changes direction a number of times starting off in ominous territory and then back to eerie minimalism. Listen to it below:
Next up is Andy Stott's remix of Holy Other's "Know Where". Here the sound of the original is further degraded with a resulting cheap sampler/dusty organic cavern feel. The rhythm is driven and hypnotic, the sort of primal techno Andy Stott is know for. Listen to it below:
The Cadenza remix of Peaking Lights' "Amazing and Wonderful"hits all the right chords, turning the original into a dubby and exotic celebration of the potential of electronic music. The whole affair is grounded in dubstep with a witchy twist. We love how the beat kicks in with a Rick Ross characteristic 'ha!' ad lib. Listen below:
Hot on the heels of his remix for internet sensation Lana Del Ray's "Video Games" the ghost-hop mastermind Balam Acab is back with another sublime haunted remix for Twin Sisters' "Kimmi in a Rice Field". Listen to or download it below:
Good things come in Tri Angles. In our second Tri Angle Bi Post, the label that changed everything offers up two new tracks, both remixes, that are definitely worth our attention from Holy Other and Water Borders.
First up is Holy Other who, with a short yet incredible back-catalogue and an equally impressive array of eclectic remixes that rarely leave much of the original intact is back with another remix (have a listen to his recently posted remix of Walls’ “Sunporch”, compare it to the original and you’ll see that this man is as faithful to the tracks he remixes as Aphex Twin famously was i.e. not at all). This time, our favorite Tri Angle artist offers up an impressive rework for Black Dunes’ “This Will Destroy You”. Don’t know about that but this will definitely leave you asking for more:
Next up is Water Borders, who we discovered late yet we’re glad we finally got on board thanks to that quaint and perfectly odd mix for Dummy magazine that we reposted not too long ago. Have a listen to the excellent remix of their track by Machester based Damu. The resulting sound is a carousel whirlwind of bleeps and electronics featuring a snare sound that is so delicious it would be worth a listen even if it wasn’t heroically chopping though all that atmosphere. Listen to it or download it here:
Admittedly, Water Borders has been the Tri Angle Records outfit we've been following the least. However, after hearing this impeccable and incredibly diverse mix they made for Dummy this San Fransisco duo is also permanently on our radar. Red Cup highly recommends you check out this educational, as much as it is entertaining mix, which combines chopped and screwed psych-rock, charleston, techno, bass music, ghost-hop, deep-ish house and dancehall (it even closes off with that rare Ital track "Culture Clubs" we discovered a while back and posted about here). Listen to or download the mix for free directly from the Dummy site here.
NY by way of France witch house couple Unison will drop their debut LP September 13th on Letonia Records. Here is a really trippy audio visual experience in the form of “Brothers And Sisters”.
Here is the new video from Balam Acab, the project of 20-year-old Pennsylvanian Alec Koone for the track “Welcome” off of his new LP Wander/Wonder released this week on Tri Angle Records(Clams Casino, Holy Other). If you aren’t familiar with his sound there is a classical feel with samples sounding like they are pulled from recordings of hymns. Accentuating the "chamber dub" qualities are samples of orchestral sections and nylon string guitar strategically and surgically placed in pockets of negative space allowing each element a moment to shine on its own only to come together as one magnificent unit by the end.
