Further promoting the case for over-the-top maximalist music, Glaswegian Warp artist Rustie (or the fried Mars bar of electronic music as we like to call him) just offered up his Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 performed on April 7th of this year. The mix could turn any party into a sweaty body-colliding mayhem featuring new and old bangers from artists including the like-minded Hudson Mohawke, Clams Casino, Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lone not to mention some of his own tracks (for a full playlist and upcoming tour dates head here). This may not be for those still scavenging minimalist soundscapes for subtle and brief moments of genius professed by tiny echoed filter sweeps or those who revel in the hypnotic syncopation of a 10 minute track comprised of a single loop.For the rest of us, Rustie, with the power of his comb over, is formidably ushering in a new sound whose volume and size cannot be ignored by definition.Stream the entire mix below:
Drake's "Take Care" LP is a bit of a guilty pleasure here at Red Cup but we won't go into that right now (though if you haven't heard it you should). Our first impression when we heard opening track "Over My Dead Body" was 'this track is ill, shame it doesn't have a beat'....little did we know our favorite British post-dilla beatmaker would agree with us and rectify the matter by slinging his stardust all over it. Star Slinger's efficient jetlag edit of the track turns this album opener into a pumping set opener. Listen to our download this excellent remix for free below:
We were excited about Damu's work since his remix of Water Borders' "What Wi want". The Manchester based producer seems to be churning out some very optimistic beats, which is also the case for "Dont Cry in my Bed" despite the title. The track samples the line "One thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain" famously said by Bob Marley but also repeated by Dead Prez and Drake (we think this is a pitch-altered version from Drake's verse). Listen to "Don't Cry in my Bed", which is also the closing track from Damu's LP "Unity" out now on Keysound records:
