Open Ear: Open Ear 1
Electronic-mutant-disco-love curated by Open Ear’s resident DJ Brian dSouza (Slabs of the Tabernacle, Volume!).
www.openearmusic.com
Soundsystem White Noise (Addicted to The Bass remix)
C-Biscuit
Exclusive digital release of this future-dub track, with Neil Landstrumm and C-Biscuit together on the remix duties. Check the imminent 7” release of this tune from Big Toe's Hi Fi!
Mind Grind
Dirty Hospital
Formerly of Chemikal Underground’s pop sensations Bis, Dirty Hospital’s recent Mind Grind single dishes out a dose of distorted Detroit techno and has been receiving plays from the likes of Andrew Weatherall.
Monarch
English Electric
Epic electro-disco from Manchester’s English Electric recently released on Scotland’s excellent Mighty Robot records.
Real Thing (Various Production remix)
Fool
The mighty Alex Smoke turns his focus from techno to hip hop with the collaboration with L.A. resident MC Non from the Shadowhuntaz. ‘Real Thing’ was released on Alex’s top new label ‘Hum + Haw’ feat dubstep crossover kings, Various Production.
The System
Mark du Mosch
Rotterdam’s Mark Du Mosch provides us with this exclusive jackin’ tropicalia-esque techno dancefloor filler all the way from Holland!
The Race
Neil Landstrumm
An as-yet unreleased future hip hop-techno crossover beast from Planet Mu / Tresor legend Neil Landstrumm
Bad Manor (Pop edit)
Operator
Exclusive dark disco-pop from Operator, formerly of Scandinavia, Benbecula and releases forthcoming on Mighty Robot.
Pop!
Snailman
Exclusive unreleased material from Snailman mashing up children’s toys and old synths into a quirky electro-pop gem.
Glades
Casionova
Brighton’s Casionova provides us with an exclusive digital release of ‘Glades’, his huge italo-disco number out recently on Cyberdance...
Valentine
Ali Renault
One half of Heartbreak (currently causing a stir with their debut album on Lex records, US/UK tours with the Presets and Cut Copy and kudos from Vice Magazine), Ali Renault offers this impossible-to-get-hold-of-until-now italo-disco gem.
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OPEN EAR, NOVEMBER '08Electronic-mutant-disco-love curated by Open Ear’s resident DJ Brian dSouza (Slabs of the Tabernacle, Volume!). www.openearmusic.com
This compilation is insanely good - Electric English 'Monarch' and Neil Landstrumm are highly worth it, but wait that's 60p - only 40p more for all ten... Blimey.
when's the next excellent installment of open ear?
next week ;)
My favourite tracks from Open Ear Nov 08:
DIRTY HOSPITAL: Mind Grind
FOOL: Real Thing (Various Production remix)
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