(m_007) Lokua - Nightmare in Crook County Vol. 1

Lokua - Nightmare in Crook County Vol. 1
Label: Moment Sound
Catalog#: m_007
Format: 7 x File, MP3, 320 kbps
Country: US
Released: 07 Nov 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Disco, Electro

It has been almost a year and a half since the release of “Trails” most which Lokua spent honing his craft in a suburban basement on the outskirts of Chicago and performing more than weekly in various Chicago venues. At this point, there does not exist a corner of electronic music Lokua has not yet made his own and the release is a reflection of this. A great variety of styles are brought together with a strong and coherent narrative structure and a unique “Lokua sound”.
This is a horrifically dark, enigmatic and twisted side of Lokua. Yet the sublime, and at times tender, finesse makes one wish that the sun never shone and we were eternally trapped in the subterranean dungeon of his sick nightmare. Many daemons have been unleashed over the past few years and quite a few extra-terrestrial spirits summoned in order to channel the energy towards a greater musical good that starts out as a soundtrack to your life and slowly becomes life itself.

Tracklisting:
01 Thick
02 Rush The Gates
03 Late Night Ride (Interlude)
04 Nite Lite Pt. 2
05 Hood Sound (Feat. Miss Del Real)
06 The White Van
07 Ghost Disco



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(BP 033) Various - The Nines

Various - The Nines
Label: Bypass Label
Cat#: BP033
Format: File, MP3, 320 kbps
Date of release: 28 May, 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Downtempo
Artwork By: Kinle Wo
Mastered By: ZhangJW

For sure, that bypass is impalpable...a shimmering surprise coordinated by an alchemist without blinkers. The nines...not the exception that proves hypothetical rules, enthusiastic, enterprising, after 32 notable references, ZhangJW have decided to call together new incomers (except Syndrôm) to be sure to give new avenues of investigation and jump over the trap of the first compilation exercice.

The leap is as graceful and elegant, as the reception carries a multitude of impressions and plurial feelings, without forgetting to mention the humor of some of the guests for their peking host - Alternately, an inspired lethargic dub, a dark blue frantic nostalgia, an unfinished and masterly track, a hit from Moscow or Esa giving us a strange ritournelle as a possible closure, a decoy.

The nine directions of that "S" are multiplied, for sure, but dotted with authentic free electrons in autonomy - particles in emulsion, crystallized for a moment, before a new mad rush, but I digress. Then, what about other assumptions, the classicism of a few times spent through the hills which are becoming more surprising and lyrical, or maybe the quiet and solid dematerialization of soundscapes orchestrated by a Sorin Paun at his best, saved in extremis in a scenographic loop history, a mysterious next door, finally closed by an off voice, on a laconic "bacteria bacteria" previously demonstrated through orientalism by Materia Prima as a high definitive testimony on monitors.

Finally, is it still really necessary to specify that "the nines" is not a nice illustrated catalog...

Tracklisting:
01 - Photophob - Parts Apart (6:29) [MP3]
02 - Araya - Indigo Shoots (3:27) [MP3]
03 - Störung Stelle - Unfinished (RIP Diathroda) (5:15) [MP3]
04 - Moroza_Knozova - Rosolam (Novoxmix) (3:49) [MP3]
05 - Lackluster - LL200105 (5:08) [MP3]
06 - Randomform - Bliq-Per (4:44) [MP3]
07 - Syndrôm - Nine Paths Through The Hills (4:18) [MP3]
08 - Lokua - Next Door (3:19) [MP3]
09 - Materia Prima - Pandemia (4:05) [MP3]



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