Benny Loco - Set EP

Set is a seven-track EP from Benny Loco (Ian Guthrie), a producer coming out of Boulder, CO, and bridges the gap from his first LP, Just Some Beats Vol. 1, and his second, Rise (2012).  Apparent in this latest effort by Benny is his knack for precision left-field beatsmithing, wonky time signatures and—storytelling.  By storytelling, I suggest that this music contains more than just a beat to spit over or dance to.  A good tune should be like a good story.  Take a novel, for example.  Every time you read a novel, you should experience a different story.  Although the words of the novel are the same as when you originally read the piece, we apply the life experiences we’ve accumulated since the last read into the current reading.  This in short can define “good storytelling”—does it offer something new?  In Set EP (and other works), Benny Loco captures this essence of good storytelling in musical format, with tracks ideal for the contemplation of life, art, other peculiarities of humanity (or just for nodding your head). 

Celebrating the release of his latest EP, Set (Bandcamp, 2011), be sure to check Benny in Boulder on November 20^th, with D.V.S* and Paul Basic.

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Benny Loco - In Demand (Creative Common Remix) by Benny Loco

Benny Loco - A.Q.U.A.R.I.U.S. by Benny Loco

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Array Vol. 1 from Autonomous Music

Autonomous Music is home to some of the top producers in electronic music today, and in September they released an eighteen track album--for free--including hits by Emancipator, The Polish Ambassador, ill-esha, and more.  Stream the album below and head to their Bandcamp page for the (again, free) download.

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Histibe - Tears of a Machine

Check out the latest video from Ukranian producer, Histibe.  The video is taken from scenes from "Robots of Brixton" (by Kibwe Tavares), which is a film about, "...the trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living the predictable existence of a populous hemmed in by poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment." Grab the free download of the track on Soundcloud.

Histibe "Tears of a Machine" from histibe on Vimeo.

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Loom in Essence - Smack that Glitch EP

Photo Credit: Jeff Buss / Let's Get Digital

Between playing shows across the map, Minnesota's own glitch-hop future bass squelcher Loom in Essence (Aaron Bjerke) has a new EP coming out November 7th 14th under Tycho Records--Smack That Glitch--available at all major online retailers.

Meander through LIE's Soundcloud page and notice the slew of adjectives huddled in his genre descriptions.  Such amalgamations could seem silly or effusive, but more appropriately they are expressions for the true, multi-faceted nature of Aaron's sound design and creative style.  Incorporating components of glitch, idm, future bass motifs and blippitty-bloppity-blap blips, he easliy cements his place as an informed purveyor of cognizant future music.  Catch Loom in Essence next at Infrasound Halloween (Excision, Ozric Tentacles, and more...).

Smack That Glitch EP by Loom In Essence

Read Aaron on "Xenobotanics" for a glimpse into the method: This track has 3 distinct sections all with their own feel yet still flowing from one to the next. Here's my nerdy interpretation: Section A (0:00~2:16) is set in a futuristic factory with various robotics grinding and laboring on various technologies of the age. Section B (2:16~4:00) feels slimy, like an alien worm squiggling around inside the structure's sewers and air vents. Section C (4:00~6:37) could be called the culmination of the ET life-form fusing with the robotics around it to form a completely new entity which eventually destroys the factory, escaping in a commandeered ship and disappearing into the deeps of space, never to be seen again.....Yeah, I'm a geek. haha

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