KAMPION [MEXICO]
invisible
the evolution of abstract hip hop continues, taking in a central american flavour here thanks to guillermo guev√?ra, releasing tracks under the name kampion. guillermo comes from a mexican production crew called duopandamix, who recently appeared at the benicassim festival with other well-known mexican producers murcof and fax. their 2003 album ‘afternuclearbomb’ appeared on mexico’s home for techno / electronica / downbeat, static records. for kampion, guillermo has chosen to give away the music for free, via mp3 label filtro. six months into their life, filtro have eight releases under their belt including work from alvaro ruiz (dubbed by filtro as “the most prolific electronic music producer from mexico”) and remixes of work by manrico montero (a fine collection of rmxs from 14 mexican artists). if IDM or broken beat is your music of choice, filtro and static are your entry points for the mexican scene.
DJ FLACK [U.S: BOSTON]
prague rock
if you enjoyed murderbot‘s mp3 two weeks ago, check this from dj flack‘s ‘house of cards’ e.p.. on a much more downtempo than the frenetic breakcore of his mashit label mate, dj flack is antony flackett, boston-based dj and multimedia artist. the production has much the same cracked sounds as you might expect from fat planet favourite, mutamassik – a liberal sampling of international instrumentation (strings, horns and more) is spliced with dirty beats and killer editing, producing a twisted and disjointed slice of broken beat. his site has a few more mp3 to enjoy (on more of a dub tip) and you can also download his latest mashit release here.
NETTLE [SPAIN]
myanmar (timeblind remix)
i’ve been rolling around like a pig in shit over at the crucial systems site – one of the finest selections of mp3s this side of christmas. crucial systems is the online home for timeblind, otherwise known as chris sattinger. a one time classical saxophonist, chris has made his way through a multiplicity of genres to get to where he is today – from free jazz, industrial, acid house, techno to broken beat, breakcore and dub. none of that history is discarded, it’s a joy to find traces of them all, even in the same piece. the above mp3 was originally released on nettle‘s ‘firecamp stories remixed’ series – nettle being another psuedonym for the talented dj and producer dj rupture. visit the agriculture site for more mp3s from this and other nettle releases.