{"id":10635,"date":"2004-09-15T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2004-09-14T22:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?p=10635"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:11:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:11:31","slug":"dj-rupture-beans-ozi-balta-the-stills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2004\/09\/15\/dj-rupture-beans-ozi-balta-the-stills\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Rupture, Beans, Ozi Balta, The Stills"},"content":{"rendered":"

DJ RUPTURE<\/strong>\u00a0[U.S.\/SPAIN]
\nhigh resolution<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nfollowing the\u00a0nettle<\/strong>\u00a0post, here’s some more of barcelona-based dj rupture<\/strong> (pictured). although recorded under his ‘DJ’ name, this also drops some eastern influence, albeit lower in the mix – the predominant feel is sample-heavy midtempo broken beat, with a vocal ripped from\u00a0aaliyah<\/strong>\u00a0coming halfway through. things build to a more frantic pace towards the end, hitting some quality breakcore around the 3 minute mark. unlike some of the more excessive territories explored by\u00a0kid606<\/strong>\u00a0et al, rupture manages to keep everything together, making the whole thing completely listenable. good on ‘im.
\nBEANS<\/strong>\u00a0[US]
\ndiamond halo grenade\u00a0<\/strong>mp3<\/a>
\nthis track is taken from\u00a0beans<\/strong>‘ new warp records album ‘shock city maverick’ (see\u00a0warp epk<\/a>). beans has always been on the electronic side of hip hop, collaborating in the past with fine folks such as\u00a0prefuse 73<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0el-p<\/strong>. this track takes him further into beat-driven electronica, however for heavier exploration in this area, check out ‘bubonic’ on the new e.p. ‘down by law’ – produced by mark pritchard (jedi knights, reload), it’s closer in feel to some of the two-step electronica mapped out by\u00a0dizzee rascal<\/strong>\u00a0on his new ‘showtime’ album. dizzee has stolen the lead from so many people in the last 12 months, making everything else sound a little dated. fortunately, beans is coming up fast behind – the new album hopefully will prove the point. you can also still download the excellent\u00a0mutescreamer (prefuse 73 mix)<\/strong>\u00a0here:\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nOZI BATLA<\/strong>\u00a0[AUSTRALIA]
\nstarship troopers<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nheard any aussie hip hop yet? well, there’s a huge scene down here – ranging from the party hop of folks like\u00a0the herd<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0koolism<\/strong>\u00a0to more leftfield tunes from the likes of the excellent\u00a0hermitude<\/strong>and\u00a0macromantics<\/strong>.\u00a0ozi batla<\/strong>\u00a0(from the well-respected ‘elefant traks<\/a>‘ stable) falls somewhere in between all this. he definitely has the aussie MC stylings, however lyrically he’s coming from a darker corner. the above track featured on ‘the elefant collection’ volume one.
\nTHE STILLS<\/strong>\u00a0[CANADA]
\nretour a vega<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nthanks to the folks at\u00a0vice recordings<\/a>, here’s a little rarity – montreal’s\u00a0the stills<\/strong>\u00a0with a french language track, proving there’s so much more to rock than dirty boring bands like\u00a0jet<\/strong>. switching to new york in 2002, the band hooked up with both the\u00a0yeah yeah yeahs\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0interpol<\/strong>\u00a0– if you’re going to make friends with anyone in manhattan, that seems like a pretty good start. their album is called ‘logic will break your heart’ and, on the strength of this track, is definitely worth investigation.
\n+++ thanks etc +++<\/strong>
\na heads up to thomas barlett at\u00a0salon.com<\/a>\u00a0(check out the\u00a0wednesday morning download<\/a>\u00a0section) for his kinds words on\u00a0fat planet<\/strong>, thanks too to the ever-excellent\u00a0better propaganda<\/a>\u00a0for their front page link to this ‘ere blog (check out their recent mp3 additions for diplo, milosh and solvent). thanks also to\u00a0queep<\/a>\u00a0for the link + props – an interesting site to check out, if you like discovering new music with more a dancefloor friendly appeal, this is a good pitstop. in other ‘fat planet in the news’ news… i also managed to worm my way into one of the main sunday newspapers here –\u00a0the sun herald<\/strong>\u00a0– rambling on about ‘chip music’ and making some dodgy comparisons to conceptual art – hilarious! it’s not posted online, so you’ll just have to take my word for it….
\ni’m not a fan of\u00a0metallica<\/strong>, but you must see their documentary ‘some kind of monster’ – it’s one of the most compelling movies i’ve seen in a long time. if metal’s not your bag, fear not – there’s very little music throughout, just a never-ending parade of oddly life-affirming moments as the band struggle with their own internal disputes and an impending fear of failure. (and i’m now strangely interested in their new album – curse those marketing fiends!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DJ RUPTURE\u00a0[U.S.\/SPAIN] high resolution\u00a0mp3 following the\u00a0nettle\u00a0post, here’s some more of barcelona-based dj rupture (pictured). although recorded under his ‘DJ’ name, this also drops some eastern influence, albeit lower in the mix – the predominant feel is sample-heavy midtempo broken beat, with a vocal ripped from\u00a0aaliyah\u00a0coming halfway through. things build to a more frantic pace towards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[44,557,619,729,795,445,1175,1205,357,1442,1508],"class_list":["post-10635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fat-planet","tag-australia","tag-beans","tag-canada","tag-dj-rupture","tag-europe","tag-fat-planet-blog","tag-north-america","tag-ozi-balta","tag-spain","tag-the-stills","tag-united-states","missing-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15556,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10635\/revisions\/15556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}