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mp3: Yung Gutted – GORE (ft. Stewart Villain)

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We’ve known Yung Gutted was one of our favorite fresh-faced producers for a while now, however, his material is only getting stronger.  ”GORE”, his latest track to feature a guest MC, is a track as lush as it is desolate and dark.  Alternating between throbbing bass and modulated synth crackles, “GORE” is the soundtrack to the coolest graveyard party of all time.  Stewart Villain sounds comfortable over the abstract beat throwing out macabre images to match the feeling of the track.  For those who have been waiting for new material from the prolific Lil Ugly Mane, do yourself a favor and check out this dude’s material.

-PK

mp3: Hanz – Reducer

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Hanz’s new single (yes Hanz has blessed our mortal world with more of his godly works) is called “Reducer” and that title makes a lot of sense for the new material.  ”Reducer” is harsh and desolate, not because the sounds are noisy or directly abrasive, but because they are huge and impossible to grasp.  It’s soul crushing music, the kind of soundtrack I’d expect for digging a hole into infinitum.  There are peaks of light, Hanz allows fleeting seconds of pleasant Sam Cooke samples, but they are instantly crushed again under the weight of the bass.  Hanz has reduced the chaos of his songs down to a minimum necessity and the result only makes those few pop moments more affective.  With “Reducer”, Hanz proves once again that he’s operating in his own lane.

-PK

mp3: Shale – III

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Ever since I saw them perform live way back in 2008, I’ve been hooked on the music and potential of Omeed Goodarzi and Midi & the Modern Dance.  Patrick Smith, a part of the same awesome CT scene that spawned Midi, recently went on to start the exciting A Beacon School so for a while I was wondering what Goodarzi and Midi were up to.  Although Midi are still in a hiatus of sorts, Goodarzi is working with a few other musicians with the outfit Shale.  From the two songs that they’ve put out so far, “I” and “III”, it seems that Shale is emphasizing the melodrama that has always permeated through Goodarzi’s music.  ”III” is a slow waltz on minimal yet effective instrumentation backing Goodarzi’s breathtaking vocals.  Around the three minute mark things really start to pick up as the vocals get washed away in a huge wave of strings and distortion.  It’s a grand move that Goodarzi often pulled off in Midi’s best music and it only sound more matured here.

-PK

mp3: SEENMR – Infinite Mind Power

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Remember how the math of god is in place and there is nothing we can do (or would do anyway) to prevent the impending Young Ho revolution?  Well, let’s not give all the credit to god.  Having barely taken a rest from releasing his stunning Chinatown Tape, SEENMR has continued to refine and impress with his newest release “Infinite Mind Power”.  Like the most stunning tracks on Chinatown Tape, “Infinite Mind Power” settles into a natural progression and repetition that invokes cycles of nature instead of an electronic loop.  It’s challenging, soothing and life-affirming all at once.  We’re sorry but not really all that sorry that Young Ho is taking over The Up-Turn.

-PK

mp3: TV Girl & Monster Rally – Average Guy (Blame)

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TV Girl and Monster Rally are two artists that have dominated sample-based electronic and pop music on the blogosphere since around 2011 and with “Average Guy (Blame)” they team up for appropriately sample-based pop bliss.  ”Average Guy (Blame)” mixes the lighthearted, doo-wop innocence of TV Girl with the abstract and hypnotic loops of Monster Rally.  Fair warning, you can’t only listen once.

-PK

mp3: Chris Villa – Mind St8 II (prod. Hanz)

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It’s been far too long since Georgia masterminds Chris Villa and Hanz have teamed up but the two haven’t been wasting much time either.  Villa and Hanz have been refining their sound over this past year and the confidence and maturity shines through on “Mind St8 II” which I’m assuming is a spiritual sequel to “My Muthafuckin Mind State”. While Villa’s flows and delivery have always been steeped in a reverence for southern legends such as Three 6 Mafia, “Mind St8 II” finds Villa retaining those influences while also sounding comfortable in his own shoes.  The beat is standard fair for Hanz and by that I mean utterly disturbed and unlike anything other producers are doing right now.  If “Mind St8 II” Villa and Hanz hardly break a sweat I’m excited to hear more Pope x Hanz in the future.

-PK