Albums
John Luther Adams
Félicia Atkinson
Cardopusher
Matt Christensen
Enrico Coniglio
Coniglio / Under the Snow
Dakota Suite
Deadbeat
Deepchord
Vladislav Delay Quartet
DJ W!LD
Dreissk
Mark E
Marcus Fjellström
Fourcolor
Fovea Hex
Ákos Garai
Kreng
Lerosa
Machinedrum
Mem1 + Stephen Vitiello
Message to Bears
Novi_sad
Rick Reed
Alexander Rishaug
Jannick Schou
Secret Cinema
Seven Saturdays
Sleeps in Oysters
Sound People
Strom Noir
Ryan Teague
thisquietarmy
thisquietarmy + Yellow6
Amon Tobin
Alexander Turnquist
Damian Valles
Vetrix
Simon Whetham
Winterlight
Compilations / Mixes
Brownswood Electr*c 2
Laid Compilation
Prosumer
EPs
David Åhlén
Arkhonia
Bad Sector
Bengalfuel
Wil Bolton
Ed Cooke
Davis / Kleefstras
Detroit: DeepConstructed
d'incise
Final Cut
Gang Colours
Richard A Ingram
Pfirter / Dadub
Nils Quak
Rhythm Baboon
Rumpistol
Mark Templeton
Damian Valles
Josh Varnedore
Rhythm Baboon:
Jambah Bongo Dub EP
Concrete Cut Recordings
Jambah Bongo Dub EP presents a fine quartet of tracks that impresses even more for being Rhythm Baboon's debut solo release. The man behind the primate mask is one Szymon Listewnik, a Gdansk, Poland-based DJ, producer, and graphic designer who's been spinning discs (vinyl only) under the name Simc for over a decade and first appeared under the new alias on the Mad-Hop Vol. 2 compilation series. The EP's framed with two tasty samplings of futuristic bass science, “A Girl From Outer Space” and “Very Triple Drop,” with the former interspersing primal vocal yelps and lush synthetic detailing with a bumping, garage-tinged swing and the latter sneaking house vocal elements into its electro-funk dubstep pulse. Listewnik occasionally sprinkles his tracks with natural elements, such as hand drums in “Hunting Bushman,” while also incorporating no shortage of standard genre signifiers such as claps and bass throb. Similar to Shackleton, Listewnik also weaves exotic sounds into his tripped-out material, with a dub bass pulse aligning with multiple percussive strands during the title track, in one such example. Rhythm Baboon's material deftly sidesteps any one delimiting genre by weaving strands of dubstep, garage, funk, and house into the EP's eighteen minutes, though it must be said one would likely find the material slotted into the dubstep section, though dubstep of the forward-thinking kind associated with figures like Peverelist and 2562.
June 2011