O altar do ano

O Coffee Breakz desta semana conclui o balanço de 2009 com os cinco discos internacionais que faltava escutar. A seguir, revela os 10 álbuns nacionais que quer levar no CPU para memória futura. Para ouvir Dirty Projectors, Mos Def, Fever Ray, Ana Moura e o nosso Legendary Tigerman acompanhado por belas mulheres como Asia Argento (na foto).

01 Sunset Rubdown Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh! (#5)
02 Dirty Projectors Two Doves (#4)
03 Mos Def Auditorium (#3)
04 Animal Collective Bluish (#2)
05 Fever Ray Keep the Streets Empty for Me (#1)

álbuns nacionais:
06 Batida Korimbas Gruvi (#10)
07 Tó Trips Electric Marrakesh (#9)
08 Mazgani Thirst (#8)
09 The Legendary Tigerman My Stomach Is the Most Violent of All of Italy (feat. Asia Argento) (#7)
10 Mayra Andrade Odjus Fitchádu (#6)
11 Melech Mechaya Dança do Desprazer (#5)
12 Ana Moura Não É um Fado Normal (#4)
13 Aquaparque De Dentro de uma Baleia (#3)
14 Norberto Lobo Ayrton Senna (#2)
15 Teratron Go Skitzo (feat. Backyard Bully) (#1)

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emitido a 12 Janeiro

Owen Pallett - Heartland

Owen Pallett era Final Fantasy até há bem pouco tempo. Foi assim que editou "Has a Good Home", em 2005, e "He Poos Clouds", no ano seguinte. Deixou de o ser agora porque "Heartland" é o primeiro disco a sair no Japão e o músico quis evitar problemas com a empresa que fabrica o videojogo com o mesmo nome. Mas não é só isso que muda ao terceiro disco do compositor, violinista e cantor canadiano (ele que assinou parte dos arranjos de cordas dos dois monumentais álbuns dos Arcade Fire).

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These New Puritans - Hidden

No processo de criação deste segundo álbum, o vocalista dos These New Puritans anunciou que a música andava próxima de dancehall misturado com Steve Reich. Ao ouvir "Hidden", conclui-se que Jack Barnett, que é também letrista e co-produtor, não mentia. O sucessor de "Beat Pyramid", este de 2008, é uma jornada épica pelos caminhos de um dub atmosférico sempre muito agarrado à percussão, que é afinal o habitat mais óbvio de um dos mais importantes compositores vivos. (Steve Reich, pois claro!)

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O segundo toque de Midas

Na pausa de fim de ano, o Coffee Breakz volta a ligar o piloto automático com os parceiros de crime londrinos. Da lista 09 do Rhythm Incursions ainda fazem parte Zomby (na foto), Ras G, Simian Mobile Disco e Jose James, entre outros.

Easy & The Center of the Universe – Legend of Selda
Ras G – Lisa Bonnet
Maxmillion Dunbar – Bare Feet
Declaime and Flying Lotus – Lit Up
Tokimonsta – Let Me Trick U
Computer Jay – Distance
Slugabed – Gritsalt
FaltyDL – To London
FaltyDL – Party
Zomby – Godzilla
Shortstuff – Stuff
Desto – Disappearing Reappearing Ink
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience
Starkey – Miracles (Jamied Vexd remix)
Martyn ft dBridge – These Words
Pangaea – Mosaix
Breakage ft Newham Generals – Hard
Sibian Mobile Disco ft. Beth Ditto – Cruel Intentions (Joker remix)
Krytics Minds – One of Us
Peverelist ft Pinch – Revival
Jose James – Black Magic (Untold remix)
Mark Pritchard ft. Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up
Quarta330 – Bleeps from Outer Space
XLII – Podgy Swing
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl is a Computer
Ben Sharpa – Off the Rails
Build An Ark – In Her Smile (Daedelus remix)
Clutchy Hopkins – Tune Traveller
Pearson Sound – Wad
Deadbeat – Lessons in Darkness
Blue Daisy – The Fall
Poirier ft Face-T – Enemies
Machinedrum ft Mickey Factz – Freshkids
Aardvark – Duntit
Non+Hermutt Lobby – Saved (Cupp Cave remix)
Hudson Mohawke – Overnight
Mount Kimbie – Serged
Floating Points – Love Me Like This (No Nonsense Dub)
Mos Def – Quiet Dog, Bite Hard
Shafiq Husayn ft Fatima – Lil’ Girl
Dam Funk – Kill Dat
Mr Chop and CL Smooth – T.R.O.Y
Toddla T ft Mr Versatile – Rice and Peas
Soundspecies ft Ahu – Can We Call It Love?

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emitido a 05 Janeiro

Heyoka - Gate Code

Muti Music



Considering how much collective sweat critics and fans dripped for phenomena like grime and dubstep in recent years, one would come to expect a much warmer welcome to records like this. Heyoka's "Gate Code" follows last year's "Space Case EP", his first release on the Muti Music label, and has every twist and turn you normally file under the glitch hop and instrumental hip-hop tags. That being said, why aren't these 13 tracks getting all the love they deserve?

The answer lies in the very foundation of the music business and the way it sets some trends and prevents others from growing bigger and further apart. And so, after a period of good press for anything dub- and glitch-centered, now it's time to once again turn up the amps and forget all about the cold production work emerging from London's ghetto blasters. It's then a less favorable time for Andrei "Heyoka" Olenev's music to unfold commercially.

But putting all market trends aside, what remains true and well worth its salt is this Bay Area cat's music. Gaining a name for himself as one of San Francisco's top-notch new producers, Heyoka has already opened for some major acts in the scene like Benga and Skream. As the promotional material puts it, much of the album was composed while on a trip to Uruguay earlier this year, and it's actually easy to discern some journey-like qualities in this music.

Tracks like the opener "Sonidas de la Cabeza" or the subsequent "Galactic Tea Pad" possess a strength that can't be measured in muscle. While succeeding in delivering a dub-centric collection of tracks, this West Coast producer never seems to overlook the juicy elements coming from the IDM and downtempo fields. The glitch factory is thus open once again and run by a new manager, one that likes the propulsive beat just as much as he cares for the melodious aspects that only human voice can provide – even when it undergoes some sort of studio surgery.

It's like Heyoka is putting his material on a shoestring budget, saving on the superfluous to deliver fat beats only when the time feels right – and the time feels right just before the beat induces some sort of cardiac arrest. The most notable examples of this build-up of tension and expectations are cuts like "Flying Dub Sauce" and the closer "Hazy". But go figure yourself and don't expect to move away from this stuff anytime soon.

http://www.properlychilled.com/music/release/724