Every time Rubix sends me tracks I’m thrown into a swirling house groove that I want to stay in 4ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’s got this release on Southern Fried w/ Malente.
P.S. I’ve got this track now and will be playing this in upcoming DJ sets, so look out!
Rubix & Malente – Afrikan Boogie
/ Southern Fried by IamRubix
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/RUBIX/343654812729?v=app_178091127385&ref=ts#
http://soundcloud.com/iamrubix
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Matthew Dear, Co-founder of the Ghostly International label (Gold Panda, Lusine, Mux Mool, Dabrye, Phantogram) brings his live show to Nectar Lounge tonight in Fremont, Seattle.
IG88 will be opening! A highly promising, expansive electronic artist from our area. I can’t wait to hear his sound journeys coming out of those big nectar speakers 🙂
Grindle will also be DJ’ing.
BUY TIX: http://bit.ly/9cEIWT
You will see me there fo shizzzz
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I met Henry (Shlohmo) at Decibel Festival 2010..he had just played his set for the Modeselektor/Mount Kimbie showcase at Neumos. This a 21+ show, he is not 21..so he was outside once his performance was over..so lame! BUT, I wouldn’t have been able to talk to him for a bit, and now, bring you this blog post, so here’s to that!
Artist: Shlohmo | Song: Sippy Cup by Disco Droppings
I like his loose, spaced-out way of putting music together..
INTERVIEW.
1. Is there a certain kind of theme or idea your developing with Shlohmo?
no, it just gets weirder as time goes on.
2. My friends and I are moving ourselves into the Seattle music scene, especially for electronic music I think it’s right on the edge of really coming together..what would you suggest to young producer/Dj’s like myself, being in an area where electronic music isn’t fully developed and embraced (like LA)?
just keep doin your thing. get weird. keep it truth. don’t try to blend in or make something because you think it’ll be perceived well. make shit for yourself but keep going to shows and get inspired. i dunno, if the scene’s small enough, eventually you start to meet people. i dunno if there’s a set of rules for this one. just keep doin what you do and the rest will follow if it’s meant to happen.
Artist: Jed and Lucia | Song: April Showers (Shlohmo Remix) by Disco Droppings
3. Within the beat scene music their are so many little things to listen to, lots of crumpling, bubbling, squeezing and such..when it comes to the atmosphere in the your songs, how do they come together? Is it lots of effects going and just listening for the weird sounds to come out?
a lot of field recording. i barely even use digital elements or samples anymore. i end up sampling myself. looking for weird sounds that i like in random objects on my desk. i just build on shit until the song sounds like a complete object to me. or the opposite, depending on what i’m going for.
4. Who are some artists from different genres that you feel you have a connection with? People with a similar mindset that just comes out in a very different style of music..
nite jewel, lil b, how to dress well, dog bite. a lot of different shit. i definitely listen to that shit now more than any beat stuff.
5. What’s the best show you’ve been to in the past 6 months? What really stood out to you?
fuck. i played with mount kimbie again down in LA, 2 days after decibel. best show i’ve seen in a long time. it was in a theater with a big ass movie screen behind the performers and my friend Strangeloop was doing visuals. it was just the perfect setting for that kind of music. and their set really fucked up my head. made me want to start all over again.
www.facebook.com/pages/Shlohmo/215424843565
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time to slow things down.. let’s be sexy now.
This World Soundcloud Beat Battle 9 – SeePM 1 by SeePM
hailing from London, groove with SeePM..ahh soo excited about this one..
INTERVIEW.
1. This be some super funky stuff! How do you harness that fresh breezy mentality?
Possibly because making it puts me in such a good mood. I think it’s impossible to be unhappy while producing a funk tune. My background is in jazz and improvisation – so the way I make stuff is to just jam to a beat or a sample until something sticks. It’s a lot of fun and I hope that comes across in the sound.
2. What show first got you real excited to become a producer?
Hard to say really. I first started making tunes when I was 14 on a Technics midi sequencer keyboard I bought after we had used them in some classes at school. Real cheesy shit. But I guess I really started to focus on making music properly last year when I saw Hudson Mohawke support Prefuse 73 in Islington. That shit blew my mind – it was at the time of his Polyfolk Dance EP and I had never heard that off beat ‘beats’ sound before (I know, I’m a proper late comer). So I just thought, ‘I’ve got to try and make stuff like this’.
*for those who arent familiar with Prefuse and Hudson..
3. Some of these tunes sound like epic movie soundtracks..any films that inspire SeePM?
More video games than films actually. The Final Fantasy series for example – those soundtracks are amazing.
4. Did it take a while to develop such an expansive sound?
Well it has never really been a conscious thing, so I’m not sure. But my mum is a pianist so I was brought up on a lot of classical music at home and at school. I guess that in some part might have influenced the sounds I choose and the way I arrange them. But I’m definitely still developing.
Bike Boogy Take 1 (Rough Version) by SeePM
SeePM – Bears Eat Beats (SCBB7) by SeePM
5. Have you done many collaborations? How have these differed from SeePM?
Yeah. I love to collab, it’s a lot of fun. I’ve been making music with a friend from uni for a while now under the name of Bohko. It’s a lot more chilled out and electronic than the stuff I do on my own. Plus Joe is a genius at making all the subtle textural glitchy sounds that add a whole new level to the sound. We have recently put out a free EP called Sulis, which you can check here:
I’ve also done a few bits with some MCs. Here’s a tune I did with Ax Butane:
http://soundcloud.com/axbutane/seepm-no-amor-feat-ax-butane
It’s still uncompleted, but Ax’s flow is always on point.
6. For those young producers out there like myself, what’s kept you going as an artist? What do you say to the ones who are really excited to produce, but haven’t gotten their sound quite yet?
Stay excited. I mean I feel like I’m still finding my sound, but the reason my music sounds the way it does is because of how much fun it is to make. I think it was Flying Lotus that said in an interview a while back that he is never happier than when he is in the lab making beats. I’d agree with that.
7. Any last words?
Thanks to you and anyone else that takes the time to check out my music.
Also writing this prompted me to put on Polkdadot Blues (from Polyfolk Dance) again, so thanks. I’m at work and it’s lunchtime in the office – I’m now nodding like crazy by myself.
Robin Squirrel Blackbird by SeePM
http://soundcloud.com/seepm
http://twitter.com/SeePM
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hi.
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doesn’t have to be so hard
Damn Kanye West. A movie?! I’m down to watch. Keep pushin’ man, always thought you were something grand.
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