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September 1st, 2010
Time for another Dank Morass Top 5 courtesy of Rave Magazine – check it in this week’s hardcopy on the streets of Brisbane, or on their site. This time aroound: Fresh beats from El-P, Lorn, Samiyam, Blue Daisy, TOKiMONSTA and an old classic from Vex’d.
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August 26th, 2010
In the wake of the recent sonic assault of Ras_G and following The Gaslamp Killer earlier this year, Dank Morass presents the next artist from Flying Lotus’ mighty Brainfeeder clique to reach Brisbane. From Los Angeles via Ann Arbor, Michigan, Samiyam is a lover of soul, beats, hip hop and donuts with sprinkles. He’ll be bringing his live, fuzzed, future funk to the chilled surrounds of the Valley’s x&y bar on Sunday September 12. (more…)
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August 19th, 2010
The Grand Imperial Walrus drops beats tomorrow night at Class, a night of hip hop, minimal thrash (?) and dubstep at Iceworks in Paddington, Brisbane.
Vivandière is spinning as well – check out her latest mix here on Soundcloud.
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August 17th, 2010
Now, it is time for part two of the Archive series, a homage to essential albums that you may have dearly missed in your life.
This week is the “Live” LP, released in 1972 by seminal American soul artist Donny Hathaway on Atlantic Recordings. Download at end of post. (more…)
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August 17th, 2010
Dank Morass are throwing down in the dubstep zone at the Step Inn for the early September Brisbane for NZ drum and bass act Cern.
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August 9th, 2010
One of the most unhinged personalities in hip hop, Kool Keith, hits the venerable Step Inn tomorrow night for an Ekka holiday-eve show. There’s a big line-up of local supports, and a whole other room of DJs and MCs in the front room. DJ Katch, Pure Product, DNO and Erther are among the supports. Dank Morass holds down the main stage at both ends of the night, opening with rugged beats and then closing out after Keith with some spaced out business. Keith is entirely unpredictable. We could be treated to material from the Ultramag days, some Dr Octagon jams or some filthy sex styles, or we could just have fried chicken and smut mags thrown at us from stage. Either way, it’s gonna be big! Earth people, come on down.
We’d be surprised if this show didn’t sell out, but you can still grab tickets via OzTix if you haven’t already.
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July 31st, 2010
For a few months now, the good folks at Brisbane’s Rave Magazine have been giving the Morass space to list our favourite new beats in their Basement Raver column. We thought it only fair to share the love after the fact, so here’s last week’s installment. Stay tuned for more.
Lorn – ‘Tomorrow’ (Brainfeeder) – The B-side wins again with the Brainfeeder alumni’s crackling dirge from the (digital) flip of ‘Cherry Moon’. (Buy Nothing Else LP at Bleep or Boomkat)
Still Philosophy & Qman1 – ‘Rollin In My…’ (Planet? remix) (CDR) – Aqueous bass and mermaid whispers make this the jam to bump in your Lowrider submarine. Up periscope! (Free EP download via Bandcamp)
Robot Koch – ‘Gorom Sen’ (Loops Haunt remix) (Project Mooncircle) – Two android samurai size each other up and tersely draw swords in Mr Haunt’s fearsome mechanical take on Robot’s original. (Buy Death Star Droid remix EP at Bleep)
Soul Litchfield – ‘Dice Toss’ (Saturn Never Sleeps) – Philly mainstay (and former Digable Planets member) King Britt turns two decades of experience to new school beat business with a sprinkling of old school soul. (Buy Headnod Acrobatics Vol 1 from Saturn Never Sleeps)
Downliners Sekt – ‘U Gumbu’ (Disboot) – Did you ever wonder what early Autechre being slowly and tenderly suffocated by Burial in a damp closet would sound like? Us neither, but turns out it’s pretty dope. (Buy Hello Lonely, Hold the Nation on Boomkat).
BONUS BEAT: Justin Bieber – ‘Baby’ (El-P Death mix) (CDR) – This actually exists.
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July 16th, 2010
Okay peeps.
First off, i hope all is moving forward swimmingly in your respective worlds.
Secondly, for those who are late to class, time for a catch up on the one and only…
Below you will find several links to music and videos related to the mastermind that is RAS_G and the AFRIKAN SPACE PROGRAM.
I could write several pages about the ancient echos of Afro-Futurism and Jamaican Sound System Culture in Ras’s bass beats and their integral influence on the Los Angeles/Global Art/Beats community. However, if you are unfamiliar with this man and his works, have an explore, and see (hear) for yourself.
It’s getting close to crunch time and if you ain’t done your homework, look sharp! The exam is 9pm Friday 23rd July @ Step Inn. Exam notes…
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