on the take

April 26th, 2010

Take “Incredibright” from Alpha Pup on Vimeo.

Take’s new album on Alpha Pup, Only Mountain, is stunningly epic. It bulges with the same density of sound as Amon Tobin and Download, but it’s more organic than either. It’s a hard record to pull highlights from. “Quartz for Amber” propels with clanking background percussion and psychedelic swellings. “Neon Beams” channels a blunted Vangelis, and throughout there are sleeper cells of renegade funk lurking furtively in the recesses of shimmering synths, restrained rumbles and cardiac arrest snares.

Take has a healthy back catalogue, including a recent split 10″ with Matthewdavid on All City, and a remix of “Parisian Goldfish” on Flying Lotus’ L.A. EP 3 X 3. You can also marvel at the diversity on his 60-track Sweatsons Trajectory mixtape under the name Sweatson Klank.

In retrospect, giving my once-heard copy of his Earthtones & Concrete to Swob during a major CD collection clean out last time I moved house was most likely a major fail, but at least it’s still in the family.

Take on MySpace
Only Mountain on Bleep

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2010 Mix Up.

January 5th, 2010

Heyo,

Happy New Year to all first up! We are in for a big one this year. People are longing for a change in collective consciousness as the bass movement continues to direct the music world.

As an insight into some future sounds and a nostalgia for old favorites i mashed together some tunes that cover a portion of the spectrum of styles currently on the move. This mix is just a taste of the sounds you will hear at the next Dank Morass party, coming to ya’ll for the end of january. Keep your ears out more info soon. I can’t wait to see everyone in front of the bass bins!

Love, Walrus.

For the beat heads.

Window Spoke Mixed By Walrii (DM2010) (via Megaupload)

Tracklist
Dizz1 – Here we go Again
Low Limit – Turf Day
Kenlo Craqnuques – Game
Marc Mac – Simple Folk
Lukid – Fela
Misel Quitno – Treehouse, Leaves Blowing
Constrobuz – No Shoes On
Slugabed – Pooomp
Magic Mojic – Unknown
Actress – Hazyville
Mike Slott – Giants Meet
Gecko Turner – Monosabio Blues (Phillips Owusu Remix)
Rustie – Inside Pikachu’s Cunt
Taz Buckfaster – Au Revoir
Fennez – Sands of Time

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