hey, hope yer well!
Got a few 2009 updates from Highpoint Lowlife.
We've redone the whole website, with a clean re-design and layout, upgraded webservice and bandwidth, enabling us to host our own store direct from the site. We've added about 80% of the back catalog which is now available as FLAC or MP3 downloads. Check it out at http://highpointlowlife.com
Two brand new releases too:
[hpll032] Tigrics - Brokenret
A three track EP from our favorite hungarian noisemonger, Tigrics, entitled ‘Brokenret’ - Immaculately produced dark uptempo acid tinged tracks, with nanoscale attention to details;
First track ‘Snyki’ is a hard wired current of fidgety rhythm, frequencies to fry you head, and turbulent synth; but it’s second track ‘Boko (Katchkanari Acid Mix)’ with it’s monster squashed introduction building up to a runway juggernaut beat for only the freakiest dancefloors, which really kicks off!
The EP closes with ‘Volatile’, a more melodic epilogue, to wind down a lovely release.
[hpll033] Production Unit - Half Of A Hole
Production Unit is one of the resident DJs at Glasgow's monthly
wonky/dubstep/techno night, Numbers, (where Rustie, Jackmaster and
that whole crew also stem from), and alongside The Village Orchestra,
he's also one of the members of long running art terrorist music
makers, The Marcia Blaine School For Girls.
Two distinct tracks woven together through a maximal use of low-end
and dancehall derived rhythms and space:
The more technoid attack of 'A Little Hope' comes on with a thundering
beat and a snaking synthline, before the wall of bass surges forward
and shredded vocal textures create a hypnotic hook, all building
toward an epic finale, before finally collapsing into a shimmering
pool of syrupy ambience.
'Dem Sirens' on the other hand is a languid and woozy half time
steppa, with a slow kick drum pounding out an incessant and skewed,
almost hip hop beat, punctuated with finger clicks and tightly locked
transparent layers of synth and melody, like a skunk hazed boogie down
productions instrumental.
You can buy em' both from our site, or listen in full from lastfm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Tigrics/Brokenret
http://www.last.fm/music/Production+Unit/Half+of+A+Hole
thanks!
thorsten
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