Delroy Edwards ' Plumskins Burnout Mix'

What a banger. New track from this dude Delroy Edwards (who's just had something out on L.I.E.S.) just went up on his Soundcloud yesterday. Obviously it's annoying to just compare people but it's like the bits I like from Omar S, Marcus Mixx (drum patterns & sounds) and Dance Mania all in one record. It's raw! Rampant, straight-up banger. No messing. Amazing sounds! Listen! Loud!

Forthcoming on L.I.E.S - Delroy Edwards - 4 Club Use Only

It said 'ghetto house' in the corner of the soundcloud page but it's far more sedate than that would lead you to think. (Note however the font saying 'DELROY EDWARDS' on the record sleeve is pure Dance Mania).

 

It pushes along, sure, but rather than a peak hour banger it's more PURE ATMOSPHERE POWER. Shimmery and meandering, it's super raw and soulful. It makes me shut my eyes a little and zone out at my desk. Mmm. It's not a million miles from some of the OASIS Collaborating stuff. Just listen to those beats - whatever they're run through they've got an incredible textured surface area that just sounds so cool. Serious FXHE vibes (which is a very good thing. I can't be bothered to defend Omar S against people who think only wankers like him, as far as I'm concerned he's a don). Incredible track.

New L.I.E.S. - MUTANT BEAT DANCE - SKETCH III

New on the lovely Brooklyn-based L.I.E.S. label is this track from Mutant Beat Dance, aka Beau Wanzer and Melvin Oliphant (who is also known as Traxx). As with all the Mutant Beat Dance stuff I've heard, the beats are just pretty damn tough. Not hard, mind, they just ooze dancefloor rawness. And the rest of the track is nicely unhinged, there's a looped keyboard sound in there that's menacing like a Goblin soundtrack, some incomprehensible vocal samples and lots of raw jacking vibes. It's heavy and it's weird and it'll make you jack, it's mutant beat dance.

 

Torn Hawk - Tarifa

Torn Hawk is a Brooklyn-based producer whose new release is out soon on NY’s fine new(ish) house label L.I.E.S. Torn Hawk is also an alias of video artist Luke Wyatt, he of the PPU Party DVD series (think betamax, jheri curls, synths and spandex - see below). 

Anyway, Tarifa. The track combines cold metallic undertones with seductively dreamy Balearic guitar licks and warm, wistful synths. It’s an unusual combination but it really works, and the same compelling incongruity is found in the video, where VHS static and digital FX surround the romantic hand-holding, sunset-laden imagery. 

Both track and vid are heavy with analogue poignance and beautiful hyper-modern wistfulness; a strong contribution to the new wave of analogue, left-of-centre house-not-house coming from L.I.E.S (and Brooklyn in general) of late.