Foxdye - M4g1c47 G71mm3r1ng R41nb0w (Fukdup, 2010)

Foxdye - Martha's Mega-Meowssive


Don't be fooled by the twinkling bookend ambient tracks. I promise that's not how the rest of the record sounds. Like, at all. It's just Foxdye's way of priming you for the rainbow storm that's to follow, and then smoothly easing you down off your sugar crash.

There's an image on the inside of the insert that probably explains the music more than words ever could. It's a smashed cupcake. Frosting, glitter, sprinkles, rainbow shit everywhere. It looks delicious, like someone ate the fuck out of it and then stomped on it with clown shoes. I don't know about you, but just that picture alone is enough to tell me holy shit this is going to be so fucking good.

I'm not sure if there's a genre already in place for music like this. Joycore, cupcakecore, candycore? They use the phrase happy hardcore occasionally, but I'm not too partial to that. It's a bit too long. Anyway, I'm sure you get the idea. It's unbelievably crazy awesome.

This shit is sparkle exploding ecstasy breakcore with a fuck ton of samples. Like Dev/Null plus Girl Talk plus rainbows. There's dubbed out wub-wub fart sounds, skwee tweeking, rave-offs, blasts of drill-n-bass, every electro dance sub-genre thrown into a breakcore Blendtec and shat out in the shape of hearts, stars, and neon dinosaurs.

And the samples. OH the fucking samples. They're incredible. Martha Stewart, farts, Jock Jams, keyboard cat, poop, that old Encarta "duhn-duhhhnnn" sound, Aqua Teen, more farts, yakety sax, Full Metal Jacket, Frasier, faaaarts, "Genie In A Bottle" (on "Christina Aguerilla Warfare" obviously), even the goddamn volume adjustment blips on Macs. Every pop song ever, old and new, that you secretly love chopped & processed to oblivion, barely recognizable. I can't believe I'm saying this but there's actually a fucking awesome version of "We Like To Party" by The Vengaboys. Just trust me.

I think it's kind of a prerequisite to like breakcore to enjoy M4g1c47 G71mm3r1ng R41nb0w, but I'd say you could probably enjoy this even if you've never heard breakcore and are just really into candy and bright colors. The only thing I ask is please don't write this off if you can't stand Girl Talk. I know there's a lot of GT haters out there but this is really different and only shares a few similarities. I can pretty much guarantee that you can love this and hate Girl Talk at the same time. Because this shit is so ridiculously good. I mean come on, it's happy hardcore.

Hrvatski, Sharpwaist at The Butcher Shoppe

I went to The Butcher Shoppe (Burger Stoop) on Friday night. I saw some people play music. I didn't see some other people play music. I saw some friends. It was fun.

I caught some of Typical White Male's set. Good stuff. Then Sharpwaist. Also good stuff. Mavis Concave was cool but not especially my thing. And then Hrvatski, the reason I went to BS in the first place.

Hrvatski is Keith Fullerton Whitman. It's the name he used when playing his glitch/breakcore shit. He doesn't really do that too much anymore. Mostly droney/noisey stuff now. But he was/is the fucking MASTER glitch man. To see him play as Hrvatski live was like a fucking dream come true. Very rare, very exciting. Totally mind blowing. Best electronic set I've seen all year.

Hrvatski

Hrvatski

Hrvatski

Sharpwaist

(see them enlargified at flickr)

Haiku Review: Terminal 11 - Kaleidoscope Eyes (Cock Rock Disco, 2009)

Terminal 11 - Unicorn Peyote Kaleidoscope


Terminal 11
Kaleidoscope Eyes (download)
/ambient breakcore/
/slam your face on the table/
/see stars, know the truth/

Dev/Null - Necrobestial Sadobreaks

Dev/Null - Grind1


Dev/Null - Zombie Sunset


O breakcore, how I love thee. When I'm in the mood, there is no substitute for you. Breakcore is a genre unlike any other. And lucky me, living in the same area as one of my favorite artists, Dev/Null.

Necrobestial Sadobreaks is Dev's latest offering of cut up, fucked up, nasty glitchy electronics. Only this time, the inspiration is metal. FUCK. YES. Count me in.

This album (available on Cock Rock Disco as a free download, do it now) is undeniably awesome. 7 tracks, 16 minutes. 4 of them are really short blasts, lasting only about 40 seconds, and they're numbered "Grind1" through "Grind4." These are some of the best songs on Necro and I'm sure you can guess what they sound like with such names.

The other three tracks are traditional song length (4 to 5 minutes) but are no less brutal. Well, except for "Zombie Sunset." That one kind of shows the sweet side of Dev/Null. It's got this weird spacey/new age stuff going on in the background that sounds like it could be from Ocarina Of Time or something. It's about as melodic and dreamy as breakcore gets. Don't worry, though, it's still unmistakably breakcore and isn't short on ass kicking.

Even if you had to pay for Necrobestial Sadobreaks, I would still highly recommend it. But you don't have to pay for it, it's free. You still should donate at least a couple of bucks through PayPal but either way, this shit is so cool, you have no reason not to listen to it.