Greetings. This is my first post, and I thought I’d start things off with one of my favorite hidden gems. Some of you may recognize the band Blitz as one of the most well known old school Oi/Punk bands. However not many people know that in 1983 they had a bit of a personnel split, with half of the band continuing on in the bland Punk style, while the other half released this beautiful monster of a Post-Punk album.
Second Empire Justice is what happens when a good melodic Punk band finally gets time in a real studio, with a real producer (Chris Nagle who earlier assisted the legendary Martin Hannet on a number of Joy Division and New Order albums).
I could go on and on about this album, but instead I’ll let you take a listen and decide for yourselves. This was one of the singles from this LP, and it is also one of my favorite Post-Punk songs ever recorded.
Basura was named one of URB’s top 10 dj’s to watch out for in 2001 for his series of IDM mixes tapes which he put out a gaggle of back in the day. But Basura ain’t the only Toofer who knows a thing or three about IDM. I also used to spend the majority of my spare time lurking in the experimental/IDM section of music stores & ran across a few diamonds.
One of my long time faves has to be SF based producer/artist Twerk who not only creates dreamy/creamy landscapes with his music, he also creates software which can help you to procreate your own tunes. A lot of the sounds he uses are gathered using a DAT whilst traveling around the city & later manipulated using custom built equipment & software.
Visit AudilbleOddities, his mastering house to get your shit straight hooked up, and click on the the ‘Twerk’ tab to see his discography & the software I was telling you about. You can re-up on a few of his albums on Amazon.
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