New Build - Why I am hyped

I'm rather excited for this debut album from New Build 'Yesterday Was Lived And Lost'

But Karl, am I missing something? Why this album, from this band? You don't even know if they are any good!

Well, I must tell you that there is good reason to be excited for this, that's because Hot Chip members Al Doyle and Felix Martin are involved, that's these guys to the right over here. And if you don't know who Hot Chip are, what are you doing? They are only the awesomest geek-chic synth-pop group in the world!

If you don't believe me click this shizzle 

And the material released so far suggests a slightly more melancholy sounding record than previous Hot Chip fare, but retains the trademark funk that made these white guys so fun to listen to.

anyway you can check more out down here, you can thank me later!

New Build - Yesterday Was Lived And Lost (Album Sampler)

-karl

VHS head and thoughts on SKAM

Thoughts on VHS Head

First of all, nobody really knows who he/she/they is/are. Second of all, whoever it is, is signed to SKAM, the legendary IDM label that had Boards of Canada and Autechre under their wing in the early nineties. So who is it? Aside from the token Richard D. James speculation there is a long list of possible blokes... I suppose the place to ask would be blockbuster video, because im sure one branch will have had an alarming rise in complaints about mangled, screwed up tapes.

Thoughts on The EP

Made completely out of samples from old rental videos, this is a fuzzy, glitched-out mess of a record. However, this only adds tho the purcussive effect that a split second of silence can have, these moments of clarity keep this record on the very edge of the waterfall, and instead of being impossible to follow, this is an INCREDIBLY funky EP.

Listen for yourself 

and to the full EP

Final Thoughts on SKAM

The golden years were the nineties, now the boards and autechre have moved on to warp and SKAM have gone relatively quiet, with the odd release like this not picking up too much publicity or having too big a release (the vinyl version is limited to 300)

There are some kick ass artists on SKAM still, and if you are interested in electronic music, take a look at their wikipedia page for a little history lesson. Meanwhile, I'm holding out for a SKAM comeback, and a new VHS head album. Maybe there is a future still for IDM's biggest label...   

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Hey!

This is Wax Music Reviews, we are a blog starting out hopefully to get bigger. We aim to review up and coming artists and recommend the best ones to you along with any good albums and singles we stumble on.

We also may make the odd ridiculous post about something crazy we might have done (:

Oliver Askew, Oliver McNally, Josh Kenyon and Karl Sherwin.