Review: Gobby's 'crack house' opus No Mercy Bad Poet was released earlier this year on James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy's celebrated DFA imprint to much fanfare. Now we are treated to some equally curious remixes by a bit of a current who's who on this edition. Starting out with North Carolina duo Edaan Brook and Brint Hansen aka Earthly who deliver a bass heavy, breaks driven rendition of "The Alcoholic" which sounds like an early 90's rave record on -8. Label staple and Black Dice man Eric Copeland delivers a clattering and typically lo-fi makeover of "Hometown" while Hype Williams' Dean Blunt also steps up to the challenge to provide a rather curious remix for "The Dishwasher".
Review: Gobby! One of our favourite mystery artists touches down on the unstoppable DFA with a blinder of an album. Just a quick note: we are always amazed at how DFA manage to continuously reinvent their sound and style, and this has been a consistent characteristic of theirs throughout the years, so hats-off and dance shoes on! No Mercy Bad Poet is absolutely genreless, a whirlpool of daring electronic sound and rhythms that somehow manage to make sense as a whole. In fact, all eleven tunes could almost be considered a new genre, something that we herein classify as 'crack house'. That's right, there is just something utterly wring with each and every one of these tunes, and we love this release for it. It's just to refreshing to hear someone going beyond the genre boundaries and rules. Heavily recommended.
Review: Since the 2007 Hermaphrodite LP for Californian label Post Present Medium, Eric Copeland has released a wave of music under his own name. Solo-wise 2014 has been the American's most active of late, with several split releases on DFA, his Logo My Ego mini-album on L.I.E.S. and now the four-track Ms Pretzel EP. As is to be expected, Copeland's respect for genre classification flies out the window here and across these four tracks combines convulsions of tribal funk, Eno & Byrne style post-punk noise and trippy house vibes. This could well be DFA's best release of this year - another round of applause for Mr Copeland please.
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