This is my new EP. Musically influenced by dirty south crunked out hip-hop, retardedly distorted dumbstep drops, Marvin Gaye, and a bit of Terry Riley/Steve Reich piano magic; conceptually influenced by the raping and destruction of our planet from conspicuous consumption, uncontrolled capitalism, constant overstimulation and the endless quest for more.

Oh, and a lot of it is what an alien entity from another dimension told me about how I should be ok with the way things are and think positively regarding our upcoming nuclear-fueled techno utopia and/or apocalypse (Utopiapocalypse?). I’ve been told the only way left to save the world is for society to self implode, and use the planet up for all its worth so our then uninhabitable earth can be better off without us. Sounds like the way things are going, right?

Even if we say that we are willing to lead simpler and less overindulgent lifestyles, and that we don’t want all our options to be faster, sexier, cheaper, better, bigger… the choices are always being made for us. The less expensive and more accessible non-renewable energy is, the worse things are going to get. But hey, at least you will be able to drive an electric car, and may even get that jet pack you dreamt about when you were a kid…

Remixes come courtesy of Deathface (Trouble & Bass), Wad of Money (Dolby Anol) and Duke Slammer (Luke’s Anger/Bonus Round).

Big thanks to DROON (http://www.droon.org) for the cover art.

 
Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Let’s Get Radioactive (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Energy)
3. We Call It Life (Amphetamix)
4. Crude World
5. Let’s Get Radioactive (Deathface remix)
6. Let’s Get Radioactive (Angry Kid606 Tear the Club up mix)
7. Let’s Get Radioactive (Wad of Money remix)
8. Let’s Get Radioactive (Duke Slammer remix)
9. Let’s Get Radioactive (Miffy hates Brostep mix)
10. Let’s Get Radioactive (Acapella)
11. Epilogue

*****

Very few artists these days aren’t trying hard to use digital technology to produce a perfectly precise and cleaned up musical “product” for you to consume or for DJs to play out. Dead Fader is raw as fuck and seriously not playing by the rulebook and we should all thank him for caring so little about not caring too much. The results are 100% as original as unconventional, and quite possibly make up the most abrasive and grooving release we have ever put out.

Previous Dead Fader releases on UK label 3by3 showcased a clear fascination with perverting current dubstep styles into their own twisted vision, but this ep is clearly a hiphop affair, minimal and funky, with the occasional swing or industrial IDM stomp thrown in to keep things interesting. Dead Fader mainman John Cohen cites modern influences like NHK, Jamie Vex’d, Clark, Loops Haunt, Rustie, Flying Lotus and Emptyset to go along with the obvious Pan Sonic and Merzbow vibe that shines through unmistakably on each track.

Tracklist
1. 00—-
2. Luckeeey
3. Don’t It
4. Busy Bee
5. Punk
6. Goblin Stab

*****

Artwork by Emerson Pingarilho: http://www.aural.com.br/

Is this for real? Is Sensational really about money, or is he just messing with us? Let’s say that the answer is both. Never one to let the mundane get in the way of delivering mind-scrubbing rhymes, Sensational spits on “We Want Ca$h” with a woozy cadence that suggests kindred headspinners Kool Keith and the MFs Doom and Grimm. For his part, Cardopusher drops a synth line straight from a 1985-infomercial, with a bed of fresh circa-2011 beat-and-bass boom. It’s a highlight cut from Cardopusher’s most recent album, Yr Fifteen Minutes Are Up.

You already knew “We Want Ca$h” in its original state, so let’s look at those remixes. Nehuen screws down the breakneck pace of juke for a syrupy and skittery take, while Sesped (hailing from Cardopusher’s birth city, Caracas, Venezuela) throws down some orgasmic cries over butcher-block beats, before things take a turn for the arcade with the digital squeals on Baconhead’s remix.

Things get more jumpy with Kid606’s energetic undead rave remix of “Pupusa” and Pocz & Pacheko’s demented Reggaeton reworking of “Antisharkz”. Rounding out this EP (very extended play, indeed) is “School Daze”, a new original that is not Cardopusher’s take on Spike Lee’s musical, but almost as good (more hot beats, of course).

Tracklist

1. We Want Ca$h (feat. Sensational)
2. School Daze
3. Pupusa (Kid606 Remix)
4. We Want Ca$h (feat. Sensational) (Nehuen Remix)
5. We Want Ca$h (feat. Sensational) (Sesped Remix)
6. Antisharkz (Pocz & Pacheko Remix)
7. We Want Ca$h (feat. Sensational) (Baconhead Remix)
8. We Want Ca$h (feat. Sensational) (Instrumental)

It wasn’t enough for us to just reissue Aniaetleprogrammeur’s debut album Die Kir(s)che Auf Dem Kopf, but we are also consecutively unleashing the no-holds barred collection of remixes Der Kopf Auf Der Kir(s)che.
These unique and modern reworkings come from Aniaetleprogrammeur themselves alongside:

Stereovoid (La Chatte, Peine Perdue, Lustrine, France Fiction) who manages to take “C’est super pour moi” into some dark global house territory.

The Escapists, Leonard de Leonard’s new collaboration with graphic designer Elroy, whose mix of “Alcool French” explores the mixed aesthetics of film noirs, adventure novels and movies from the mid 20th century.

Axel Danke Schön, (Team Plastique) taking “I am not from London” to a fever-pitched but danceable level of Throbbing Gristle/Nitzer Ebb/Skinny Puppy styled industrial aggression.

aMinus, the solo project of Valentin Plessy (Plateau Repas), reworks “I bet you stalk me” and showcases his love for 80’s synth pop, house music, 8bit chiptune and R&B.

Johnny Boy from Paris’s remix of “I am not from London” keeps it arrogant and explosively current while revealing influences such as Suicide, Buzzcocks, and PIL.

Mille, the fresh DIY electronica project from the two girls of Plateau Repas, Foufoukoh and Magritte Jaco, who create a musical playground where retro keyboards meet African beats and wild animals in a sensitive road trip without a compass on their remix of “Ich bin müde”.

Tusk and Cindy Wonderful, remixing “J’ai découpé dans un journal“. Tusk aka Aurora Kiss is a seething, glittering, gyrating monster who has teamed up with Cindy Wonderful of the prolific and always potent Scream Club (K, Alphapup, Crunks not dead, Chicks on Speed records, Alien8, Tiny Sensational).

Tracklist

01. C’est super pour moi (Stereovoid remix)
02. Alcool (french edit) (The Escapists remix)
03. I am not from London (Axel Danke Schön remix)
04. I bet you stalk me (aMinus remix)
05. Ich habe eine Kir(s)che auf dem Kopf (Aniaetleprogrammeur remix)
06. I am not from London (Johnny Boy remix)
07. Ich bin müde (Mille remix)
08. Ohhh (Aniaetleprogrammeur remix)
09. J’ai découpé dans un journal (Tusk and Cindy Wonderful remix)
10. I am not from London (Berlin edit)

Aniaetleprogrammeur is an electro-rock band that formed in Paris in 2005 by Ania Jules (machines/synths) and Hanri Gabriel (guitars/vox/machines/synths).

This male/female duo is a fresh and exciting take on the merging of electronic and punk music they call “machinerock”, with massive sounding drums and heavily processed guitars creating a bed for Hanri’s distinctive and harsh vocals to pull you in.

They mix the big electro sounds that Berlin is renowned for with the melodic overtones of the Parisian Kitsune sound. The tribal pulse of techno and deep drone of ambient music is layered in all their work, but these are honest and visceral songs, and not another simple exercise in genre blending. This debut album showcases a gloriously noisy and imaginative spirit that hits hard like the bastard child of Einstürzende Neubauten and Atari Teenage Riot, albeit less po-faced than the former and less irritating than the latter. We like to think of it as the perfect mix of cold techno beats and furious glam-punk guitars, comparable to when Nine Inch Nails were groundbreaking and Ministry actually shocked people – and that is why we love them!

Besides constantly performing live across Europe at festivals and clubs, Ania has her own highly sought after fashion line Tata Christiane, and the two members regularly perform DJ-sets and have been commissioned for many remixes and soundtracks for theatre, movies, fashion shows, and exhibitions.

Their new album will be released on Tata Christiane in October, when they will also start presenting their new live show at the Drop Dead Festival in Berlin.

Tracklist

01. Ich bin müde
02. Ich habe eine Kir(s)che auf dem Kopf
03. I am not from London
04. Ohhh
05. Alcool (english edit)
06. I bet you stalk me
07. J’ai découpé dans un journal
08. Juste toi et moi
09. Alcool (french edit)
10. C’est super pour moi
11. Pourquoi tu pleures
12. Women
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13. Ich habe eine Kir(s)che auf dem Kopf (aniaetleprogrammeur remix)  (Bonus track)
14. Ohhh (aniaetleprogrammeur remix)  (Bonus track)
15. I am not from London (Berlin edit)  (Bonus track)

RIYL: Herrmann & Kleine, M83, ISAN, Bibio

Like a nice warm pot roast, Magic Panda is a dish that took time to cook. In fact, the music represents seven years of studio noodling from 30-year-old Jamie Robson, laboring to get everything just where it needed to be in setup and in results. You might expect such results to sound scattershot and overdone, but the Days Are Numbered EP goes down like a warm, gentle reminder of just how much emotion and wonder can be wrung out of a few sounds (again, think pot roast).

Days Are Numbered merges detailed electronic production with delicate melodies, similar to the “plinkerpop” stylings of Morr Music’s classic output. These are tracks that tell stories through shimmering synths (the title track), flanged faux-80s goth guitar (“The Mid-Levels”), and pattering, digitally distorted percussion (“Akasha”). Chorusing and unison effects are everywhere here, achingly constructed in a way that suggests a more cosmically aware and less existentially immature M83.

Tracklist:
1. Days Are Numbered
2. Beyond The Burning Horizon
3. The Mid-Levels
4. Akasha

Hey Tigerfriends,

it’s been a while, but the latest episode of our podcast series is finally up:

It’s thick and sweaty in the humid, rainy Berlin July weather, so we’re ready to hit you with a greezy downpour here.

First up is a remix from TB6 birthmother Miguel De Pedro. On the event of going back to his Teen606 years with a digital reissue of Don’t Sweat The Technics, the regressively-aging Kid606 slaps some breaks and wobbles on a remix of Soundpool’s disco dream pop, “But It’s So”.

Next up is a very exciting newcomer to the TB6 roster, Magic Panda. With popular music constantly focused on teenage talents, there’s something to be said for letting things brew until just the right moment. As Magic Panda, 29-year-old Jamie Robson presents the cream of 7 years of studio noodling, forged into an ironclad setup for live performance and improvisation. “Beyond The Burning Horizon” puts these bits-and-pieces origins on display with meticulous percussion and an affecting bleep melody. Look out for Magic Panda’s Days Are Numbered EP, coming soon on Tigerbeat6.

In describing “A Hammond and an Impala”, Belgian producer Ninjato posits, “who hears the sound of a grass eating Impala?” Who indeed? What we do know is this: Like his namesake Ninja sword, Ninjato’s glitch-step beat slices through with professional swagger.

We saved the wet towel-slap for last, of course. Joel Aimé being a drill n’ bass veteran, you know things are about to get serious when he titles a track “Sex”. The surprise happens a little after two minutes in, when the beatflexing gives way to symphonic melodies that are alternately gorgeous and mysterious.

We’re very excited to say that this release features the artwork (“Totem”) of Dutch illustrator Raymond Lemstra, whose work is inspired by the illustrative nature of primitive drawings and sculptures. View more at www.raymondlemstra.nl

Pacheko es venezolano y en este ep ha volcado su pasión por la bass music y el acid con un resultado magistral. Tres cortes que por momentos te hacen sentirte en el Warehouse o en el Forward fusionando lo clásico del sonido acid con las programaciones rítmicas más contem- poráneas del dubstep, garaje o UK funky. La remezcla de Nehuen es genial y le da a ‘Waiting for you’ un toque más mental. Compra.

You can stream or download the first episode from Soundcloud or subscribe to it via itunes.

This Kid606 Life podcast

Free DJ mixes, Live sets, radio shows, interviews with special friends, and unreleased tracks and mashups from Kid606, coming at you on a regular basis from Tigerbeat6 headquarters in Berlin. Expect nothing but the most interesting and exciting juxtapositions and mutations of Glitch, Electro, HipHop, IDM, Punk, Jungle, Ambient, Dubstep, Bass, Dancehall, and Techno. Please leave a message and let us know what you think!

Cex’s latest collection of tracks, the recently-released TINY CREATURE, made public the horrifying revelation that in the relatively low profile period since the last time this OG laptop prodigy flew around the world mass-molesting unsuspecting punters with his notoriously flamboyant rhythm demonstrations, a startling amount of austere beauty has been incorporated into his palette. Tigerbeat6 is proud now to announce that “Secret Monog”, the dirty red jewel in the crown of this aggressively impressionistic & decidedly anti-fashion approach to funky synth+drum machine, is TINY CREATURE’s second single.

The SECRET MONOG EP features a narcotic video for this emotional banger by the prolific Baltimore visuals wizard Mark Brown which will allow you to visit the bottom of a k-hole in full scuba gear without any additional chemicals. In addition, you will find nine summer-centric remixes of songs from TINY CREATURE by nine of the finest professionals working in the field of beat deconstruction today.
Vaetxh, Wascal, & Gareth Clarke appear representing English Core City & dubstep ground zero Bristol. From Berlin, techno capital of our solar system, we welcome Positive Self, Voltek, & Duran Duran Duran. And from the fringes of the beleagured American empire come Producer Snafu, Schwarz, and Joe Lentini. This exclusive cadre of machine music maestros, handpicked by Kid606 & Cex, skillfully reconfigure TINY CREATURE’s complex and asymmetrical synth riffs into a prismatic array of dazzling, hyperactive trunkrattlers. There are also two exclusive new Cex compositions: “Sean Wilkes Booth,” which is fast and sharp, and “Lizard Lips” which is slow and soft.

Tracklist
01. Secret Monog (Original mix)
02. Dream Neighbor (Vaetxh remix)
03. Trumpetflower (Wascal remix)
04. Constellation Face (Voltek remix)
05. Ebyday (Gareth Clarke remix)
06. Constellation Face (Joe Lentini remix)
07. Sean Wilkes Booth
08. Megamuse (Duran Duran Duran remix)
09. 12exalt (Schwarz remix)
10. Megamuse (Positive Self remix)
11. Trumpetflower (Snafu remix)
12. Lizard Lips

The video for the title track comes courtesy of Baltimore resident Mark Brown, who has been curating cultural events and performing worldwide as avant video artist, DJ, laptop noise artist, and general weirdo for well over a minute. As a video artist Mark Brown has worked with Beach House, Dan Deacon, Teengirl Fantasy, Growing, Chandeliers, Ecstatic Sunshine, WZT Hearts, and many more.

Hi all,

we’re delighted to hear that Cardopusher’s Yr Fifteen Minutes Are Up has been featured in FACT magazine’s Portuguese offspring. You can also stream one of the album’s tracks – “Nice Up feat. Juakali – directly from the site and read the entire article here.

Did you ever used to scare yourself to sleep? Here’s betting that Raoul Sinier did. Fitting with the Edward Gorey-esque illustrations of childlike urban macabre that are Raoul’s signature in his line of visual art, the music of “The Melting Man” comes from a dark, exciting, and pervasively innocent place. The City of Lost Children dreams of spiriting away near a warm fire, while the rain from a black thunderstorm slams the harsh tin roof above them.

“We Fly” enters dreamland through a sinister dusk that showcases Raoul’s surprisingly calm vocals. Having covered Thom Yorke’s “Cymbal Rush“ on his last solo release, Raoul unleashes a similarly personal and beautiful crescendo, as noisy guitars bully their way through the fragile sing-song refrain into “We Fly part 2”. Following a vocal coda, “All Night” is another nightmare, this time in an electro vein. Finally, the title track quivers out under further washes of distorted organ. Yes, this is The Human League spending the night in a haunted house.

Raoul Sinier has previous released music on Ad Noiseam, Planet-Mu, Coredump, Sublight, and Teams, with past collaborators including Venetian Snares, µ-Ziq, Hecq, and Vast Aire. “The Melting Man” marks his Tigerbeat6 debut. Rumor has it that the Tigerbeaters slept with the lights on and a Joker-gas grin for a week after receiving the masters.

Tracklist
01. We Fly
02. We Fly Part 2
03. All Night
04. The Melting Man

Don’t forget to check out the exclusive trailer by Raoul Sinier: