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MIXTAPE WHO THEY? NAMES: Power and BenjaminAndrew Hung John DAY JOB: CHECK OUT:Button fuckers album Slow Focus is New out now THE EXPERIMENTAL DUO TAKE A BREAK FROM MAKING NOISE TRANSITION SKENG PAINT It BLACK TO TALK US THROUGH THEIR FAVOURITE SONGS OF ALL TIME UNDERGROUND THE BUG FEAT. THE ROLLING StONES RESISTANCE FLOWDAN AND KILLA P FOUND ON: Aftermath The Right To Children (1998) FOUND ON: Transition, FOUND ON: London (1966) DREAMCATCHER ANDREW: These guys have a real MRS BARTOLOZZI single (2003) Zoo (2008) B: This is probably my favourite Stones BLACK METEORIC knack of inducing nostalgia without KATE BUSH A: What could be better than an angry B: Easily one of the best producers track. We clashed with them at this man telling you how to better your life around at the moment. Kevin is year’s Glastonbury festival and I’m StAR any reference points; it’s perfectly FOUND ON: Aerial over an incredibly addictive bassline? completely in control of the world he throwing this one in there just to show FOUND ON: Black encapsulated in this track. (2005) creates and likes it nasty. It’s difficult them that there are no hard feelings. Meteoric Star (2009) A: I love this whole album and it still to achieve this level of aggression BENJAMIN: For me, this is modular LOGAN ROCK WITCH has a lot of mileage for me. This track POP CORN using such minimal components. PRIVATELY wizardry from Gavin Russom at its makes me simultaneously APHEX TWIN GERSHON KINGSLEY Again, a pretty sophisticated, albeit best. There’s a level of restraint within melancholic and content at the hidden ELECTRIFIED FOUND ON: Richard D. FOUND ON: Music To slightly evil sound happening here. this track that is second to none, and dramas of domestication. James Album (1996) Moog By (1969) This one goes pretty hard. ANDREW WEATHERALL the ebb and flow between the textures B: This is a pretty underrated track ZOOLOOK B: The first record I was ever bought as FOUND ON: A Pox On and rhythms is executed with a level from the Richard D. James Album. a child was In The Army Now by Status NOTHING LIKE THIS The Pioneers (2009) of sophistication that’s something to The sounds Aphex uses here almost JEAN MICHEL JARRE Quo, and my younger brother, Adam A: Years and years of pioneering, yet be admired. No matter when I listen to seem like they should have never FOUND ON: Zoolook was bought Pop Corn by Gershon J DILLA he’s never walked out into the this, it always feels relevant. been grouped together. The jaw harp, (1984) Kingsley. We decided we preferred FOUND ON: Ruff Draft spotlight with his vulnerabilities the slide whistle, the church organ B: This is a great track from JMJ, taken each other’s records and swapped. (2007) exposed and no collaborators to divert TURQUOISE HEXAGON sounds – they all sound tongue-in- from the Zoolook album. This was one Adam went on to become the fireman/ A: No one makes hip-hop like this. He attention – but what a great album he SuN cheek individually, but together they of the first explorations into sampling ANGEL CEBALLOS rock climber/outdoors guy, and I ended was quite an earnest chap but he had made. What comes across here is an sound a little bit like a mysteriously sounds in pop music. It’s pretty high up the electronic musician type. Funny an extremely expressive palette that impeccable restraint in his music and a BOARDS Of CANADA melancholic elementary school how that one worked out. allowed him to get away with it. energy. An amazing, unique sound PICTURE: stark sense of humour in his lyricism. FOUND ON: Music Has music class. from a visionary in electronic music. 58 FRONT ISSUE 184 FRONT ISSUE 184 5961.

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