Chocolate Grinder Mix 32
"Inglitchious Bassterds"
This installment is basically a wet dream of mine come to sticky fruition. When Tiny Mix Tapes started grinding chocolate, I never dreamed I'd be able to gather Venetian Snares, Kid606, and Mochipet on a single mix, all of whom I consider to be among the biggest names in glitch. Their supporting cast is nothing to scoff at either, featuring a righteous indie rap selection from Themselves (a track likely to make Jay-Z retire for the 24th and final time) and an uppity dance floor pump from breakbeat legend Si Begg. Also, Chad VanGaalen's Black Mold adds a certain conserved madness to the festivities, completely unlike everything he makes with a guitar, while ill.gates & adamduke's quirky "Closet Caveman" will satisfy those eagerly awaiting a new Tipper album. Kick ass.
01. Themselves - "Oversleeping" (Crownsdown)
• Start time: 0:00; Links: Anticon - Themselves02. Venetian Snares - "Chainsaw Fellatio" (Filth)
• Start time: 3:15; Links: Planet Mu - Venetian Snares03. Kids In Tracksuits - "Zone feat. Mr. Lif" (Zone 7'')
• Start time: 7:51; Links: Fluid Ounce - Kids In Tracksuits04. Mochipet - "Godzilla New Year (Original Mix)" (Godzilla New Year EP)
• Start time: 11:53; Links: Daly City - Mochipet05. Black Mold - "No Dream Nation" (Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz)
• Start time: 15:45; Links: Flemish Eye - Black Mold06. Kid606 - "Mash Up The Place" (Disciples Of Dread EP)
• Start time: 18:34; Links: Tigerbeat6 - Kid60607. Si Begg - "Entry Level" (24Bit Error Collection)
• Start time: 23:01; Links: Si Begg08. Magnum 38 - "Slave" (A Tribute To Grace Jones)
• Start time: 28:22; Links: Tigerbass - Magnum 3809. ill.gates & adamduke - "Closet Caveman" (Closet Caveman EP)
• Start time: 32:28; Links: Muti Music - ill.gates & adamduke10. Robot Koch - "Away From" (Death Star Droid)
• Start time: 39:40; Links: Robots Don't Sleep - Robot Koch
[Artwork: Keith Kawaii]
Zach Hill
"Green Bricks"
Zach Hill has somehow found time to record a 4-way split 7-inch with Raleigh Moncrief, Mason Lindahl, and Ellie Fortune, due in June on Life's Blood Records. Hill's insanely mind-blowing track will also appear on an upcoming solo album due in September, but as we always say, why buy or listen to music outside of the Chocolate Grinder?
• Life's Blood: http://www.lifesblood.org
QUILT
"The More Mystery and Romance = More Sales"
Here is a billowing piece of synthesizer cloud from Seth Graham, a.k.a QUILT. It comes from one side of an Aural Diptych series being put out on Thisquietarmy Records (home to Aidan Baker of Nadja, Elika, Apillow, Electroluminescent, Le Chat Blanc Orchestra, and more). If you enjoy any of the new ambient synthesizer revivalists like Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never, then this is right up your alley.
• QUILT: http://quilt.bandcamp.com/album/vague
• Thisquietarmy: http://www.thisquietarmy.com/records
Thieves Like Us
"Forget Me Not"
Thieves Like Us' sophomore LP, Again and Again, is due July 6 on Shelflife, who will probably be most famous for releasing Thieves Like Us' sophomore LP, Again and Again, on due July 6.
• Thieves Like Us: http://www.thieves-like-us.com
• Shelflife: http://www.shelflife.com
Damien Jurado
"Cloudy Shoes"
Aw, shucks, cloudy shoes. Nothing ever goes right for Damien Jurado! Saint Bartlett is due May 25 via Secretly Canadian. Knowing his luck, it'll get delayed or something.
• Damien Jurado: http://www.saintbartlett.com
• Secretly Canadian: http://www.secretlycanadian.com
Ellen Allien
"Our Utopie"
Ellen Allien. Dust. May 25. BPitch Control.
• Ellen Allien: http://www.ellenallien.de
• BPitch Control: http://www.bpitchcontrol.de
The National
"Bloodbuzz Ohio"
The National are getting quite the bloodbuzz lately. HA HA.
• The National: http://highviolet.com
Locks
"That Will Never Get Blood Out Of A Clown Suit"
Chicago group Locks, a self-described "co-dependent, self indulgent, 2 man solo project," will release their new album, Suicides Don't Commit Themselves, June 15 on Static Station. The video above, for the track "That Will Never Get Blood Out Of A Clown Suit," is the group's "first-ish" video (not sure what that means, but the Chocolate Grinder likes it!) and features some dolly/lighting work by Ben Chandler and Brian Henry. If only every video had Chandler and Henry doing dolly/lighting work.
• Locks: http://www.locksism.com
• Static Station: http://www.staticstation.com
Crooked Fingers
"Gentle On My Mind" [John Hartford cover]
Eric Bachmann (a.k.a. Crooked Fingers) will release a new EP, Reservoir Songs Volume II, on Foreign Leisure. The release, Bachmann's second EP of covers, will be available digitally and on vinyl, funded by you via Kickstarter. The EP has a July 6 release date. OH MY GOD FUND IT NOW!
• Eric Bachmann: http://www.ericbachmann.com
• Foreign Leisure: http://www.foreignleisure.com
• Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com
So Percussion / Matmos
"Treasure"
The Chocolate Grinder loves So Percussion. The Chocolate Grinder also loves Matmos. Here's the first track off So Percussion and Matmos' upcoming collaboration album, Treasure State, due July 8 digitally and July 13 via Cantaloupe. (The Chocolate Grinder loves Cantaloupe too, by the way.)
• So Percussion: http://www.sopercussion.com
• Matmos: http://brainwashed.com/matmos
• Cantaloupe: http://www.cantaloupemusic.com
Ratatat
"Party With Children"
"Party With Children" is off Ratatat's new album, LP4, due June 8 on XL Recordings. Let's just hope this party isn't sexual in nature.
• Ratatat: http://www.ratatatmusic.com
• XL Recordings: http://www.xlrecordings.com
