Bravery E.P. 2

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Bravery E.P.

'Going to attempt to fool people with yet another bedroom listening IDM album disguised as a UKG album!!!'

I ripped that from his tweetfeed. How 2009.

But the end result is the same . FaltyDL will be dropping an 8 track EP/Album on Planet Mu come October.

And being on Planet Mu, efficient as they are, the artwork and soundclips are already up on their website. Now when was the last time a label, artists www. was actually useful.

I'm most likely going to sing about this some more when the promo comes through. . . but from the samples. . the bits and pieces of unreleased I've heard about. . and the frequency of releases. . i think it's clear he's one of the most creative and prolific electronic producers around at the moment.

#1 the Music I Like

My new favourite Wiley album - some of the best things he's done in a long time. . - 'Eyes Of The Lord', 'Out Of The Game', 'Zip It Up' and that Danny Weed production 'Hummer Activity'. 'Music I Like' is real real nice too. They are all on youtube. And have been for about six months.

But what is 'Olly' - I can't imagine any audience, or anyone with an ounce of self respect listening to this out of choice. Means I can't just run the album in its entirety. But still putting together a Wiley Greatest Hits would own my CD collection.

But a seriously tight album bar the blip, and one that is certainly worth 11£ -

Yet to check Skepta's but heard that its pretty weak - nothing surprising seeing as all I've heard from him in the last year is the same bars about dry ankles and Ed Hardy Party's. Funny the first time.

We shall see. Oh yeah, and they are fighting for us now too.

I didn't check our favourite street commentator'S release yet either. Bashy. Did get sent some seriously poor videos though.

Instrumental wise - Butterz deejays have got you covered - serious serious selection. including Low Deep - Get Set Instrumental. . woaaah. D/l the show + tracklisting @butterz



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The new Soul Motive 12" split between Rossi B Luca and El-B is also worthy of a mention. I went nuts over the Joker 'snake eater' track on the same label a while back, mainly because it brought back memories of the Low Deep instrumentals I used to run together. . and this is worthy of the same amount of praise. Both sides predictably bass heavy but more echoing through the club walls than shattering your Kenwood stereo. Check samples at Boomkat. or on the Soul Motive Myspace.

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The anticipated Cooly G 12" on Hyperdub also finally appeared this week. Boomkat. She also let me know that there are a couple of brand new bits on her myspace. . . & for any in London area. . . Kode 9, Cooly G, Brackles, Lil' Silva line up at the Producers House in early August. . Details.

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FaltyDL is a name that has become popular pretty quickly, 2 months or so ago no-one had truly heard of him. Now with a slew of releases on Ramp Recordings and Planet Mu - including a remix package (U'ziQ, boxcutter and Vibert) from heaven and an album out yesterday - people are talking about him like he's been around for years. 'To London' is the track!

Further details can be found here

And there are new bits on his myspace player - He isn't hanging about. .

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Funky wise. have been listening a lot to the Emvee 12" on the Wireblock label. 'Glitch Dub' and 'Nocturnal' - ones hard, the other not so. Boomkat. People are talking about future Wireblock releases sitting on the funky side too - finally spreading from London.

Set's wise - haven't really caught anything too new that has been consistently exciting like the Mak ten sets of April. . With funky in its infancy, there is still the chance that you will be left unsatisfied or bored if the selections aren't right.

And i want a lot of emcees to step away from the genre completely. Grime is your vehicle, and if you can't ride that then you should career change.

One set that hinted at greatness was by the Fantastic Four (DVA, Roska, D Malice and Ill Blu) - which I'm sure is actually 5, seeing as there are two members of Ill Blu. They collectively have an EP out too. Ill Blu's 'Time To Get Nasty' is the choice cut. Hear at HTFR. I'll upload the set again if anyone should need.

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My eyes are still stinging. So i'll call this roll call off. & go find the coffee -

but, finally. . .

Martin Clark (Blackdown) did a proper round up of what's happening in London urban music here.

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Dan Hancox featured some of the Bristol talents (Joker, Guido, Gemmy etc) in an article for the Guardian.

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The Guardian also did this. Haha.

Love Is A Liability

This album is out on Planet Mu in late May, but as we know. . music blogging is about being first. haha. .

I've been hitting FaltyDL's myspace for about a month now, almost non-stop. Not for the black and white photos of period women that he has littering his page. but for the player. .

'To London' - forthcoming on Ramp. . consistently blows my mind. feel the panting.

'Anxiety', 'J Vox' and 'Paradise Lost' will be on the album in various forms. The latter is so, so, so, fresh. Try staying passive while something like that is on a system.

'Human Meadow' not sure if this is on the album, but what I am fortunate to know. . is that the man boxcutter has killed the remix.

If you just let these tracks play out you'll see why I'm buzzing for the album. Soundwise, leading the current garage renaissance with an incredibly sexy set of 'plates. .

so yeah, not really a review. not really a concise news bulletin. just excited rambling. but, hey, I'm first. . . and thats what counts right...?

3 other things;

two tunes can be heard on the jamie vex'd mix I FWDED to you last week sometime

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FaltyDL will be / is looking for dates UKway in the near future. . Get at him promoters!

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should really have led with this. ... . but I like the artwork too much. However here is a 10 minute album preview.