Derek VanScoten’s new EP, The Code, will surely bring you on an epic journey through time and space. His familiar guitar rifts resonate throughout the five tracks. Each song pulsates with energy yet the tracks are all varied. The EP is a roller coaster of the glitch, wonk, drum and bass–you name it.
The title track of the EP, The Code is very representative of D.V.S.’s style. Glitchy background noises on top of melodious, long guitar rifts that culminate in psychedelic, spacial vibes. If Ratatat and Pretty Lights had a baby, this would be it.
Track List:
1. Patrol
2. Diesel
3. The Code
4. Shape of the Future
5. Movement
Producer and DJ, Forma, has been an active player in the Czech underground electronic music scene for a while. Almost a month ago, he played with Slugabed and Kuedo at the Meetfactory, closing the show just after Slugabed’s set. He’s been producing tracks and mixes left and right. He has a series of mixes called “Klobass mixes,” and the latest mix can be found here:
It features an excellent compilation of the latest buzz-worthy tracks by artists such as Joker, SBTRKT, Starkey, Jacques Greene, Dark Sky, Machinedrum, Dorian Concept, and more. It’s definitely worth listening to if you haven’t already. Just sit back with a couple beers and let the music speak for itself.
If you’re in the mood for something a bit more trippy and visual, check out Forma’s latest EP, Earotikon. It’s a soundtrack that he produced for a black and white movie, Erotikon. Much more experimental and spacey–this is an album best absorbed with a spliff.
Each song tells a story on its own and there are lots of ambient, cosmic, glitchy, classical, and downtempo sounds that translate well as a soundtrack.
Glitch’s very own 22 year old producer from Prague, Claviq, released his latest album called Fawns just under a month ago on January 25, 2012. The album is comprised of 16 glitchy, wonky, downtempo, chill wave, jazzy, dubstep, and hip hop tracks that will leave you feeling like it’s a breezy summer evening. Fans of downtempo will love this album’s jazzy tunes such as Smuf Luf and Still Ill, that incorporate classic sounds like the piano and saxophone. For hip hop enthusiasts, check out the record scratching in Follow Drty Path and Runnin. For a great chill wave tune to get you through these winter blues, Good One is a definite must listen. Finally, my personal favorite is Slepitchky, a chill, downtempo, glitchy song similar to Gold Panda’s sound.
Fawns Track List:
1. Prostatic Halls (Intro)
2. Without Pills
3. Country Club
4. Smuf Luf
5. Gimme Sum
6. U Know What To Do
7. Inna Bed
8. Sexalicious
9. The Cottage
10. Follow Drty Path
11. Runnin
12. Still Ill
13. Good One
14. Slepitchky
15. Did U Eva.
16. Darkness of Prostates (Outro)
You might like this if you also like: Gold Panda, Flying Lotus, Neon Indian
Guitarist, DJ, Mandolinist, and music extraordinaire, Derek VanScoten is an up-and-coming Producer from Brooklyn. His latest double album Coming Up for Air–Dawn and Dusk, is definitely something Glitch fans will adore. VanScoten is one of a few DJs that play guitar live while he DJs. The versatile musician, skilled in various different genres of music such as jazz, bluegrass, folk, hip hop, funk, and electro, has exhibited his many talents in 30 tracks split into two albums called Dusk and Dawn. Dusk features elements of post rock, moombaton, drum and bass, hip hop, and more, leaving the listener in a state of grandeur. A lot of the tracks exhibit a spacey, epic feel with extravagant guitar rifts reminiscent of the electronic group, Ratatat.
Dusk Track List:
1. Reverse Universe
2. Oxygen
3. Society of the Evening Star
4. Shortness of Breath
5. Michal Menert-Sun/Shadow
6. BBC Galaxy
7. Butterflyz
8. Crime Crunk Scene
9. Baile Baile Baile!!!
10. Ruberjunk 2012
11. Guitar Lessons
12. Timeless Air
13. Fresh Start
14. Spring Dragon
15. Moon Rocks
While tracks such as Shortness of Breath gets you feeling like you’re at a post-rock concert, tracks like Butterflyz brings you back to the dubstep and drum and bass. BBC Galaxy makes you feel spacey and is similar to Daft Punk’s Tron soundtrack. And if you’re craving some Latin inspired moombaton, then Baile Baile Baile!!! is the track for you. This album is easily one of the most versatile albums out there, offering a taste of many different styles of music–rock and electronic.
If downtempo is more of your thing, than Dawn is definitely the album for you.
Dawn Track List:
1. The Bending Bloom
2. Bright Beginning (featuring Govinda)
3. Axé Babá (featuring Mestre Acordeon)
4. Whoami? (featuring Chantel)
5. Delphinium
6. Come on Home (co-produced by Michal Menert)
7. Sundial
8. Going Coastal (featuring Chantel)
9. Fencing
10. Trees
11. Fortunes Won and Lost
12. Insects and Peppermints
13. The Ship
14. Jarêt
15. Area of Grey (featuring Arman Christoff)
Check it out for yourself.
You might like this if you also like: Ratatat, Emancipator, Pretty Lights, El Guincho, and Daft Punk
