Kerri Chandler - Ozone EP EP review
Kerri Chandler’s Ozone EP is one of the many EPs that slipped away from the public eye during the beginning of the 2010s. This EP is one of Kerri Chandler’s electronic deep house releases that did not receive hardly any media attention or any reviews from music critics. It’s just the standard electronic music as is the case with many of his releases. One can expect to hear deep house sounds on this EP since Kerri Chandler produces electronic music.
13 To 41 is a wicked song that is backed by a kick drum which follows a tempo of 122 BPM. The song uses the G♭ major key. Many people wonder how does Kerri get that kick. By practicing on the drum machine extensively and getting the timing right, Kerri gets that kick in the kick drum. That is how Kerri gets that kick. 13 To 41 samples Azymuth - Nothing will be as it was.
From Day One is a synth-driven song backed by medium rumbling bass with a deep house sound. The song follows the B major key.
My Moody Life has a deep lounge sound with the piano, synths, and electronic beats. Kerri must have been influenced by Moodyman when he produced this song. Because you can hear Moodyman’s style and deep house sound all over My Moody Life.
5/5*****!
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Alan Braxe - The Ascent EP EP review
Alan Braxe is back with a new EP called The Ascent EP. He gives electronic house music a breath of fresh air with this new EP. Braxe always delivers good electronic music. One can tell that Braxe has made his comeback with this new EP of his. This EP was released in 320 kbps MP3 format in with stereo sound back in late 2019.
Braxe makes his comeback with the opener and title track called The Ascent. Now the title track is a synth-driven electronic soundscape that is an instrumental. Several blips help make up the electronic soundscape. The title track has a sci-fi vibe and sound. Of course Braxe always delivers good electronic music. The Ascent uses a rate of 320 kbps.
The song Words is driven by hypnotic synths and an angelic chorus that is heaven-sent which in turn are backed by some fresh electronic beats.
Repeater is backed by distorted bitcrushed electric synths, electronic beats, funky guitar synths, and medium bass. The sound on this song is out of this world! Words cannot be used to describe how brehsive this song is. Rawness and grittiness are what stand out.
Spacer serves as the closer and is the last song. Braxe used a different style of music on Spacer. This song shows the progression and growth of Braxe as an artist. The song has a soft melodic electronic sound and vibe. Tempo for this song is much lower than the others. The song is driven by distorted rumbling electric synths from a keyboard which are all electronically processed. Beauty flourishes inside the sounds of this electronic song. It’s quite pleasant to listen to like the first song. Braxe always delivers out the best in good electronic music. True electronic music fans will love this song. Spacer is similar to a Vangelis song.
5/5*****!!
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Agony - Discourse demo album review
What’s the story behind the Agony - Discourse demo? This album review will explain exactly what you want to hear.
The
Agony - Discourse demo album was recorded at Boomin Studios in Flint,
Michigan and was engineered Ahmad Weston in 1995 which was when
recording took place. Production was also done by him. The demo had a
more hip hop influenced pro-black sound than any of the albums in Flint
at that time. The genres and sounds of hip hop, jazz, and electronic all
meet each other on this album. The album is on the Black Panther tip
with politically charged songs such as Panthers, Enter Tha Pantha,
Amerikka, Welcome, and Hypocritical Hypothesis.
Ahmad
Weston was the producer, composer, and main artist behind the Agony
album. He was the backbone and brains behind everything in the group.
Ahmad Weston was an engineer for Boomin Records at that time. He also
engineered at Boomin Records for many years. Agony is Stamina, Lady Lo,
BJ, and Agony.
Agony’s album was a demo issued on
cassette. This demo cassette was pressed up in limited quantities.
Possibly less 300 copies of this demo cassette were ever pressed. Today
the Agony - Discourse demo cassette is regarded as one of a kind
treasure. This album is of those Boomin Records mystery tapes in a
cluster of several albums that were recorded at Boomin Records from 1991
to 2005.
Side A is labeled as Dramacide and Side B is labeled as Traumacide.
The
song Voodoo is about voodoo magic. You can feel a vibe of uncertainty
and tensity as you listen to the song. The beats Ahmad used on this song
are thick and so is the bass. Voodoo serves as the opener for this
album and the Dramacide.
Voodoo opens up with a calm
opening on a dark night. Crickets can be heard chirping in the
background. A kick drum is used throughout the song. There is a numbing
blaze. Agony creeps in through the air. Something eradicates the body
and then play up on the fears. Agony has that voodoo. The song makes
references to voodoo magic.
Panthers is a
song dedicated to the Black Panthers. Agony takes a pro-black stance in
this song getting on revolutionary tip. This hip hop song uses a
hodgepodge of samples. Lady Lo raps here too.
Agony had
to learn a hard lesson on Panthers. Catching drama keeps him stressing.
Days are getting longer. He doesn’t know how to adhere to all of this
drama. Winter is almost through and he is getting evicted from the crib.
His baby mama is pressing charges against him. So it’s time for him to
lay down a track at Boomin Studios. He plays his song over again. Agony
believes his life goes faster when he’s loyal to the game.
Agony
tells black people to raise their fists up. He says, “We can take this
nation if we get pissed enough.” Until black people fight the war for
justice, they will never see peace.
Lady Lo raps after
Agony. Her verses came hard in the paint. She wants to get high off
that endo (marijuana) and black power. She is high as hell and ain’t
gonna give it up. Lady Lo shows much love and appreciation to the Black
Panthers. Gangstas and thugs have her back.
Freaky
Demo is an East Coast rap styled hip hop song with a touch of jazz hop.
Notice the boom bap beats and medium bass. The beats give away an East
Coast rap vibe. Hip hop meets jazz on Freaky Demo. Lady Lo and Stamina
rap here too.
Freaky Demo is a posse cut in which the
group Agony seeks to break out people with their complex features in the
style of rhythm and poetry which is rap.
Stamina is
doing damage worldwide with his East Coast style of raps. Just like
that. Take flight as he is in command. He is bringing death and
destruction to your label and production team. Stamina needs to
supersede over all MC’s. Stamina sounds very much similar to Big G of
MOSS when he raps. He raps 2 verses on Freaky Demo.
Midnight
Cheradez has a laid back relaxing sound with a super chill vibe. You
can hear the relaxing sound inside the instruments used on this song.
Agony is on a late night creep in the night club. He meets a female who
he finds himself in love with. It’s an Agony love song. Orgasmic is one
word to describe Midnight Cheradez. The song is surreal.
It’s
midnight. Agony is on a late night creep. Agony feels like he was in
heaven. It’s freaky yet subtle. It feels like a dream but its reality.
He meets a female who he finds himself in love with. Her conversation
with him touched his soul.
The atmosphere is okay.
Agony picked up a lighter from the table and grabs himself a cigarette.
He leans back to roll back more blunts. She whispers in his ear. She
grabs the end of his blunt with her mouth. This blunt of his is French
flavored. An illusion occurs when they both see visions of each other
when they close their eyes. This illusion is soon interrupted by the
vibrations of his pager. Their emotions keep them rested.
She
wants him and he want her. They confess. Agony asks her, “Why don’t we
get together?”. So they engage in another blunt session. Agony tells
her, “You’re an exceptional lady of mine. Let’s dine on each others
fantasy. We can fall apart and come together.” “I respect your mind and
your body.”
Hypocritical Hypothesis is song
where the group Agony calls out hypocrites. On this song is where Agony
switches their style of rapping. They rap in the form of fast paced
style of Memphis rap. Coincidentally this song has that eerie vibe you
hear in Memphis rap. Synths Ahmad used on this song give away an eerie
unsettling vibe. The song is surreal. He gets into the religious tip on
this song.
Agony make light of how many African
American men are incarcerated in prison as part of the prison industrial
complex in America. That is what the line “Of black men, 50,000 negroes
incarcerated in camps concentrated” means. He is comparing the prison
industrial complex of America to concentration camps. That is how the
conditions are.
Da Crib uses a jazz hop
oriented sound where jazz meets hip hop. Freeform jazz also meets upbeat
jazz with a touch of funk. The grand piano gives that away. Ahmad uses
distorted bitcrushed synths and keys on this song. Agony uses a fast
paced style of rapping on this song.
Da Crib is a song
about how Agony attempts to persuade a fine female to come over to his
crib. He wanted her over at his house right now. They have plans to do
some shit.
BJ is not paying for anything that’s going
to leave a rash. He uses petroleum on the end of rubber condom for
sexual intercourse. In 9 months he could say the child is not his.
Fucking bitches twice was sure damn nice. They had to pay the price the
same week.
Cypher Fields is a rap battle
and cypher where rappers Agony and BJ rap against each other. It’s about
who’s the better rapper. It’s straight up rap with lyricism that gets
to the point with hardness.
Welcome is a soothing jazz
hop song that is laced with heavy bass and a single old timey piano.
Jazz meets hip hop with a bodacious sound on Welcome. Agony would rather
treat his people than to beat on them physically by assault. He loves
his people. Black people. He welcomes them with open arms.
All
I Seen (Straight Souljah Mix) uses a different sound than the original.
This version of the song uses a much darker sound. Some of the lyrics
are retained from the original version. This version uses an angelic
chorus which singing in harmony in the background throughout this song.
This version is the pro-black Black Panther version.
Agony
uses a robotic voice to discuss the evil and wickedness in this world.
Sometimes he just can’t take it. What can a person do? Sometimes it’s
based on where a person lives. It’s hard for a young black male to live
in this world. He tries to keep his soldiers strong and army tight.
You
know the old saying, “Everybody knows why the dove cries.” Agony tries
to get ahead in life by increasing his knowledge through education.
The
lyrics “It’s hard to be alive/The struggle continues” make frame of
reference to how living every day is a struggle. Daily living is a
struggle. The lyrics “Earthbound/we are walking dead” represents the
insanity we face on Earth. Agony shows us he is aware of violence. These
lyrics are an example “Yesterday we played in the rain/Todays streets
lay with blood stains” These lyrics exemplify a violent chaotic world.
The
Debut is the song which slows down the mood for the album on Traumacide
due to the slow beat programming by Agony. Rapper Stamina makes his
debut on this song. The song uses a hodgepodge of collected samples.
The
song Ghetto Classic is a classic song all into itself. The song
incorporates the sounds of rap, hip hop, funk, jazz, and soul by using
samples of many different songs. Ghetto Classic is a solo cut where only
Agony himself raps.
Agony gets some stress
off his chest in the form of rapping on Amerikka. The song uses medium
bass over soft processed beats. The song is laced with medium bass. It’s
straight up hip hop and lyricism that gets to the point.
Agony
has some stress to kill and get off his chest. He shares his true
genuine feelings. He’s keeping it real. Distance is getting the best of
him. He claims the government hates people and separates them. Sadly
this fact is true. It’s really a separate but equal type of deal. It’s
evil what the government does.
He makes several
references to the religion of Christianity. These lyrics are an example:
“The son of God and brother of Jesus/you need us”
The
song deals with Agony trying to find peace and his place in America.
These lyrics are a reference to what I said, “Sometimes I find no
shelter/Heaven or hell/Still I find no peace for me/Sometimes I’m
brokenhearted/Dearly departed/Don’t get me started/I’m just trying to
play my part/Dearly departed”
Enter Tha Panther is a politically charged pro-black rap song that is on the Black Panther tip. Agony goes hard on this track.
Agony’s
pickup line is “Do you have any sisters or friends that I can fuck
with? Do you run with hella bitches I can trust?” . What are the facts
behind the lines Agony is spitting? That is a question that has yet to
be answered. Don’t fuck with the brother dressed in black. Things are
happening more locally than globally. Even on the richter scale. Agony
paints a picture with his vocals. That’s why they call Picasso.
Mental
Ejaculation is a sexual song with subliminal messages. Agony gets kinky
on this song. He gets very lyrical and hard as usual.
Cum
Wit Me has a tropical Caribbean vibe and feeling. The feeling is mellow
and calm. A soft piano seems to have been used. Agony learned his
lessons. His confessions keep him going. Agony is a state of psychosis.
He learning the game of life while getting drunk. He invites us to come
with him.
Flint Wil’ is one funky hip hop
cut laced with hazy synths, bodacious piano notes, and thick beats. Funk
meets hip hop on Flint Wil’. Flint Wil’ was recorded in 1995 and
recorded again in 1997.
The very beginning of Flint
Wil’ uses the sample of James Brown - The Big Payback. That is where the
funky guitar sample comes from. The sample begins at 0:02 and ends at
0:12. A hazy synth can be heard repeating itself every 3 seconds. Agony
thinks about all the bullshit that has gone on in time as the years
progress. You know how Agony does. It’s straight up hip hop and lyricism
that gets to the point.
The Defeat is a hard edged rap song with heavy beats that is laced with an enjoyable sound. Stamina and BJ rap on this song.
All
I Seen uses thick beats and low bass over a hodgepodge of samples. The
beats used are snares, toms, and kicks. Female vocals sampled from a
classical music composition are used on this song. The words from the
classical music composition say, “All I see are my shadows” . The
classical music composition is layered over an organ you would hear
playing in an old horror film.
There are 2 downsides.
One downside is the instrumentation and vocals are not equally balanced
on a 50/50 level. The instrumentation overlaps the vocals making
listening to the vocals very difficult. The other downside is not being
able to hear the vocals.
Agony takes us into his mind.
Things he shares are not wholesome or pretty. He discusses how
generations and nations breed terrorists. Terrorists are bred off of
hate and fear. Not to mention corruption. Agony wants to get up and
fight the feelings he has been facing. It’s hard to be alive. The
struggle continues.
The lyrics “It’s hard to be
alive/The struggle continues” make frame of reference to how living
every day is a struggle. Daily living is a struggle. The lyrics
“Earthbound/we are walking dead” represents the insanity we face on
Earth. Agony shows us he is aware of the violence. These lyrics are an
example “Yesterday we played in the rain/Todays streets lay with blood
stains” These lyrics exemplify a violent chaotic world.
Addicted To The Pain is a solo cut written and performed by Agony.
4/5****!
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Mateo & Matos - Night Moods EP review
Mateo
& Matos - Night Moods is a deep downtempo electronic EP that’s
quite out of this world. The duo managed to bring the funk on this
electronic EP with songs such as Beyond The Realm, Taste of Funk, and
Free Your Mind. Night Moods is one of many releases from the duo that
got overlooked in the field of electronic music.
The
thick beats heard on Free Your Mind fit in perfectly with the downtempo
sound of this EP. Some of these beats are similar to the beats heard on
Beyond The Realm. Of course the mood for this song is not dark. It’s one
of those songs that will make you want to get up and dance. The beats
are funky. Sounds of deep house from New York are astounding and
amazing.
Voyage To The Deep uses some funky drum beats
over electronic music. This song leans more towards lounge music with a
deep house sound. Not surprising since this EP is a deep house EP also.
Taste
of Funk incorporates the sound of funk and deep downtempo electronic
music in one instrumental. The duo successfully produced a funky
electronic song. You can never go wrong with these two. This song is one
of the Funkiest songs on the EP.
4/5****
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Twinspan - The Purple Saber Affliction EP review
The
Purple Saber Affliction is an entire EP of music the band Twinspan
never got to release. The Purple Saber Affliction was recorded but was
never released until September 1, 2017. 1 1/2 years later from the
release of their 2015 album. The band decided to release this EP as a
stream on their YouTube channel. The band has grown and shows maturity
on this EP. Their sound and style are more polished from their last
album. That is the difference with this EP. They do metalcore some
justice with this EP. Despite being only 20 minutes long, the EP has its
highlights with songs such as Who The Fuck Is David Chopperfield,
Plastic Faces, and Southbound Northside.
You can hear
militaristic band style drumming at the beginning of Who The Fuck Is
David Chopperfield with thick heavy snares. The band adopted the
military band style drum line to use in this song. Patrick Case does a
spectacular job on playing the drums and percussion. He shows maturity
as a percussionist as he does not miss a beat or cue. He stays on beat
by not loosing focus. Claves are used as the percussion selection. Now
at the 1:06 mark is where the song quickly transitions into a metal
song.
You hear the tension and heaviness of distortion
of the song Plastic Faces. You can hear distortion in both their vocals
and musical instruments. It’s a power driven, angst ridden heavy metal
song. Think metalcore when you listen to Plastic Faces.
Southbound
Northside is a true metalcore classic which metalheads will enjoy in
the years to come. It’s a power driven, angst ridden heavy metal song.
Think metalcore when you listen to this song. The band lets us know
Twinspan is taking over and things won’t be the same as it was before.
There’s no escaping.
4/5****!
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