Day Four Triple Threat
Here are a triple threat of MP3s from varied electronic artists who are not as name-dropped as you'd think given the fact that they sort of were were among the first wave of muscians in new movements, and often get overshadowed by other artists of a similar style. For instance, Florian Schmitt, who released a couple of ridiculous records on Ninja Tune in the 90s as The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination, should be considered a leading influence in the drill n' bass game with Squarepusher, Venetian Snares and others. My theory is that since he incorporated latin influences, the music is too organic for the steely sub-genre and therefore often overlooked by its fans. Either way, this is electronic prog madness at its best, like a robot built in Brazil going bezerk through the streets of Frankfurt.
The next MP3 is courtesy of Palmskin Productions, aka Simon Richmond, who in my book can be considered one of the pillars of modern downtempo as it morphed from British acid jazz into the seven-headed hydra it is today. Working with saxophone player Chris Bowden, Richmond also put time in as a percussionist for the Talkin' Loud label's in-house session team K Collective, released tracks for Howie B's Pussyfoot Records, had a track on 1994's influential Rebirth of Cool and two 1996 singles for Mo' Wax Records. That's downtempo royalty in my book, yet you wonder why you haven't heard more about him.
Lastly, I decided to post something from Stuart Cullen, aka, Pilote, who has never received the attention he deserves and is ominously left out of many conversations about melancholic, leftfield electronica. Journalists often err when comparing groups to Boards of Canada, when the more appropriate nod should be toward Pilote, who has produced for the Certificate 18 label and has released some great record as Series 500 for Brighton's Curor imprint. Cullen, like BoC, smooths out the more angular surfaces of electronica with an organic palette of samples and synths and really approaches melody from a perspective that you happy, indie lovers will enjoy. Has always been a favorite of mine and it's a shame more people don't know about him
This additional post is a fantastic remix of Pilote's "Turtle" by Bonobo, specially posted for this guy Rob who is giving me a hard time in the comments section. Don't say I'm not a man of the people.
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