![]() Tracks like the stunning ‘New York’ and ‘Modern Weekend’ remind me deeply of those peripheral figures in EBM - Meat Beat Manifesto, MC900ft Jesus, Revolting Cocks - who got closest to melding noisy aggravation with gorgeously abrasive techno-textures. ![]() As soon as ‘Contortion’ comes thumping out at you with a stereo–strafing precision you haven’t heard since Front 242’s ‘First In First Out’ you realise you’re in the presence not just of people dabbling with punktronica, but people who have clearly been immersed in both the most electronic side of post-punk production (Suicide & Chrome) and crucially - dancing their whole life to late 80s, and early 90s techno, jungle, drum and bass. (from Wire magazine) “One of the most instantly addictive things I’ve heard all year. Mick Jenkins The Patience (RBC Music/BMG) I'm not making it sound like fun cos it aint but it IS cathartic, angry, and honours the lost while leaves burnmarks and scars you can’t shake. This record is tormented by that buried memory, takes Indonesian rhythms and spaces and puts them into a grinder of electronic sound, frequently touched by gamelan, often balefully bleak in its harsh sonics, always a compelling ‘Heart Of Darkness’-style journey without condescencion, and with a truly pitiless eye. The Dutch government has recently 'apologized' for the atrocities committed during Dutch rule but access to these frequenly horrifying images is still limited, the victims still anonymised into the peripheries of history. The title roughly translates to a "Synthetic Feeling for Anonymous Sacrifice" and is spurred, like the record, by his deep dive into Indonesian photographic war archives documenting the era of Dutch rule, captured through the lens of the colonizers themselves. One half of the Indonesian electronic duo Gabbar Modus Operandi (check their ‘Puxxximaxxx’ and ‘Hoxxxya’ albums on Yes No Wave and SVBKVLK respectively), Aditya Surya Taruna (aka Kasimyn) here drops his new solo project after extensive work with Bjork and it’s a head-rattling doozie. From the sublime Helado Negro-style sultriness of ‘Ô Lulu’, through ‘Cuidado’s Fela-meets-OsMutantes grogginess onwards through the stealthy samba-funk of ‘Minha Droga’ this is simultaneously a total fantasy of the connections any music fan would WISH had been made, but also works as way way more than mere record-collection pop. So what this is is a “genre-agnostic mixtape” slathered in the kind of addictive latin/baile flavours you want to just slather on your gums and leer at. According to João his new music “needed to feel more intense,” seventies Música Popular Brasileira “didn’t make sense anymore”. João Rocha moved from Niterói (the city across the bay from Rio de Janeiro) to São Paulo in 2020 - with his band paralyzed by the pandemic Rocha retreated into this alter-ego, Dada Joazinho. Special Modes expand gameplay with Quick Play, Classic, Battle, Survival, Hustle, and Mini-games.Can’t actually count the ways I love this cos this isn’t just musical galaxies being traversed but sonic multiverses - everything from psyche to tropicalia to dub to hip hop to noise to samba and STOP COME BACK HONESTLY it’s so much better than that might suggest. Friends and family will be thoroughly entertained cheering each other on as they anxiously await their next turn. Throughout the dynamic songs there will be opportunities to strike a pose for extra points. ![]() The samba-inspired rhythm music game made popular in the arcades is shaking its way onto the Wii! Keeping the beat with over 40 songs on a Samba-inspired sound track, players shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuk like maracas, and compete with friends to see who has the best moves.
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