Purported glitch hop / wonky imprint Lab Beat has released some seriously sideways sounds in eleven releases by Actionfist, Fizzarum, HipGnosis, Lewing, Master Eveleigh, Neverslept, Planes and Rose Specs.

 

LB011: Neverslept: Jesus Skwept is extraordinarily funky to the extent that it might be called rude.

Boomkat say "Skweee'd-out electro bumpers. Computer Tang works a slick and minimal downtempo rutter, while Jesus Skwept is more dubbed out and acrid and Wild Stallyns finds a more tweaky flex with twitchy syncopation and crisp, crystalline synths like a cheeky Jimmy Edgar."

AddicTech | Boomkat

Neverslept: Jesus Skwept
Planes: Joining Dots

LB012: Planes: Joining Dots follows two short releases in winter 2010, a full-length Planes album, bursting with summer-optimism, has become due.

In consideration of the success of the previous EPs, much attention has been given to doing nothing differently. Destabilised, squashy, playfully nostalgic, instrumental hip-hop beats with a meticulously planned, gapless track-list.
Boomkat

Lewing: Stent5 / Prerd70

LB008: Lewing: Stent5 / Prerd70 was conceived way back when Four Tet was amazingly fresh. Lewing put together these recordings, featuring a rare appearance by Gemma who supplies a somewhat melancholy ode to time well-wasted. Boomkat | Bandcamp

Planes: My Intentions (EP2)

LB010: Planes: My Intentions (EP2) comprises distinctive beats, glued together with heavy, plasticised synthfunk basslines, varying from the simultaneously playful and nostalgic, to a suggestion of Pierre Bastien’s seesawing clockwork and mechanical dulcimer. AddicTech | Amazon | Boomkat | iTunes | Play.com

Planes: My Intentions (EP1)

LB009: Planes: My Intentions (EP1) comprises beats, glued together with heavy, plasticised synthfunk basslines, varying from the simultaneously playful and nostalgic, to a suggestion of Pierre Bastien’s seesawing clockwork and mechanical dulcimer. AddicTech | Amazon | Boomkat | iTunes | Play.com

Scientific Illuminism (Is For Sissies) by HipGnosis

LB006: HipGnosis: Scientific Illuminism (Is For Sissies) is a deliciously clinical, wonky, bassy instrumental by HipGnosis.

HipGnosis.us

Fizzarum: How Nature Works (Digital)

LB005: Fizzarum: How Nature Works Digital downloads of some selected Fizzarum beauties. Russian folk-inspired melody with glitchy bits and lush ambience.

AddicTech | Amazon | Boomkat | Juno

Actionfist: Fisticuffs

LB004: Actionfist: Fisticuffs Actionfist's Fisticuffs is finally out on Lab Beat, comprising some glitch hop, jungle and noise cult classics.

CD | AddicTech | Amazon | Boomkat | Juno

Rose Specs: Glitch Style Forays

LB003: Rose Specs: Glitch Style Forays Infused with a rosy warmth while retaining a penetrating quality, this is like fine wine, fresh from the laboratory.

CD | AddicTech | Juno | iTunes

Fascinating Action by Master Eveleigh

LB002: Master Eveleigh: Fascinating Action A glitch-hop'n'jungle masterpiece comprising a slew of nice sounds, and the sum of Master Eveleigh's many years honing his odd art, in a backward and obsessive fashion.

AddicTech | Amazon | Boomkat | Juno | iTunes

Plain Cats by Master Eveleigh (FREE DOWNLOAD)

LB001: Master Eveleigh: Plain Cats Glitch-pop and jungle. More interesting than most plain cats, though perhaps not to someone finding this as a result of an impassioned google search for plain cats. Free Download!

Artists | Links | Music | Contact
copyright © 2006-12 Lab Beat. Privacy Policy.