portformat’s new album ‘the repeat factor’ will be released 3rd december 2009 on my small record label tokyo dawn records. below is an exclusive streaming preview for you before the album officially drops. first previews on other blogs include 92bpm and moovmnt. the guest vocalists on this especially spacey r’n'b/hip hop album include georgia anne muldrow, shuanise, suzi analogue, dudley perkins, blaktroniks, obey the altar native, bless1, gajah, caits meissner and thesaurus rex. mixing was done by comfort fit.. turn it up loud, this is the repeat factor!
the wikipedia explanation of postpunk is pretty accurate:
“Post-punk is a popular musical movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental. Post-punk laid the groundwork for alternative rock by broadening the range of punk and underground music, incorporating elements of Krautrock (particularly the use of synthesizers and extensive repetition), Jamaican dub music (specifically in bass guitar), American funk, studio experimentation, and even punk’s traditional polar opposite, disco, into the genre. It found a firm place in the 1980s indie scene, and led to the development of genres such as gothic rock, industrial music and alternative rock.”
this time’s post punk bonus track is gang of four’s ‘anthrax’:
for more on post punk i recommend simon reynolds’ very thorough books on the topic:
it’s been a little quiet on styleguides recently, but here’s an update with some of this month’s autumn highlights including releases by portico quartet, dam funk, memory tapes, the very best, hyperdub etc.
bonus video is j. dante breakdancing to comfort fit’s beat ’superposition’, recently released on my experimental label imprint tdr:
this styleguides compilation started out as a musical temp score for a road movie horror film that never got finished. too bad not only the movie isn’t available, also some of it’s most important music titles such as ‘the common people – those who love’, ’slaves – slave time’, ‘flash and the pan – california’ and ‘the guerrillas – lawdy rolla’ aren’t even available on amazon or youtube, although they’re that good. anyway, check this out, quentin.
this time’s bonus track ‘walking in the rain’ (1978!) is from the miserably underrated band ‘flash and the pan’, who are not available on amazon but simply can’t be missing on styleguides:
