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( 3 / 458 )All Music Guide featured Diego Bernal's For Corners this week on it's blog. The review is wonderfully written.
"Not too proud to pay tribute to his most evident inspiration, Diego Bernal opens his absorbing beat suite For Corners with “Diego’s Donut (RIP Dilla),” a track that is modestly regal and mournful at once, anchored by an uncomplicated but effective break and draped in stately horns, accented with several subtle touches and tricks that poke through with each play. Instead of a Jadakiss cackle or siren to signal the next track, there’s sampled dialogue, stitched together and heavily reverbed: “What you got down there, Diego?” “Dust…” Only Bernal could know how many particles were inhaled while pulling up the material repurposed throughout this set. While the San Antonio, TX-based producer, a civil rights attorney, has the wistfulness-tinged warmth down, the lesson Dilla impressed upon him the most could be the drive to dig as deep, far, and wide as possible while reshaping it all in a way that reflects his own life. The format here — sample-based instrumental hip-hop vignettes — is not new, but it has never been given this Southwest touch, certainly not by a producer who can whip up an astonishing, Latin-flavored synthesis of disparate elements. Startling synth drones, hurtling dustbowl-psych guitars, jubilant flutes, and rhythms for the hammock and dancefloor only scratch the surface. All of it is streaked across a shrewdly paced sequence of tracks, 40 minutes of soul-soaked beats that feel like 20."
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( 3.2 / 415 )New Remix of "Feel.Love.Thinking.Of" the first single from Faunts new album on Friendly Fire Recordings is up for grabs over at XLR8R Magazine's website. XLR8R
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( 2.9 / 402 )New Reviews up of Aether's Artifacts album.
Pitchfork and San Antonio Current Also be on the lookout for a review in Alarm Magazine in February issue.
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Remix Magazine posted up a review of Artifacts. Click here to read
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( 3.1 / 382 )Happy New Year. We've got big plans for 2009 and looks like we are off to a great year. Here are some new reviews and blurbs. Textura reviews Artifacts. Best of awards to Rae Davis from The Austin Chronicle . What to Wear During an Orange Alert write up of Diego Bernal's "Bring It On Home" single plus blurbs at Penned Madness, Robot Dance Music, The Lemur Blog, Radio Sidekick for newcomer Mexicans With Guns.
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( 2.9 / 421 )It's hard to believe its been 7 years since Theory of Everything's "Algorhythm" came out. It's pretty raw and unpolished but there are some little bright moments of fun here and there. Originally, there were 200 handmade CD's but these are long gone. For the first time in 7 years it's now available plus 2 additional beats made right after this CD came out. The album is a high quality MP3 or WAV digital download and you name your price.
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Latest remix from Exponential's newest addition to the roster...Mexicans with Guns. This time, a remix of The Lonely Island's infamous SNL skit, Jizz In My Pants. Download the track for free.
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