Tag: Albatross
[MUSIC: Interview] Smoke DZA
“Yo – sorry about missing you before, man, but the game was on. It’s the start of the season, and it’s a hell of a distraction right now. I cannot miss that shit,” says Sean Pompey, aka New York rapper Smoke DZA. It’s the day after Sandy clusterfucked DZA’s city and, after enduring everything the storm had to offer from within his Harlem home, the man is enjoying the simple things. Like telephone network coverage, and watching the Dallas Mavericks spank Kobe’s Lakers. “I’m a [New York] Knicks fan myself, but it’s good just to be doing normal stuff, you know? I just came home from touring, and then BOOM! – the storm hits. We ain’t hurting too bad in my neighbourhood, but it’s really bad for some people…” he trails. “You can’t focus too hard on the negatives. We’ll come back stronger: these are great times, I’m hopeful for New York. But I’m not so hopeful for the Lakers.”
Posted: November 9th, 2012 under Brag 487, Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Africa Hitech (AUS/UK), Albatross, Benjamin Cooper, Evenings (US), Fishing, GoodGod Small Club, HTRK (AUS/UK), LV (UK), Oliver Tank, OutsideIn Festival, Sean Pompey, Shitego (US), Smoke DZA, The Factory Theatre
[MUSIC: Live Review] Mount Kimbie, Oscar + Martin, Albatross @ The HI-FI, Friday May 4
The Hi-Fi feels bigger than The Forum did. The undulating green curtains along its walls suit Albatross’ aqueous electronics well. Their music is a sociable blend of club sounds and pop melody, but its arrangements are impressively immersive. One track foregrounds sharp hi-hats against the sounds of coins colliding and the icy, high-frequency patter of a busy street. The combined effect creates an alluring depth of field that draws the listener deep into a delicate web of soft-serve synth and head-nodding wonkiness.
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Brag 462 (May 14), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Albatross, Live Reviews, Luke Telford, Mount Kimbie, Music, Oscar & Martin, The Hi-Fi
[MUSIC: Interview] Mount Kimbie
Mount Kimbie London Calling By Luke Telford The term bass music (or UK bass, as Skream would put it) encompasses a mercurial array of music that includes garage, jungle, dubstep, techno, to name a few; for most, it brings to mind the warped, eulogistic treacle of Burial, or the hermetic basslines and meditative rhythmic logic [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2012 under Brag 459 (April 23), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Albatross, Kai Campos, Luke Telford, Mount Kimbie, Oscar & Martin, The Brag, The Hi-Fi, William Basinski
Interview: Albatross
Albatross High Flyers By Digby Woods Sydney’s electro scene has experienced a boom in the last couple of years, thanks in part to the popular embrace of experimental electronica across the globe. In Australia, the forerunners of this renaissance have (arguably) been acts like Seekae and PVT. But now a new contender is biting at [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2011 under Brag 424 (August 8), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Albatross, Digby Woods, The Brag