Artist: Timonkey
Title: Future Perfect
Cat # Muti063
UPC # 705105140902
File under: Dubstep / Chillout
01. Be Humble 3:43
02. The Future 5:46
03. Dreamstep 5:37
04. Never Get Enough 3:29
05. Panther Beach 1 5:12
06. Open Road 4:52
07. Quantum Echo 4:18
08. Golden Throne 4:10
09. The Day Fungus Took Over 5:04
10. Let’s Get Surreal 3:18
11. Heavy Rain 3:39
12. The Fog Lifts 4:06
13. Hold Them Close 3:47
Heyoka is keeping Muti Music busy just spittin’ out one release after the other. Where the last album “Marklar” went a bit much in the Dubstep direction for my taste this album comes out more diverse! Heyoka is mixing Breakbeats, Dubstep, Drum n Bass into a nice mix.
Timonkey’s “Future Perfect” is sadly way to much “ordinary” Dubstep for me to really enjoy it even if it’s mixed up with some Chill out tunes, thirteen track is a bit to much for me. But if you’re into Dubstep this might be the album for you!
Tracklisting:
1. Summertime In Oakland 4:39
2. Law & Disorder 3:59
3. Stunna 4:22
4. Negative Ion 3:54
5. Burst 4:11
The debut EP from Siren is still one of my favorite releases from Muti Music so I was really exited when I saw that Brandon was about to release a new EP.
“Jingletown” is perhaps not as bassy as the first EP but this is just as good or perhaps a bit better even, I feel that the sound has become a bit “warmer” since “Spawn”.
Artist: Kemek
Title: Sine Language
Cat # Muti062
UPC # 705105140308
Tracklisting:
1. Sine Language 4:46
2. Road To Somewhere (Remix) 4:47
3. Ignorant Dub 4:10
4. Vitamin Drumming 5:30
Kemek was the first artist to be released on Muti Music and now he’s back on the said label for a new EP. I haven’t heard the 12” that was released on Muti back in 2002 so I can’t say much about that but let me fill you in on what goin’ on with Kemek 2010.
Sine Language feature 4 minimal Dubstep tunes and to be honest I find this EP quite boring, it’s nothing we haven’t heard before. Track one & three are deconstructed Dubstep and they just float by and nothing stucks in your brain. Track two & four are a tad better, track two features some chimes which I find and the forth tracks has some chiptunes/bitpop influences which makes the song listenable.
Perhaps I’m not the best person to review “old school Dubstep” ’cause I grew tired of it back in 2006 but for me this is one of the weakest release from Muti Music, but be you own judge and take a listen to it, perhaps you’ll like it more than yours truly.
Muti060 – Hate Speech
1. Decay In Daisy’s 4:08
2. The Taktikal Torture Skroll 5:22
3. 5 & A Half Steps (feat. Ben Sharpa) 3:44
4. His Hypocritical Ways (feat. Gambino) 4:25
5. The Ass Track 2:50
Muti061 – Hate Speech (Instrumentals)
1. Decay In Daisyʼs (Instrumental) 4:11
2. The Ass Track (Instrumental) 2:50
3. 5 & A Half Steps (Instrumental) 3:45
4. The Taktikal Torture Skroll (Instrumental) 5:24
5. His Hypocritical Ways (Instrumental) 4:25
The Realist is a hip hop project from South Africa featuring the producer T.O.B. who has previously released two great EP’s on Muti.
I’m sorry to say but this might be the first time that I will complain about a Muti release, it’s nothing wrong with the beats cause T.O.B. know what he’s doing, to bad you can’t say that about the rapper.
The rap is so dry and uninspiring that I want to switch to the instrumental version as soon as he open his mouth. It was a smart move from Muti to release two verions of the EP, one with vocals and one instrumental.
Buy the instrumetal version and enjoy some real good beats and stay away from the vocal version.
Artist: Mix n Blend & Narch
Title: Acid Crunk EP 6 : I Got …
Cat # Muti059
UPC # 705105139906
Tracklisting:
1. I Got … (Original Mix) 3:27
2. I Got … (An-ten-nae Remix) 3:38
3. I Got … (Beats Antique Remix) 4:12
4. I Got … (Dov Remix) 4:20
5. I Got … (Random Rab Remix) 3:30
6. I Got … (Mochipet Remix) 3:08
The Acid Crunk series continues, this time with two South Africans namely Mix n Blend & Narch.
On this EP we get the original mix and 5 remixes from some of the hottest names right now, An-Ten-Nae (of course), Beats Antique, Dov (nice too see his name again), Random Rab and the ever so popular Mochipet.
The original mix is a quite nice story, mixing Dupstep and Glitch Hop into a most decent track, take a listen to it here down below. Buy it at your usual place, I know that at least Beatport got it!
Artist: Mad Zach & R2 The Specialist
Title: Wolf Spiders
Cat # Muti058
UPC # 705105139807
File under: Glitch Hop / Dubstep / Crunk / Breakbeat
Tracklisting:
01 Soul Fire 3:09
02 Sinister 4:06
03 Subeater 3:46
04 Mashington 4:08
05 Speaker Gargle 4:05
06 Big D 3:38
07 MPC Dub 3:52
08 US Of Air 3:40
09 Interlude 1:20
10 8 Bit Chinoscillator 3:27
11 Christopher Columbus 3:42
12 Drowning 5:28
I’m feeling that I just repet myself when it comes to releases from Muti Music, stating that they are the awesome and so one… But that what I feel. Muti might be the label out there with the highest standard when it comes to releases, even though Dov seems to spit out release they are all still truly excellent.
The latest in line in a full length album from two persons that goes under the monickers Mad Zach & R2 The Specialist. These guy stands on a base of Dubstep but mixes it up quite a lot; you get influences ranging from Techno to Glitch (hop) and you get some funky vibes all executed with perfection. First listen to the track “Big D” here below and then you make sure you buy it!
Tracklisting:
1. Glitchy & Scratchy – Speech Therapy 4:38
2. Glitchy & Scratchy – What Frank Said 5:52
3. Glitchy & Scratchy vs Myles Away – Tokyo Tonight 7:06
4. Glitchy & Scratchy – Brain Saw 4:08
5. Glitchy & Scratchy – Embeddit 4:25
6. Glitchy & Scratchy vs 24-Bit – Me + 1 5:46
At first when I listened to ”Broken Logic” I was kind of disappointed case I though it was to slow and anonymous but after a few spins I was really hooked. Glitchy & Scratchy has been around for a while now making a name in the Glitch Hop underground with various tracks and mixes.
What makes these guys a bit different from all the other Glitch Hop acts is that Glitchy & Scratchy implements some chiptunes/8bit-tunes into their music but still keeping true to their bass roots for a real good “soundscape”.
Another great release from Muti Music!
Take a listen to the third track “Tokyo Tonight” here:
Artist: Adam John
Title: Moments
Cat # Muti055
UPC # 705105139401
Tracklisting:
1. Tear This Up 4:02
2. Fog 3:48
3. Fall In 4:07
4. Patient 4:26
People might know Adam John better as the Drum ‘n’ Bass producer Kid Kryptic, whilst I don’t so s it is with a fresh set of ears I can take in the music.
If Adam has a past in the DnB scene this EP is far from that sound. On “Moment” Adam delivers a downtempo I.D.M./Glitch sound but still with a lot of atmosphere and melodies. It seems like Muti Music has changed sails a bit and with the latest couple of released moved a away a bit from the “usual” Dubstepish sound that one is used to hear from this label.
“Moments” is a mellow and dreamy Glitch (Hop)/I.D.M EP, it’s nice to see how Muti develops and gives us listeners something we’re perhaps not used to, it has been a “strange” year for Muti and I’m lovin’ every day of it.
Now we’re talking, Inaudible really shows how Gltich Hop should sound!
First of all I can’t understand how Dov keeps finding all these gems and releases them via Muti Music, the quality of all his releases is very high.
Inaudible hails from Great Britain and I must say that’s it’s a rather new name for me, I’ve seen the name around but I believe this is the first time I had the opportunity to listen to his music. On “Corporate Propaganda” Inaudible gives us three hardhiting tunes yet the bear a real melodic and groovy sound to them, just as as I want this music to be. The music resembles a bit of that The Glitch Mob is doing both as a band and as soloartists.
This could very well be one of 2010′s best electronic release cause I utterly and truly love the sound that Inaudible and presented to his audience.
Artist: Mimosa
Title: Psychedelic Stereo
Cat # Muti052
UPC # 705105139401
Tracklisting:
1. Psychedelic Stereo 3:37
2. Pandora 3:18
3. Keys To The City 3:28
4. Julia’s Labyrinth 3:03
Mimosa is one of my favorite artists on Muti Music for sure. But I really don’t know what to think about this one. I can’t say it’s bad but it’s not the Mimosa that I’m used to hear. Mimosa has focused less on the bass this time and implemented a more sound a bit more influenced from ordinary Dub music.
“Psychedelic Stereo” is by no means a bad record but I don’t get the same wicked feeling that I got from the last output “Flux for Life”, but that one on the other hand was one of my absolute favorites when it comes to this kind of music. I assume that “Flux for Life” was such a bomb that my expectations for this one was somewhat to high.
We get four new tracks; the titel track, “Pandora”, “The Keys to the City” and “Julia’s Labyrith”.
All and all a good release from Mimosa and Muti but not the as good as I had hoped for.
Afro Monk
June 22nd by Pierre 
Tags: Breakbeat, Chill out, Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Glitch Hop, Heyoka, Muti Music, Timonkey.
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