THE REPORT: 10/19/23
SLIMERONI’S FALL FREAKNIK
Slimeroni might be from Memphis, but on “Freak Like Me,” she takes a high-BPM trip to Atlanta—maybe Miami. Produced by another Memphis head (Ayoza), the track is a smooth bass scorcher that serves as a reminder that “pool party season” is a state of mind. I could imagine playing it for a group of disinterested art world types at a bleak Basel party inside a boutique hotel.
Post-everything rave that is interesting “on a compositional level.” A lot of the tracks on the new Gl00m13 EP feel like self-contained mini-mixes. At different points, “chiky wing” is poppy and pummeling and fractured. The joint’s chopped breaks rip harder than meat off the bone at the Bay Ridge House Of Wings.
Brontez Punrell “Bachelors Theme”
Brontez Purnell is an American DIY Legend, but that’s not why we are putting this song on The Report. We are putting this song on The Report because it’s a great mid-fi guitar pop stomper, which we love. And it’s under two minutes long, which we also love.
Kid Lib “Jungle Days & Nights (Tim Reaper Remix)”
If you thought we were done with chopped-up breakbeats today, you must be out of your goddamn mind! What we have right here is absolute ragga jungle carnage; it came out a few weeks ago, and it’s been on constant replay over here at John’s Music Blog HQ. Euphoric!
Christ Dillinger “Aint No One Stopping Us Now”
Pitched somewhere between RXK Nephew and Max B, Christ Dillinger’s performance on this McFadden & Whitehead flip is delightful. Are those enough references for you? All you need to know: It’s 2023-style disco rap. “On the dancefloor, you know I’m going insane/I’m on more drugs than 2012 Gucci Mane/Unc hair falling out like he’s Lil Wayne.”
MIX OF THE WEEK: Physical Therapy “NTS Hardgroove Special”
Sometimes, I am amazed that I am still able to accrue this kind of information, but: In certain corners of the farcical, fragmented world of contemporary dance music, millennial-style funky techno seems to be back in style. The term hardgroove is taken from a record label of the same name, created by Ben Simms in the ‘90s, that to this day specializes in loopy, jacking business. Physical Therapy is one DJ I would trust to play this music in a way that would make sense to me, which is to say have a bit of fun with it, and here he doesn’t disappoint. It’s an enjoyable hour of percussive techno, fine for the home or the discotheque.
RIP Dwight Twilley and Mark The 45 King
I'll listen to 'Freak Like Me'.