Lazer Sword [b.e.a.r.]

Dewey dB — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:15:35 +0000

In the heart of the mission district in SF; behind the cogs & gears of XLR8R, their web techie and licensing guru, is Bryant Rutledge {aka LL [Low Limit, Lowest Layer?]}. If we recuse one level deeper; behind Bryant Rutledge’s nine to five facade is half of the music genius of Lazer Sword. The other half being Antaeus Roy [aka Lando Kal]. Throw in Ghosts on Tape and you’ll get what peeps have been callin the Fort Knocks crew.

Lando and LL have been workin’ hard, and will be droppin’ their first release on B.E.A.R. records. They also have a tune coming out soon on a B.E.A.R. compilation. Their live show is what I would like to hear more often in the future of live glitch hop performers. Anyone can beatmatch and mix, but these guys take it to the next level. Everything they do live is 100% improvised, an all-out remix-the-fuck-out-of-everything type of affair. You never know to expect when you hear them rock the party, ’cause they don’t even know either. Think improvisational jazz circa 2010, only with dope drum machines, synths, and laptops instead of sax, bass cello, and a drum kit. They’ve blown up the spot with the likes of the glitch mob, flying lotus, mstrkrft, the cool kids, chromatics, kid 606, trackademicks, ghislain poirier, white girl lust & others…Seriously, you’re so not ready for these tunes:

LL – WHERE U BEEN 7.0 (MELTDOWN DELUXE)
Lazer Sword- $TREET $COOBY
I GET MONEY (LAZER SWORD NEON HOT POCKETS REMIX)

Ratatat – Ratatat (XLRecordings)

Dewey dB — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:59:54 +0000

Ratatat’s founders, Mike “Snake” Stroud and Evan ”E*Vax” Mast, have been making music out of a Crown Heights apartment in Brooklyn since 2001, their unique sound born of a combined love of Jay-Z, The Rolling Stones, Timbaland and Beethoven. Mike is one of New York’s best guitarists and has spent his time touring the world with Ben Kweller and Dashboard Confessional. Evan has been producing music as E*vax for the past few years, releasing most of his output on Audio Dregs Records the label run by him and his brother E*Rock. Now back in their bedroom studio the pair have made a sing-along record, just without words. While dance music is trying to re-invent itself and rock is returning to it’s roots, Ratatat seem to make a happy mess in both fields.

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Lazer Sword [b.e.a.r.]

Ratatat – Ratatat (XLRecordings)