BALUT017: Three Parts Remix EP

Part 2 takes the tempo down a notch and a couple of miles high into the stratosphere. Generation Bass’ maestro, SaBBo, treats Not Real with a heavy stomping beat, which sounds new as much as it brings to mind classic Leftfield tracks.
The second remix here is by Botanika’s Bunny on Acid, now adopting a new moniker, Grá, that matches his deep and intricate sound, with a new album coming soon on Studio Rockers. He’s take on album opener, Let’s Go, is a dubby trip through reverberating spaces and a disjointed 808 beat that holds it all together.

Part 3, as its name – Self-Mutilation – suggests, has a couple of remixes done by Polar Pair themselves. Picked from the remix series they released every other week via their soundcloud page, it contains a deep and slow house workout for the soulful Hope You Know, and a new wave pastiche meets techno on the Fantasy Love remix.

All 3 covers designed by Afik Naim

BALUTLP001: Polar Pair (Album)

Polar Pair, aka Malkiel Grossman & Nadav Ravid, have been making music together for almost twenty years. It took the world about the same time to catch up with their vision.

It’s impossible to box Polar Pair’s music into one neat definition; The gamut is simply too wide. The music oscillates from throbbing dance-floor tracks to R’n'B ballads, primal post-punk to cutting-edge bass music, hip-hop to disco, catchy pop to experimental beats. These influences can sometimes be easily spotted and sometimes they’re blended together, as if that was their purpose all along.

Malkiel and Nadav have been meeting religiously at their Polar Pair studios for years, banging heads and letting off pent up, notoriously muggy Tel-Aviv steam, churning out banger after banger. Some of these were released hot-off- the-press, straight to their tumblr, while the rest – the gems, the jewels, the Ferran Adriàs of bangers – culminated in this album. Born with the original working title “Every Song is Different”, the album relishes in living up to this: it swings between entire genres, colours, gender-roles and moods, varying deliciously in tone and atmosphere; It nails pastiches to the past and takes bold stabs at defining the future, layering familiar, comforting voices with bright, unheard ones.

These may all seem like symptoms of bi-polar disorder, but they are the unlikely ingredients that make up the new Polar Pair album.

Released October 1st, 2012

Booklet designed by Tubi
Cover designed by Heela Harel || helloheela.tumblr.com
Cover image by Germanex || germanex.deviantart.com

Botanika FM, 2.8.12

A trippy ride down a dirty road.

Playlist:

Marcos Valle – Estrelar // Sonar Kollektiv
DJ Steve – Special Cuts 1 // Beats in Space
Antonym – Cinnamon Air – J Rocc edit // Stones Throw
Daniel Avery – The Eagle // Phantasy Sound
Soft Rocks – Little Lights – Cos Mes remix // ESP Institute
T&J – Drums & Synths // Hivern
Falty DL – Our House Stab // Ninja Tune
Bepu n’Gali – I Travel to You – Frisvold & Lindbaek meet Todd Terje remix // International Feel
Daphni – Ahora // Amazing Sounds
Madteo ft Sensational – Very Sweaty Palms – Kassem Mosse remix // Meakusma
Pittsburgh Track Authority – untitled // Pittsburgh Tracks
Rhythmic Theory – Rundown Jam // BRSTL
Pepe Bradock – Katoucha? // Atavisme
Four Tet – Jupiters // Text
Juniper – Selenic // Smallville
5kinandBone5 & Robert Jeffrey – Cookiez n’Cream // Soo Wavey
Manare – Quartz // ClekClekBoom
Trevino – Lag // Revolve:R
Skudge – Convolution // Skudge
Special Request – Deflowered – Kassem Mosse & MixMup remix // Special Request
Bicep & Ejeca – You // Aus
A Made Up Sound – Hang Up // Clone
Jus Ed – Blaze // Underground Quality
Jacques Greene – Dakou // 3024
New Jackson – The Night Mail // Pogo
808 State – Pacific 202 – Alkalino edit // cdr
How to Dress Well – Cold Nites // Weird World

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Botanika FM, 5.7.12

 

Jai Paul – Jasmine // XL
Kassem Mosse – untitled // Workshop
Jamie Finlay – Honey // StillLove4Music
Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop – Deebs remix // white
Maayan Nidam – Lies in Love // Cadenza
Madteo ft Sensational – Bangin on the Ceiling – Shake remix // Meakusma
John Talabot – Estiu // Permanent Vacation
Onra – L.O.V.E // Fools Gold
Tanner Ross – Straight to the Moon // Double Standard
Pittsburgh Track Authority – Pittsburgh Rich // Pittsburgh Tracks
Lauer – 70000ac // Running Back
Jimmy Edgar – Touch Yr Bodytime // Hotflush
Hackman – Forgotten Notes // Forgotten Notes
James Blake – At Birth // R&S
Steve Summers – The Sunrise in Your Eyes // LIES
Chicago Shags – Ponderosa // M>O>S
Kyodai – Breaking // Local Talk
Soulmate – Set Fire to My Feet – Chez Damier remix // Hsus
Inner City – Good Love – Eros edit // Eros
Semtek – Couer De Lyon // In Plain Sight
Presk – Hesitate // Fourth Wave
Mosca – Eva Mendes // Hypercolour
Dexter – X7D // Ostgut Ton
Joe Drive – Clone Replacement // Lux
Patrick Pulsinger – Nocturnal Cat // Houztekk
Ekiti Son – Pupillary Response – Babafem mix // Office Ekiti
Walton – Mallet // Hyperdub
Drums of Death – Jerk – Sinden remix // Civil Music
Jim E Stack – Bubble Boy // Body High
Helix – Stacks // All Caps
Girl Unit – Ensemble // Night Slugs
Illum Sphere – Never Lie Twice – Om Unit remix // Fat City
Beaumont – Adrift // Hotflush
Arsenal – Melvin – Bok Bok remix instrumental // Play Out
Jagged – Eriswil – The Abstract Eye remix // Foul & Sunk
Enchante – Kiss Me // Crazy Way Trax

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Botanika FM, 24.5.12

Kham Lingtsang Band – Solan // Elevator People
Bullion – Keep a Document // Deek
Sneaky Sound System – Always By Your Side – Nicolas Jaar remix // Vendetta
A Drummer from Detroit – Part 1 // Fit Sound
Leon Vynehall – Picture Frame // Well Rounded
Illum Sphere – An Old Escape – Dabrye remix // Fat City
Ekiti Son – Merta // Office Ekiti
Pablo – Stratus – Andrew Weatherall remix // Soma
Nadastrom ft Sabo – Dusted // Scion
John Talabot ft Glasser – Families // Young Turks
Midland – What We Know – Motor City Drum Ensemble dub // Aus
Jimmy Edgar – Tell It to the Heart – Art Department remix // No 19
Bobby Browser – Always Many // 100%Silk
Pepe Bradock – Katoucha? // Avatisme
Big Strick – Bloodline // 7Days Entertainment
Boo Williams – Peaking Point // Rush Hour
Semtek – Couer De Lyon // In Plain Sight
Lowtec – Coldred // Nonplus
Ron Trent – Kids at Play // Electric Blue
Trevino – Juan Two Five // The Nothing Special
Juju & Jordash – Deep Blue Meanies // Dekmantel
October – Singularity Jump // Tanstaafl
The Analogue Cops – untitled2 // Out Er
Joe Drive – Clone Replacement // Lux Rec
GB pres The Abstract Eye – I Feel It In My Forehead // Eglo
Andres – New For U // La Vida
Juk Juk – Where The Helios // Nomos

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