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

8 years in 8 hours Pt. 1 (2004-2007)

As we mentioned last last week, we said goodbye to Kol Hacampus 106FM, ending an 8 years run in an 8 hours radio take over.

We prepared 4 hours of music covering some of the club and radio highlights for us – here’s the first part, concentrating on the years 2004-2007.

Enjoy!

Playlist:

Erykah Badu – The Healer/Hip Hop (Motown)
Dabrye – Air (Feat Doom) (Ghostly)
Flying Lotus – Spicy Smash (Warp)
Tipper – Ton of Bricks (Tippermusic)
Danny Breaks – Duck Rock (Alphabet Zoo)
Border Crossing – Searching for Mr Manuva (MrScruff Remix) (Sound)
J Dilla – Wild (Stones Throw)
Steve Spacek – Dollar (Prod Jay Dilla) (Sound in Colour)
Busta Rhymes Feat Swizz Beats – New York Shit (Interscope)
Theo Parrish – The Rink (Sound Signature)
Amerie – 1 Thing (Theo Parrish remix) (Dopejams)
Spank Rock and Benny Blanco – Loose      (Downtown)
Ghislain Poirier – Dem Nah Like Me (Remix) Feat Mr Lee G (Shockout)
M.I.A. – Galang (XL)
Lady Sovereign – Random (A Brucker & Sinden Remix) (Casual)
Prince Po – Hold Dat (Richard X Remix)(Lex)
Ayanna – Shake Ya Fatty (2000_anD_6)
Ironsoul – Slapper (Sweet Beetz)
MRK1 – Neva Argue (Tyke)
Moodyboyz Vs Prince Fatty – Milk & Honey (Mr Bongo)
Skream – D2 (Tempa)
Solid Groove and Sinden – Overbooked (Atlantic Jaxx)
D1 – Mind and Soul (Tempa)
UGK Ft. Outkast – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (Jive)
Sa-Ra Creative Partners – Death Of A Star (Supernova) (Ubiquity)
Plantlife – When She Smiles…(4 Hero Mix) (Counterflow)
Greg Wilson – I was a Teenage DJ pt1 (TDJ)
Recloose – Dust (Peacefrog)
Lionel Hampton – Vibramatic (Joakim Rmx) (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!)
Rustie – Pendulum (Stuffrecords)
Jahcoozi – Black Barbie (Stereotyp remix) (Kitty-Yo)
Boozoo Bajou – Take It Slow (Seiji Vox) (K7)
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek – Turn It On
Detrioit – Moonstarr (Sonar Kollektiv)
Âme – Nia (Sonar Kollektiv)
Tony Allen – Kilodeh (C2 Remix) (Honest Jons)
Trusme – Narda     (Fat City)
Karizma – Twyst This (R2)
DJ Rod Lee – No Hook (Club kings)
Sunship Feat Warrior Queen – Almighty Father (Solid Groove Rmx) (Casual)
Underground Resistance – Ma Ya Ya (UR)

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00:00 — 219.7MB)

BALUT015: Polar Pair – Cry x3 (ft Eyal Glass)

Release Date: September 3rd, 2012

Cover designed by Heela Harel

Botanika FM, 19.4.12

Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00:35 — 220.8MB)

Mixed & selected by Amir Egozy.

Adrian Younge pres Venice Dawn – Turn Down the Sound // Wax Poetics
Synkro – Broken Promise // Apollo/R&S
Flying Lotus – Samsfav // Brownswood
Rotem Or – Dear Sir – Rejoicer remix // cdr
Ixvo-Exvo – Arovo // Digital Vomit
Mistakes are OK – Best Before – Kassem Mosse & Mix Mup remix // Hivern
Acute – Latitude // Botanika test
Grinderman – Heathen Child – Andrew Weatherall bass mix // Mute
Sinkane – Runnin // Emergency Umbrella
Souleance – Tryin // First Word
Wreck All Stars – One Touch // Nervous
John Talabot – Lovers Tradition // Young Turks
Fhloston Paradigm – Chasing Rainbows // Hyperdub
Philipp Stoya – Triohu // Compost Black
Helium Robots – Metallic Dawn // Dissident
Hardway Bros – The Flesh // Astro Lab
Cage & Aviary – Colourless Plastic – Chromatose dub // Internasjonal
Pittsburgh Track Authority – untitled // Pittsburgh Tracks
October – String Theory // Simple
Redshape – Dog Day // Millions of Moments
Piemont – With Small Pupils – Jay Haze For Palestine mix) // Suchtreflex
Moodymann – 9 Nites 2 Nowhere // Scion
Trevino – Derelict // Naked Lunch
Nocturnal Sunshine – Meant to Be // K7
Little Jinder – Keep on Dreaming – Distal remix // Trouble & Bass
Polar Pair – Be Gone – Zed Bias remix // Botanika
Juk Juk – Unwrap // Nomos
Burial – Loner // Hyperdub
Shlohmo – The Way You Do – Airhead remix // Friends of Friends
Tokimonsta – Fame Boozer’s Lullaby // freebie
Iva Gocheva – Frost // cdr
Soul Clap – Ecstasy // Wolf & Lamb
Feist – How Come You Never Go There – Beck remix // Polydor
Yppah – Film Burn // Ninja Tune

Botanika FM, 15.3.12

Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00:16 — 220.2MB)

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