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SR Mix #98: H.U.D. [Stillcold]
A while back, we got an unmarked zip of tunes simply labelled as Lesotho Protokol. We played them a bit on our radio show and enjoyed the weird directions of bastardisation. From the four four house stomp of ‘Lesotho Protokol,’ to the flowery vocal chops of ‘You’re Mine’ the tunes were interesting, both because we had no real clue who was behind the project and because there was a genuinely awkward style to the production. There’s a definite sideways lilt to the bass work on the title track ‘Lesotho Protokol.’ It’s almost too much, or too little, the strange buoyancy of the bassline buries itself beneath the drum work but at times still drapes itself over the top of it…
Whilst ‘You’re Mine’ bounces more conventionally, propelled through bittersweet vocal samples by Roska-esque tom stabs and a digitized ribbon backed up with a pad line, the third tune ‘2 Fly’ is almost R&B, prodding its way through several melodies at once with a heavy handed kick drum just driving the whole thing onwards. Together the tunes felt like they were coming from three different places sonically but they seemed to work as some mixed up statement, a poignant form of a refusal to compromise.
The Lesotho Protokol release came out in July on the freshly minted Stillcold label, and we’re still just as stuck for reliable information even now. What we do know is that the label is one hundred per cent committed to releasing their wares on vinyl – refusing at this time to release the tracks digitally – and that the next release comes in part from the Hotflush signed Lando Kal with a white label bootleg of 90s dancefloor smash,‘Rhythm of the Night.’
Rhythm Of The Night (Lando Kal version) [forthcoming Stillcold White 001]
We caught up with the label’s main protagonist, H.U.D, a DJ whose smooth mixing style on his Bodymusik radio show has won him fans and slots at nights like Pipedown in East London, and tried to grab a little bit more understanding regarding where the Stillcold and Lethoso Protokol projects are coming from. Oh, and he also provided an excellent 50 minutes of music spun together as the 98th mix in our ongoing series…
http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/09/sr-mix-98-h-u-d-stillcold/
Lando Kal – TMRW [forthcoming Stillcold Records]
Spatial – 10074b (dub) [unreleased]
Anthony Shake Shakir – Piper [Frictional]
Too Funk – Venus Fly Trap [Ferox]
M. Dettmann – Rerun [MDR Records]
Skudge – Ontic (Rolando remix) [Skudge]
Lando Kal – Rhythm Sektion [unreleased]
Oracy – Funk Advice [Mojuba]
Manik – Ditmars Blvd [Ovum Recordings]
Mosca – BAX [Numbers]
Redshape – Son Of A… [Delsin]
Presk – Headway [Ten Thousand Yen]
????? – ????? [unreleased]
Walton – Mangled Riddim
Darling Farah – Grace [unreleased]
Stephen Brown – Body Work [Indigo Aera]
Venice Calypso – Tunguska
DSL Official – Oo Aa Ee (remix)
Lesotho Protokol – Untitled (Life Is)