Mardi Gras Motherfuckers/Demonic Penguins in My Sofa
Yes, last night was the first, raunchiest, parade of the Mardi Gras season. If I can get some pictures up here, I will. Everyone should experience the "Jieux for Cheesus" and "Turning Wad Into Wine - Praise the Load!" floats. In any event, in honor of the inexorable advance of Mardi Gras, I'm going to be posting some tracks by some of my favorite New Orleans area bands, for you to experience and, hopefully, purchase.
Mike Freemont - Animatronic Jesus
Mike Freemont - Ella Menner's Plea
New Orleans area hip-hop guy Mike Freemont (otherwise known as the main braintrust behind Sun Valley Deth Trap from Chalmette) released Sounds Created When Two Branes Collide, which has turned into the only local hip-hop that really strikes me. Mike draws from a pretty wide spectrum of avant-hip-hop/electronic music, falling somewhere in between Aphex Twin, Anticon, El-P and Kool Keith, depending on the track. Two of my favorites, "Animatronic Jesus" and "Ella Menner's Plea" are above. "Jesus" hews much closer to the low-budget Aphex Twin range of Freemont's skills, whereas "Ella" sounds a whole lot like Why?, except a lot better. Depending on where you drop the needle on this record, you're going to get a totally different opinion of Mr. Freemont, but the album as a whole is startlingly coherent. This is another record that I absolutely overlooked for most of last year. Definately one of the highlights of New Orleans music in 2004.
You can, and should, buy it here.
Mike Freemont - Animatronic Jesus
Mike Freemont - Ella Menner's Plea
New Orleans area hip-hop guy Mike Freemont (otherwise known as the main braintrust behind Sun Valley Deth Trap from Chalmette) released Sounds Created When Two Branes Collide, which has turned into the only local hip-hop that really strikes me. Mike draws from a pretty wide spectrum of avant-hip-hop/electronic music, falling somewhere in between Aphex Twin, Anticon, El-P and Kool Keith, depending on the track. Two of my favorites, "Animatronic Jesus" and "Ella Menner's Plea" are above. "Jesus" hews much closer to the low-budget Aphex Twin range of Freemont's skills, whereas "Ella" sounds a whole lot like Why?, except a lot better. Depending on where you drop the needle on this record, you're going to get a totally different opinion of Mr. Freemont, but the album as a whole is startlingly coherent. This is another record that I absolutely overlooked for most of last year. Definately one of the highlights of New Orleans music in 2004.
You can, and should, buy it here.
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