You said it. Buy it today.
Looks like someone is excited for the release of the Shaved EP 12” tomorrow.
Babe Rainbow x Rico Uno x Gyptian - Proper Feeling
Shaved mixtape - 02/09/10
Babe Rainbow - Shaved EP on Warp Records - Order here
Babe Rainbow x Basketball x Rico Uno x Gyptian = Proper Feeling [mp3]
Here’s a leak off of the forthcoming Babe Rainbow x Rico Uno mixtape.
(101 plays)Oh Girl
We didn’t end up using this track on the mixtape so you can have it.
(127 plays)
"Canada’s Babe Rainbow makes a bold debut entrance on Warp with the apocalyptic mine-steppin’ sound of the ‘Shaved EP’. It would appear that the reverberations of dubstep have reached the shores of British Columbia as a muffled clang, rusted with industrial detritus and encrypted with ritualistic tribal percussion. The first shock of Cameron Reed aka Babe Rainbow’s sound comes on the sludgy ‘Popcommon’ sounding like the Substance remix of Monolake’s ‘Alaska’ mixed with Russell Haswell in warm-up mode. ‘Screwby’ follows, circulating tribal steppers rhythms around marshy subs and banshee screaming atmospherics and ‘Combed’ lulls us with music box melodies and ghostly string sashays, something like the Caretaker doing a dubstep waltz with Zoviet*France. With ‘Care’ we’re strongly reminded of Shackleton’s overcast temperament and rhythmic contours while the final title track evokes images of Scorn-like doom-dub dystopia. Really Strong 12”!!!! —"
Boomkat (second?) review of BABE RAINBOW, Shaved EP
I guess they rewrote the review. I don’t mind. They’re both very positive.
"Spearheading Canada’s bass movement, Babe Rainbow offers an alternate take on the sort of sludgy dubstep-mangling sounds you’d encounter on these shores, kicking off this seven-track EP with the deep grit and heavy grain of ‘Popcommon’ which lurches around in the dark as if taking a stoner metal slant on the UK’s underground urban scene. ‘Screwby’ lightens up a little, getting a tad more flamboyant with some rubbery basslines, while later on, ‘Celebrate’ returns to darker zones with its stark, ceremonial percussion and crumbling, foghorn-like blasts paving the way for title cut ‘Shaved’ to conclude proceedings with oddly lo-fi, thunderous and reverb-heavy loops that sound like a Burial record being played at the wrong speed in a haunted cave. Or something to that effect, anyway. Good stuff."
Doom - ‘Gazzillion Ear (Babe Rainbow Remix)’ - Stereogum Premiere
Vancouver’s Cameron Reed, aka Babe Rainbow, builds eerie, bump-in-the-night electronic landscapes he files under “surf-step.” The compositions are chilly and atmospheric, but maintain momentum despite the fractures: Think SALEM, Norwegian hypnotist Svarte Greiner, a disembodied Fever Ray/Knife. Reed’s done remixes for a diverse cast (Midnight Juggernauts, Wavves, Comanechi, You Say Party! We Say Die!). Now, on the eve (relatively speaking) of his debut EP, he’s added twists to MF Doom’s Born Like This bonus track “Gazzillion Ear,” previously tweaked by Thom Yorke. This one shows up on a mixtape that’ll see the
light of daydark of night pretty soon.
Follow the link and download away.
::: The Freshest present: What The F! :::
A serious party mix by Rico Uno’s crew The Freshest. Cop it.
I also wanted to mention my good friend Ben Jacques of Crystalbeard Collective is doing the artwork for the upcoming mixtape.
I got my dude Rico Uno mixing up the first Babe Rainbow mixtape with a cross section of my last year of music: EP tracks, new remixes, unreleased tracks, old “favourites”. I just got my first listen and am very excited to say the least. Rico added some vocals and edits and made the whole thing sound very, very pretty. It’ll be out soon.
More importantly, check out Rico’s website. On top of being one of Vancouver’s best/busiest DJs he’s got tons of mixes and original tracks under his belt. You may remember his zeitgeist-y Swag Surfing podcast with Genie for Mad Decent. Get familiar.
