When I wrote about the glitchy-hoppy-droppy Lazer Bass phenomenon a few weeks back -- featuring local amazerz Lazer Sword -- I neglected to drop the name of hot Scot collective LuckyMe, who are def a big part of the up-and-coming scene.
But I'm glad I neglected, because I've been tripping out on LuckyMe's latest, mindbending mix for XLR8R. Click here to listen. The mix goes way beyond the lazers and grime, into some grittily beautific territory for which there is yet no name. (I refuse to say "emotronic!" Refuse! And you can hear some more great LuckyMe tracks at their MySpace page.) It was put together by LuckyMe sub-duo The Blessings, aka Dom Sum and FineArt.
A cute little stopmotion for a song by Hudson Mohawke of LuckyMe
I can't imagine jumping around a dancefloor to any of this really, but my hands were in the air nonetheless -- it's been a long time since I got ravin' in the cubicle.
Especially nice touches on the XLR8R mix include Nadsroic's "Chemicals" (Nadsroic, a young singer from Glasgow, sounds a lot like deadpan jailbait mumbler-rapper Uffie, but with even less implied snideness to her voice -- and she actually sings on occasion, rather than sigh sweet profanities and work the autotune.)
Also pretty great is LuckyMe honcho Rustie's "resmack" of Keisha Cole's "Let You Go," and the opener -- Surface Emp's "Moonbeam Jars," which starts right out with the slurred line "I make dubstep for supermodels" amid a twitterpating wash of chiptune-glitchful delight. And, at the end, there's a nice shoutout to our boys Lazer Sword, as well as all the other touchstones of the Lazer Bass movement.
PS -- Unlucky us, LuckyMe are coming to the West Coast -- but not to us! They'll be at LA's great club Low End Theory on July 2. If you're down there, tell 'em to swing our way, please.
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