Some Things to Dance to From The New Guy.

By Oliver • September 9, 2010 • Mp3, Visual

First off… hello.

My name is Oliver and it will be my pleasure to be the newest inductee into the Palms Out clan/underground militia/secret occult fraternity. I am 20 years old, I have brown eyes, and an eleventh finger hidden in a special place on my body. I use it to hold my loosey cigs. The rest is classified.

Since this is my first, I am going to do a little super-post, starting by shamelessly throwing up a track I just got on XLR8R, who apparently got it from Fader, but it’s definitely worth a re-re-visit.

Lazersword’s Batman is the first peek into what their upcoming self-titled LP is going to sound like. (Sources say it’ll be out Nov. 2). While maintaining their signature glitchy vibe, they undoubtedly jumped into the same post-garage/dubstep/UK funky/fuckoffwiththereductivegenretagging salmon stream, which has left heavy wobble and giant ear-shattering snares behind to pursue quick, cutty syncopated hits that dance over ethereal and whispery synths and moaning female vocals. These days, it sounds as if the women who used to sing from the front line in popular bassline and garage tracks are now just standing in some far corner of the room, trying to get a word in. I dig it.

Lazer Sword – “Batman”

via XLR8R

In a more club-friendly vein, Bambounou’s remix of Redux and Maelstrom’s “Wide Open” is a heavy swing funky banger. You can listen to clips of all the songs from the “Wide Open EP” on at Maelstrom’s soundcloud.

Redux & Maelstrom – “Wide Open” (Bambounou Remix)

via Discobelle

Also, Lady Saw, one of dancehall’s major (and most physically intimidating) female stars released her new album, “My Way”, yesterday. You can also taste-test to the whole thing here.
She released one single for a limited time for free in which she explains the extent of her financially security and sexually alluring anatomy. What does she do with these positive attributes? What else? Party for a really, really long time.

Lady Saw – “Party ‘Til December”

Finally, also from Jamaica, Chimney Records just dropped the Sex Appeal Riddim and it’s got some big names on it. The video below shows all the cats voicing over this one and of course, Bounty Killer is the best and most mesmerizing in the video. Movado’s verse isn’t on the video for some inexplicable reason, but here’s his track below…

Mavado – “Hold Me”