URB Exclusive: MiM0SA's "Pushing Little Daisies"

If you’re at all like me, a minimal tech, indie hip-hop fan who’s becoming increasingly confused by the nominalization of the various distillations of the two respective genres and/or their hybrids, then I’ll spare you the jargon and avoid trying to pigeon-hole MiM0SA’s sound as being “funky-witch-house” or “dubhop-groovy-pants” or something. Simply put, the LA-based DJ/producer is one in a series of southland players who’ve been helping to breed a dup-step-originated music scene that’s huge here in the area and has, till now, been fully out of the eye of the mainstream.

On his new single “Pushing Little Daisies”, MiM0SA, real name  Tigran Mkhitaryan, culls together all the subtleties and strengths of his clubb-y debut disc “Silver Lining”, an LP that incorporates the influence of everyone from sample king Amon Tobin to Detroit house-r Carl Craig to the ubiquitous, and revered, dub-stepp-er Burial. The track’s lyrics, in typical techno form, offer a circular threat that’s thrown askew by the ragga-tinged tongue of its vocalist. Coming in at just 2 minutes and 26 second’s Pushing Little’s snare drumls hit hard and are deftly thick. They lay carefully over the steady 2-step backbeat as it vacillates in and out of the composition and pitchy, high-frequency synths ring out.


Pushing Little Daisies - Silver Lining LP (Out This Fall on Muti) by TigranMiMoSA

Though elements of the track ring derivative, MiM0SA’s own strength as a producer and arranger has proved powerful enough to solicit not only a strong local following, but also a remix commission from house supergroup Dirty Vegas. Oh, and, it should be thrown in that there’s talks floating about of a possible collaboration with the one and only Warren G. Stay tuned to find out if the two manage to come together and “regulate”, meanwhile, cruise your cursor over onto the link below and enjoy.


Original Review on URB Magazine, click here.

New Album Release: "ESKMO" (Ninja Tune)

New Album Release:
"ESKMO" (Ninja Tune)
Release Date: October 4th, 2010

OUT NOW on iTunes: 2 Week Exclusive

Ninja Tune's Latest Signing: Eskmo

Welcome, Ninja Tune’s latest signing: the one and only Eskmo, AKA Brendan Angelides, a native of Connecticut now based in San Francisco. Widely heralded within the community as one of the most original of a new wave of electronica artists, his eponymous debut album for Ninja Tune finally offers Eskmo a canvas broad enough to create his first masterpiece. Embracing and exploring glitch, dubstep and R’n’B, and layering his own ethereal vocals into the dreamy mix, it’s a fine showcase for everything that has made Eskmo such a whispered-about talent.

Album Release Info

For his new album entitled "ESKMO" (Ninja Tune), Brendan has abandoned the strictures of making tracks for the dancefloor and the strictures of the 12” single format, and followed his visionary muse. “Before Warp and Planet Mu I kind of fell into the game of making tracks to get released on smaller dance labels, having to cater to ‘dance’ formulas,” he explains. “Over this past couple of years, I feel I’ve let go of that, and just writing the songs I want to write. I got back to what excited me about making electronic music when I started out, creating these little universes with sound and writing songs.”

The album was, he says, written over a six month stretch “in the middle of a whole bunch of personal relationship-type stuff, a lot of deep life-experience type stuff happening that helped the music just bleed out of me. I just poured all those feelings into the music, it’s very cathartic. I allowed myself to let go of DJ structure -- it’s not a ‘dance club’ album, because that kind of stuff hasn’t inspired me in years. This is the first full body of work where I’m singing all over it, and allowing myself to get over that furlough of expression has been really liberating.”

The first release on the label following Ninja Tune’s 20th Anniversary box set signals a brave new chapter for this artist, and for electronica itself. Dreamy, haunting, full of ghostly funk and inventive sonics, Eskmo serves up electronica with a most human heart.

Tracklisting:

1) Cloudlight
2) We Got More
3) Color Dropping
4) The Melody
5) You Go, I See That
6) We Have Invisible Friends (Washed Mix)
7) Become Matter Soon, For You
8) Moving Glowstream
9) Starships
10) Communication
11) Siblings
12) Gold & Stone
13) My Gears Are Starting To Tremble

Listen or purchase now, exclusively on iTunes

GET A FREE MP3 Download of "Come Back" by Eskmo:

www.NinjaTunexx.net  |  www.Eskmo.com


 To view the full ESKMO Album Press Release, click here.
 

Event Review: Bassnectar, VibeSquaD & ESKMO

"Over 1500 people came stammering through the doors at the Fillmore Miami Beach event. Openers, San Francisco native ESKMO and Boulder-based producer VibeSquaD both served up their unique blend of appetizers that helped build up the audience for the main course. ESKMO was the first to take the stage, with his ultra-refined and mellow dubstep/IDM that reminded one of an early Autechre-meets-Aphex Twins presentation. At times, ESKMO showcased his singing abilities as he crooned over his track, whispering soulful melodies laid on top of his sterile, metallic beats. If there was ever a case for the first R&B dubstep superstar, ESKMO is definitely in the top running." -- Miami NewTimes


Original Miami New Times Event Review, click here.

Eskmo's "Come Back" Featured on XLR8R

Geographical proximity and recent label-sharing aside, it's no wonder Eskmo is Amon Tobin's kindred production partner; everything the Bay Area tunesmith and recent Ninja Tune signee creates just sounds amazing. Even on his b-sides, like "Come Back" from the Cloudlight EP, preciously crafted organic textures writhe and squirm underneath smashing rhythms made of an amalgam of living samples and field recordings--the total number of which only producer Brendan Angelides is likely to know.

Couple that with the song's swelling synth melodies and Eskmo's disembodied rasp, and you've got a production many music makers would love to include on their proper full-length. Angelides' debut self-titled album drops on October 4th.

Original Article Featured on XLR8R, click here.

FREE SF Show: Ninja Tune's 20th Anniversary

Ninja Tune Announces Free 20th Anniversary Show with Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Eskmo, and More

The S.F. shindig goes down October 29th at 1015 Folsom, and will include performances by Ninja Tune artists Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Eskmo and others. Entrance is free if you RSVP here. 

Original SFWeekly Feature, click here.

MiM0SA's Nina Simone Remix on The Independent

American jazz singer Nina Simone, who died in 2003 at the age of 70, is being talked about in the blogs following the release of an experimental remix of her song "I Put a Spell on You" by Los Angeles producer MiM0SA. The remix comes in advance of MiM0SA's latest album, Silver Lining, slated for release on October 4.

MiM0SA's Nina Simone Remix "I Put A Spell on U" featured on The Independent

Eskmo's Cloudlight on Brooklyn Vegan

Original press post on Brooklyn Vegan

Check out Eskmo's New Upgraded Website!

Click here  to visit ESKMO's new website! Completely redesigned!

MiM0SA's "Flux For Life" #10 in iTunes Chart!

MiM0SA's release "Flux For Life" hit #10 in  iTunes Album Dance Chart!

If there’s one audio unit soldier boy out there on the cusp of slayer manhood -- it’s Mimosa. Look out when he slices the air with his open palm technique, shaping and conducting the dance floor rhythm till you buckle in the knees. It’s not to be missed!

Click here to listen or purchase in iTunes