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Vladislav Delay - "Visa Medley"

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https://soundcloud.com/vladislavdelay/visa-medley This week Finnish experimental electronica extraordinaire Sasu Ripatti (a.k.a. Vladislav Delay) dropped a new full-length album called Visa. On this new project, you will not find the rich dub influence of previous two LPs Vantaa and Kuopio; rather, Delay appears to be attempting a return to form...whatever that may be for him. Since the beginning, his work has in many novel ways challenged the conception of ambiance as a passive mode of music, and the five oft-sprawling pieces on Visa very much share this spirit. Delay's music demands attention - his compositions are angular, his rhythms complex, his progressions combustive. Consequently, he has managed to remain quite a bit more "engaging" than your typical ambient artist. Lay your ears on a medley of Visa's tracks above, or stream the whole thing below via Delay's Bandcamp. Enjoy!

Bad Bad Not Good Does Goblin

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OK, I have the feeling that a lot of y'all are gonna love this. Now, you know I wasn't a huge fan of Tyler, The Creator's latest album, Goblin, right?

I'm still a huge fan of this video, though. And if you liked Goblin, you'll probably love this even more.

It comes from the young Canadian jazz trio Bad Bad Not Good--which might be styled as BADBADNOTGOOD. They've recently uploaded some jazz-hip hop hybids of instrumentals from Goblin and the Odd Future catalog. They jam on an instrumental from A Tribe Called Quest.

I've YouTube messaged the band, asking if there was any original material on the way, and I was given an assuring "yes." The holdup has to do with their bassist being out of town at the moment, though. As soon as BBNG reunites, new stuff should be on the way.