PRIMATE KING
September 02, 2009,
Written by Danny Wadeson
Primate King - Hear Him RAWR
I stumbled upon Primate King A.K.A B Brian Michael Ball on Sound Cloud during one of my prep sessions for the CloudCorner feature. First mix I heard was intriguing, so I checked out his collab jams entitled Accidental Practice which are by turns ridiculous, hilarious, and downright good.
Then, ElectroPusher Deux fell into my lap courtesy of Brian himself and I was smitten. O’Spada and Emilina Torrini in the same mix? Within a minute of each other? No brainer. Phat beats are married with melodies, consistently good mixing between songs results in delicious flow, unknown tracks are fused with favourites. To top it all off, judging by his enthusiasm and the e-mails we exchanged he's a genuinely nice guy which NEVER hurts.
It is with delight, therefore, that I introduce by way of dedicated feature the fabled ElectroPusher Deux itself, in its downloadable, unabashed glory. Download it in its entirety from one of the below:
Band Camp
Sound Cloud
Twitter!
Myspaz
Ning!
Blog Spot
01 - The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Galaxy Of The Dead Remix) [0:04]
02 - Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum (Tolo Remix) [0:41]
03 - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden - Bonkers (Club Remix) [3:00]
04 - Lee Mortimer - This Is Real Shit (Elektropusher's Dirty Shitty Bassline Remix) [7:00]
05 - Run Riot - If You Seek Peace Plan For War [9:17]
06 - Alexander Technique - Rock U (ft. Princess Superstar) (Chewy Chocolates Cookies Radio Edit Remix) [14:04]
07 - Boemklatsch - Bonafied (Mightyfools remix) [15:34]
08 - Mightyfools - Amsterdam (ft. Guerilla Speakerz) (Dem Slackers Remix) [18:42]
09 - Divasonic - Can of Wormz (ft. Atiim Chenzira) (Pance Party Remix) [23:13]
10 - Master Shortie - Dead End (Sticky K Remix) [27:49]
11 - DJ Class - I'm The Shit (ft. Kanye West) (Ernold Sane Wobble Remix) [31:38]
12 - LMFAO - Lil Hipster Girl [33:57]
13 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (Dan Oh Remix) [36:21]
14 - Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dancefloor (DIGIRAATI OUT2KILL REMIXX) [38:52]
15 - Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (Telemitry Remix) [41:56]
16 - Haddaway - What is Love (Barletta Remix) [45:53]
17 - Atomic Hooligan - Electro Ain't Electro [49:33]
18 - Robin S. - Show Me Love (Ruben X's Fun Punch Mashup) [53:35]
A little more about the man behind the moniker behind the totally awesome mix, straight from the source:
Primate King is the brainchild and musical moniker of Oakland California resident, Brian Michael Ball. Primate King's unique sense of artism flows freely as new heights are reached throughout the experimental electronic soundscapes that make up his award-winning debut independent release, Smokeland California.
In this musical mosaic you will witness many references to today's culture, drawing from sources such as Roswell radio broadcasts, Bill Cosby singing to children about drugs and the popular television show, South Park. Beats are constructed from ear bleeding distortion and fingernail peeling harmonics while the ambience provides subtle warmth and sparkling shadows.
In the ever growing online population, Primate King strives to connect like-minded individuals interested in music and music culture through his own Social Network, "Smokeland California," which allows for the free trade of information and user generated content throughout.
More about the Electro Pusher Mix Series:
The Electro Pusher Mix Series aims to showcase those artists who embody the qualities necessary to create an evolving and natural definition of their style & genre. Simply said, "Banging electro tracks, remixes, and mashups that push Electro into the future!"
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Sound good? It certainly should do. Keep an ear on this one, I will be.
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1 response so far...
Will - 09/02/10
Quite often when a song becomes part of a soundtrack, the artist doesn't get a say as to what programme or advert that song goes on, as music is mostly put on a huge database that production companies pay for and choose any song they like from. Can't quite remember what this database is called and I'm not sure if I've explained it correctly either, but the point is I don't think Oberst chose to have his song associated with a bank so that he could make money... maybe. [view article]
Emma - 09/02/10
I accept Danny's Lostprophets diss (Oh how I used to LOVE them when the Fake Sound of Progress came out) BUT, Iggy Pop! Iggy pop is the man. It doesn't matter that he's sold out. I'd do the same thing in his shoes. I mean, Iggy Pop, selling car insurance? It's just funny. And that freaky little side kick puppet wasn't actually provided for him by the insurance company. At least I'm assuming it's the same one that was used in the BPA video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NbMYbX4DU (Just made slightly less disturbing for the general public) [view article]
Euan - 09/02/10
just to throw a less 'in your face, that ad makes my piss boil' examples... Where do people stand on Journey or anyone involved with the whole Glee-commerce phenomenon...? ...or what about Leonard Cohen...? Whilst he has not sold out in quite the same way, he did sell Hallelujah to Simon Cowell and Alexandra Burke for it to be brutally butchered... though granted he had been robbed by his accountant and was broke so there was some justification... Whilst I was young and idealistic about this, I'm now a lot more realistic. I think that times have changed in the digital age whereby much of music is being acquired for free (legitimately or otherwise). Given this providing soundtracks to ads, movies, eastenders, hollyoaks or whatever is now a realism and it's a way of your favourite artist making ends meet and getting enough exposure for their record company to keep them signed. Hell, even 405 faves Grizzly Bear featured on an ad in the middle of the Superbowl, Telekinesis are the sound of Ford, Conor Oberst in the shape of Bright Eyes is telling us all about Halifax, Death Cab have appeared in the OC, as have Rilo Kiley and Modest Mouse etc etc... the list goes on... Not the most structured arguement really... but the long and short of it is this... What Iggy did was the worst kind of sell out, as his appearance had nothing to do with his music but, let's face it, it's mainly just that the ad was so fucking irritating. [view article]
Oliver - 09/02/10
SUPER excited about that lineup! [view article]
emma - 09/02/10
Caribou to play alongside Phoenix for Field day 2010 http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/6978/phoenix-to-headline-field-day- [view article]