Eye On New Releases: October 25th

Halloween is right around the corner, which begs the question, what is the most legendary costume of all time?  Hint, it's not the unfunky drummer, or an eleventhfloorrecord.  Those are clearly two of this week's releases!
                                           

Label: Nordic Trax

Release: Unfunky Drummer EP

Artist: Charles Scott

Genre: Deep House                                                   

Seasoned Los Angeles Producer Charles Scott, aka Scott Findley, is finally back on the scene after a ten-year hiatus, releasing the Unfunky Drummer EP on house music imprint Nordic Trax.  The album has seen upfront support from a variety of international selectors, including Slam, Abyss, Nick Holder, Robert Owens, Nacho Marco, Alland Byallo, Mark Bell / Blakkat and Murray Richardson.  If we establish a working definition of funky to mean “offbeat”, then this writer is convinced of this production’s “unfunkyness.”  Charles Scott’s rhythmic deliberateness on this album transports clubbers to a vivacious dance floor utopia, one filled with purifying textures of dreamy synth melodies layered into propulsive and winning house anthems.  On the title track, the production is loaded with a mantra of deep thumping bass that’s sure to get the masses moving.  If you’re one who’s keen on having their music act as a spaceship that leads you through the galaxy that is the dance floor, let the Unfunky Drummer EP be your soundtrack.  

Label: n5MD 

Release: Self Titled 

Artist: eleventhfloorrecords

Genre: Electronic, Indie Rock

Oakland’s electronic label, n5MD, is ready to share with the world the self-titled debut from Sweden’s modern shoegaze duo, eleventhfloorrecords.  The Eleventhfloorrecords title symbolizes the location of the apartment where best friends Niso and Henke birthed these recordings, and additionally, as the duo describes, “the endless formless collection of sounds and events.”  The album’s expansive textures successfully build a sonic bridge between the influences of chillwave and modern electronic music, while cleverly weaving guitars, drum machines, synth lines, and angelic vocals into one cohesive and tranquil whole.  For listeners, the juxtaposition of these two styles creates a uniquely cinematic and whimsical environment, one that feeds into the album’s emotional comforts.  For fans of M83, Maps, or Jatun, eleventhfloorrecord’s debut album is an extension of n5MD’s manifesto, a release that symbolizes an “emotional experiment in music.”