Kode9 - Escapology - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

KODE9's grasp on the throat of bass music in 2010 is almost unparalleled. His trend setting record tag, HYPERDUB (home to BURIAL and KING MIDAS SOUND amongst others), is in it's sixth year of viral contagion; he's become a published author on the theory of sound abuse and sonic frequencies being used as weaponry in his book InchSonic Warfare? and his production work has mutated from a marriage of beats and sine waves into a fusion of dance floor Ebonics and discordant synths. Sonically Kode9's InchDJ-KICKS attempts to decipher he tangled state of UK dance music in 2010. The tracklist is heavy on UK funky, broken beat, grime and R&B, but surprisingly light on on the genre Kode9 helped vault into widespread popularity dubstep. Album Tracks 1. Once in a While 2. Revo 3. Blood Orange 4. You Don't Wash [Dub] [Dj-Kicks] 5. Phat Si 6. Bellion 7. Heston 8. Jelly Roll 9. Different Lekstrix 10. Move Down Low 11. Look Pon Me 12. Jumeirah Riddim Sequel 13. Pleaze Mugwanti 14. Natty 15. Re Spoken [Nubian Mindz Released Mix] 16. M.A.B 17. Dirty Illusions 18. Spiralz 19. It 20. Mr. Mister 21. 2 Much Chat 22. Stiff 23. Mountain Dread March 24. Godzilla 25. Mountain Dread March (Reprise) 26. Footcrab 27. Bad 28. Cargo 29. Work Them 30. Bruzin (Vip) 31. Run

'Nothing' is Kode9's first solo album and is about nothing. The album throws horror soundtracks, sampled library and j-pop records into a no man's land between grime, early dubstep and Chicago footwork. Mostly instrumental, it zigzags between hypnotic, downcast loops, growling drones, and jagged cut-ups of androids gone haywire, threaded through twitchy, transatlantic rhythms and sub-bass inaudible through your laptop speakers. Building slowly, but more upbeat than previous albums, many of these tracks have more in common with Kode9's recent singles from the last few years than they do with his two previous albums with collaborator The Spaceape, 'Memories of the Future' (2006) and 'Black Sun' (2012)Yet 'Nothing' is haunted both by The Spaceape's presence (he died in 2014 after a prolonged battle with cancer), on 'Third Ear Transmission', a communiqué from a zone of digital immortality, and his absence, on 'Void', whose spaces were originally intended for the vocalist, and 'Nothing Lasts Forever', which closes the album with a 9 minute silence. Album Tracks 1. Zero Point Energy 2. Notel 3. Void 4. Holo 5. Third Ear Transmission Ft the Spaceape 6. Zero Work 7. Vacuum Packed 8. Wu Wei 9. Casimir Effect 10. Respirator 11. Mirage 12. 9 Drones 13. Nothing Lasts Forever

This is the sixth on the LPO tag conducted by Yannick Nézet-Seguin. The performances on this album, recorded in 2013 and 2014, were part of his final season as Principal Guest Conductor. The Organ Concerto was performed by James O'Donnell as part of the Pull Out All The Stops festival, celebrating the restoration of the Royal Festival Hall organ, which had been out of use since 2005. These performances were very well reviewed at the time InchYannick Nézet-Séguin is a master-painter and drew a rich spectrum of colours from the London Philharmonic Orchestra to decorate each of these scores in a distinctive wayInch (Bachtrack). InchYannick Nézet-Séguin [was] alive to the solemn and dramatic aspects of Poulenc's setting, it's radiance, jauntiness, pealing vitality and ritual danceInch (Classical Source). The album features performances from star soloists organist James O'Donnell; soprano Kate Royal; pianist Alexandre Tharaud. The Times said of the Organ Concerto Inchunder the meticulous direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the London Philharmonic Orchestra's strings formed a pale gold halo around the organ as James O'Donnell navigated the crazy-mirror harmonies of Poulenc's concerto with brisk, unflappable agility.Inch Album Tracks 1. Piano Concerto in C-Sharp minor I. Allegretto Commodo 09 37 2. Piano Concerto in C-Sharp minor II. Andante Con Moto 05 20 3. Piano Concerto in C-Sharp minor III. Rondeau À la Française 04 00 4. Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani I. Andante 03 09 5. Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani II. Allegro Giocoso 02 06 6. Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani III. Andante Moderato 07 20 7. Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani IV. Tempo Allegro, Molto Agitato 02 36 8. Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani V. Tres Calme. Lent 02 28 9. Concerto in G minor for