Nothing like some dope new records to get you off your ass and posting again. After being lucky enough to get hit with paychecks from all three of my jobs on the same day this weekend, it was time for some long-overdue record digging. Got a bunch of shit, old and new, but two new releases are doing it for me tonight.

Flying Lotus’s Reset EP has already been kicking my ass digitally since its release a few weeks ago, but I finally grabbed it on wax last night. Only real regret is that I couldn’t afford to snap it up in time for last weekends gig at Soda – “Tea Leaf Dancers” and “Spicy Sammich” would have been perfect in a couple of spots. Ah well, more shit to play next time. Flylo’s first release for Warp, the songs are a bit tighter, a bit more accessible, than what you heard on 1983, but lord knows that’s nothing to whine about (though I’m sure some will). It’s not like we’re talking candy-pop production here, this is still Flying Lotus, just any DJs out there who were spinning tracks off 1983 might notice Reset’s tracks are a little easier to mix, little more of a solid beat to feel in places, bit clearer sound less likely to overwhelm a shitty club PA. And whatever the intricacies of the sound itself, the songs are just fucking outstanding. Pick it up, ya got to.

[audio:http://www.popcultureshock.com/dylan/a1-flying_lotus-tea_leaf_dancers.mp3]
(download Flying Lotus’s “Tea Leaf Dancers”)

[audio:http://www.popcultureshock.com/dylan/b1-flying_lotus-spicy_sammich.mp3]
(download Flying Lotus’s “Spicy Sammich”)

The other big surprise was the new Daedelus EP I picked up, Fair Weather Friends. Shouldn’t have been a surprise — twice I saw Daedelus play in NYC last year, and twice I chatted up with him about how his new record was going to be more of house and garage inspired dance tracks – but what the hell can you really expect? Daedelus always has some kind of way of fucking shit up (fucking shit up nice) that turns me on my head. It was nice to hear “At night I think of you” “My Boo” sample that’s been popping up in Daedelus’s live sets for the past year, always setting the floor off in some nice dance action, popping up on this record as “My Beau”. And “Fair Weather Friends” has a nice video to go with it, which I’m definitely going to post… now.

[audio:http://www.popcultureshock.com/dylan/02-daedelus-my_beau.mp3]
(download Daedelus’s “My Beau”)

[audio:http://www.popcultureshock.com/dylan/03-daedelus-hermitage.mp3]
(download Daedelus’s “Hermitage”)

Got a couple of YouTube clips too. First is that video I mentioned for “Fair Weather Friends”, the title track to the EP. Really nice video for a really nice song. The second clip is required viewing, of Daedelus rocking the spot in Tokyo with tracks off the new record, taped professionally so the sound quality is quite nice. The second song of the set kills it, though you just can’t go wrong with “Samba Legrand” (the track the clip ends on). Some day when I’m feeling less self-conscious (and in front of my own computer at home) I might post the booty hip-hop remix I did of “Samba Legrand” a while back. Some day.

Anyway, a couple of real interesting records you should definitely keep an ear out for if you don’t have them (or hate them) already. Hope you dig.

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