Releases:
2004:
VARIOUS / SKAM - Skam Cats
Skam
2CD // £12.99
ELECTRONIC
Released: Dec 2004
Catalogue Number: SKATS001X
VARIOUS / SKAM - Skam Cats, Skam
Now available again without the limited fur-packaging. Two cd's (split into "Play" and "Rest") feature tracks from 22 artists (mostly unknown artists, with the exception of Mira Calix and E.Stonji) given the simple brief - to write a track based in some way around the noises made by cats. The results, as you'd imagine, are suitably crunchy and wildly varied - making this another Skam oddity, one to snap up!
Scrubber Fox ends this whole cat party with "Felonic (catnip bong mix)". From the opening jingle the clouds split and a synthetic shine, beams down from the glowing red circle in the sky as a dominating crunch fest is unleashed from the brain of Mr Fox. Squeels and squawks manage to escape from this wall of madness as the volume of the marauding monster doubles in size to cover the whole goddamn place. I would run like crazy, as this is an uncontrollable force.
Shit hot stuff from Mr Fox.
Skam Cats is a damn fine release. The range of music selected makes the 2cd an excellent batch of music to listen to and keeps your head in check by flipping the cat craziness all over the show. I sure hope we hear a lot more from the artists on this one, as there is a whole load of talent out there. Congrats SKAM on the concept and selection, and to the artists for the output, top stuff.
taken from: http://www.tesselate.me.uk/reviews/issue20/cats_review.htm
FOLLOW LINKS BELOW TO BUY:
Skam Records website
Norman Records website
Boomkat website
Scrubber Fox : Ruffled Muffle
Label: Musikexperience
Release: January 2006
Gary aka Scrubber Fox is a true music lovera genius no that's the wrong characterisation, that's not enough do describe his work. Scrubber Fox is a captain steering his (musical)ship through a rough sea without losing his destination. Sounds to pictorial or to silly?
Maybe. But it's so hard to describe this musical masterpiece. Ruffle Muffle is a wild journey through nearly every art form of electronic music but with his own brand. You must understand that every comparison with other artists or musical directions would be nearly a affront. Sick beats meet Pop, Techno, Funk and the Scrubber Fox style. Yeah Scrubber Fox, I call this style Scrubber Fox!
Beautiful music which deeply moves you with every sound. This record is so wonderful!!
Not to be missed.
french review:
Après quelque sorties MP3 et une participation à la compilation Skam Cats qui a permis un certain nombre d'autres découvertes (Ladyatone, [guyom], Ascalaphe), l'Anglais Gary Naylor sort son premier album sur le label parisien MusikExperience.
Il faudra avoir les oreilles et l'esprit bien ouvert pour apprécier Ruffled Muffle à sa juste valeur. En effet, il s'agit pendant 1h15 d'un grand télescopage des genres, un kaléidoscope où se mêlent ambient, breakbeat, free jazz, house, hip-hop, lounge, IDM. On ne sait du coup pas trop par quel bout le prendre. Une écoute linéaire ou aléatoire semblant nous mener au même endroit, ou nous perdre dans cette jungle sonore.
L'album, et même chaque piste prise individuellement, est particulièrement dense, avec pour point commun des breakbeats envahissants, des rythmiques changeantes qui apportent un côté ludique et sautillant. Le début de l'album appuie même le style que l'on comparera à VLAD quand il utilise des sonorités un peu cheap (Frost Nips après une très belle intro au piano) et des voix robotiques (Riffington + Rowferman).
On passe ensuite par des éléments jazz (piano et saxophone sur Chubber J, orgues sur Wide Berth), quelques titres aux rythmiques plus binaires (Wigan Chunx agrémenté de trompettes, Piss, Cats, Boilers and Bogs après une intro ambient aquatique), quelques nappes mélodiques qui tentent d'adoucir le propos même si les rythmiques sont toujours très présentes (Shorts Inside, le très beau Chedmo à la rythmique électro-acoustique, entre breakcore et bal musette, Don't Gring Your Ting), des emprunts au hip-hop plus affirmés sur Wide Berth, un titre funky oublié des années 80 (Gazstatic), pour finir de manière plus posée avec une IDM amorphe et mélancolique (Outside & Inside), et une étonnante pièce ambient électro-acoustique (What is The Point ?)
Un disque étonnant, qui part un peu dans tous les sens, et qui aura du coup peut-être un peu de mal à convaincre sur toute la longueur. Il faut dire qu'il s'agit d'un album particulièrement long, et le tempo général le réservera également aux plus endurants. En fait Ruffled Muffle est un disque à picorer de temps à autre, en se laissant surprendre par l'éventail des genres afin d'en apprécier toute la saveur.
Fabrice Allard
le 15/04/2006
Musik Experience website
Available to buy, please send a message requesting one
April 2006 - Mergerz &; Acquisitionz (ltd to 2000!!), by Machine Drum & V/A (CD on Merck)
Merck Records website
Norman Records website
Format: CD
Label: Merck
Price: £7.99 (sorry - sold out)
Next I have in my hand a double CD called 'Mergerz & Acquistionz' with 34 remixes of Machine Drum by lots of clever chaps and chapettes. Featuring the likes of Kid 606, Team Doyobi, Nautilis, Funckarma, Kettel, Proem, Acid Wolf (Flashbulb) Lackluster, Mochipet, Scrubber Fox & many more, there's something for everyone if you like it electronic and what's that. oh its the wind whistling round the tower on a blustery afternoon and it fits an absolute treat. Riffs and drum cut-ups a plenty to satisfy even the hungriest electro head. Its cool, I'm dancing.
Boomkat website
Miami IDM label Merck have always been at the forefront of the scene, so trust them to go back to remixes at this stage in the game, maybe it's a last resort, or maybe it is their swansong, their last chance to collect tracks from the artists they love. Whatever it is, it's Machine Drum's second remix album for the label and is a huge double cd compilation. There are some great tracks peppered in amongst the filler, but I can't really tell you who they're by because I haven't got a tracklisting with this promo copy – whoops! Think dirty hiphop styles, squelchy analogue goodness and a collection of some of the best electronica left on the ailing scene. Remixers include Machine Drum, Nautilis aka Malcom Kipe, Kid 606, Bauri, Praveen, Team Doyobi, Looza & Chimerical Child, Funckarma, Acid Wolf, Eustachian, Jemapur, Mochipet, Deceptikon, Epstein, Calmer, Ginormous, Mic Mell, Landau, Proswell, Kettel, Mesak, Anders Ilar, Proem, Deru, Kschzt aka MD, Talve, Brasswork Agency, Scrubber Fox, Wake, Miles Tilmann, Crankshaft, Lackluster, Sabi, and Secede. Strictly limited to 2000 copies
You can still buy a few remaining copies of this album from: www.discogs.com
EARLY FREE RELEASES 2004 - 2006
Earlier netlabel releases on Hippocamp for download below
Hippocamp website
2004 - First release on Hippocamp - hc64 - Food in the bins EP - features 5 early Scrubber Fox tracks and has had 15,043 downloads to date!!
Food In The Bins download page
2004 - 2nd release on Hippocamp - hc88 - Get Out Of My Bin You Manky Beast - features another 5 early Scrubber Fox tracks and is no longer available to download!
2007 - 3rd release on Hippocamp - hc175 - Dark Fingers and Paws EP - features 6 new dark industrial electronic tracks and is available to download below:
Dark Fingers and Paws download page
Various remixes on hippocamp label listed below:
2005 - The Sunshine Twins remix - Suntos El Fox And Les Fadgio
Sunshine Twins Scrubber Remix
2006 - Phasic - Afterglow Remixes - Scrubber Fox
Phasic - Afterglow Remix download
2004 - Hippocamp 100 Compilation - Scrubber Fox - Mash Mon Sting Eye
Mash Mon Sting Eye download
2005 Hippocamp Summer Compilation - Scrubber Fox - No Sun From A Fox Arse
No Sun From A Fox Arse download
