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Limited Edition Compact Disc
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
1000 Limited Edition Compact Disc
Artist: MOPHONO - CUT FORM CRUSH
Label: CB RECORDS cbrecords.com
Released: Feb 2011
Catalog Number: CBCD002
Written Performed and Produced by MOPHONO
Mastered by George Horn at Fantasy
Recorded at Circuit Breaker Studios San Francisco
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Limited Edition 12" Vinyl Album
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
1000 Limited Edition Vinyl, hand numbered, Cover is fancy Tip On sleeve.
Artist: MOPHONO - CUT FORM CRUSH
Label: CB RECORDS cbrecords.com
Released: Feb 2011
Catalog Number: CBR002
Written Performed and Produced by MOPHONO
Mastered by George Horn at Fantasy
Recorded at Circuit Breaker Studios San Francisco
Includes unlimited streaming of Cut Form Crush
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
San Francisco based DJ, artist and producer Mophono aka DJ Centipede is proud to bring you his electrifying new full length album, “Cut Form Crush” on CB Records.
After a string of successful releases including The Edge (Fat City and Turntable Labs top seller lists), Mophono’s Halftone Society 12″ on Brooklyn’s Bastard Jazz Records and co-producing The Gaslamp Killer’s smash song “Carpool Dummy”, Mophono’s production on “Cut Form Crush” raises the bar for the growing “west coast beat scene”, with 14 extremely potent compositions that explode into fresh new patterns that beautifully weave between music concrete/60’s experimental and purist B-Boy blues and rock rhythms, seasoned with demolition drum breaks, distorted drum machines, a string section and sprinklings of vocoder.
Starting off with “Be Human’s” smashing drum intro, this powerful sound with hard Jazz rhythms and an infectious 60’s Afro inspired horn line that enriches this new form of music Mophono is calling “Thug Jazz”. “Blade” is a psychotic, arpeggio moog freak out, layered with unrelentingly aggressive drum rhythms that computer music has never heard. Next, a collaborative piece created from a live studio session at Circuit Breaker Studios SF, with genre legend Flying Lotus, “Cut Form Crunch” was made with a hard edge drum machine crunch and odd rhythms to create a much grimier sound than either producer is known for. “Cut Form Three” is definitely a more unique sound at 75 b.p.m. with live drum fills, bubble up moogs and an old school electro drum machine. “Now” and “Cut Form Eight” were created using the new Skip on Beat technology, developed by Mophono, you can lift the needle and drop it anywhere in the song and it stays on beat. Finally, “Cut Form Five Out” is a brief low fidelity taste of the new sound Mophono is developing called “Dirt Wave”.
Inspired by 60’s psyche and experimental electronic music, Mophono Is known for his destructive drum breaks and heavy and orchestral instrumental compositions. With his legendary weekly “Change the Beat” party in San Francisco, Mophono is so deep in the beat culture melting pot he is stirring it. Performing live at the Brainfeeder festival (Flying Lotus brain child) and sharing the stage with Amon Tobin, Edan, DJ Food, DJ Krush, Dabrye, Diplo, Gonjasufi and De La Soul with his Skip on Beat records, drum machines and moogs, Mophono intends to set a new standard in live electronic music performance.
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released February 15, 2011
Artist: MOPHONO - CUT FORM CRUSH
Label: CB RECORDS cbrecords.com
Released: Feb 2011
Catalog Number: CBR002
Written Performed and Produced by MOPHONO
Mastered by George Horn at Fantasy
Recorded at Circuit Breaker Studios San Francisco
CB Records brings you Dirt Wave, Thug Jazz, Riot Funk, Psyche Madness, and Funk Rock layered with the hardest and dirtiest instrumental and dub beats from around the world.
Guilty Simpson-approved full-album cover of J Dilla's magnum opus, Donuts done in a "Basement Funk" style. For sure work repeated listens; avid crate-diggers should also check out HIT+RUN's "chocolate iced and glazed" 12-inch LP! Matt Horowitz