Various - Mary Anne Hobbs Presents Wild Angels

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 10 Sep, 2009.

Hairy Man Logs has had it with the sleek lines and darkness of 'desaturated Audi garage by nite' dubstep and gone full-on proper wonky with her new compilation on Planet Mu. And thank fuck she's ditched her catsuit from the Evangeline days, it used to terrify me when I approached the back end of the LP stock where the compilations lurk. Wild Angels' obvious picks include Rustie's masseeeev laser beamin' 'Zig-Zag' crunkbanger, Brackles' 2-step/funky hybrid 'LHC' and Starkey's radiocative arpeggio demolition job 'Gutter Music VIP, while on the other side of the coin I haven't grown to love Legion of Two any more with familiarity and Darkstar's funereal version of Radiohead's 'Videotape' is merely a curiosity worth a listen. A pretty solid compilation, though very Planet Mu heavy as you'd probably expect. Our crack team of lawyers have told me to clarify that she's actually called Mary Anne Hobbs, is a 'really nice', 'genuine' person and looks great in PVC.

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* Third in the hugely acclaimed compilation series from Radio 1’s firebrand Mary Anne Hobbs.
* Previous volumes ‘Warrior Dubz’ (ZIQ159) and ‘Evangeline’ (ZIQ209) earned massive praise from all corners of the UK music press, from Mixmag’s Compilation Of The Month : "Dubstep and Grime’s definitive compilation" to a glowing 4/5 review in Uncut Magazine.
* ‘Wild Angels’ is a superb showcase for emerging new artists that hybridise existing genres like hip hop, dubstep, grime and soul into exotic exciting new forms. The mixture of underground classics and exclusive new tracks makes it an essential purchase for the curious and the converted.
* Wild Angels features pioneering tracks from Glasgow’s Hudson Mohawke and Rustie with ‘Spotted’ and ‘Zig-Zag’ which have been highly influential on a host of new artists. You’ll also find underground dancefloor anthems such as
Philadelphian Starkey’s ‘Gutter Music VIP’, devastating cerebral pieces such as Mark Pritchard’s ‘?’ next to exclusive tracks from very young next generation artists such as Teebs and Gemmy with ‘WLTA’ and ‘Rainbow Rd’ respectively.
* The title ‘Wild Angels’ was an expression that Mary Anne Hobbs used on her BBC Radio1 ‘West Coast Rocks’ special to describe the influential playing of the late Alice Coltrane. The description could equally be used for the music on
this album. Mike Paradinas at Planet Mu loved the expression and suggested it as a title for this third volume of her compilations.
* TRACKLISTING (** DENOTES AN EXCLUSIVE):
CD 01 MARK PRITCHARD - ? 02 HUDSON MOHAWKE - SPOTTED 03 MIKE SLOTT - KNOCK KNOCK 04 BRACKLES - LHC 05 GEMMY - RAINBOW RD.** 06 UNTOLD - DISCIPLINE 07 TRANQILL - PAYROLL (PAUL WHITE’S CLEAN DUB) 08 ARCHITEQ - SLEEPING BEAR LAMENT (TAKE REMIX)** 09 RUSTIE - ZIG-ZAG 10 MONO/POLY - RED AND YELLOW TOYS** 11 HYETAL - WE SHOULD LIGHT A FIRE** 12 STARKEY - GUTTER MUSIC V.I.P. 13 DARKSTAR - VIDEOTAPE** 14 FLOATING POINTS - ESTHIAN III** 15 SUNKEN FOAL - OF LOW COUNT AND LIGHT POCKET** 16 TEEBS - WLTA** 17 NOSAJ THING - IOIO 18 LEGION OF TWO - AND NOW WE WAIT
*2LP (all exclusive tracks) A: GEMMY - RAINBOW RD.** ARCHITEQ - SLEEPING BEAR LAMENT (TAKE REMIX)** B: HYETAL - WE SHOULD LIGHT A FIRE** TEEBS - WLTA** C: MONO/POLY - RED AND YELLOW TOYS** DARKSTAR - VIDEOTAPE**
D: FLOATING POINTS - ESTHIAN III** APPLEBLIM - WITHIN**

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