20kUnderDC Review: Black Dice “Mr. Impossible”

       

Occasionally the crew of 20kUnderDC leaves the subaquatic studio long enough to write some words for various other publications.  We’ll do our best to link them here as well.   The latest is a bit on one of our favorites, Black Dice:

From its inception, Black Dice has been undergoing something akin to reverse entropy. Beginning with unbounded slabs of free-range dissonance, the band has slowly been imposing order to its chaos, producing a string of albums which have gradually arced toward pop. Fittingly, Mr. Impossible, the group’s sixth full length and first on Ribbon Music, is the most structured release yet. The nine tracks presented here find the trio pushing the loops, electronic gurgles, and modulated shouts that defined their earlier work into straightforward, almost linear, compositions. The result is album of beats and grooves, alternately plodding and engaging, punctuated by the occasional bursts of Black Dice’s signature sonic playfulness… [Read the rest over at Prefix]

No guest this week, just music.  Things start off beat heavy with DJ Rashad, Loot Pack, and a surprisingly nod-inducing track from the new Black Dice album, Mr. Impossible.  Also, a big chunk of tonight’s show comes from Leaving Records, who we wrote about earlier—the highlight is a neat little medley of Matthewdavid cuts. Also, we slipped a Desolation Wilderness tune in at the end; there might need to be a whole show of that twinkly-notes-and guitar-reverb genre in the future. 

The Enchanted Sea — Martin Denny — Exotic Moog

Iiiiiii Hiiiiiiii — DJ Rashad — Just A Taste

Crate Diggin’ — Loot Pack — Soundpieces: Da Antidote

Sure Thing — Question — [Unreleased]

Weeds — Oscar McClure — Compost

Spy Vs. Spy — Black Dice — Mr. Impossible

Vices — BADBADNOTGOOD — BBNG2

Soft and Open — Boom Bip — Blue Eyed in the Red Room

After We Talked — Gold Panda — Lucky Shiner

Patiently — Serengeti & Polyphonic — Terradactyl

Kitchen Scraps (Baths’ Otalgia Mix) — Oscar McClure — Compost Remixes

A1-White Voice — Black Zone Myth Chant — Straight Cassette

Motion Study — DJ Signify — Of Cities

Matthew and Kenneth — Dustin Wong — Let It Go

Eat Flesh — Heat Wave — Sweets

Beware (Instrumental) — Death Grips — Black Google

Repeater — EMV — Resolutions

12 — Matthewdavid — DISK

7 — Matthewdavid — DISK

11 — Matthewdavid — DISK

Rough Steez — Fuck Buttons — Tarot Sport

@lilbabypositiv #themesong — Nu Depth — [Internet]

15 — Matthewdavid — DISK

16 — Matthewdavid — DISK

20 — Matthewdavid — DISK

Phantom — Broadcast — Work And Non Work

Dakim Leaving Tape — Dak — Thisone

Tape Hiss Orchid — Deerhunter — Cryptograms

Skinned — No Age — Everything in Between

You Hold A Power Over Me — Desolation Wilderness — New Universe

Jonathan — Black To Comm — Alphabet 1968

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