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Like several other editions of !K7's long-running DJ-Kicks series, Forest Swords' installment is far from being a traditional, flawlessly beatmatched DJ mix. Instead, it's an eclectic selection that picks apart the producer's influences, presented in the style of someone like John Peel rather than a typical club DJ. More often than not, he'll make beatless, dreamlike transitions or loop a brief rhythmic section and tumble into the next track rather than match up tempos. The first few selections are experimental pieces that focus on shifting dynamics and floating drones, some of which may seem uncomfortably sparse at first. The beat-driven portion of the mix begins with Rhythm & Sound's "Best Friend," a minimal dub track with heartbreaking lyrics about betrayal from Love Joy. Things start to get a bit more turbulent with the crunchy, abstract drum'n'bass of "The Truths" by Tokyo Prose & Fis. After a vintage Dead Can Dance track comes an exclusive Forest Swords original, "Crow," which demonstrates how much dread and suspense he can conjure up with just a midtempo thump and a few distorted tones. The rest of the mix's midsection drifts between prickly IDM (Disjecta, Mira Calix) and complex, emotive techno (Pantha du Prince, Djrum), dovetailing into junkshop chaos with Demdike Stare's "Mnemosyne" and revisiting Orbital's all-time classic "The Box." The mix's final portion moves far away from electronic music, flipping from the arresting voices of the London Bulgarian Choir to the fragile folk of Vashti Bunyan to the captivating water drums of the Baka Forest People of Southeast Cameroon, and while all of these pieces sound wonderful, their juxtaposition at the end of the mix sounds somewhat random. Still, as a whole, Forest Swords' DJ-Kicks is a worthwhile excursion in the genre-agnostic spirit of great free-form radio.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
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David Toop, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - Qwartz Production, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2016 Room40
Matthew Barnes, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Forest Swords, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
Anna Homler, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - RVNG Intl., MusicPublisher - Steve Moshier, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2018 RVNG Intl
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kara-Lis Coverdale, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2015 Sacred Phrases
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dialect, MainArtist - Andrew PM Hunt, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 2018 Dense Truth
Moritz von Oswald, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Mark Ernestus, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Rhythm & Sound, MainArtist - BCP (UMP), MusicPublisher - Love Joy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 !K7 Music 2002 Basic Channel GmbH
Anna Domino, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - Blaine L. Reininger, Producer - Light of Day Publishing, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 1984 East & West
Paul Simm, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Neneh Cherry, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Cameron McVey, Composer, Lyricist - Ben Page, Composer, Lyricist - Tom Page, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 2014 Smalltown Supersound
Fis, MainArtist - Tokyo Prose, MainArtist - O. Peryman, Composer, Lyricist - SMG Publishing, MusicPublisher - S. Reed, S. Stokes, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 2011 Samurai Horo
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, Lyricist - James Pinker, Composer, Lyricist - Brendan Perry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Ulrich, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Roger, Composer, Lyricist - Universal / Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2006 4AD Limited
Matthew Barnes, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Just Isn't Music, MusicPublisher - Forest Swords, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lutto Lento, MainArtist - Lubomir Grzelak, Composer, Lyricist
2018 !K7 Music 2017 Where To Now?
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Clifford, Composer, Lyricist - Disjecta, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 1996 Warp Records Limited
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Axel Boman, Remixer - Skinnerbox, MainArtist - Iftah Gabbai, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Olaf Hilgenfeld, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 !K7 Music 2017 Turbo Recordings
Deena Abdelwahed, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - InFiné, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2016 InFiné
Hendrik Weber, Composer, Lyricist - Pantha Du Prince, MainArtist - Animal Collective, Remixer - Sony/ATV Music Pubishing, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2010 Rough Trade Records Limited
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Mira Calix, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 1998 Warp Records Limited
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Laurel Halo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2013 Hyperdub Records
Demdike Stare, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - Henkle Music Limited, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2012 Modern Love & Henkle Music
Djrum, MainArtist - R&S Records, MusicPublisher - Felix Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 !K7 Music 2017 R&S Records
Orbital, MainArtist - PAUL HARTNOLL, Composer, Lyricist - Phillip Hartnoll, Composer, Lyricist - Robins Music Corp, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 1996 London Music Stream Ltd
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Rupert Clervaux, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Beatrice Dillon, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2016 Snow Dog
Krassimir Kyurkchiyski, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dessislava Stefanova, Producer - The London Bulgarian Choir, Arranger, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2008 The London Bulgarian Choir
Vashti Bunyan, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Max Richter, Producer - Spinney Songs, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2005 130701 Ltd
Matthew Barnes, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Forest Swords, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
Martin Cradick, Producer - Baka Forest People, Composer, Lyricist - Baka Forest People Of Southeast Cameron, MainArtist - March Hare Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2013 March Hare Music
Chris Watson, Composer, Lyricist - Ánde Somby, MainArtist - Touch Music/ Fairwood Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2016 Ash International
Album review
Like several other editions of !K7's long-running DJ-Kicks series, Forest Swords' installment is far from being a traditional, flawlessly beatmatched DJ mix. Instead, it's an eclectic selection that picks apart the producer's influences, presented in the style of someone like John Peel rather than a typical club DJ. More often than not, he'll make beatless, dreamlike transitions or loop a brief rhythmic section and tumble into the next track rather than match up tempos. The first few selections are experimental pieces that focus on shifting dynamics and floating drones, some of which may seem uncomfortably sparse at first. The beat-driven portion of the mix begins with Rhythm & Sound's "Best Friend," a minimal dub track with heartbreaking lyrics about betrayal from Love Joy. Things start to get a bit more turbulent with the crunchy, abstract drum'n'bass of "The Truths" by Tokyo Prose & Fis. After a vintage Dead Can Dance track comes an exclusive Forest Swords original, "Crow," which demonstrates how much dread and suspense he can conjure up with just a midtempo thump and a few distorted tones. The rest of the mix's midsection drifts between prickly IDM (Disjecta, Mira Calix) and complex, emotive techno (Pantha du Prince, Djrum), dovetailing into junkshop chaos with Demdike Stare's "Mnemosyne" and revisiting Orbital's all-time classic "The Box." The mix's final portion moves far away from electronic music, flipping from the arresting voices of the London Bulgarian Choir to the fragile folk of Vashti Bunyan to the captivating water drums of the Baka Forest People of Southeast Cameroon, and while all of these pieces sound wonderful, their juxtaposition at the end of the mix sounds somewhat random. Still, as a whole, Forest Swords' DJ-Kicks is a worthwhile excursion in the genre-agnostic spirit of great free-form radio.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:26
- Main artists: Forest Swords
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: !K7 Records
- Genre: Electronic
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
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