Skalpel - Virtual Cuts 1 & 2

Skalpel. Your favorite Polish jazzers gone hip hop. This is a series of 2 mixtapes that Skalpel made a year after their Polish Jazz EP. And is it any wonder they were picked up by Ninja Tune for their next release? Heavy heavy beats and some jarring production make these ones keepers for sure. Drop the needle on these babies at your next soiree, watch the jaws drop and the genitals drip.

As a 'lil side note, here's an interview with Skalpel where they talk about how shitty mp3's are! I guess I'm slightly embarrassed to be sharing and listening to Skalpel's music on mp3, but I'm sure I'd be less of a person without them, shitty quality or not. Pick up their other albums too. They have a completely different feel, but it's a worthwile adventure.

-d.ave

(clickin' the head will take you to the download link)

Mr. Bungle - Goddammit I Love America

Ahhh. Mr. Bungle. Scrounged this one off of g2p about a year ago. No idea if it's still kicking around the net anymore, but the album itself is still kicking ass. The sound quality isn't great, but amidst songs about period blood and merry-go-rounds of death, it really couldn't matter less. Plus, I'm pretty sure this release never made it to c-d, so there. Early versions of Egg and Carousel make this a keeper as well.

Whenever Mr. Bungle lapses into ska (which is frequently on this demo) they manage to make it sound like not-shit! Which is the ska accomplishment of the century.

cop it!

-d.ave


yikes. gotta upload more often!


(clickin' the head will take you to the download link)