Editors’ Choice: September 14th, 2013
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# Editors’ Choice: September 14th, 2013
# Rather than operate as a music *news* source, Electronic Beats operates as a music *information* source.
We want to share with you; we want you to know what we're hearing,
what's reverberating our cochleas and sending broader vibrations
throughout our bodies, and by extension our audio-addled souls. Down
with that? Welcome to Editors' Choice.
**[Lisa Blanning][1]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Online Editor)**
**DJ Q and Flava D -- War Dubs**
These tracks, by DJ Q and Flava D respectively, are just two of the over
130 (and counting, at time of writing) challenges that were thrown this
week by producers in a massive, Twitter-fueled battle for gime's Lord of
the Beats---a moniker adopted from the infamous [Lord of the Mics][2]{:
target="_blank" rel="noopener"} DVD series of MC clashes. Unusual
because this is the first time I've heard of producers sending for each
other, and perhaps that's what makes it the whole thing glow with the
spirit of camaraderie. Grime Forum have kindly taken it upon themselves
to round up all the "war dubs" here.
**[Moritz Gayard][3]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Online Duty
Editor)**
**Purple -- The Club**
Stumbling over [Purple][4]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} and their
debut track "The Club" earlier this week gave me the early-morning
subway ride of my life. Can't wait to listen to the full EP *Salvation*,
out later this year.
**[Daniel Jones][5]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Contributing
Editor)**
**Circuit Des Yeux -- Lithonia**
Listening to tracks from Circuit Des Yeux's upcoming LP *Overdue*, I'm
amazed at how far she's come from her blown-out and noisy origins. Haley
Fohr's work is just so reliably good that, even though it might not be
topping any of the shorter year-end lists, it remains in general
rotation. And honestly, being perpetual is a far more beautiful thing
than being #1.
**[Michael Lutz][6]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Print Duty
Editor)**
**Björk -- Joga (Alec Empire Remix)**
I saw Björk play live at Berlin Festival last weekend and it blew me
away. Her voice cut glass, the bass was affecting me physically... it
was pretty much the feeling that certain stimulants trigger. You know,
when you're close to puking but are actually happy about it. Anyway, I
guess this is probably one of Björk's most remixed tracks. It's off of
her 1997 album *Homogenic* and it's close to perfect. Whereas many
remixers completely butchered the chorus, Alec Empire reworked the track
respectfully. That's because he knows that THE CHORUS ISN'T TO BE
TOUCHED FOR GOD'S SAKE!!
**[A.J. Samuels][7]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Senior Print
Editor)**
**Call Super -- Black Octagons**
The press release for this reads like an ill-advised spam comment
intended to attract special attention from the NSA, with contextless
references to death sentences, nitrate, and false names. Even if that's
meant to be a red herring it's actually not a bad description of the
paranoid, unpredictable, overdriven techno. Noisy, yes. Pretentious, no.
EP out now on Houndstooth.
*Read previous editions of Editors' Choice [here][8]{: target="_blank"
rel="noopener"}.*
[1]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/lisa-blanning/
[2]: http://lordofthemics.co.uk/
[3]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/moritz-schmall/
[4]: https://twitter.com/reachpurple
[5]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/columns/editors-choice/editors-choice-june-29-2013/ectronicbeats.net/author/daniel-jones/
[6]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/michael-lutz/
[7]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/a-j-samuels/
[8]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/category/columns/editors-choice
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text: '<h1>Rather than operate as a music <em>news</em> source, Electronic Beats operates as a music <em>information</em> source.</h1><p>We want to share with you; we want you to know what we’re hearing, what’s reverberating our cochleas and sending broader vibrations throughout our bodies, and by extension our audio-addled souls. Down with that? Welcome to Editors’ Choice.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/lisa-blanning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lisa Blanning</a> (Online Editor)</strong></p><p><strong>DJ Q and Flava D – War Dubs</strong></p><p>These tracks, by DJ Q and Flava D respectively, are just two of the over 130 (and counting, at time of writing) challenges that were thrown this week by producers in a massive, Twitter-fueled battle for gime’s Lord of the Beats—a moniker adopted from the infamous <a href="http://lordofthemics.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lord of the Mics</a> DVD series of MC clashes. Unusual because this is the first time I’ve heard of producers sending for each other, and perhaps that’s what makes it the whole thing glow with the spirit of camaraderie. Grime Forum have kindly taken it upon themselves to round up all the “war dubs” here.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/moritz-schmall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Moritz Gayard</a> (Online Duty Editor)</strong></p><p><strong>Purple – The Club</strong></p><p>Stumbling over <a href="https://twitter.com/reachpurple" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Purple</a> and their debut track “The Club” earlier this week gave me the early-morning subway ride of my life. Can’t wait to listen to the full EP <em>Salvation</em>, out later this year.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/columns/editors-choice/editors-choice-june-29-2013/ectronicbeats.net/author/daniel-jones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Jones</a> (Contributing Editor)</strong></p><p><strong>Circuit Des Yeux – Lithonia</strong></p><p>Listening to tracks from Circuit Des Yeux’s upcoming LP <em>Overdue</em>, I’m amazed at how far she’s come from her blown-out and noisy origins. Haley Fohr’s work is just so reliably good that, even though it might not be topping any of the shorter year-end lists, it remains in general rotation. And honestly, being perpetual is a far more beautiful thing than being #1.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/michael-lutz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Lutz</a> (Print Duty Editor)</strong></p><p><strong>Björk – Joga (Alec Empire Remix)</strong></p><p>I saw Björk play live at Berlin Festival last weekend and it blew me away. Her voice cut glass, the bass was affecting me physically… it was pretty much the feeling that certain stimulants trigger. You know, when you’re close to puking but are actually happy about it. Anyway, I guess this is probably one of Björk’s most remixed tracks. It’s off of her 1997 album <em>Homogenic</em> and it’s close to perfect. Whereas many remixers completely butchered the chorus, Alec Empire reworked the track respectfully. That’s because he knows that THE CHORUS ISN’T TO BE TOUCHED FOR GOD’S SAKE!!</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/a-j-samuels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A.J. Samuels</a> (Senior Print Editor)</strong></p><p><strong>Call Super – Black Octagons</strong></p><p>The press release for this reads like an ill-advised spam comment intended to attract special attention from the NSA, with contextless references to death sentences, nitrate, and false names. Even if that’s meant to be a red herring it’s actually not a bad description of the paranoid, unpredictable, overdriven techno. Noisy, yes. Pretentious, no. EP out now on Houndstooth.</p><p><em>Read previous editions of Editors’ Choice <a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/category/columns/editors-choice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p>'
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# Editors’ Choice: September 14th, 2013 . # Rather than operate as a music *news* source, Electronic Beats operates as a music *information* source. We want to share with you; we want you to know what we're hearing, what's reverberating our cochleas and sending broader vibra...
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**[Moritz Gayard][3]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Online Duty Editor)** **Purple -- The Club** Stumbling over [Purple][4]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} and their debut track "The Club" earlier this week gave me the early-morning subway ride of my life. Can't wait to listen to the...
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And honestly, being perpetual is a far more beautiful thing than being #1. **[Michael Lutz][6]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"} (Print Duty Editor)** **Björk -- Joga (Alec Empire Remix)** . I saw Björk play live at Berlin Festival last weekend and it blew me away. Her voice cut glass, the...
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EP out now on Houndstooth. *Read previous editions of Editors' Choice [here][8]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.* . [1]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/lisa-blanning/ [2]: http://lordofthemics.co.uk/ [3]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/author/moritz-schmall/ [4]: https://twitter.co...