The KORT and some cool rekkids for cool kids
This space hasn’t been touched on in a few months, but for those glued to their computer screens in a similar fashion to our forefathers mesmerized by television, I’ve decided to provide some freshness to this otherwise dead-end of a blog. As my university “career” comes to an unceremonious and rapid close, I can safely say that my time spent at St. Andrews, while not necessarily time well spent, was extraordinarily entertaining and full of a wide variety of people and stimuli that has provided me with a motley group of unrelated interests. Good times all around.
I’ve been posting up music along with several melodically-minded cohorts at a new destination that’s simplified and easy to digest, the Knights of the Rectangular Table, better known as the KORT. It’s updated regularly, feel free to have a check when you’ve finished Facespacing for the evening.
The KORT is Professor Purple, who makes some deliciously savory dub, dubstep, UK funky, and house mixes; Mr. Dan Matthews, a St. Andrews favorite for years to come as the town’s go-to dance, rave and party DJ-producer; our fallen disco-electro soldier, Gavris, who couldn’t be fucked to contribute to the website, but has a special, whimsical place in the KORT legend all the same; The Great Red Shark, who’s organizational efforts, rectangular table, and astute genre-spanning knowledge formed a backbone of the group; and yours truly, a bear who’s still finding his way through the thick sea of dance, hip hop, and bass-driven genres.
We’ll be splitting up a bit over the next few months, with several of us animal members migrating State-side to set up shop in that bastion of ever-evolving musical styles, New York. We’ll be keeping you updated via the KORT, however, and hope that you hear from not one or two, but all of us in the not too distant future.
Some parting tracks of the May 23rd, 2010 moment that elicit the fantastically familiar feeling of serotonin mixing with adrenaline to create the kind of aural satisfaction associated with hearing your new favorite song:
Ramadanman- Tempest
Fulgeance- Rubiscube
House Shoes- Newports
Kavsrave- PClart
Kowton- Basic Music Knowledge
FaltyDL- To London
Illum Sphere- Titan
Eskamon- Fine Objects
Flying Lotus- Galaxy in Janaki
All of these releases translate well to the wax language of vinyl, and they are all parts of exquisitiely crafted EPs and LPs. To purchase other tracks by these artists, including full albums and releases in a variety of formats, I can not recommend Boomkat more highly for such an endeavor. Take a look and get lost for a few hours finding new music, it’s better than Facespace. Serial.
