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Beats Working #2: Zavala, Tokimonsta, more

ZavalaThe second installment of Beats Working, my new column/blog at Blurt Magazine was published this week. I discuss Alex Zavala’s mesmerizing beats, Comma, TOKiMONSTA, and Paul White. Check it out — streams, downloads, and lots of words. Thanks for reading.

There is a new column from me at Blurt Magazine — it launched on Monday. Have a look.

There is a new column from me at Blurt Magazine — it launched on Monday. Have a look.

In more than a few instances during the soundtrack for the modestly budgeted science fiction film Monsters, Jon Hopkins’ score doesn’t differ much from Insides, the 2009 full-length album from this UK producer/composer. While Insides isn’t without aggressive bass grooves or glitch techno-fired blasts, the fluttering ambient pieces on that one are the standouts of the lot, and Monsters’ dearth of bluster partners with those compositions very well. MORE at BLURT Magazine.