Old DC Show Fliers

I found some old DC show fliers while I was home in NJ last week. I know I have more and will scan when I get a chance. But for now, check out the ones I scanned here.

If you have any old fliers of your own, send them along.
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DOWNLOAD N'Digo Rose - "Philthy Kadeem"

DOWNLOAD N'Digo Rose - "Filthy Kadeem"

Tony Hicks, aka N'Digo Rose, plays music with a passion that is contagious and disarming. Hicks has a truly unique voice and approach to soul music. And I can't think of another artist more humble and capable to win over a crowd. He's been doing his thing for a long time and is about to break out. Make sure to catch a live show (which Sockets will make sure to update) since it's the best way to get a true sense of the music he creates. Download "Philthy Kadeem" by N'Digo Rose above to hear what I'm talking about. Hicks also plays keys in The Cornel West Theory's live band who you can catch at the Black Cat Mainstage on Friday, January 22nd.

Photo taken by Cal Watkins
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Sockets Records Proudly Distributed by Morphius

Sockets Records is proud to work with Morphius Records in Baltimore as our main U.S. distributor. Besides being pretty awesome folks, they're doing a great job with The Cornel West Theory's Second Rome CD. If you are a record store or looking to make bulk Sockets orders, make sure to contact Morphius at the following site.
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SOCKETS BEST OF 2009: Cole Goins

I asked a few friends, bands, and all around awesome people to list some of their favorite things from this past year. This list isn't exclusively music related, but anything that had a profound impact on the year.

Cole Goins made an amazing Fringe Era mix a few weeks back. Since his tastes are pretty stellar, I asked him to send me a round up of his favorite stuff from 2009 and I can't agree more with most of this list:

(This list skews a bit more heavily to the end of the year, since that's what I currently remember the best. I'm definitely leaving out a ton of stuff, but maybe you'll enjoy these things too...)

-Theo Angell live set @ WFMU: I've been playing this one a lot lately. Intricate songwriting and weirdo acoustics. Be sure to browse around the Free Music Archive if you haven't already — musical gems like this abound.
-R Kelly - "I'm a Flirt (Go Go Remix)": Infinite Repeat.
-Dirpy: Convert that R Kelly go go remix into an mp3!
-Psiklops: Raphael Lyon aka Mudbody posted a link to download this "Hypnotic Dark Cinema Event" on his Facebook page a while back. Utterly bizarre and engulfing.
-Hulu/OVguide: I might not have cable, but I do have the Internet. Special hat tip to OVguide for directing me to sites where I could watch the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Brilliant.
-Mantles - "Don't Lie": This video takes footage from the movie Paper Moon and dubs in the best single off the Mantles' fantastic debut full-length. Can't stop playing this one.
-Andrew WK and Dâm-Funk's Twitter feeds: Positive vibes, yall.
-Boomkat's 14 Tracks: Seriously, sign up for this weekly collection of fourteen tracks revolving around a particular theme. Very well curated and the source of many discoveries for me this year.
-Diamond District album for free download: Sure, it was the clean version, but this was still one of the best records of the year, given out for free. Link is now dead, but you can still try and track down the official LP release.
-Live Royal Trux: Massive jams from Royal Trux's heyday. I also bought Drag City's reissue of Twin Infinitives on double LP this year, which was very satisfying.
-Awkward Family Photos, Look at this Fucking Hipster, FML, Texts From Last Night, etc... AKA how I wasted my time at work this year.
-Addendum: Artists/Releases I've discovered from reading year-end lists:
* Peaking Lights - Imaginary Falcon (Night People)
* Bill Orcutt - A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Palilalia)
* Johann Johannsson - And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees (NTOV)
* Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon's)
* Talk Normal - Sugarland (Rare Book Room)
* Invasion vs. Shackleton - Wizards of Dub 12" (This is Music)
* Harappian Night Recordings - The Glorious Gongs of Hainuwele (Bo'weavil)
* DJ Quik and Kurupt - BlaQKout (Mad Science)
* Zola Jesus - The Spoils (Sacred Bones)
* Tapes - Hissing Theatricals (Jahtari)
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Protect-U Live in Philadelphia

This stuff is hot:


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Fly Girlz Top WFMU Best of 2009 List

Liz Berg, from the almighty WFMU, just posted her top picks from 2009, which included The Fly Girlz Da'Brats From Da'Ville. This is pretty sweet. Here are the rest of Liz's picks under the "Golden Beats" category:

Golden beats:

Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away (Kompakt) listen
Various Artists - Tiny Toones (Tiny Toones) listen
Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond (Fabric) listen
Various Artists - Thai Funk Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (ZudRangMa) listen
The Fly Girlz - "Da Brats From Da Ville" (Teen Action) listen
Edan - Echo Party 12" (Traffic) listen
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Sockets Records Best of 2009 on BYT

Brightest Young Things asked me to do a best of 2009 list. You should head over there now to check it out. Some of other friends like Jesse Tittsworth, Fatback, and AFP (Future Times and Food for Animals) list some of their favorites, so you know it's a quality list!

Sockets had a great 2009. So many releases this past year and it's just the beginning. We'll be putting out a bunch of great releases in 2010 as well as a hosting a Sockets Records showcase at Washington, DC's Black Cat on January 22nd! Keep it locked.
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Connect the Dots - Interview and Upcoming Shows

Connect the Dots is one of my favorite new bands from the DC area. Michael, who is still in high school, and Peter, now attending Montgomery College, have played together for some time and the newest version of their band borrows from an eclectic mix of African melodies and jerky post punk rhythms. One of their new tracks, incidentally entitled “Connect the Dots” is on the latest Sockets Records mix available here. The band is finishing up its debut full-length and getting ready to play a few shows before the end of the year. I chatted with the band several weeks ago, some of which I’m posting below:

SOCKETS: Where are you guys from and how did you start playing together?

Michael: We are from Rockville, MD. I guess we started playing in high school jazz band.
Peter: I think it was my senior year and your freshman year

SOCKETS: It sounds like you guys are busy recording. Is that going well?

Michael: Oh yeah, It is going pretty well and we’re also working on recording for our other band les rhinoceros. We want to finish this album of 10-12 songs and then start playing again

SOCKETS: So what's the main motivation behind doing Connect the Dots? Is there an approach that's different from your other many projects?

Peter: Well, we tried doing a duo before with the same name. If you ever stumbled across our myspace before this, it was quite different.

SOCKETS: What's new?

Peter: Actual songs, laptop, vocals
Michael: We both got heavily into African music.

SOCKETS: I can hear that in the tracks I’ve heard.

Michael: So I would say some of the music is taking from African influences. I don't know we just kind of wanted to try another project.

SOCKETS: So what instrumentation do you guys use for this band?

Peter: Well we've got guitar, bass, laptop, and lots of pedals
Michael: For now
Peter: Yeah, those are all the sounds you hear on record

SOCKETS: And it's just the two of you?

Michael: Yep the two of us.
Peter: We've been planning an ensemble with percussion, horns, singers..

SOCKETS: Do you guys write songs collectively or bring ideas and then work from them?

Peter: Usually. Someone has an idea and then we build off that, and we get more ideas and more ideas. Sometimes I feel like our songs are just a lot of different ideas put together. And then you have to sit there and try to connect it all back to itself. No puns please!

Connect the Dots play the following two shows:

Sunday, December 27th
@ Velvet Lounge - 915 U St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
Blastoids
Connect the Dots
the White Bitch
In Every Room
7pm
$7

&

Wednesday, December 30th
@ DC9 - 1940 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Dizzy Spells
Frau Eva
Connect the Dots
9pm
$8
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Imperial China Photo

I promise some more substantial posts next week. In the meantime:
Download "Go Where Airplanes Go" from their debut CD here!

Photo taken by Greg Szeto
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Black Cat Sockets Showcase Flier

I can't wait for this show! Just got the amazing flier design by Cory Osborn of Kill'rBoom. Again, homeboy is crushing it!

BUY TICKETS HERE!!!!!!
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SOCKETS BEST OF 2009: Michael Andrew Harris

I asked a few friends, bands, and all around awesome people to list some of their favorite things from this past year. This list isn't exclusively music related, but anything that had a profound impact on the year.

I met Michael Andrew Harris of The Laughing Man early this year and it was a better 12 months because of it. He's good people. And he's a busy guy between all the different projects he's involved with in DC. Here's his best of 2009 list:

10) The death of Michael Jackson (was also the night of the last really good party at the dc mini gallery... memories of spinning MJ records till the wee hours make me wanna tear up)
9) Balloon Boy
8) Up!
7) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
6) Fantastic Mr. Fox
5) Failblog
4) The Day and Nite video
3) Where The Wild Things Are
2) Doc Ellis
1) DC bands
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The Cornel West Theory This Friday at Bloom Bars

The Cornel West Theory is playing BloomBars this Friday, December 18th. They play at 8:30pm.

Drop by if you can. The band is basically breathing fire right now.

The Cornel West Theory
BloomBars
Friday, December 18, 2009
3222 11th ST NW (Columbia Heights Metro)
Washington, DC
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District Calling - Sean Peoples and Melissa Krodman

All Our Noise just posted a great piece wrapping up the District Calling performance. Our friend Denman wrote it up and posted all of the interviews and video from the different performance pieces. He sent over one of the last interviews he uploaded, which includes a talk with me and Melissa Krodman. Enjoy:

District Calling: Sean Peoples and Melissa Krodman interview from Denman C Anderson on Vimeo.

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Macaw - “Five Minutes at the Rainforest Cafe”

Wilson Kemp (of HUME) is finishing music for his solo project Macaw and the first single from the album “Five Minutes at the Rainforest Cafe” was just reviewed by Aaron Leitko over at the DC City Paper's arts blog. The track is a laid back kaleidoscope of gentle keyboard washes with a steady pulse.

I suggest you go download that track now. You'll be listening to it all morning just like me. Here's a little snippet :

“These songs were mostly just dorm jams,” says Kemp, who recently returned to Arlington after attending Hampshire College in Massachusetts. “I took a circuit-bending class, built a homemade delay pedal, [tried some] lo-fi sampling. There were a lot of different influences outside of D.C.” But the true inspiration is a little more big-picture. “The album is going to be called Slow Growth. I was thinking about different kinds of evolution, different kinds of growth—the slowest possible growth,” says Kemp, who is also a visual artist. “That’s how it is with most of my art—creating new features, thinking way far in the past to the farthest ends of the spectrum of time.”

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SOCKETS BEST OF 2009: Cory Osborn of Kill'rBoom

I asked a few friends, bands, and all around awesome people to list some of their favorite things from this past year. This list isn't exclusively music related, but anything that had a profound impact on the year.

I think Cory Osborn is, as the kids seem to be saying these days, crushing it. He is one of those people I make sure to ask what they are listening to and feeling at any moment. Here is his amazing list of top experiences (musical and otherwise) from this past year:

20 - TOMS© Cordones and Botas (Size 14)
19 - Bibio | Lovers' Carvings (Song)
18 - Pajo | Scream with Me (Album)
17 - Real Estate | Atlantic City Expressway (March '09 Tour CDR)
16 - Sic Alps | L. Mansion (Song)
15 - Moleskine© Squared Notebooks
14 - PILOT© fineliner Pens
13 - Port O' Brien | Love Me Through (Song)
12 - PS3© (purchased by and for my girlfriend)
11 - Andrew Solomon "Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression"
10 - Martha Graham Dance Company "Clytemnestra" at the Kennedy Center
9 - Paul Taylor Dance Company "De Sueños" and "De Sueños que se Repiten" at the Kennedy Center
8 - Paul Leavitt "Requiem" at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation
7 - Free tickets to "Taming of the Shrew" at Sidney Harman Hall
6 - Ghost tour of Annapolis
5 - Kill'rboom Zine
4 - www.killrboom.blogspot.com
3 - Surfing in Panama
2 - Fishing in Panama
1 - Drinking a bottle of Bulleit© bourbon during the 8 hour road trip to El Venao, Panama, and then running into the ocean under a full moon.
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District Calling - Yvonne Gilmore and Vivianne Njoku

The videos continue to trickle in from the District Calling performance last Saturday. Our friend Denman Anderson captured many of the individual pieces of the show including Yvonne Gilmore's (of The Cornel West Theory) spoken word/lecture performance as well as Vivianne Njoku's (of noon:30) poem.


When Yvonne Gilmore performs I cannot help but think she commands the room with a force few can match. Here she is in one of the three pieces she wrote and performed for District Calling:



Vivianne Njoku's poem was accompanied with sound by John Wesley Moon and visuals by Ayo Okunseinde. The entire sensory package was great and I think this gives you a pretty good sense of the piece:


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District Calling - Personal Freedom by Heather Doyle

Heather Doyle came to District Calling through an audition Melissa Krodman and I held at my house in Adams Morgan. She blew us away with her movement and approach. Using subtlety and repetition, Heather evokes a modern style that is absolutely engrossing. She was able to navigate the old, nail ridden floor boards during that rehearsal and still maintained her composure.

The following video opened the show last Saturday and I have watched it about ten times so far. It just doesn't get old!


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SOCKETS BEST OF 2009: Britton Powell's Mickey Sitings

I asked a few friends, bands, and all around awesome people to list some of their favorite things from this past year. This list isn't exclusively music related, but anything that had a profound impact on the year.

If Britton's list of his favorite records wasn't enough, then you are in luck. On his trip to India this year, he encountered an amazing number of caricatures of Mickey Mouse. Enough of them to necessitate a top ten list. Amazing:

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SOCKETS BEST OF 2009: Britton Powell from HUME

I asked a few friends, bands, and all around awesome people to list some of their favorite things from this past year. This list isn't exclusively music related, but anything that had a profound impact on the year.

Britton Powell from the band HUME just sent over his list of favorite musical discoveries from 2009 and it's a great list of albums you should get your hands on:

1. Big Star - Box Set
2. Lucky Dragons - Open Power
3. Bird Names - Sings the Browns
4. Future Islands - Wave Like Home
5. Boogie Boarder - Pizza Hero
6. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
7. Darlings - Yeah I Know
8. Ani Rossi - Rockwell
9. Julian Lynch - Orange You Glad
10. Foot Village - Anti Magic

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Imperial China @ Comet This Saturday

Imperial China is playing with The State Department and Deutschmarks at Comet Ping Pong this Saturday, December 12th.

This flier is pretty ridiculous, but it gets the job done. I hear that Imperial China plays at 10:30pm, but make sure to get there early for some pizza.

Here are the details:

Saturday, December 12th
@ Comet Ping Pong
5037 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Doors open at 8:30pm
Show Starts at 9:30pm
Tickets are $10


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District Calling - Interviews Vivianne Njoku

Vivianne Njoku is one of the three amazing people that make up the band noon:30. But she's also working on various other artistic endeavors here in DC. At the very beginning of the grant writing process, she wrote a letter of support for Melissa Krodman and I, which proved invaluable to our proposal. Luckily we were also able to snag her for the District Calling performance itself.

Denman Anderson took some time out to interview Njoku backstage between the 7:30pm and 10pm performances. In this interview she discusses her time with Speak Easy DC, her band noon:30, and the many different aspects of performance she is involved with here in Washington, DC.

Video 2 from Denman C Anderson on Vimeo.

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District Calling - Interviews

Yvonne Gilmore, Rashad Dobbins, and John Moon of The Cornel West Theory took out some time this Saturday to talk with Denman Anderson about the District Calling performance.

In the video the three discuss collaboration among artists outside of their networks, but also how this sort of collaboration falls within the rubric of Type 1, the umbrella term for which the band describes their artistic output.

This is the first of several interviews coming out of the District Calling performance this past Saturday:

Video 1 from Denman C Anderson on Vimeo.

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Sockets Winter SALE!

(click the pic above or the link below to be taken to the Sockets PAYPAL site)

Here's a great deal if you're interested in the bands on Sockets. For the rest of the month of December, Sockets is slashing prices and selling any two records on the label for $14 - essentially the price of two Sockets releases including shipping. Just let us know what two albums you want (via paypal or through email - socketscdr (at) gmail (dot) com) and we'll get them out just as soon as we can process the orders.

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ReadysetDC Posts District Calling Pics

Readyset DC photographer Paul Frederiksen dropped by DCAC Saturday night and captured a bunch of great shots of the performance.

Make sure to visit ReadysetDC daily. They have a great volume of DC related content that bridges the divide of art, culture, urban development. Also, this week they will be throwing a big party called FOR THE LOVE OF DC. You should definitely RSVP to this event, which is not to be missed.

Head over to ReadysetDC for the full set:


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District Calling - Fantasy Theater

Last night's District Calling performance really came together and I couldn't be more excited by the result. Lots of hard work and collaboration made the night really special for all of the artists involved and, I hope, for the audience as well.

Our friend Denman Anderson came through and graciously offered to document and interview the artists involved. One of the first things he uploaded to his Vimeo account was the fantasy theater performance written by Rashad Dobbins (The Cornel West Theory):

District Calling: Black Fantasy Theatre-a narrative myth from Denman C Anderson on Vimeo.

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SOCKETS BEST OF 2009: Imperial China

I asked a few friends, bands, and all around awesome people to list some of their favorite things from this past year. This list isn't exclusively music related, but anything that had a profound impact on the year.

First up we have Matthew, Brian, and Patrick from Imperial China. As you may have heard, the band is releasing it's debut full-length, Phosphenes, on Sockets in early 2010.

Here is the band's list, full of glorious links:

(1) Balloon Boy

(2) Creed's new song "Rain." Despite their hiatus, they've still got it!
(3) Recording our first album at Inner Ear
(4) Playing the Aural States Festival in Baltimore in January 2009.
(5) Starting a new job where I'm not asked by the boss to help her kid with his homework.
(6) Getting a cat, and having the cat hate me (but still feeling like a proud parent)
(7) Planning a trip to China (to stop communism)
(8) Going to Spain
(9) Favorites albums of 2009: Zach Hill’s Astrological Straits, Ponytail’s Ice Cream Spiritual, DD/MM/YYYY's Black Square

(10) __________ (there's still time...)
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Trippiest Buildings iTunes Review Ever

I was just looking at the Buildings Endless iTunes link and saw the following review:

These are some HEAVY CATS mAN!!!!!! These dudes musta been LOADED on some STRAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE GRAAAAAAAAS when they recorded this man!!!! It's like... "WHOA DUDE... WHAT are you ON LOL??????" Listen man, if you totally dig the Dead, The Lovin' Spoonful, Paul Piot, and uh.... I don't know.... ever hear oF THE BEATLES????? HUH MAN????? MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF YOUR OWN HEAD AND EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND YOU SOMETIME?! EVER HEARD OF A PLACE CALLED AFRICA??? LET ME ENLIGHTEN YOU MAN.... THERE'S PEOPLE THERE>.... THEY'RE DYING MAN! YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!! AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO "CONSUME" SOME "GROOVY" ALBUM AND SIT THERE AND SMOKE YOUR PIPE!!!?? I DON'T THINK SO MAN!!! YOU BETTER GET ON THE BOAT BEFORE IT LEAVES WITHOUT YOU AND THEN NO ONE WILL LOVE YOU AND YOU'LL BE JUST LIKE AFRICA MAN!! Whoa... that was some CRAZY TRIP I JUST WENT THROUGH MAN!!!!! HAHA where am I? What moon am I on man!!!! Whew... just only listen to this when you're READY FOR IT, you knoW??!??????? Like, you can get there on your own, but you have to have a clear conscience... definitely some next-level karma with some WAY STRANGE SUTRAS in there too.... Peace to the worlds and earths of the great divinities.

There are a few standout impressions from my close analysis of this review. First, this guy starts to simulate an acid trip and does a pretty damn good job with all the capital letters and talk of the Beatles and Africa. Second, I read at the bottom of the review that 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Ultimately, this guy digs the record, and gives it the money quote: "definitely some next-level karma with some WAY STRANGE SUTRAS". There you have it. The CD EP is available for download or through our mail order. Don't wait on this! Peace to the worlds and earths of the great divinities.
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Chuck D Interview Cornel West Theory

In case you missed it, here is the 14 minute segment of Chuck D interviewing The Cornel West Theory:

Chuck D interviews The Cornel West Theory from L. S. Films on Vimeo.

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Announcing January 22 BLACK CAT Sockets Records Showcase

Big news over here at Sockets! A Sockets Records Showcase was just announced (tickets go on sale tomorrow December 4th) for Friday, January 22nd at DC's Black Cat mainstage! We can hardly contain our excitement. The confirmed lineup is as follows:

The Cornel West Theory
HUME
Buildings
Imperial China
Big Gold Belt

Look out for more info, but we're going to be featuring some special guests, exclusive music and merch for the night, as well as some amazing bands as you can see above. Make sure to grab your tickets after tomorrow. We'll make it totally worth the $12 bones. I swear!
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Imperial China Phosphenes Art

Here's the cover image for Imperial China's debut full-length Phosphenes:


Make sure to download the new Sockets Fall Mix that includes Imperial China's "Go Where Airplanes Go".
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Layne Garrett Duos Together/Apart Now Available

Layne Garrett's newest Sockets Records release, Duos Together/Apart is now physically here! It's been a long wait, but they look beautiful and can be purchased through our website or buy digitally over at Band Camp.
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Sockets Records Fall Mix

Download Sockets Records Fall Mix (zSHARE)


1. “Do Not Disturb” – Big Gold Belt
2. “Connect the Dots” – Connect the Dots
3. “Go Where Airplanes Go” – Imperial China
4. “COINTELPROnomics” – The Cornel West Theory
5. “Bat for Lashes REMIX” – Shock Diamond
6. “Shady” – Sean Peoples
7. “Tomorrow” – Daddy Lion
8. “Icarus” – Aaron Thompson

Great music keeps finding its way to my inbox here at Sockets. We can't be more excited about several new releases about to drop in early 2010. This latest Sockets Records Fall Mix gives a sneak peak of what's to come. First up is Big Gold Belt who recently moved to New York and just finished the music for their debut 12" EP. "Do Not Disturb" is the last track on the album and, I gotta say, is among an amazing set of tracks. It was hard to pick one track to put on this mix since the entire EP is mind blowing. Connect the Dots, from Rockville, MD, caught my ear at a recent house show and I believe they're still in high school. The promising sound of the few I tracks I've heard will no doubt only grow as the band continues to play more shows and record. Imperial China's amazing new CD Phosphenes will be available soon via Sockets and Ruffian Records. "Go Where Airplanes Go" is the first single off the record and ranks as one of my favorite tracks this year. The Cornel West Theory needs no introduction. The band was just interviewed by Chuck D who mentioned “COINTELPROnomics” as one of his favorite tracks. Shock Diamond sent me some new demos of his dance tracks and his Bat for Lashes remix was pretty hot. Look out for more from this promising producer. Included in the mix is a new minimal dub-dance track from Sean Peoples' new EP set for release Spring of 2010. Daddy Lion is Jeremy Whitman, but a live band is starting to converge around the music he just released on a 6 song EP via Band Camp. Jeremy is a versatile musician with a huge back catalog. Stay tuned for his output in the coming months. Rounding out the mix is Aaron Thompson, who will be releasing a new digital EP soon and is finishing his debut solo record. Aaron's playing shows regularly around town, so check back here to learn of new performances.

27 Minutes and 12 Seconds
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DOWNLOAD - Aaron Thompson's "Icarus"

Download Aaron Thompson's "Icarus"

The winter began creeping into our routines this month. In some ways, the season affords us a dormant period that only the cold can force. Personally, I'm looking forward to this winter because one of my favorite new artists, Aaron Thompson, will be releasing some of his music on Sockets. In many ways Aaron's music evokes the sound and feeling of winter. The atmosphere in his songs is thick, and the sound worlds he creates evoke something uniquely suited for these colder, dormant months. There are some musicians that understand the sound of summer and can evoke its sunny, lazy haze. But the music Aaron creates provides a glimpse into a different haze, which somehow provides its own warmth.

In the next month Aaron's first set of songs will be released digitally through Sockets Records. And in 2010, Aaron will be releasing his debut album on our label. We couldn't be more excited.
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Maxmillion Dunbar - Bare Feet EP

Ramp Recordings just released Maxmillion Dunbar's Bare Feet EP. I've been looking forward to this release for a while. You can hear some cuts on the Ramp Recordings myspace page. This stuff is highly recommended. Here's what the newest Future Times email had to say about the record:

So I (Maxmillion, one of the big doggs here at Future Times) just released my first EP this week, on UK label Ramp Recordings (home to tons of ill releases by Zomby, Flying Lotus, Computer Jay, and more). There is a picture of my baby face on the inside labels, and beyond that I'm really psyched on the tunes! HA well anyway the record hounds can grip this at places like Rush Hour, Boomkat, Clone, etc and all the digi-dogs can get involved at Beatport, Bleep, and itunes.

Snag a copy as soon as you can.
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