After spending 8 years as dark psytrance act in Australia, Tim Hanlon and Daniel Verbi have switched gears for their first release as Meat Axe—a glitchy breakbeat duo fusing street bass, breaks and sampling. The sound of Handjobs for the Loser Crowd is similar to that of Kraddy, Mr. Oizo and Fukkk Offf, topped off with some filth. You can hear samples of the entire release at meat-axe.com/ep.

MP3 1: Meat Axe – Chocolate Grind
MP3 2: Meat Axe – Wake Me For Rissoles

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Lucky Shiner is the debut full length album from UK producer, Gold Panda. This unique album borrows sounds from the past and shapes them into something exciting and memorable. This mixture of atmospheric electronica and organic sampling creates a warm and raw experience, often missing in today’s electronic records. Lucky Shiner is similar in style to Eleven Tigers, Take, and Four Tet releases, but by no means a reproduction. This album will shine long after the 2-month shelf life of all the Rusko and Benga-esque tracks that we constantly see come and go.

Gold Panda built a reputation back in 2009 by remixing tracks by The Field, Bloc Party, Little Boots and Simian Mobile Disco. Later in the year, he released 3 original EPs which got positive attention from both Pitchfork and The Guardian. Live sets were soon to follow which gained him a larger fanbase and established him as a recognized live performer.

This past October, Gold Panda released the Snow & Taxis EP, which includes remixes by Glitterbug and Throwing Snow. To hear more, check out Gold Panda on iTunes.

MP3 1: Gold Panda – You
MP3 2: Gold Panda – Marriage
MP3 3: Gold Panda – Vanilla Minus

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Just dropped by Beatport to pick up Halp’s debut single, Leek. This is one hell of a first release. The title track is a glitchy, fluorescent dubstep tune sure to make everyone go nuts on the dancefloor. The second track, “Slap Dash,” is a rude 8-bit chop-fest just waiting to be remixed by Slugabed and Pixelord.

As for the remixes, Seclusiasis really came through with a sick lineup of producers. Normally when hearing four remixes of the same song back to back, it’s hard to remember one from the other, but Doshy, Knight Riderz, Coco Bryce and AstroPoser all approach “Leek” a unique way to make this one of the best remix singles I’ve heard all year. So don’t wait until 11/22 to get your hands on this, it’s available at Beatport now.

MP3 1: Halp – Leek
Mp3 2: Halp – Leek (Doshy Remix)
MP3 3: Halp – Leek (Knight Riderz Remix)

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Big Mister Doom, an electronica duo based in Leeds, sent me over a couple of tracks this week. These are some fresh, glitchy and atmospheric tunes—similar in style to Telefon Tel Aviv and Eskmo. Turn the volume way up to enjoy crystal clear production and heaps of swirling beats and bleeps.

Fore more info. and music downloads, check out Big Mister Doom.

MP3 1: Big Mister Doom – Avant
MP3 2: Eskimo Twins – Judas (Big Mister Doom Remix)

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01. Flying Lotus – Clock Catcher / Broken Note – Meltdown
02. Boreta – Bubblin in the Cut
03. Two Fingers – Bad Girl (King Cannibal Remix)
04. EPROM – Shoplifter
05. Switchdubs – Who Are Those Guys
06. Caper – Poker Ghost
07. Crookers ft. Spank Rock – Park the Truck
08. Foreign Beggars ft. Noisia & Devlin – No Holds Barred (Goth Trad Remix)
09. Borgore – Foes (16bit Fuck Hoes Remix)
10. Liquid Stranger – Zero Hour
11. HD4000 – South Street (VIP Remix)
12. Reso – TikTak
13. Brackles – Rawkus
14. Kraddy – Godzilla (Son of the Electric Ghost Mix)
15. Milanese – So Malleable (Cold Mix)
16. The Qemists – Your Revolution (Reso Remix)
17. Rudi Zygadlo – The Udu and the Clave (Doshy Remix)
18. King Cannibal – Embrace the Minimum
19. Voodeux – Enter the Voo (Eskmo Remix)
20. Geiom & Dawntreader – Toscani
21. Roel Funcken – Martyrz
22. Meat Beat Manifesto – Less
23. Emalkay – When I Look at You
24. Starkey – Rain City
25. Tom Encore – Jig
26. Datsik – Retreat (Elite Force Remix)
27. Excision & Datsik – Calypso (Elite Force Remix)
28. Noisia – Machine Gun

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It’s been a great year for DJ/producer Nosaj Thing, aka Jason Chung. He released an extremely successful debut album which made numerous top albums of 2009 lists, toured the world with an innovative audio/visual set, was nominated for best new electronic artist in the URB 2009 Reader’s Poll and has remixed tracks by some of this years’ top artists.

His most recent remixes are Drake’s “Forever,” The XX’s “Islands,” and Charlotte Gainsbourg’s “Heaven Can Wait.” Other artists remixed by Nosaj include Flying Lotus, Nalepa, Freeland and Blank Blue.

Check nosajthing.com for news, videos and upcoming tour dates. Visit iTunes to download Drift and remixes.

MP3 1: Drake – Forever (Nosaj Thing Remix)
MP3 2: The XX – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)
MP3 3: Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait (Nosaj Thing Remix)

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The Electronic Heart is the latest EP from producer/video artist Pierce Warnecke. It’s a 6-track electro-glitch feast for the senses. As the title suggests, there’s a good balance between organic and synthetic properties here. The music is almost entirely made from distorted synth sounds but the arrangements are incredibly sophisticated and human. The EP starts off with a straightforward lo-fi electro track—but as it progresses, the beats become more fragmented and unexpected. In “The Art of Error,” sounds are skipping, splitting and regenerating into new forms—creating the perfect soundtrack to a cellular-level science video.

Warnecke is incredibly successful at making everything sound machinelike. Hi-hats sound like hydraulic pumps, pads sound like electrical surges and the beats pump, pulse, tick, breathe, repeat, spin, click and power down. In “Excision of the Heart,” a robot voice repeats “H. E. A. R. T.,” while synth arpeggiations mimic an internal body process reacting to the removal of a human heart. Things begin to spiral out of control by the final track, “RnBeast,” which is chock full of millisecond samples and florescent rainbow-style synth riffs. If this EP were to represent the health of a patient during medical procedures, they would have definitely died by the end. It’s safe to say they didn’t go without a fight.  ~ tom

To view Warnecke’s experimental video projects, check out www.vimeo.com/user1185399. To purchase or sample more of The Electronic Heart, visit iTunes or BEE Records.

MP3 1: Pierce Warnecke – Used Romamtricks
MP3 2: Pierce Warnecke – Excision of the Heart

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In order to keep Sawtooth.fm up and running, I’m going to need some help from you guys. Between a full time job, searching for new music and promoting Sawtooth, there’s little time left for researching artists and writing reviews. I’m looking for some creative people to submit reviews for tech/house, experimental, pop, breakbeat, IDM and dubstep electronic music. Since I’m not making any money, I can’t offer you any— but I can offer you free music. I’ll either find it or buy it for you so that you can write the reviews. This can be a way to contribute to a growing community, have your voice heard and get free awesome new music. The ideal people would be able to write 2-3 reviews a week. If you’re down, send a message to info[@]sawtooth.fm

I’ll leave you with a sick track from Vibesquad (aka Aaron Holstein). “Gauntlets” is a nasty psychedelic bass groove off of the 2008 full length album, Dawn Patrol. If you dig this, also check out Kilowatts, Tipper, Bassnectar and Joker.

MP3: Vibesquad – Gauntlets

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TV on the Radio’s latest release, Read Silence, is a follow-up remix EP to Dear Science. All three of the remixes are great, but the one that stands out the most is “Red Dress (The Glitch Mob Remix).” The Glitch Mob, up until recently, was comprised of DJs edIT (Edward Ma), Kraddy (Mathew Kratz), Boreta (Justin Boreta) and Ooah (Josh Mayer), who had decided to link up after repeatedly playing the same venues throughout California. Together, they performed tag-team-style sets with all four DJs on stage at the same time. Since 2008, they’ve been producing some of the sickest electronic, glitch and futuristic hip-hop tracks and remixed some of the most talented electronic and hip-hop artists. Mathew Kratz recently split from the group due to creative differences but will still be producing new music under “Kraddy.”

The other tracks on Read Silence are “Shout Me Out (Willie Isz Remix by Jneiro Jarel)” and “Stork & Owl (Gang Gang Dance Remix).” Both take the songs to new heights without compromising TV on the Radio’s signature sound. You can listen to more samples from Read Silence now on iTunes.

MP3: TV on the Radio – Red Dress (The Glitch Mob Remix)

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Chris Clark’s new album, Totems Flare, was released today and the sound is huge! My first listen was on my iMac speakers. My second, on my car stereo and my third on my crystal clear Mackie HR-624’s. I do this so that I don’t pay too much attention to the production right off the bat. Now that I’ve heard it all the way through about four times, I can honestly say that this album rocks. The synths on the opening track, “Outside Plume,” are so freakin’ thick. It’s a great introduction to the album single, “Growls Garden.” The break in the middle of “GG” is one of baddest things I’ve heard all year. Big up, Clark!

Although the album seems predominantly digital, it feels human. It sounds like the future of the past. Beats are missed, pitches slip and notes get dropped. The best example of this is in the seventh track, “Future Daniel.” If you’ve ever tried playing chords with a monophonic synth patch, you’d understand. There’s something special in every track—the beginning of “Luxman Furs”—the end of “Totem Crackerjack”—there’s a lot of cool shit going on here.

Clark apparently had an extremely hard time narrowing down 30 tracks that he had originally recorded for the album. I’d love to hear the tunes that didn’t make the cut. My only complaint with Totems Flare is that I can’t play it really loud because of the overwhelming distortion. Those of us with tinnitus have to be careful.

If you dig it, check out Boxcutter, Autechre, Venetian Snares, AFX and Telefon Tel Aviv. If I’ve left some key artists out, leave a comment. Totems Flare is available now from bleep.com and iTunes.

MP3: Clark – Growls Garden

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