DJ /Rupture

I keep hearing about him, and people claiming he has critical acclaim? I think I checked out one of his older albums and was less than pleased with it, I just tried out Uproot and it's ok, but it feels like he's trying way too hard to mix a bunch of genres together and because of this is just kind of falls flat/is dull. So does watmm like /rupture? I feel like I haven't heard much discussion about him around here.

not my jam.

I have listened to Uproot, I agree that it falls flat but there are some highlights. Homeboys>>>into>>>Too Much.

Gold Teeth Thief, Shotgun Wedding Vol.1 ==fucking good stuff

Special Watermelon, Little More Oil 12" ==also pretty decent.

Can't comment on uproot, haven't given it a spin yet.

My personal favorite however, is Minesweeper Suite.

I love Uproot but I dont really care much for his older mixes. I find that in his older mixes, he is trying to mix way too many things at the same time and everything just clashes and sounds fucked up. Uproot on the other hand is more "cleaner" and the whole mix has an amazing flow.

Gold Teeth Thief is one of my favorite sets he's done. Although I agree Uproot flows a lot more than his previous stuff, I kinda like that erratic aspect to his mixes. People should check out his Mudd Up! shows on WMFU. I've been exposed to a shit-load of new music (from all over the world) through his sets. Only seen him dj live once but he tore the fucking club up.

Also, the stuff he releases under the name Nettle is the bees knees.

I loved Gold Teeth Thief, and it was free mix anyway. It was sloppy breakcore/jungle for the most part but the second half had some random but effective tracks, including Muslimguaze and Ladysmith Black Mamboza.

His blog is interesting and informative, he's a huge world pop music crate-digger and has an obsession with middle eastern, African, and S. American pop and traditional music. I dunno, I respect him a lot more than M.I.A. in regards to promoting "3rd world" music and culture...that and a few years ago he ripped apart pitchforkmedia when made fun of some remix he did before it was even released. They since have started reviewing his stuff with high regard, which I think deserves props on his end.

MIA's music is more political though, and having been in sri lanka during its civil war makes her promoting "3rd world" culture and music a lot more relevant. Not a huge M.I.A. fan, but as far as somebody who thinks DJ /Rupture's eclectic style is too muddy and erratic, I think M.I.A. does it better, and with reason. I would like to hear Uproot though, especially if it's less all over the place.

what's with dj's using battle mode on their tt's? do all of them really scratch? is this hip?

  On 10/25/2009 at 1:52 AM, KY said:

MIA's music is more political though, and having been in sri lanka during its civil war makes her promoting "3rd world" culture and music a lot more relevant. Not a huge M.I.A. fan, but as far as somebody who thinks DJ /Rupture's eclectic style is too muddy and erratic, I think M.I.A. does it better, and with reason. I would like to hear Uproot though, especially if it's less all over the place.

Uproot is way less chaotic and a nice change in his style but nothing as poppy as Kala. And of course his stuff will never be as accessible as M.I.A. I can't stand her personally because she's full of shit for a plethora of reasons BUT I did like Arular and her singles are catchy as hell: reggae-esque toasting over a 808 beat and flipped Clash sample is a lot more appealing than obscure middle eastern pop and breakcore mash-ups.

  On 10/25/2009 at 2:14 AM, yek said:

what's with dj's using battle mode on their tt's? do all of them really scratch? is this hip?

it´s all about space

I liked his mix set for Resonance FM, not meaning the Resonance FM Post Election Mix from 2004 but the other one...

special gunpowder is my favorite by him, is that the only proper album he's done thats not just a bunch of mixes/mashups?

  On 10/26/2009 at 12:07 AM, Awepittance said:

special gunpowder is my favorite by him, is that the only proper album he's done thats not just a bunch of mixes/mashups?

The short answer is yes. Everything else is a mix or collaboration. Couple EPs for spec. gunpowder as well.

DJ RUPTURE!

DJ Rupture and Matt Shadetek 'Solar Life Raft'

Solar Life Raft

Crafting mixes and whatnot is truly an art, but I never tend to get all that excited about people that are "tastemakers" or mainly play music by others...

  On 10/25/2009 at 2:14 AM, yek said:

what's with dj's using battle mode on their tt's? do all of them really scratch? is this hip?

not everybody's table is long enough

Haven't heard his other stuff but I love uproot, a couple of tracks tire me a little bit and I tend to skip them but for the most part its a really interesting mix. He's definitely got a lot of talent and a great ear

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DJ /rupture is releasing virtually all of his mixes, including his commercially released mix albums, from the last decade. He also included a link to his archive of broadasts at WMFU. It's free though an optional donation link is on the page. Basically everything but his solo album Special Gunpowder and a collaboration he did with Andy Moor.

Sweet!

Cool, never heard Gold Teeth Thief before, although I have heard of it. Good stuff!

Wow, he manages to come off as quite the arrogant prick in that first paragraph alone... good for him. I had no idea we're all supposedly listening to breakcore again.

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The best place to begin is 2001′s game-changing live 3-turntable mix, Gold Teeth Thief. This influenced A LOT of people & opened many ears; over a decade later, the world sounds a lot more like I was hearing/blending it back then.

lol yeah. I thought that was written by someone else for some reason but coming from him that is quite arrogant. Maybe he is attempting to engage in some hip-hop-style good-natured chest-puffing hubris? It definitely doesn't sound ironic.

Oh well, I am enjoying this mix.

Any hard to quantify statement like that will always come off a bit arrogant. I'm guessing he means dj-ing from very disparate genres of music in a chaotic way? Although, I have to admit that's one of the things that initially drew me to his music/sets and separated him from most other djs. I'm sure there was someone out there doing something similar that I just wasn't privy to, though.

It was arrogant but true. I help some friends put together a best releases of the 2000s list and lobbied hard for Gold Thief Mix. It really is one of the most prophetic mixes I've ever heard. In fact it was made just weeks before 9/11 and he literally has a track called "Taliban" by Muslimgauze towards the end of it. The last decade has seen more globalized music seep into Western pop music than any before it.

He was spinning and producing breakcore years ago, he stopped making it like everyone else, and honestly it was just a small part of his sound. I followed his blog for years (in fact, it's one of the first places I heard dubstep back in 2006/2007) and he was writing about and sharing a plethora of older and newer world music - whether it be pop, folk, club/dance, etc. He'd share mp3s of genres that producers like Diplo or anyone in the UK bass scene would literally be sampling and remixing years later. He's very intelligent and knowledgeable even to the point of it being snobby, but he's a talented DJ. There's some cool stuff on that page.