OUT NOW! Abstract Butta Fingas - Phantom Cloud LP (FILTER029)

OUT NOW! Abstract Butta Fingas - Phantom Cloud LP (FILTER029)

14 March, 2011 | 2.07AM

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Abstract Butta Fingas - Phantom Cloud LP (FILTER029)
Release date: March 14th, 2011
Genres: Electronica, Leftfield, Dubstep, Dub, Trip-Hop
For fans of: Flying Lotus, DJ Shadow, Prefuse 73

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Announced by the intriguing Origami Sketches EP, here comes the brand new album release by California’s favorite beat-crusher. After a madly successful 2010, which saw him deliver a constant stream of albums, EPs and club gigs, he built the experience in his most serious work to date. Phantom Cloud is a well rounded release, a journey in sound, showcasing ABF’s love for twisted beats and fat basslines. He approaches various genres (dubstep, leftfield and funk, to name a few), but not fittingly enough for them to claim him. And that is the true beauty of this album - it combines freedom of expression with wide accessibility. Could this mean Abstract Butta Fingas is ready to make the crossover to network radio? If the stations have taste, than the answer to that could only be yes.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

As though composing a varied and slow motion metropolis, its details emerging gradually from a haze of sodium vapor, its pastiche assembled anecdotally like a series of overlapping recollections, ABF’s tunes represent a distinct aural vision that is brooding and mischievous, both constructed and entropic. ABF’s work not only emphatically establishes a mood, but also carves out a sense of cognitive space, which further inspires a visual mind wandering, engaging the imagination in a three-dimensional experience.
As a student of architecture and with a particular interest in the relationship between spatial conception and sound ABF, née Mbela Endeley, approaches the crafting of his tunes with a focus on the space his sounds create. It was after studying architecture that Endeley first picked up an MPC, a device which could be described as a sonic construction tool, and began building tunes that combined the influence of his studies with a host of musical affinities that range from traditional African to contemporary grime and dubstep (along with the usual suspects you might find along this spectrum—hip hop, trip hop, dancehall, dub, blues, funk, jazz, electronica).
Also an experienced selector with regular stints at LA spots like The Royal, Little Temple, The Mountain Bar, Grand Starr Jazz Club, and Turntable Lab, ABF has also opened for Quantic, Carlos Mena and Fransisco Aguabella.

TRACKLISTING

01. Flirtatious Andromeda. 1m 25s
02. Yup. 2m 29s
03. The Iver Twist. 2m 16s
04. Bugcrusher 3D. 2m 46s
05. Toxic Fuckbots. 2m 5s
06. Hardline. 2m 19s
07. Dark Saeed. 4m 22s
08. Phantom Bounce Intermission. 1m 55s
09. LA Stereo. 1m 54s
10. Tenacious Throwback #3. 2m 3s
11. Love Connection Number 5. 2m 41s
12. FLUK. 2m 3s
13. Epic Proportions. 2m 23s
14. Bubba’s Gift. 1m 44s
15. Roach Hunt In Ashland. 2m 5s
16. Terror Drone 16. 2m 4s
17. Origami Sketches. 3m 29s
18. Supercomputer Luv. 2m 48s
19. Art Of Darkness. 2m 44s
20. Dragon Breath. 3m 12s
21. Freak Beatnick. 2m 37s

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