Preview: GROUNDISLAVA // Groundislava LP

Groundislava – Animal ft. Jake Weary by FoFMusic

 

Download Animal above.

GROUNDISLAVA’s dad animated and directed this, which is pretty damn legendary and was covered brilliantly by REEL BIG FISH.

 

GROUNDISLAVA is part of the Wedidit Collective (helmed by his old schoolmate Henry Laufer, better known as Shlohmo), a motley crew of beat nerds slowly emerging into the limelight.

 

Some blurb:

Groundislava takes old templates of 8 bit and chip-tune styles and turns them into worlds full of oozing, swirling melodies backed by driving drum beats, heavy bass drops and soaring vocal melodies in spots from vocalist Weary. Alongside the crop of up and coming worldwide electronic producers such as Shlohmo, Young Montana? and another former classmate Baths, Patterson is primed and ready to unleash his unique brand of woozy 8-bit composition.

Whereas much music that utilizes the 8 bit sound tends to feel fully mechanized and soulless, GIL injects heartfelt harmonies and melodies that demand attention – “Final Impasse” and “One For Her” will surely make you stop in your tracks and listen up.  Elsewhere, Wedidit cohorts Jon Wayne and Shlohmo stop by for the track “Shlava,” with Wayne delivering super on point and off the cuff raps on top of Jasper’s laid-back video game beat vibes. Another early favorite is the sinister and downtempo “Animal,” featuring Weary’s dark and twisted croons.

 

Out 19th April 2011 through Friends of Friends. Plans are afoot for a split cassette with Shlomo in the summer.

 

 

 

LP TRACKLIST

1. Pregaming The Rapture

2. Panorama ft. Jake Weary

3. A Grass Day

4. Young Lava

5. Final Impasse

6. The Dig (Digital + 7″ only)

7. Animal ft. Jake Weary

8. Shlava ft. Shlohmo & JonWayne

9. Stealth River Mission

10. New Flesh (Digital only)

11. Gravity Hoarding ft. Jake Weary

12. One For Her

13. Animal (Young Montana? remix) (Digital only)

14. Panorama (Clive Tanaka y Beaunoise remix) (Digital + 7

 

 

Unbelievably he’s only twenty years old, a full ten years behind where I would have placed him given his 8-bit tendencies.