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Jonwayne - Bowser [Alpha Pup Records] {2011}
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Jonwayne - Bowser
Label: Alpha Pup Records
Release Date: Apr-19-2011
Bowser is a mind-wrecking glimpse into the future of beats by affable newcomer Jonwayne, a talented rapper/producer whose music has been burning up the Los Angeles underground.
A virtual dream world emerges onto a monstrous landscape of demented beats and deft harmonies. At times lighthearted, often dark and sinister, and always squeezing emotion out through its knuckles, Bowser is a nearly sample-free adaptation of the video game aesthetic that crushes skulls with the weight of its bass.
Inspired by the real sense of danger in childhood boss battles, Bowser captures the suspense of knowing that the fate of entire kingdoms may depend on the next button pressed. In such tension-filled situations the senses are heightened and attention becomes focused; this is where Bowser can be found.
1. Intro
2. Andrew
3. Darwing
4. Time Trial
5. Trilla G
6. Dreamland
7. Featuring Mndsgn
8. Bowser I (Sigma Head)
9. Crumbled Luna
10. Beady Bablo
11. Bowser II
12. White Specks in a Black Cloud
13. 1 for Wily
14. Mario is Missing
15. Longest Night
16. Progstep
17. Tomato Purge
18. Be Honest
19. Outro |
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I'll put it to you this way, I like this enough to break my "I really only show up to post mixes anymore" credo.
The description says it all. Put together better than the vast majority of chiptune sounding stuff out there, well worth a listen for many of you I'm sure. |
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| quote: | Bowser by Jonwayne is a trippy beat album that might render you drunk. You might become cross eyed. The beats resonate well with that feeling you get when you jump off a sky scrapper. That feeling in your stomach you get around the 5th floor, only you get that feeling in your ears. You don’t have to be a user of electro beats to appreciate this album.
An array of resonating bass driven tracks, layered over quick spastic melodies that fade in and out with subtle moments of lyrical drones, make it seem as though the album is coming in and out of consciousness. Case in point, “Andrew”, a track that borrows stylistically from Tipper’s vocals bends, made me laugh for no apparent reason. It plays with your head and builds anticipation for those subtle changes that make this album worth a full and attentive listen.
The melodies are very game-like; 8-bit runs for better or worse, but in the middle of it all you get a few lyrical treats. “You don’t want to with me,” is gritty soliloquy—a security blanket that the album wraps itself up in. Beyond these moments of word play, the beats demand more lyrical accompaniment. They demand to be ed with.
Jonwayne plays the emotional field, with moments of dark eulogy-esque tracks that shift in to lighthearted ones. While Bowser is nearly sample-free, it definitely sounds inspired by its 8-bit colleagues. The album is, after all, called Bowser, in homage to the biggest, baddest super boss of the same name.
Between this album and Jonwayne’s appearance on Groundislava’s recent self-titled debut—Alpha Pup Records is paving a yellow brick road toward an electro beat paradise—but you might just call it the Los Angeles underground. |
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