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Name: Nixego
Home Page: http://www.nixego.net
Member Since: Sep 24, 2006
Rank: 58
Rated 1039 releases, average: 4.31
Location: Canada
Profile: I'm an eclectic music lover. If it's creative or the production is innovative, I will enjoy it. I'm interested in how music styles were developed and produced, along with the tales of music's ancestry.

I was about 13 when the infamous Napster was launched. Being a naive little boy I thought the music on the radio was the only music that ever existed. With no music mentor to follow, I started downloading random songs, one of the first being that of DJ Shadow. "What a stupid name for a DJ," I thought. Man, has my life changed since.

My true love is instrumental hip hop along with leftfield and IDM. Ninja Tune, Warp, and Anticon labels were my staple for a long time, and still are. However, I explore anything from jazz to goa, dubstep to indie rock, and everything inbetween and surrounding (breakbeat, drum 'n bass, house, techno, trip hop, golden age hip hop, dub, Neil Young, funk/soul, Radiohead). Right now I'm obsessed with Tech House, and actually pretty much anything to come out of Germany and Detroit.

The big business music industry is atrocious, to say the least. Amongst my many annoyances; shitty content, condescending, mind-numbing adverts, and lack of diversity - to top it all off is the 'Loudness War':

"You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious, they have sound all over them. There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like – static."
- Bob Dylan

"There's a line in Karma Police about he buzzes like a fridge. And to me, when you're driving around in America and you have the alternative stations on in the background or in your hotel room or whatever; and it's just like a fridge buzzing. That's all I'm hearing. I'm just hearing buzz. It's really odd. It's kind of funny though really. You just have to laugh."
- Thom Yorke

A real pity. Radio - A medium destroyed by the greed of man and his ego. Long live pirate radio! Support your local underground scene. I hate it when people declare a genre to be "dead". This is a lazy comment - you're just not looking hard enough. And what's a genre, anyways?

I've been experimenting with production of my own under the alias Nixego since 2004. Call it sampledelic, experimental hip hop, I dunno. If you want to listen to something really different visit my website for free albums: http://www.nixego.net

See also:

http://www.myspace.com/nixego
http://www.myspace.com/walmartian

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."
- Anon.


Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (2 ratings)

Reviews:

Hubble (3)Mike Wall & Coffee Boy, The - We Are Orphik Pt I - 13-Jul-09 02:04 PM
Alright so Ive been listening, stoned, to loads of techno tracks this afternoon (yes its a good day) and this one convinced me to sit down and write the first review ive done for quite some time - its that frakkin good.

The production is, well; it sounds full and cavernous. But groooovy. Deep grooves that could cut through tectonic plates and cause earthquakes.

From the trippy vocals and sheep-samples of the circular journey that is Hubbles Ltd001, to the numerous yet subtle changeups of Walls and Coffee Boys - Consult Your Doctor, (my two favorite tracks) this release provides fulfillment to the ears beat-n-groove meisters.

I can imagine this release sounding very very good on a bangin soundsystem.

Similar artists - Format:B, Anton Pieete

Murcof - Remembranza - 11-Dec-08 11:27 PM
The album begins with a long introed Recuerdos that eventually breaks out into groovy beat. But I love how Murcof keeps the rhythmic track in the back while the pound of the piano hammer in the low end and reverb-drenched high keys take precedence in the aural space. This places heavy emphasis on the mood of the track - markedly sinister. Love it.

After this I think the album lulls a bit with the next few tracks, which focus more on ambience, until Reflejo, a track that carefully builds until it spills over into a progression with a sense of imminence. In terms of overall album, things are up and moving once again.

Rios has an addictive rhythm that contains tonal elements, helping the track build its melody along with the strings and once-again-present high, rustic, reverb-laden keys (they certainly give that "old attic" feeling). The track progresses into a breakbeat of sorts that lets off finally with a swan song from the strings.

Camino. Man I love this track (I seem to like all the evil tracks). The staccato notes and the fast clicky little hi-hat are perfect. The call and response between the violin and bassline conjure the image of a stealthy assassin relocating here and there between dark alcoves under the street lights, enclosing in on his prey.

Thank you Murcof for these amazing soundscapes.

Murcof - Martes - 11-Dec-08 07:51 PM
"Unison" is a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece. Its a sustained drone of cosmic reverberation overlaid with a nimble beat that has a rhythmic capability much greater than its perceived volume would make you believe.

Actually, this is true for most of the pieces on this album (ie Mir) and is a sign of true mastery on Murcofs behalf.

"Martes" is a great album to put on while studying/reading as background music but can be equally experienced 1-on-1 via stereo headset without boredom whatsoever. The beats are complex, the arrangements are dynamic, and the rhythm I just cant stress enough - it really swings.

This would be a great way to introduce your parents to some electronica - well produced, clever, sophisticated, humble, classic.

Matador (6) - Red - 16-Sep-08 11:08 PM
The first Ive heard of this label - what a pleasure! Sona takes the cake on this one. This track drills really really deep into unknown depths with wobble and tremor. Delicious.

For some reason Red just doesnt do it for me. I think its simply in the arrangement but may also be due to the lack of a changeup I fancy. I enjoy the first half of the tune ok. Theres a lot of 8-bit sounding pitch bends - hit and miss with my ears.

Starlight Mints - Built On Squares - 21-Jun-08 12:59 AM
I heard about Starlight Mints from my "indie friend" (we all have one, right?) I dabble only a bit in the indie stuff, so for me to write a review on this album says a lot about the impression it left on me.

While listening to the tracks you feel as though many of rocks best influences are contained within them - and then some. This album develops rock further not by being experimentally exotic (as is most often the case nowadays IMHO), but by the creative, yet ultimately precise details in the arrangements, songwriting, and timbre of the music. This music is simply genuine; a breath of fresh air from the malaise we may hear on the radio.

Only a very talented band can execute song with such control as Starlight Mints on Built on Squares. Muchly recommended .

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