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The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need, Vol. 1
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About The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need, Vol. 1
This is a fabulous compilation of squiggly, squirmy, and arty post-everything electronic music. It's weirdly accessible, decidedly futuristic stuff, though sonically and BPM-wise, it's located closer to the chill-out room than the dance floor. Like "click-hop," "blip-hop" is one of those goofy record-collector terms that no one really uses, and the closest this music gets to hip-hop is that the two terms sound alike. Compiled by David Byrne and Yale Evelev, the disc snags some of the best recent recordings by a host of big names from the more krautrock-y (Mouse on Mars, To Rococo Rot) and dubby (Pole, Pickadelic) ends of the esoteric dance spectrum. There are lots of undulating blips and bleeps here, but this is not your dad's techno. It's a weirdly organic, imaginative music, where you never quite know what's going to come next. Cartoon sound effects, bizarre human beatbox sounds, and farty synth squelches give way to gorgeous textures and subtle melodies perched atop a clatter of mechanistic, humming tones. It's a gorgeous late-night mix tape. --Mike McGonigal
