CORDOVAN MUSIC RECORDINGS is dedicated to exclusive new artist releases from Cordovan, Gregory Reeves, Gsub, and upcoming new artists like Van Scotti and Shrouds. Electronic, soul, dance, dub, ambient, experimental, and more. Available everywhere, from iTunes, to Juno U.K. and beyond.
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Recent reviews:
GSUB-All I Want - ”All I Want”: New from Californian label Cordovan, GSUB drops jewels on this rough ‘n’ tough tropical-garage number. With tightly looped sub-chords keeping everything driving on the low-end, GSUB unleashes an incredible set of percussion hits over the top that’ll make producers everywhere slack-jawed with envy and confusion. Add to that a casual but affecting vocal hook and you have one hell of a tune! Whistla takes “All I Want” to a much darker place with a re-vocalled mix, while Cali-dubstep producer Oicho arranges an eerie half-step with the stems – two nice alternatives to round off a very cool release.” Juno UK 2011
GSUB-Hudu – “”Hudu” is a sleek UKF/grime banger that will seriously get under your skin despite its relative simplicity. After introducing itself with some tropical snares and tight bass hits, it breaks into a zombified Eastern horn riff which sets about transforming the tune. With the percussion handled just right with Roska-esque clarity, there’s little not to love about the original, radio mix and dub versions that make up this very tasty single.” Juno UK 2011
BRUTAL JOOKS “BELIEVER” – Brutal Jooks are a band from Los Angeles and that’s really about all I can tell you about the band. Seriously, even with three-quarter assed googling I haven’t been able to find shit about these guys beyond their Bandcamp. I did manage to find a cartoon of a man with a penis for a nose, which made me chuckle, so all is not lost.
So yeah, music right? Brutal Jukes debut album “Believer” can be pretty summed up as southern garage rock, with some blues and maybe some folk possibly some punk, but that’s all. Kinda. The entire production and finish screams DIY garage rock, while the riffs conjure images similar to the album cover, barren desert and endless sand. Then you start to feel some pop melodies and even a bit of punk styled progression, but as mixed up as it sounds, it all really works out quite well.
The songs are short little bursts, with ample use of slide guitar, little organ and just a pinch of harmonica for good measure. Almost as if you transplanted a UK band from the golden era of garage punk into a suburb in Nevada and waited to see what would saunter out. Everything is upbeat and suitably catchy while still retaining just a touch of southern swagger. It’s the musical coyote, cut down and simple but not sure if it should be a full out southern wolf or comfortable farm dog.
All in all it’s an extremely pleasing hybrid of garage, pop and southern flavors which results in a burrito complex. It may not look tasty all slopped out on the tortilla, but once you’ve got that thing wrapped up and past the lips, it’s all downhill. So stop reading already and go get yourself a musical burrito – Church of the Riff
