1000names – Paradise Rings

The men, Casio Blaster, 99 Mistakes are from Sofia, Bulgaria and called 1000names and are about to release a green 10 inch on the famous Black Acre label, home of another friend Akira Kiteshi! We know the 1000names from their great releases on Eklektik and their performance at LowridersDropp last year. They have a certain view on hip hop and making beats that's fresh and original. The debut on Black Acre is no different. The tracks inspiration seems to come from  70ies S-F movies and early 80ies disco and are created around 8bit mayhem, movies samples, stuttering beats, shifting patterns and stunning basslines. Other then the Skweee people their sound-output not electro but hip hop based, the opposite direction from the same roots. Paradise Rings is using cheesy pitched samples over a pushy straight beat which reminds me why I used to be a 4x4 hater but then immediatly everything shifts accept the straight beat which keeps you to the floor because everything else is shifting in a timemachine vortex. On Saturn Race 1000names uses film samples, 8bit loops, and some really nice hand claps (I love those). The built up of the track is strong, makes you nod and nod and nod. Cloud some one please close that airlock.... Paradise Rings [audio: http://www.lowriderscollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/A_Paradise-Rings-snippet.mp3] Saturn Race [audio: http://www.lowriderscollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/B_Saturn-Race-snippet.mp3]