Sputnik Beats

Ghostly International just released a free instrumental hip hop EP by Brooklyn’s own Mux Mool called Viking Funeral. It’s a promo of his also recently released single, Lady Linda, which itself is a promo of Mool’s upcoming full length, Skulltaste. (Did we even get all that right?)

The track featured here, from the EP, is a good example of the disco downbeat popular with Brooklyn beatmakers like homeboy, Eliot Lipp and Machinedrum. It’s full glittering melodies, fuzzy bass and a doors of perception keyboard solo. With full bravado, the rhythm hits the beat at the very last possible chance.

But the star of them all is “Hog Knuckles“, the B side on the single, with its meticulously layered melodies and richness of composition. Stuttering, chopped and repurposed guitar melodies lay the foundation on top of a wonky, wavering beat of clacking percussion and hollowed out bass kicks. Synths uttering melodic nonsensical computer speak and crushed keyboards flesh the rest out. Overall, it gives the impression that the song was the last drops of music squeezed out of a pile of discarded, yet recently valuable hardware. That’s the one you gotta buy. “Lady Linda”’s sputnik satellite styles and latch clasping percussion are actually available for free at RCRDLBL. Also, in case you missed it, Mux Mool’s most recent Moongadget effort “NAFE” was pretty good, so cop that too. (Photo by Tuftsmania.)