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Eat Concrete Radio | March 2008
Published: 21 March 2008
Duration: 1:34:51
Website: www.eatconcrete.net
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Cat. No: EAT008
Artist: Take
Title: The Dirty Decibels of Thomas Two Thousand
Format: 12" vinyl EP
Release Date: February 28th 2008
TAKE - The Dirty Decibels of Thomas 2000 - SELECTION
" Take brings to the stage his alter ego Thomas 2000. "The Dirty Decibels of Thomas Two Thousand" is a fat eight tracked 12" EP featuring refined, detailed artwork by Kutmah (Dublab) and an unbelievable remix by Dimlite (Sonar Kolletiv).
Take gets heavier on the beats, vocals and sampling and strikes a less serious tone with his Thomas 2000 alter ego. "The Dirty Decibels of Thomas Two Thousand" is a laid back and fun record. He has one of the liveliest sounds in new leftfield hiphop and experimental beats. Whether it’s like on his album "Earthtones & Concrete", cohesive and composed, or in the more lighthearted manner of this Thomas 2000, his music always seems to come together in the most natural way...
Take featured on "Twin Earth Atlantic", Eat Concrete’s second full length released earlier this year and ever since there’s been talk of further collaboration. We’re happy to announce that "The Dirty Decibels..." is preceding a full length by Take coming out later this year (2008). "
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Label Info
Eat Concrete is a diverse and dynamic music label, firmly rooted in the Dutch electronic music scene. The record label was founded as a means of releasing our own music in a much wider and more open environment than offered by established labels and other music media. In 2005 the name Eat Concrete was first used for giving out mixes and recordings and as the name for a radioshow hosted by Pete Concrete, founder of the label. Early 2006 the first records were released, built up from material by friends and like minded artists, most of them involved in music for many years. Backed up by those interested in and related to us, the Eat Concrete network grew out into a musical platform, independent and open minded.
Many recordlabels try to establish themselves by maintaining an image or profile. Eat Concrete aspires to let go of this framed state of mind and preserve an openness in it’s approach to releasing music. This doesn’t mean anything goes, or that Eat Concrete is oblivious to it’s time and it’s spirit. It means that, rather than a signature style or profile, EC practices a sense of quality and integrity.
A recordlabel that looks beyond commercial goals and standards gains the freedom to experiment with music, reinvent itself and be truly progressive. Around the time of this writing Eat Concrete has released around fifty tracks in over a dozen different genres. In little more than two years Eat Concrete has explored a vast spectrum of music and, with it, created a breeding ground for future works to deepen, firm and shape Eat Concrete’s qualities as a music label.
Reviews
NUFFSTYLEE about ’Take - The Dirty Decibels of Thomas 2000 ’
"Eat Concrete serve up one of the most genre-shifting releases in ages (!) with the well quoted beat head and LA resident Take’s ‘Dirty Decibels Of Thomas Two Thousand’. This nine tracker fuses the best of deep beat electronica (a la Dublab mode) and prime time hip hop club bangers (think Flying Lotus, Heralds Of Change, Rustie, etc); skillfully laced with everything from Bollywood to neu rave and hyphy to orchestral harp music. Having recorded for labels as diverse as Buttermilk, Poobah, Swedish Brandy and Astro Lab, along with remixes of artists like Daedelus, Caural and Rednose Distrikt there should be no doubt in your mind the calibre of weapon we are talking about here…This is Magnum Force devastation for the decibel scale! Cop now!!"
AUDIVERSITY about ’Take - The Dirty Decibels of Thomas 2000 ’
"Fortunately for us, the nine songs that form both sides turned out as strongly as any recent Ninja Tune or Mo’ Wax release.(..)
The product is a smart slab of vinyl that might ironically hold some of his finest work.(..)"
3 BAR FIRE about ’Take - The Dirty Decibels of Thomas 2000 ’
"Eat Concrete are on some other shit with ‘Dirty Decibels…’ for sure. It would however, be easy to lump this release into that post Dilla, slightly out of sync snare scene that permeates so called ‘left field’ hip hop quit a bit these days, but, and it’s a big but, the levels and layers of sound and quality of the production keep the ear bound to the intricacies for the duration… "
TEXTURA about ’Take - The Dirty Decibels of Thomas 2000’
"(..)The ingredients may be familiar but what Take produces with them is tasty indeed, and though the tracks are short (many in the two-minute range) he makes every second count. Though heavily-detailed, his material never breaks down and collapses into noise or excess but always perpetuates a smooth flow that exemplifies his deft touch. "
WARP RECORDS about ’V.A. - Twin Earth Atlantic’
"Excellent double album of forward thinking music from across the world (..) The music on here is great, an indicator of interesting times in electronic music, a post i.d.m take on hip hop and house and techno that lets go of some of the more navel gazing aspects of electronic music production to come up with tracks that work at slower paces, have more melodic instincts, keep warm and fresh but are still pushing the production envelope."
FATCITY RECORDS about ’V.A. - Twin Earth Atlantic’
"(..) there’s interesting and beautiful music here that will appeal to hip hop headnodders and daring cutting edge soul purveyors. (..)"
BOOMKAT about ’V.A. - Twin Earth Atlantic’
"Eat Concrete have put together something of the dream compilation for Dabrye fans everywhere. (..) Each of the tracks here has been expertly produced and beautifully cut to wax for total dancefloor destruction (..)"
NUFFSTYLEE about ’V.A. - Twin Earth Atlantic’
"‘Twin Earth Atlantic’ is a beautiful compilation of leftfield electronics, abstract beats and experimental hip hop from the Dutch Eat Concrete label, compiled with tracks spewed out of the machines of a handful of underground music’s most creative producers and well known ‘edge’ ambassadors (..) A definite must cop for fans of Plug Research, Dublab and Beat Dimensions (..)"
BOOMKAT about ’V.A. - New Deal’
"(..) for a while electro seemed to get lost in the dark and digital world, wheras ’New Deal’ has the kind of vintage squelch that deep down we’re ALL after."
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