Total Vibration

Hi. I'm Lars Gotrich. I do a lot of things for NPR Music. I enjoy metal, fun-killer noise, effusively joyful pop music and beer. Sometimes I make mixtapes as DJ Gold Locks.
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Keith Fullerton Whitman is consciously making beat music again! This makes me inexplicably happy.

[TMT]

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Shady Blaze,
The 5th Chapter

Your favorite Green Ova fast rapper and mine, Shady Blaze, just dropped a new mixtape. Day’s better now.

Love how The-Dream brings everyone down to his sad bastard R&B level.

After engaging so deeply with Glenn Jones’ stunning new record — this here’s the latest video, a banjo ditty with Laura Baird — I think it’s finally time to watch his Things We Used to Do DVD with Jack Rose. It’s been sitting on my shelf a few years now and I haven’t been able to bring myself to it, yet. Still get choked up thinking about the Philly tribute show that featured some clips way before the thing came out.

I have some busy weeks ahead, but one night, it’ll be me, the DVD and a bottle of whiskey.

Hey-o. I’m a Fan Spotlight on Bandcamp today! Scroll down a lil bit on the main page for some Makthaverskan, High Spirits and unreleased Smoke.

Diggin’ hard on Max D’s super minimal techno-funk as Dolo Percussion.

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Aaron Dilloway,
Infinite Lucifer

Whaaaa I didn’t know Hanson Records was on Bandcamp. Here’s a free download of Aaron Dilloway’s whirring Infinite Lucifer LP, which mangles sound from the original Lucifer Rising soundtrack.

Roasted asparagus, sausages, eggs sunny-side up on toast, London tea, Starflyer 59- Everybody Makes Mistakes

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Dynatron,
Flashbacks - EP

Aphasia Records alert! Best ’80s-style synth label with another primo release, this one from Dynatron and featuring a helluva lot more far-away glance guitar solos.

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Art Melody,
Wogdog Blues

Good God, that backline, that Burkina Faso MC that spits fire-daggers. You have my full attention, Art Melody.