Category: Malty Media

Malty Media – Buk Buk Buk EP {mtk214}

Artist: Malty Media
Title: Buk Buk Buk EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk214
Release Date: 2009/12/06

Malty Media is, of course, previous Monotonik releaser Aquaboogie and long-time veteran idm artist Jet Jaguar, creators of the ‘Bracken Bed’ EP on the label a while back, and they kick off the final set of MTK releases with this fine piece of frippery.

The New Zealand-based group’s style is best described as ‘whimsical Orb-like soundscapes with an Antipodean twist’, perhaps, and these four-track pulses through gently chicken-clucking debut track ‘Chook Nocturne’, before settling on gently glowing tracks like ‘See To Her’.

It all ends up with the practically funky ‘My Little Aircraft’, and all goes to show that sampling, while a little silly, is never bad for your health. Good health to you, Malty Media!

Tracklist:
01 – Chook Nocturne
02 – Hilbert Space
03 – See To Her
04 – Butcher
05 – My Little Aircraft

Artwork:
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Malty Media – Bracken Bed EP {mtk189}

Artist: Malty Media
Title: Bracken Bed EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk189
Release Date: 2007/08/18

There’s nothing like a little collaboration, and in this case, it’s thanks to a couple of dangerous New Zealand natives – previous Monotonik releaser Aquaboogie and long-time electronic musician and Japanese resident Jet Jaguar.

They’ve kindly formed the special duo named Malty Media (I believe they played some shows together in Japan earlier this year), and this nostalgic 4-track EP plays off childhood memories of TV shows and advertising in their native land, with odd samples and strange angles throughout, almost like a much more surreal, Antipodean version of The Orb.

But what exactly do we have? Well, the title track, ‘Bracken Bed’, is all dub and squeak and extremely odd samples, before ‘Flakiest’ weaves in a little bit of subtle drum and bass across a chocolate commercial that echoes childhood thoughts. Then we have ‘Twiki’, which sneaks in a sci-fi robot beep or two, before we end out with the positively serene ‘Goodnight Kiwi (Beyond The Infinite Mix)’, possibly the Orb-iest of them all, with sped up and slowed down themes and chirp dub wonders galore.

(Watch out for a solo Jet Jaguar EP on Monotonik later this year, too, following his earlier LPs for Involve and Capital Recordings.)

Credits:
pic by h0l

Tracklist:
01 – Bracken Bed
02 – Flakiest
03 – Twiki
04 – Goodnight Kiwi (Beyond The Infinite Mix)

Artwork:
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