Awful Records (Ethereal, Keith Charles Spacebar, Father etc)

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:49 pm

I was put on to Ethereal's free 2011 album Abstractica by one of the Shabazz Palaces threads. Just recently came across Keith Charles' BeforeCommonEra.

For fans of Lil B, Shabazz Palaces, glitch-hop and to a lesser extent Count Bass D...

http://spacebar.bandcamp.com/album/beforecommonera" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Only listened to this once. So far so good.

http://supernatural.bandcamp.com/album/b-s-t-r-c-t-i-c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
23 songs, lots of skits, instros, a few misses in there, but on 2nd or 3rd listen I can dig it.

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Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:56 pm

That ethereal shit is pretty good.

He reminds me more of a rich man's Tyler the Creator than Lil B though.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:27 pm

can I get a link to the Shabazz Palaces thread???

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:33 pm

http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtop ... zz+palaces

http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtop ... zz+palaces

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:34 pm

Who makes the beats on this stuff? I love the vibe, I don't know how they're getting it to sound like it does, but it's got a unique quality to it. Beautiful music to do drugs to. After checking the vids Keith Charles really stood out because of his conversational flow, so I'm checking his album first and it's really fuckin' good so far.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:38 pm

Drugs are bad mmmkay. Uh, I think Ethereal does a lot of them (the beats). Not really sure though.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:41 pm

Guess I found an answer to my question, you can see the production credits below, looks like Ethereal and KeithCharles both produce, but Introspective Minds produced the majority. They're definitely all on the same tip though because the album's very cohesive. The Ethereal album is pretty sweet too, but the KeithCharles joint really impressed me. BlowinO's is the cut.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:04 pm

Here's a link to the Introspective Minds bandcamp that has all kinds of material- http://introspectiveminds.bandcamp.com/

I also found a link to a cool EP/mix they put out in '09- http://www.zshare.net/download/6825280751347a69/

There are remixes of Suicidal Thoughts and It Ain't Hard To Tell about halfway through that are

Lid · Post by **Lid** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:16 pm

i just want instrumentals... ethereal's raps are weak.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:30 pm

Just peep anything from my above post. Beats are insane, hard to believe there's not more of a buzz around these guys.

Lid · Post by **Lid** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:36 pm

also, is ethereal also optimus pikachu?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:20 am

Lid wrote:also, is ethereal also optimus pikachu?

yes

i like the ethereal a lot, aside from when he goes too far into dnb territory. abstractica is one of the best official debuts of the year i think. i like him more than the other dude actually

you guys should check out thier collabo album called 'watch the couch'

most of this shit is on steadybloggin

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:31 am

and at times

. inconsistent but something is there

on a sidenote i really wanted to like the shabazz palaces joint but butterfly's voice was too grating for me, gave it another listen randomly the other night, and it is awesome. don't know what i was thinking

i fucking LOVE this shit, butterfly over some fuckin anti-pop consortium with more rhythm and a tone change ass beat

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unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:47 am

drizzle wrote:i like the ethereal a lot, aside from when he goes too far into dnb territory. abstractica is one of the best official debuts of the year i think. i like him more than the other dude actually

you guys should check out thier collabo album called 'watch the couch'

most of this shit is on steadybloggin

I figured you would have blogged about this stuff, so I checked last night and found that Watch The Couch album, thanks. You really like Ethereal better than KeithCharles though? After listening a little more, while all the beats are crazy regardless of project, Ethereal comes off a little corny on the mic (calling himself the supervillain probably doesn't help his cause with me). While he may have more charisma that KeithCharles at this point, I think Charles is pretty clearly the better MC.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 3:46 pm

I agree that Keith Charles is far superior on the mic. Keeping in mind that drizzle is/was obsessed with Lil B I can understand why he'd like Ethereal more. People who are immediately dismissing Ethereal's rhymes should go back though. Like I said, it took a few listens for me to fully appreciate, not that he's ultra-advanced or anything, it's just that kind of style.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:31 pm

Im digging their music mos def, but I notice Etheral is kinda obssesed with Odd Future, He distinctively quotes and calls 2 members by name (Domo & Mike G.) i mean its obvious they may be an influence for his style.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:45 pm

drizzle wrote:you guys should check out thier collabo album called 'watch the couch'

http://superbuddah.bandcamp.com/album/watch-the-couch

Ill title.

The aliases are kind of riduclous: Superbuddah, Space God, Supervillain...

LameAim · Post by **LameAim** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:19 am

Stumbled across that KeithCharles album a while back, really liked it. Looking forward to listening to this Ethereal and Watch The Couch shit.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:39 pm

After several thoro listens, I can easily say that both Etheral and Spacebar's albums are dopeness. Some abstract vibes with a hint of consciousness in the lyrics. Im digging this shit alot. However, I did find Watch The Throne very underwhelming.

Is there any other shit from the Introspective Minds camp I should be up on? Cause these 2 cats impressed.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:37 pm

new old superbuddah track

http://www.steadybloggin.com/superbudda ... ar-church/

btw, this deserves it's onw thread that i will make one of these days, but if you like either or both of these guys you should check out rome fortune's voyeur ep

battlecatmeowstab212 · Sun May 27, 2012 2:25 pm

I'm late to this party, but that Spacebar record is some excellent Memorial Day weekend music. Any word on what he and Ethereal are doing next?

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Sun May 27, 2012 2:54 pm

more creative than the average rapper... but he's not no Jak Progresso

who I just discovered, and am

about

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:09 am

That "Church" song is butter.

battlecatmeowstab212 wrote:I'm late to this party, but that Spacebar record is some excellent Memorial Day weekend music. Any word on what he and Ethereal are doing next?

You should check out their affiliate Will. His too tapes are pretty good stuff with the similar Thumbs Up/Introspective Minds sound.

Stoned On Marta
http://justwill.bandcamp.com/album/stoned-on-marta

Stoned In A Stang
http://justwill.bandcamp.com/album/stoned-in-a-stang

Mindbender Futurama wrote:more creative than the average rapper... but he's not no Jak Progresso

who I just discovered, and am about

pestilence · Post by **pestilence** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:44 am

as far as weird atl rappers go... i don't think anyone is touching l dash.

but... i only have the 'blow my cartridge' tape and one or two random songs by him... i would like more.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Mon May 28, 2012 2:19 pm

Honestly I wouldn't even consider KeithCharles or Ethereal to be a weird type of artist.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Mon May 28, 2012 2:37 pm

Mindbender Futurama wrote:more creative than the average rapper... but he's not no Jak Progresso

who I just discovered, and am about

um, Jak is a completely different breed. he has to have his own thread. talk about random name dropping (which i'll do in my next point i'm making).

anyways, i dig what i'm hearing. whoever said that Odd Future influenced them, i can only see it a little bit. i put them more so in a group with Dom Kennedy or Pac Div before Odd Future.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:31 am

Keith Charles Spacebar dropped a previously shelved follow-up to Before Common Era, as well as a new EP 10/14.

http://spacebar.bandcamp.com/album/circa-11" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://spacebar.bandcamp.com/album/keep-count" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ethereal dropped a new album 10/15.

http://supernatural.bandcamp.com/album/cactus-jack-2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kobe Bryant's Lazy Eye · Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:19 pm

Thoughts on this father - young hot ebony

http://fatheraintshit.bandcamp.com/albu ... -hot-ebony" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:59 pm

should probably merge this with the ethereal/Keith charles thread

there's some good stuff on young hot ebony and cactus jack. generally I think these guys do best when they work together in various groupings as opposed to strictly solo.

also mildly annoyed how much of the coverage focuses exclusively on Young Hot Ebony and Cactus Jack while tons of other material gets completely overlooked. eg Fader fellates the idea of Awful Records regularly but ignores most of the music that doesn't have Father on it.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:53 pm

This is the soundcloud that has most of their stuff

https://soundcloud.com/awfulrecords" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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