Some weeks I struggle a lot to come up with something to share, some weeks I just scroll through the 'tunes a bit and something pops up. This week was easy. I verified that this humble little EP is indeed impossible to currently download off Google and uploaded it because Modulock is fuckin' awesome and you can't deny it.
Traffic EP with Bare Beats on production is not his best effort. For that, in my opinion you need to dip into his duo Red Ants and their two album catalogue before Vincent Price went to prison (I believe), can't remember for sure.
Anyway Modulock raps like a fist to the nose with an attitude that makes you take immediate notice. There's something about this guy that just sounds solid. Fantastic rapper. I first heard him on Rock Paper Scissors by Noah23 which could be, in my opinion, the best place to start for discovering unusual indie rappers.
But I digress. The Ontario based rapper Modulock is dope as hell and if you like his work the best place to start is Red Ants like I said, as well as his full length solo effort found here. This EP is fun but mostly consists of remixes and is very short. But it's a fossil for sure, and I certainly like it so hopefully you will as well.
Yeah, not heard this for years so thanks for the link. I actually think the 'Two Cities' album that Modulok did with Bare Beats the year before this EP was the finest thing he did. Played the hell out of that CD. Wish he was still rapping.
ReplyDeleteI really liked Cities & Years as well. There was something really special about that dude. Do you know where he's at now?
DeleteNah man, no idea. 'You Look So Tragic' seemed like such a professional leap forward in terms of his albums and having the likes of D-Sisive and 2Mex on it must have got eyes on it so I was expecting more shortly after but other than the joint with Baracuda he dropped in 2014 made up of old recordings, he's not released anything. Even his Takaba Records haven't dropped anything since 2012. A shame.
Deletesounds very similar to R.A the Rugged man ....
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