JLD #153 – Yan Zombie

by Construct | 21st December 2011

Ramping up to the holiday period, we’ve got Nelson B.C.’s Yan Zombie delivering us a super sweet, swanky, purple, hyphy, bass heavy mix which clocks in as JLD #153. Read up on the bio below to learn more, and click the mix for some sonic pleasure.

SWANK.

BIO BLIPS:

Yan Zombie, member of the “REALLY GOOD” family and producer/mc for future-rap crew Cyphanex; is a musical enigma and modern day renaissance man whose audio influences and explorations cross many styles and genres. Everything from quick-mix funk, soul and hip hop, to the baddest dub and glitch-step to heavy metal electro to futuristic badman dancehall grime and bashment; sometimes in the same song. His live PA/Ableton electronic shows consist of original cutting edge crunk production, combined with on the fly mashups and micro mixing – sometimes dropping parts of almost 100 songs in a 90 minute set.

His latest mixes have been posted on San Francisco’s avant glitch imprint Daly City Records blog site and Yan is referred to by Ninja Tune heavyweight DJ Vadim as “A Bad Motherfucker cooking up crack with the Moog synthesizer.” Able to count world class DJs like Mat The Alien, Mochipet and Vadim as fans and collaborators, the Zombie’s buzz is starting to build. 10 years deep in the producing game; having toured 7 countries with acts such as Abstract Rude, Mat The Alien and Emotionz – with whom they became the first Canadian hip hop/grime unit to play Romania, Austria and Hungary in 2007.

In June 2011, Yan Zombie releases his full length instrumental album ‘THE HOLD-ON TIGHT: ANALOGUE SLICES OF LOVE AND CONFUSION’ (Digital Punchout!), smashing genre boundaries between glitch, soul and hip hop. Look for an upcoming EP on Propa Tingz’ & The Outlier’s imprint True Movement: ‘Habitual Line-Stepper,’ a heavy dose of raw psychedelic crunk and futuristic purple. There will also be a release for Daly City in the next 6 months… as well as remixes of/collabs with MC ZULU, Neighbor, Emotionz, Stylust, DJ Vadim, Bassnectar, Ill Gates, Mat The Alien, Mochipet, Chad Van Gaalen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and a slew of bootlegs for dancefloor mayhem and psychedelic headphone candy. Known for bringing unexpected and capitivating elements to the Shambhala stage; this year’s Zombie Apocalypse will push it to the next level.

Join the Zombie army Friday night at Shambhala’s Living Room Stage…. and bring that big juicy brain of yours….

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TRACK LIST
Intro – yan zombie
Army of Fear – Lorn(brainfeeder)
Enter the Zombie – yan zombie
Hellraiser – Ill-eesha
Twelve (ft Emotionz and Vs) – yan zombie
Twelve (SELF EVIDENT REMIX) – yan zombie
Very Ape – Little Roy
Purple LIghts in the Sky – Neighbour and yan zombie
Thunder Bay – Hudson Mohawke
Thoroughbred – Ghost Mutt
Ballers (accapella) – Project Pat
A King – Self Evident
Slaughterhouse – Joker
On and on (acapella) – Erykah Badu
Full Attention – Terror Danjah
2 for 1 (vip) – El-b ft Wiley
Heavy- Dizzee Rascal
Wooly Mammoth – Mochipet
Timeless ft MC ZULU – Liquid Stranger