Co-operations

Throughout human history, the number four has had immeasurable significance. Our culture is littered with references to this notable numeral. To wit: there are four elements, truths, corners of the globe, seasons, cardinal directions, humors and temperaments. Hell, there are four blocks in each Tetris shape.

The auspicious nature of this number doesn’t end there. On August 31, 2010, Milled Pavement unearths the fourth and final installment of its groundbreaking Goose Bumps compilation series.

As the old chestnut goes, with every end comes a new beginning, and with this penultimate release of this global genre-bending series comes Milled Pavement’s fourth horseman of the pop culture Apocalypse. Amidst a cultural climate of being scene and not heard, label czar and compilation conservator Moshe unveils the last entry in this game-changing series of releases, signifying the new direction Milled Pavement is about to take.

With 66 tracks from 96 artists, producers and performers from every obscure end of the earth, one cannot deny this forthright statement of music’s present state, and where it will go from here.

Episode 4 of the 4 part series.

XNDL contributed a track called „doom“ that was remixed and re-arranged in 2014 for the MMXIV album with a new title called „brecher„.

44 tracks by almost 70 artists from far-flung corners of the planet sprawled across three discs. Genre confines and hackneyed cliché’s slashed to tatters, left to rot in the post-postmodern dust. Artistic collaboration and innovation on a post-global scale. Only one label would dare such a feat.

On June 30, Milled Pavement exhumes the third installment of its Goose Bumps compilation series, once again sharply delineating the front lines of electro-organic avant-garde music with a decidedly urban slant. Fusing a penchant for all things dark with such disparate forms as ambient, indie rock, r&b, prog, chamber music and electro, curator and label impresario Moshe shows a complete disregard for all things those simplistic conventions imply. In doing so, he has cultivated the most far-reaching, varied collection of songs in his label’s short but storied history.

If you’re looking for a soundtrack to your summer party, move along, unless your idea of a party includes wearing all black while digging through the dirt and grime of the global electronic underground during the wee hours. But if so, then by all means, pull up your hood, grab your spade and wait for dark while bumping this epic collection.

Milled Pavement Records insists that you shut up for a minute and listen. Very Carefully. It’s “Hold Yr Tongue”, and, it’s not going to let you get a word in edgewise.

Milled Pavement’s first endeavor in to an all-instrumental release promises to leave you…speechless. It’s 16 tracks of globally-ranging, cat-got-your, rolled back bpms of smoldering hot fire. The music is Milled Pavement veterans, overseas cousins, and strangers.

Now sit, be quiet, and enjoy.

01. fbcfabric & reindeer– Bell Rings, Dog Salivates
02. Moshe– The Christina Song
03. dj extend– Hope
04. Roma– Love Song For Haters
05. Maki– Killing The Memory
06. Jani5– Find A Way
07. Desad– Deserve to Die
08. Funken– Blanche
09. Mnemotrauma– I’m Leaving
10. AbSURd– Untouched
11. XNDL- Repetition
12. Joel Simeus– The Nam Nam Dance
13. grovekingsley– Little Plastic Star
14. bit-tuner– Bellydance
15. Late Night Clouds Project– The Giffnock Hum
16. agent8– 36ms (A Soft Demise)