Triz

Triz

Looming Illness

Independent Release


Though Athens' Triz is a DJ, Looming Illness is not a hit-and-run DJ mixtape. This release is a proper eight-track album of original compositions. Heavily informed by the cerebral IDM side of the electronic coin, Triz's distinguishing aspect here is his smart distillation. The approach features beats clipped just enough to make them unusual and more than a few pages from the Jack Dangers book of sonic mind expansion.

The dense "Gets ta Steppin'" flickers like Meat Beat Manifesto in a fit of dubstep convulsions. The hypnotically liquid plod of "Cree's Joint" radiates acid ripples with each step. "Lounge 1335" is cocktail futurism boiled down to its sleek, stylish element. And "No Jive" flashes between dubstep grind, rhythmic freneticism and disco guitars. Top cuts include the classic electro-lined title track, deconstructed rap banger "Mean Muggin'" and the big-mackin' shuffle of "Whilst Betwixt." But none compare to the mental, manic breaks of "All the While." Tricked out, hype and excellently left-field, it's on par with classic mid-'90s underground floor-thumpers like some of the Bassbin Twins' weirder stuff.

If you're cruising for dumb, fist-pumping club music, keep moving. But if you're down with body music that doesn't require a dance floor to be absorbing, then you've arrived.


- Bao Le-Huu, FLAGPOLE Magazine, Athens, GA


Looming Illness

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  Track Title Price
Gets ta Steppin' [3:52]  Free   Download MP3
Cree's Joint [3:43]  Free   Download MP3
Mean Muggin' [3:26]  Free   Download MP3
Whilst Betwixted [3:38]  Free   Download MP3
Lounge 1335 [5:39]  Free   Download MP3
Looming Illness [3:10]  Free   Download MP3
No Jive [4:20]  Free   Download MP3
All The While [3:15]  Free   Download MP3

Produce & Triz "Mixed Greens"

A chance meeting in 2004 by Austin Darnell, The Produceman, and Nick Trotta, DJ Triz, would prove to be the start of one of Athens, GA's most potent hip-hop duos aptly named "Produce & Triz". Recognizing a common affinity for 90's-era rap and "basement" mixtapes, Produceman, of The Deaf Judges, and Triz, of T'n'T, began performing together and over the next few years would establish themselves as a force to be reckoned with in Athens, GA. Playing their brand of classic hip-hop, the two decided to create their own "basement" mixtape and thus "Mixed Greens" was born. "Mixed Greens" is a 10-song mixtape drawn from some of Produce & Triz' favorite tracks, featuring beats by DJ Premier, Rjd2, Erick Sermon, Mobb Deep, The Alchemist and Necrodamus. A labor of love, the tape serves as a tip-of-the-cap to all the pioneers who preceeded them, walking through hip-hop darkness with torches blazing.

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  Track Title Price
Intro [0:36]  Free   Download MP3
Dope Smoke [2:53]  Free   Download MP3
Nowadays Rappers [3:28]  Free   Download MP3
Word Sick [2:06]  Free   Download MP3
Pop The Trunk [2:57]  Free   Download MP3
F**k A Set Break [4:05]  Free   Download MP3
League Leaders [3:47]  Free   Download MP3
In Triz' Mental [2:12]  Free   Download MP3
Newer Models [2:26]  Free   Download MP3
Sour Milk [2:52]  Free   Download MP3
The Kitchen Sink [7:06]  Free   Download MP3







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