the first time i heard kyle hall was listening to alexander nut’s show on rinsefm. i think the track he played was “love for kyle mother fucking hall” or something like that. a couple weeks later i noticed resident advisor had done an article on him and that got me interested in what he was doing.

aside from making music, macking on girls, and hanging out with local techno legends, kyle has been investing time into starting up his own label imprint – wild oats. i’ve been in touch with kyle and he’s agreed to do a little q & a for our readers.

so. kyle, tell me…

T: how do you feel about living in detroit right now?

K: It feels cold here right now (laughs) freezn’ me buns off! Other than that its dope! I’m around a lot of cool artist here. I’ts pretty EZ livin’ – Just got my drivers license so I’m rolln’ all through the city. Quite a bit of cool stuff here.

T: how have you dealt with the pressure of being a young up and coming in a city that’s got so much rich musical history?

K: There’s really no pressure. I just do what I do and try to learn from the people who have been around here.

T: what are some of the records you’ve bought recently?

K: Recently I got Monty Luke’s Art Love and War on Planet E.

Simon Grey – Galactic Suite, It took me a while to like this record but It’s so good. It’s my feel good record of the month.

I got some old Karizma stuff the Basement Boys, just bought the New Omar S. with me and the 002 repress which has that bonus track that is freakn’ BAnanananananERs! Just got the New Dennif Ferrer Track ‘Hey hey’ The dub side is for me on that 12 “

Also got a special white label of the new Marcellus Pittman on Fit Sound. That record is so cool. It has a edit called ‘Illa 5 ella’ that’s like kind of an homage to Dilla.

how do you feel about Red the homeless g-funk beatboxer?

K: I watched that guy is pretty dope. I think he actually got signed. I like how he does the talk box thing with his voice its gives me chills (laughs). I think I tried that voice to pick up some bitches 1 day and it worked! U should try it. Just start singing to them in a talk box voice – hoes so stupid these days they’ll think you’re in Kahoots with T-pain….well at least it use to work until they put an auto-tune in Fruity loops.

T: i’ve recently moved to ontario and i’m about 2 hours away from detroit. when i make the trip down you’re gonna show me why detroit hustles harder right?

K: Yeah fosho. U come down for DEMF weekend it’s some cold ass Detroit dj’s you probably never heard of bangn’ it out at the after parties. Me and my friends GSHC will probably do a party somthn’ real oatsy and dirty, ya know?
That last party we did was in an old dirty loft located downtown in a place called The Eastern Market where all the slaughter houses are. It was called ORal Sex – That party was so bangn’ man, It was fine hoes all ova the walls….So that’s how we do. Here is the video Flier for it just to give an Idea of how we Gary Springs Hunting club roll!

kyle will be playing fabric london for the first time next month and i’m quite positive that it’s gonna be a massive debut. here is a video of him working with a friend in his basement studio. enjoy! myspace.com/kylehalldetroit

loving the sparse 2 step beats untold has been churning out as of late. i wonder if he has any future plans to work with an mc? reminds me kind of like old eastwood tunes and hanging on with my cousin. oh, those memories, those times i took for granted…
available now on 12″ through brainmath records.

untold – flexible (original mix)
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*bonus

maddslinky ft. jenna g – somthin’ extra (domu remix)
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did you know led zeppelin is one of the most sampled bands in american hip-hop? no? well, neither did i! we kind of slept on this one as it’s been out since early october, but the video is well worth the watch.
after dj spooky delves into some of the key concepts on this album you’l probably want to see the DVD. one of these concepts he briefly touches on is the interconnected nature of music, art, and economics. i haven’t quite wrapped my head around how the secret song is appropriated to “the invisible hand” but i guess i just didn’t pay enough attention in social studies as i was preoccupied skipping class and listening to MFDOOM.

dear god, i don’t want to sound like “that guy” but who else saw this coming? maybe this will be the cue for north american producers to get off the stupidness. acutally, that sounds like im singling them out – but for whatever reasons, when the music crossed over seas it lost all its slinky push and pull. i’m not trying to fight against the invisible crowed here – i got enough respect for the whole community; but maybe, just maybe it’s time to think for a second about why the music is called dubstep.

not too sure how the animal collective fans are gonna feel about the summer clothes remixes. i can’t help but think about deadmau5, rhiana, or even snoop dogg all having recently “collaborated” with producers/artists working around the fringes of dubstep. but it’s like if you are hip to it – then you better get a dubstep or at least put some fuckn donk innit.

Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes (Zomby’s Analog Lego Mix)
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big up vik and the wzrdgang! looks good

Pablo Bolivar – Looking For a Shape (Monkey Brothers Remix) / Looking For A Shape / Hidden Records
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Liondub & Matt Shadetek – The General Riddim (Original Dub) / The General: Instrumentals / Liondub Internationals
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Subsonic Park – Code Two (Brendon Moeller Remix) / Echoes From Inside / Elux Records
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A Made Up Sound – Rework (Original Mix) / Rework bw Closer / AMS
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Asusu – Taurean (Original Mix) / Small Hours bw Taurean / Project: Squared
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