Altered Zones

[image by Max Capacity]

Welcome to the 13th installment of AZ's monthly mix series. This time around, Raleigh Moncrief volunteered to make us a mix of what he's been listening to as of late. The Sacramento-based producer is the newest member of the Anticon Collective, and while he may not be as recognizable as labelmates Why?, Baths, and Serengeti, he's been working behind the scenes in the indie rock world for a while now, collaborating with Hella drummer Zach Hill on various projects, playing guitar in Marnie Stern's live band, and co-producing Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca. Clocking in at just under 20 minutes, this short but sweet collection highlights the bubbly sounds of Monterrey, Mexico's White Ninja, devonwho's smooth take on Nappy Roots' "Awnaw" (which is way better than P.O.D.'s version), as well as a remix Moncrief did for fellow Sacto resident and Life's Blood artist Pregnant. --Ric Leichtung, Altered Zones

Altered Zones | September 2011 | Mix Series v13 | Raleigh Moncrief

MP3: Raleigh Moncrief: "Lament for Morning"

Watch the trailer for Moncrief's upcoming Watered Lawn LP, out October 25th on Anticon

Sacremento's Raleigh Moncrief recently dropped a new track "Lament For Morning" on his Twitter account from his yet-to-be-releaed debut full-length album Watered Lawn. The new song sounds bit more down-trodden than some of his older, more ecstatic work surrounding hip hop and beat music, this time calling for a span of cold arpeggiated synthesizers before giving way to the beat. I've been following RM since October 2009 when he released his Combed Over Chrome EP, five tracks of heavily psychedelic hip hop jams from the land of E.T. In 2010 he released a couple more EPs, Carpal Tunnels (Instrumentals) and Vitamins, as well as a 2 X 7" split on Life's Blood with Zach Hill, Mason Lindahl and Ellie Fortune. His contribution there, "You and Me, Baby," features some seriously chopped Dirty Projectors-style angellic vocal workouts, which comes as no surprise after learning RM worked on the DP's critically acclaimed Bitte Orca LP. No word on Watered Lawn's label or release date yet, but note that the dude just finished producing the new Ganglians record so hopefully that turns some more heads towards his solo work. --Ian Nelson, Friendship Bracelet

MP3: Raleigh Moncrief: "Lament for Morning"

While we wait for Watered Lawn, check his other tracks Bandcamp