Allstars 3 was my favorite mix for a very long time.
I had the pleasure of seeing him DJ (Vinyl) in San Francisco last year.
it was a sonically beautiful experience.
I enjoy both of the studio albums, for different moods, Black Sun is a real grower, it takes time to get into, but after you take a look through the futuristic dystopian society concept of the record, it has a very solid tone through the entire album, personally I'm not as infatuated with beats produced on ableton, sounds a little too flat, too computer processed, not as gritty as beats made in analog or logic, so with that weighing in, I would say Memories is more preferable to Black Sun, Memories just has the hypnotic lyrics and affirmations I like, though I still believe Black Sun was a very underrated album from last year, really ought to have made more end of the year lists, IMO.
What's also worth a listen is the Gills Patterson show they did for BBC 1 last year, and the boiler room live set.
http://boilerroom.tv/kode-9-spaceape-45-min-mix/
Last but not least is the book Sonic Warfare, it's a very forward thinking piece of literature, I strongly suggest everyone take the time to read up on it and buy the hard cover if you can afford it, it's an absolutely stunning read, very interesting read indeed, solidifies the way I feel about bass music culture and DJ as sonic outlaw, channeling various fundamental concepts of rhythmic terrorism, challenging the constructs of what music is.
http://sonicwarfare.wordpress.com/
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