So, Harmonic 313 is another moniker of artist Harmonic 33, aka Mark Pritchard. Harmonic 313 is a solo off-shoot of Mark’s Harmonic 33 project with Dave Brinkworth, focusing on “Detroit-Style” hip-hop. Go ahead. Ask us. How are the beats Pritchard and Brinkworth bang out? Oh, they’re bangin’ like a Texas hailstorm . You feel me?

Cadillac hoods dented like that? The siding of Morris Day’s house torn up like that? The beats are raw.

Here’s exhibit A:

“Call To Arms:”

Exhibit B:

“Arc Light:”

Last but not least, we have Exhibit C, which is scheduled for release on the forthcoming Warp Records release “When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence,” available for purchase on February 9, 2009. That’s right, exclusives, right here. What a great album name for an equally lovely track. And turn your bass up, got damn it.

“Dirtbox:”

Now here’s a track from Harmonic 313′s “ep1″ vinyl release that only required 24 seconds to establish complete rawness. First off, sample Speak & Spell, which–mind you–was first introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in June 1978. Just so you know, the Speak & Spell line are a group of electronic handheld educational toys created by Texas Instruments that consist of a speech synthesizer and a keyboard, and a receptor slot to receive one of a collection of ROM game library modules (collectively covered under US patent 3934233 ). The first Speak & Spell was one of the earliest handheld electronic devices with a visual display to use interchangeable game cartridges.

Okay, so you can’t get much more bad-ass than that, but then Pritchard decided to pitch-shift the Speak & Spell samples and state the release number on the Warp Records label with them (among other things). To top it off, he added a heavy bass-line, which you will do a great disservice to by not listening to with a sub-woofer or at least high quality headphones. Laptop speakers will ruin this track (like most). Lastly, the track features crunchy 8-bit percussion sounds and arpeggios that fit perfectly. Listen for yourself, but turn the bass up and get your proper listening system ready first. I can’t emphasize it enough. This song is the sweetest short track I have heard in a long while.

“Solve It:”