19/11/2021
Courtesy began back in 2010 in Memphis, TN when Drew Ryan and Kirk Rawlings met and started trading self-indulgent 4-track scraps, voice memos and private recordings not meant for others’ ears. In 2011, the duo released "Idmatic", a collection of collage-based songs constructed via email, and in 2012 they relocated to Chicago, where they released "Slow Bruise" in 2015, followed by "HEY" in 2018.
Their latest effort titled "CHECK THE MILK" is out today - an album exploring life’s mundanity and the perils of safety through funk-laced polyrhythmic interplay, ready-made grooves for for basement DJs and glossy pop fans.
To celebrate this new release, they prepared a mixtape with some of their influences, channelling krautrock, funk, cut-and-paste electronics, and more. Link in bio.
Tracklist:
1. Courtesy - Sisters (Coupler remix)
2. Can - Dizzy Dizzy
3. Ono - Syphilis
4. Big Ass Truck - Yums
5. John Frusciante - A Fall Thru the Ground
6. Dummy - Atonal Poem
7. Serge Gainsbourg - New York U.S.A. - Snooze mix
8. BeigeOnBeige - Won't Be What (Kirk from Courtesy)
9. Sly and the Family Stone - In Time
10. Trans Am - Night Dreaming
11. Symbolic Dub - King Tubby Meets Roots Radics
12. Domestik - Whatever (Drew from Courtesy)
13. Fundadelic - Baby I Owe You Something Good
14. Courtesy - Zapps