ON DECK: Dert-Talk Strange

"Take Your Brain On Space-Walks, Talk Strange Like Björk"-Rza

I’m a fan of concept albums, rock operas, themed restaurants, and this sorta thing. It creates a point of reference with which you relate the other points and details of the experience.

I like it even more when this theme of themes is applied to a beat tape by L.A.’s emerging king of the concept, Dert. In past years Dert has given us Dert Floyd: The West Side of the Moon, poking around in the obstacle course that is Roger Waters’ head and making it Hip Hoppable.

This time he confronts your ex-girlfriend’s fucking favorite, the incomparable Bjork. Bjork, who as leader of The Sugarcubes, incidentally comprised 1/3 of the bill at my very first show with my then BFF Nate Gardner in the infancy of the 1990s. Bjork is always a point of nostalgia for me and this is probably the singular reason I haven’t yet smacked the shit up out of her.

Dert’s Bjork inspired beats capture the whimsy and light tread of Iceland and stir them up with Dillaesque drums and lackadaisical melodies. The perfect beat tape to queue if you’re sippin that sticky shit…if we did that out here in L.A.

The best part about these 18 Sunday afternoon bangers are that they are free. Download this shit here and pop it in on your way home from The Do-Over, perfecto.