you lied to me last night for the last time.
strangle
January 31, 2007
January 30, 2007
January 29, 2007
DISCO!
Roughly translates to "caught in the act."Producers Sasha Crnobrnja & Alex Gloor put together a seamless mix of shit that you can dance to. Simple as that. Guest vocals are provided by some of their label mates.
They'll be @ Studio B this Friday, Feb. 2 with Egyptian Lover. Crazy.
Genital Blue Room
Teaching Children How To Swear
January 28, 2007
January 24, 2007
Menace.
He's been written about before on the blog, but I've always been a sucker for Braxe & Falke, and Kris here's killin it.I'd love to see a full length by all three of them. It'd be like a new Stardust or something, which we all know can never be topped.
Stars on 33 - I Feel Music In Your Heart (Kris Menace Remix)
Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (Alan Braxe Remix)
January 20, 2007
Midnight Star
Operate that body. Operate on me.
Operate that body.
Take control of me.
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Operate that body.
Operate on me.
Take control of that body.
Take control of me.
January 18, 2007
January 17, 2007
Freedom in America
Thank Swat for protecting the people. Thank them for adressing what matters most.
January 16, 2007
BB&Q
The production value of the BB&Q Band's 4th full length effort is harder than 99.9% of the electro artists in 2007 ('Genie' released in '85). Direct your ears to the au courant mix down, synth treatment ('Don't Force It'), glitch break ('Dreamer' ->3:37) refined use of compression and of course, the drums. uhh.January 15, 2007
!!!
These dudes return with a third album titled Myth Takes. Being released by Warp Records in March, here's what the label had to say:"Myth Takes combines an enhanced focus on incredible song writing with all the intricacy, freedom and shear dance floor swagger that made Louden Up Now such a delight".
You see, I loved Louden Up Now a lot. I can't say the eight-piece's third album is in any way something completely new, but they return with some more of the same shit that made them so likeable. I guess the most melodic and "different" sounding one is my favorite off the album too. Definitely look out for it, not a bad release for '07. I hated the new Bloc Party, no offense.
A New Name
!!! on MySpace
Count Bass D.
You do not have to wonder what its like to slow physical motion your body. Never late in the Jay D love game, Count brings to life the realization of white boys "why do i even attempt to make hiphop?"
Count Bass D follows J. Davey in my recent discoveries of this future neo soul thing from america. Welcome back music, we've missed you.
Use of C#, some chord secrecy. Listen.
Count Bass D Site.
Morgan Geist
Exclusive track from "Whitest Boy Alive" written for them by Metro Area's Morgan Geist. Also check out the old interview with Morgan.January 14, 2007
LCD Sound System
Posted are 2 tracks of the forthcoming LCD Sound System LP "Sound of Silver". Personally, James Murphy's vocals have never been a favorite of mine. I mostly look forward to the instrumentation and arrangements. And after hearing the whole album, I was definitely left wondering why they lead with 'North American Scum'. Anyway...Annie Remixes
A certain, soft spoken girl stampeded the scene back in 2005. The hype explosion around Annie has long since died down. It's always interesting to see how promotional efforts cause a surge of clamour and then completely abandon their client once no longer financially obligated. Annie had close to 20 remixes done for her Heartbeat single. Below are some of the best. Also included is a Sebastian remix of 'happy without you' which is a personal favorite of mine as well as a Teddybears track featuring Annie.(The Radio interview posted, was played on March 9th 2006 on BSR radio, which is a U.S radio station based in Rhode Island)
January 13, 2007
SebastiAn
Posted is a video of SebastiAn playing an unreleased track of his, at a party in Montreal. More interesting is watching the frogs get down. For this reason, I also posted a TTC video. Not to mention, I've always enjoyed making fun of the fat member. Guy is straight bubba sparxxx meets college football meets down syndrome. (and his stuttering in French is priceless)MyDeathSpace
For some reason, over the past 2 years, I have been frequently drawn to this site. Be it, to search profiles for ominous signs, to read the messages of the bereaved or to revel in the irony of a seemingly happy individual, who dies of self inflicted trauma from a gun shot blast to the dome piece. As you would expect, death does not discriminate; cheerleaders, business men, fat goth chicks, thieves, innocent children and seemingly normal, everyday people...
'This is you and I... and this is how we die.' (-elias)
Click on "latest articles" at the top to view the myspace profiles of the recently deceased.
January 12, 2007
Artist Vs. Major Label
Ras Kass recetly made public, a letter he has written to Capitol Records. In it, he thoroughly describes his 10 year relationship with the label, who has only released 2 albums of his. Click the link to read about years of major label supression straight from the artists mouth. (This shit is just sad.)Also linked, is a petition you can sign if you so choose.
The lesson here being, before signing to major, consider industry rule #4080, as detailed by Tribe in 'check the rhime'.
January 11, 2007
Italo Steez.
I sent IE.merg a track I've been working on literally minutes ago and he responded with "cool. italo steez." I guess he's right, even though I wasn't intentionally looking for that sound, somehow that's the best way to describe it. Italo Disco, a genre I've become pretty familiar with in the last few years is mad old. So old, dudes from Italy started it in like the late 70s. The sound's obviously an influence to artists I like i.e. Morgan Geist, Lindstrom, Kavinsky, just to name a few.Outta nowhere though, a boy of mine speaks of this lady who can't really sing well, but has dope instrumentation. Her sound is similar to that space disco stuff coming from Norway, but not quite. Sally Shapiro's her name. She's from Sweden, and the man behind her sound Johan Agebjörn, definitely know how to capture a 1980s vibe. Of course, it's obvious her name's not Sally Shapiro. What swede has a name like that?
According to Agebjörn's site, Sally's very shy, which is why he loves her voice so much.
His arrangements sound a bit trancey at times, but I guess that's what this "neo-italo disco" sounds like. Even though she may be shy her album Disco Romance delivers.
My favorite tracks are the two current singles. The track titled I Know is on heavy rotation. Shit grows on you.
I'll Be By Your Side
I Know
January 10, 2007
DJ Eli
Rarely do I have the pleasure of redirecting the spotlight to an artist of Eli's caliber. What DJ Eli represents is something that is grossly undervalued in today's world of iphone hype and flash-JPG-profile-pic saturated digital interaction... Genuine, uncompromised talent. And what's most distinct about him, is the fact that he is extremely cultured in the music game. He's been collecting vinyl since before most of you were phishing for passwords on the original versions of AOL.I first heard of Eli when he co-produced the track "and so kiddies" featuring Cage back in the late 90's (incidentally made hoody+backpack famous by Cage's attack on Eminem) which came out on Bobitto's long defunct label, Fondle 'Em. I started to get a better understanding to the scope of Eli's knowledge of music when I came across an early Staple Design mixtape he did which was purely freestyle and electro soul. (RIP Staple's infamous B-boy/NBA Logo [which is only foreign to cats who weren't New Yitty pretty in the 00's])
Recently, you might have heard Marc Ronson spinning Eli Remixes on East Village Radio. Or if you live out in LA, and happened to find yourself confronted by a Paris Hilton surprise-appearance, then you probably heard DJ Am spinning Eli's remixes as well. But most notably in all of this, and certainly most relevant, Eli just may be the smoothest mixing DJ, spinning parties today in NYC.
Check his brilliant remix of Cassie's "Me and U". Also posted is a link to an ebay auction to the the Cloudkickers 12" containing the original Cage track he co-produced that sparked my interest almost a decade ago. (which happens to bear a classic sample at the end from George Lucas' "THX 1138") Hit Eli up on myspace and make sure to cop his wax in the future which is most likely to be pressed up through Turntablelab.
Klaxons
A huge contributing factor to success as an indie band is having the right artists remix your songs for the dance floor. And in this realm, the Klaxons have been blessed. Posted is the original track + 2 remixes.Most interesting about this post is that I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt, that with his remix of 'Golden Skans', SebastiAn has executed the single best remix thus far in his career. (strangely reminiscent of 'my love', in a pepe le pew sort of way)
Enjoy.
January 9, 2007
Mash-Ups
A friend once asked me to do a Mash-Up cd. I expressed unto him, my sheer disgust that he even sugested the idea. The problem really isn't even that Mash-Ups are # 3 on my list of things never to start doing (next to smoking and saying the word "hella") or that Mash-Ups are the most nauseating thing I've heard since some guy in drag yelled to me that gay was the new black and he had a stiff cock for my hip hop, or the fact that Mash-Ups are the antithesis of what they promote themselves as being (creative), or that Mash-Ups are in any way, shape or form, innately malevolent and may guarantee that upon spinning your 3rd Mash-Up party you will instantly perish and go straight to Digital DJ Purgatory (where all mp3's come straight from limewire and have loud blips in them)....
No, none of that.
My disgust spawned from the fact, that I knew all the good mash-up dj crew names were taken. Hollertronix, Flosstradamus and the like.
You'll be happy to know, after 10 seconds of serious cognitive peril, I summoned the name "Blinguistix".
Googled it and... "Did You mean Linguistic?" No, Sure didn't!! So the name is mine now. I got a little discouraged when the paper clip popped up on the side of the screen and said, "Looks like your trying to start a Trendy Mash-Up DJ crew".
Trendy.. pfff.
Fuckin paperclip.
Click the picture for the Video catalyst to this discussion. Also see below.
Jimmy Edgar
Family of the NormRex Guild, Jimmy has been keeping a video blog since the start of the new year. I've got a feeling, it's automatic.Staticlightninja
Staticlightninja aka Andreas Barsleth of Oslo, Norway is an visual artist and musician involved in many different projects (The White Tiger Prepade, EN, Brutal Choir). The artwork tends to lean toward a Black Metal for 12 year old girls vibe at times, at other times it has more of a psycedelic collage feel. Norway has its number of Satan worshiping church burning metal bands so it only makes sense that a Norwegian would make fun of it. Think Paperrad meets Gorgoroth . You decide.
Andreas Barsleth Website
En - Burning Crystals
Andreas on Myspace
January 8, 2007
Spirit Gypsies
After a show in Prague around May of 2006 I ran into a mysterious fellow who would not introduce himself, but instead handed me a tape and made his way back in to the crowd. Inside the case was a short description :
"Spirit Gypsies - Tapestry . Recorded 2012 - Antartica ." The rest is unreadable.
I can only describe it by picturing what I think I hear. It sounds like every song involves a drum machine (707? 606?), some cello sounding instrument, air organ, and very spooky vocals all recorded roughly to tape.
So today I get a myspace request from the Gypsies themselves only to see that they had NO other friends. I'm kinda freaked out actually. I'm very curious to why they are drawn to me and what their REAL story is. Until then check out their myspace.
Spirit Gypsies
Mute Math
I'd def. cop tickets and stand amoungst a couple hundred sweaty assholes to see a good live show. Feels like an indie rock stomp. im down.Kris Menace
Man... you don't know about Kris Menace? You better Braxe Somebody!!!
(Interesting footnote - Fairlight pays homage to Jean-Michel Jarre who used to kill the Fairlight CMI II..... Learn yo delf.)
January 7, 2007
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
So I've been hearing about these blokes that apparently combine all the sounds I love. These sweet sounds being those of Daft Punk, Justice, Sebastian, Simian Mobile Disco. Yeah that shit sounds unreal but it's partly true. These dudes, supposedly from "Earth", UK are pretty dope at what they do. I myself fiddle around with recording and make music from time to time, but I stray away from the French House sound. Somehow, Does It Offend You captures all this shit and combines it into finely-tuned music.Don't get me wrong, I ain't saying this is the most incredible thing you'll listen to. I wouldn't categorize them into face-melters, like catching Daft Punk live (which I did down here in the MIA), but it'll get a nice reaction out of you. Hopefully from the dancefloors too.
They're on Virgin Records, so yeah, they'll probably be pretty big some time soon. The name may sound a little dumb, but their tracks, especially Weird Science are fucking fun. Expect their full-length later this year.
Cheers.
Weird Science
We Are Rockstars
MySpace page.
January 5, 2007
Air
The new Air LP, "Pocket Symphony" set to be released march 5th, is georgeous. Below I've posted my favorite track from the album. The album, made up of 12 songs that were recorded over the last 18 months and produced by long time partner Nigel Godrich, features vocals by Dunckel and Godin themselves but also from Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon (Divine Comedy). While conventional instruments continue to play a great role, Air have fashioned several tracks from the new album with the addition of Far East classical instruments which Godin learnt to play from an Okinawa master - namely the Koto (usually referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the Shamisen, a 3-stringed instrument which is one of Japan’s most popular classical instruments & resembles the banjo.
I can't wait to hear the remixes that come out of this one.
January 1, 2007
Good Morning, 2007
So I woke up to an e-mail from California-based (definitely well-known by this point) label Stones Throw. Honestly this came out of nowhere to me. I heard rumors, but didn't think it'd be out already and to my surprise a free download to the public, yo. Peanut Butter Wolf is going places with his label. After signing Madlib a few years back, the label's been steadily growing, introducing artists, and housing the prolific Jay Dee (R.I.P.). Madlib has been a personal favorite for a few years now. This is nothing close to what Madvillain (MF Doom + Madlib, of course) is in terms of production, but somehow it works. Talib still brings his sharp wit which I ain't heard since like Reflection Eternal. All I'm saying is give it a listen! I liked it. Great start to a new year.
2007, bring the heat.
free artwork & album
Talib Kweli + Madlib - Liberation
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