blog 2010/02/25 - There is nothing quite like bed. bed bed bed.
Ooo yes oh yes, we are BACK!
First up, did you get the new mix yet?
CPI - ineedaghostship
get it at http://thetastates.com/#anchor_inags
So we have some slamming sounds for you today. Most of the update is dancey music of all sorts and it will just get your mojo strutting like a gay little peacock.
Then there is a solid chunk of delights of swirling glorious folk. It's like peanut butter and chocolate... TOGETHER... in music form.
ONWARDS!
Deladap - Radost
Dunkelbunt - Cinnamon Girl
Magnicico - Evo Me Narode: These 3 tracks start things out right and will seperate the wheat from the chaffe out there. "Balkanbeats: A Night In Berlin" came out in 2009 and it is almost surprisingly one the most glorious dancepop albums of 2009.
Totally addictive rhytms and catchy hooks. If you enjoy Shantel, this collection will have your pants off in 4 songs or less.
And for those of you that sample and produce and DJ and such, the quality of source material here is astounding. Get thee to a computer, or a dancefloor, or get gone.
Bat For Lashes vs The Doors - Riders Sleep Alone (Stereogum x team9)
Lily Allen vs Chromeo - 22 Nights With Lily (Stereogum x team9): Again I state it: mashups are a sign of the coming apocalypse. But every once in a while the songs come together to give more than just annoyed guffaws!
The first track here works because the songs have such similar sounds.
The 2nd track here is what the best mashups are: Taking two songs that aren't actually that good on their own, combining them, and coming up with a far superior pop song. Turning lead in to gold! Bless you, Stereogum alchemists.
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Bossasaurus Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga - I Got Bass (Stagga remix): A double dose of Busta! First we have a dope straight-forward hiphop, and then a creepy-crawly dubstep slammer version.
Everytime I sear I hate Busta because he's a repugnant asshole, I find something else he's done that's just solid and dammit, hiphop is like an abusive relationship.
DJ Earworm - United State Of Pop 2009 (Blame It On The Pop): What is becoming a highly anticipated annual event, Earworm takes the only parts that matter of the years biggest songs, slaps 'em all together, and gives you that 5 minute rush. There. Enjoy it? Good. Now we never ever ever have to listen to these songs again.
EVER EVER EVAH.
Duck Sauce - Anyway (Black Noise Disco Mix): WHO LOVES THE DISCO??? WE LOVE THE DISCO!!!! I don't care if you're listening to this in the car or at work. PANTS. OFF.
Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine Remix): Where would a blog update be without a sexy spooky dubstep track? I'm loving this sound so much.
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Joanna Newsom - Occident
Joanna Newsom - Ribbon Bows: holy shit. The new Joanna Newsom is out. "Have One On Me" is the gauntlet thrown down for best album of 2010 so far.
This album is meaty. You'll be chewing on each of the 3 discs (2 hours of music) for a month. There is some exhausting beauty of Ys mixed with the simpler pop of Milk-Eyed Mender.
Like the new Owne Pallett, this is an album that wants you to spend time with it, and rewards treasures upon you each time your focus extends.
Highly recommended. Buy this album. You'll want to sit there with the lyric booklets and experience it on your couch
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi: You might remember Jonsi's pixie-dust dreamweaver voice from Sigur Ros, but now he's out on his own and as engrossing, adorable and powerful as ever. I am kind of giddy in excitement for the full-length "GO", but here's the DELICIOUS opening single. Enjoy!
Lisa Bozikovic - Grateful
Lisa Bozikovic - No Denial
Lisa Bozikovic - Phone Cord: The album Lost August slipped out at the tail-end of 2009, but for all other purposes, this is a 2010 album. The force behind it is a-building with each repeated listen. This album is full of slow builds, and will work it's way through you brick by brick, so it's certainly not fair to call it a 2009 album. Bozikovic voice quivers and cracks over the weight of her melancholy lines, with her piano and organ coming to rescue her as her true inner strength. Highly recommended.
The Kickdrums - Things Work Out: Winding things down now, with some straight-ahead pop joy from The Kickdrums. This reminds me of good ol' Bran Van 3000 fun. Get yr 90s on.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bat For Lashes vs The Doors - Riders Sleep Alone (Stereogum x team9)
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Bossasaurus Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga - I Got Bass (Stagga remix)
Deladap - Radost
DJ Earworm - United State Of Pop 2009 (Blame It On The Pop)
Duck Sauce - Anyway (Black Noise Disco Mix)
Dunkelbunt - Cinnamon Girl
Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine Remix)
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Joanna Newsom - Occident
Joanna Newsom - Ribbon Bows
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi
Lily Allen vs Chromeo - 22 Nights With Lily (Stereogum x team9)
Lisa Bozikovic - Grateful
Lisa Bozikovic - No Denial
Lisa Bozikovic - Phone Cord
Magnicico - Evo Me Narode
The Kickdrums - Things Work Out
Like fabric folded over your face and around the backside: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100225.zip
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
noise is gay
Every once in a while I search for stuff like "gay noise", hoping to find a thriving subculture of homosexual noise artists.
I end up with stuff like
There is some really awesome gay noise, but the guy named his band "Richard Ramirez", which means it is IMPOSSIBLE to search for... but here is a 2 min audio clip on youtube
On the plus side, The Haters (Juppiter JX-Larsen) released a book covering 30 years of their performance art, and put a video online consisting of noise and Juppiter ripping each page out of the book:
And that is almost as cool as the most awesome thing ever. Which is birds making improv guitar noise.
I end up with stuff like
There is some really awesome gay noise, but the guy named his band "Richard Ramirez", which means it is IMPOSSIBLE to search for... but here is a 2 min audio clip on youtube
On the plus side, The Haters (Juppiter JX-Larsen) released a book covering 30 years of their performance art, and put a video online consisting of noise and Juppiter ripping each page out of the book:
And that is almost as cool as the most awesome thing ever. Which is birds making improv guitar noise.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CPI - ineedaghostship
Hi all, new mix is out now. Please do me a favour and re-post this on your blog (or anywhere else) if you like it. Thanks!
~Caitlyn
CPI - ineedaghostship
genres: rock, folk, pop
89 minutes, 203 MB
01) Rae Spoon - Off The Grid, Underground
02) Styrofoam - Microscope ft Blake Hazard
03) Kleerup - Until We Bleed ft Lykke Li
04) Yeasayer - Sunrise (Pocketknife's Rise and $hine Remix)
05) Bon Iver - Blood Bank (Skinny Friedman Edit)
06) Beirut - My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
07) The XX - Crystalised (Rory Phillips Mix)
08) Rae Spoon - Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down (CPI Remix)
09) Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (The Shoes Remix)
10) The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix)
11) Panda Bear - Comfortable In Nautica (Ernest Gonzales Remix)
12) Rae Spoon - I Can't Wait To Hear The Noise
13) Au Revoir Simone - Stars
14) Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix)
15) Animal Collective - My Girls (Cryptical's back2bmore edit)
16) Yoav - Club Thing (Aaron LaCrate Remix)
17) Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Uproot Andy Remix)
18) La Roux - Quicksand (Mad Decent Remix 1)
19) The Blow - Parentheses (Rory Phillips Remix)
20) Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
21) La Roux - Fascination
22) The DØ - On My Shoulders (WILDLIFE! Remix)
23) Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream (Cenzo Townshend Radio Edit)
24) The XX - Shelter (Them Jeans Drum Edit)
25) Florence And The Machine - My Boy Builds Coffins
Download: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_ineedaghostship.mp3
~Caitlyn
CPI - ineedaghostship
genres: rock, folk, pop
89 minutes, 203 MB
01) Rae Spoon - Off The Grid, Underground
02) Styrofoam - Microscope ft Blake Hazard
03) Kleerup - Until We Bleed ft Lykke Li
04) Yeasayer - Sunrise (Pocketknife's Rise and $hine Remix)
05) Bon Iver - Blood Bank (Skinny Friedman Edit)
06) Beirut - My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
07) The XX - Crystalised (Rory Phillips Mix)
08) Rae Spoon - Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down (CPI Remix)
09) Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (The Shoes Remix)
10) The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix)
11) Panda Bear - Comfortable In Nautica (Ernest Gonzales Remix)
12) Rae Spoon - I Can't Wait To Hear The Noise
13) Au Revoir Simone - Stars
14) Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix)
15) Animal Collective - My Girls (Cryptical's back2bmore edit)
16) Yoav - Club Thing (Aaron LaCrate Remix)
17) Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Uproot Andy Remix)
18) La Roux - Quicksand (Mad Decent Remix 1)
19) The Blow - Parentheses (Rory Phillips Remix)
20) Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
21) La Roux - Fascination
22) The DØ - On My Shoulders (WILDLIFE! Remix)
23) Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream (Cenzo Townshend Radio Edit)
24) The XX - Shelter (Them Jeans Drum Edit)
25) Florence And The Machine - My Boy Builds Coffins
Download: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_ineedaghostship.mp3
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/02/09
blog 2010/02/09 - Mid-day curry gorging means I will sleep oh so well all weekend.
Another hectic week, another hectic update!
Bibio - Bones & Skulls: I thought I was going to love 2009's The Apple and the Tooth, but it never grew on me like I was hoping and trying. I never got the hype around Bibio. Some decent stuff, but he's yet to have that breakthrough genius release. Still, some dope dreamy downtempo and a bucketful of remixes means this release will be essential if you were a fan of their debut LP.
Bonobo - The Keeper: New single from Bonobo! It's been a while, but he delivers some wonderful soul once again. The last few years of Bonobo, with his amply talented vocal guests, have always been a delight.
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song: "El Radio" is a fascinating album, and will potentially divide audiences. It is remarkably precious and overwrought, but doesn't trip over itself on those tropes like Patrick Watson does. His sound conjures up Damien Rice as much as Elliott Smith, but with a childlike emotional fragility to boot. I think it's kinda fabulous. Break out the hankies.
Gold Streets - The Wait: Straight-ahead pop-punk from the 2007 album "Looks Like Fireflies".
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory: I already posted some of these guys on the best of 2009, but wanted to drop one more track from "Cupcake Cave". Very reminiscent of Hint, Morcheeba and that late-90s triphop sound.
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss: The J to the K is back! The album "14" hit in 2009 and it is a super downtempo bonanza. Jon sings again on a few of the tracks with such a homey lumberjack warmth that you don't care if he's not Sinatra. He grooves fine on his own beats. But voice be damned, we're here for the beats and the boom, and this album totally delivers that. Jon Kennedy has spent years ahead of the pack, and is one of the slickest jazzy beat producers out there.
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter: I wanted to love the 2009 LP "A Day Late & A Dollar Short", but it's these two tracks that rose to the top of the mixed bag. Eye Cry has a dope beat with great usage of the "cry" sample, and Quarter Water Supporter has that clever punch as well with the feel-good-summertime chorus that you can't help but love. The lyrics of the LP never push the right buttons, but the these two tracks connect just right.
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit): 1984 strikes back! A just-enough-juice approach to rolling out this track again, it's always best to leave well enough alone. Modus operandi: Get the track to the 2010 dancefloor. This should shake some booties.
The Answering Machine - Cliffer: Kinda like a toned-down and cleaner Los Campensinos, I guess? Never heard anything else by them, but this is just some straightahead pop rock.
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime: these are from their self-titled 2009 LP, which I haven't heard yet. My initial impressions remind me of the good parts of earlier The Long Blondes. But when she starts belting it, I swoon at comparisons to Team Dresch or Sleater-Kinney confidence.
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons: from the 2010 Tomorrow, In A Year! OMG SO EXCITED! NEW KNIFE!! NEW KNIFE!!! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! SO GOOD.
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix): Another classic flipped and rerubbed for the dubstep sets!
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix): What a way to end it! The classic Pixies song reworked in that perfect way I mentioned above... leave all the goodness, and just rework it a tad for the dancefloor. I'll just leave it at that.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bibio - Bones & Skulls
Bonobo - The Keeper
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song
Gold Streets - The Wait
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
The Answering Machine - Cliffer
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix)
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
You'll miss me when I evaporate: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100209.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to
Enjoy!
~CPI
Another hectic week, another hectic update!
Bibio - Bones & Skulls: I thought I was going to love 2009's The Apple and the Tooth, but it never grew on me like I was hoping and trying. I never got the hype around Bibio. Some decent stuff, but he's yet to have that breakthrough genius release. Still, some dope dreamy downtempo and a bucketful of remixes means this release will be essential if you were a fan of their debut LP.
Bonobo - The Keeper: New single from Bonobo! It's been a while, but he delivers some wonderful soul once again. The last few years of Bonobo, with his amply talented vocal guests, have always been a delight.
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song: "El Radio" is a fascinating album, and will potentially divide audiences. It is remarkably precious and overwrought, but doesn't trip over itself on those tropes like Patrick Watson does. His sound conjures up Damien Rice as much as Elliott Smith, but with a childlike emotional fragility to boot. I think it's kinda fabulous. Break out the hankies.
Gold Streets - The Wait: Straight-ahead pop-punk from the 2007 album "Looks Like Fireflies".
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory: I already posted some of these guys on the best of 2009, but wanted to drop one more track from "Cupcake Cave". Very reminiscent of Hint, Morcheeba and that late-90s triphop sound.
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss: The J to the K is back! The album "14" hit in 2009 and it is a super downtempo bonanza. Jon sings again on a few of the tracks with such a homey lumberjack warmth that you don't care if he's not Sinatra. He grooves fine on his own beats. But voice be damned, we're here for the beats and the boom, and this album totally delivers that. Jon Kennedy has spent years ahead of the pack, and is one of the slickest jazzy beat producers out there.
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter: I wanted to love the 2009 LP "A Day Late & A Dollar Short", but it's these two tracks that rose to the top of the mixed bag. Eye Cry has a dope beat with great usage of the "cry" sample, and Quarter Water Supporter has that clever punch as well with the feel-good-summertime chorus that you can't help but love. The lyrics of the LP never push the right buttons, but the these two tracks connect just right.
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit): 1984 strikes back! A just-enough-juice approach to rolling out this track again, it's always best to leave well enough alone. Modus operandi: Get the track to the 2010 dancefloor. This should shake some booties.
The Answering Machine - Cliffer: Kinda like a toned-down and cleaner Los Campensinos, I guess? Never heard anything else by them, but this is just some straightahead pop rock.
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime: these are from their self-titled 2009 LP, which I haven't heard yet. My initial impressions remind me of the good parts of earlier The Long Blondes. But when she starts belting it, I swoon at comparisons to Team Dresch or Sleater-Kinney confidence.
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons: from the 2010 Tomorrow, In A Year! OMG SO EXCITED! NEW KNIFE!! NEW KNIFE!!! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! SO GOOD.
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix): Another classic flipped and rerubbed for the dubstep sets!
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix): What a way to end it! The classic Pixies song reworked in that perfect way I mentioned above... leave all the goodness, and just rework it a tad for the dancefloor. I'll just leave it at that.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bibio - Bones & Skulls
Bonobo - The Keeper
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song
Gold Streets - The Wait
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
The Answering Machine - Cliffer
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix)
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
You'll miss me when I evaporate: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100209.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to
Enjoy!
~CPI
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/02/03
blog 2010/02/03 - This special feeling of inadequacy only comes up in malls.
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit): Let's get straight in to the thick of it with some sexy understated house grooves here.
Donnis - Go Home: After the first half of the 90s basically used every single Parliament sample ever, it's proof that a generation cycle has passed when the kids today are ready to ressurect those classic horns. Straight-up party business here.
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets: Wow. Just wow. Goulding has been melting my mind for a few months now, with each single more delectable than the previous. SUCH a unique voice and fantastic pop talent. Incredible.
Glen Porter - Goodbye: Smooooth downtempo, in that traditional atmsopheric style.
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night: The new Hot Chip "One Life Stand" is like their other albums: iconoclastic, astounding, and a bit bewildering. Many of the songs run a bit too long, and the albums tend to never work as a whole, but the parts tossed in there are all so good that who cares. Highly recommended for Hot Chip fans new and old.
Jogger - Napping Captain: I can't help but read the name with a soft J. The new album "This Great Pressure" didn't do much for me, but this single is delightful. Have I heard this before? Almost every line of the lyrics is so catchy I swear it was from somewhere else.
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste: Kieran takes what he does best -- slam you with amazing and innovative electro sounds -- and then works it in to a dense track that acts as a homage to Kraftwerk. Very awesome.
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future: The new album is "They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them" and it's quite a joy. It's not revolutionary sonically, but it melds together the (guilty?) pleasures of Tool with Explosions In The Sky. Recommended for fans of prog rock and post rock. Bonus points for sampling Crispin Hellion Glover on The End of Something Great is Coming.
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup): Mashups have long ceased to have revelatory effects, but they can still be good for a lark. Montreal Tor loops up some Sufjan, pops some drums, and drops some acapellas on top. Some of it works, like the two tracks here, but many of the classic acapellas just fall flat and sit in opposition to the music. But whatevs, you can download it all for free at http://www.illinoize.biz/
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit): Oh god damn Joker, you're just so damn amazing. Your remixes aren't scared to let the pop goodness shine through. Your beats are well produced and confident enough that they don't have to constantly wallop us with sub and mid-range flutters. This works so damn well.
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First: Tosca's 2009 album "No Hassle" took me by surprise. I was expecting boring, adult contemporary chillout fare. What I got was totally engrossing and entirely original adult contempoary chillout fare. Taking funky hints of Roisin Murphy, Golden Palominos dub, and classic Ninja Tunes vibes, Tosca's managed an album that can shock and delight even a jaded old downtempo hag like me. I missed this in 2009, and I am oh so sorry. Highly recommended.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
Donnis - Go Home
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Glen Porter - Goodbye
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
Jogger - Napping Captain
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit)
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First
Strategic retreat, pillows included: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100203.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to
Enjoy!
~CPI
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit): Let's get straight in to the thick of it with some sexy understated house grooves here.
Donnis - Go Home: After the first half of the 90s basically used every single Parliament sample ever, it's proof that a generation cycle has passed when the kids today are ready to ressurect those classic horns. Straight-up party business here.
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets: Wow. Just wow. Goulding has been melting my mind for a few months now, with each single more delectable than the previous. SUCH a unique voice and fantastic pop talent. Incredible.
Glen Porter - Goodbye: Smooooth downtempo, in that traditional atmsopheric style.
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night: The new Hot Chip "One Life Stand" is like their other albums: iconoclastic, astounding, and a bit bewildering. Many of the songs run a bit too long, and the albums tend to never work as a whole, but the parts tossed in there are all so good that who cares. Highly recommended for Hot Chip fans new and old.
Jogger - Napping Captain: I can't help but read the name with a soft J. The new album "This Great Pressure" didn't do much for me, but this single is delightful. Have I heard this before? Almost every line of the lyrics is so catchy I swear it was from somewhere else.
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste: Kieran takes what he does best -- slam you with amazing and innovative electro sounds -- and then works it in to a dense track that acts as a homage to Kraftwerk. Very awesome.
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future: The new album is "They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them" and it's quite a joy. It's not revolutionary sonically, but it melds together the (guilty?) pleasures of Tool with Explosions In The Sky. Recommended for fans of prog rock and post rock. Bonus points for sampling Crispin Hellion Glover on The End of Something Great is Coming.
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup): Mashups have long ceased to have revelatory effects, but they can still be good for a lark. Montreal Tor loops up some Sufjan, pops some drums, and drops some acapellas on top. Some of it works, like the two tracks here, but many of the classic acapellas just fall flat and sit in opposition to the music. But whatevs, you can download it all for free at http://www.illinoize.biz/
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit): Oh god damn Joker, you're just so damn amazing. Your remixes aren't scared to let the pop goodness shine through. Your beats are well produced and confident enough that they don't have to constantly wallop us with sub and mid-range flutters. This works so damn well.
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First: Tosca's 2009 album "No Hassle" took me by surprise. I was expecting boring, adult contemporary chillout fare. What I got was totally engrossing and entirely original adult contempoary chillout fare. Taking funky hints of Roisin Murphy, Golden Palominos dub, and classic Ninja Tunes vibes, Tosca's managed an album that can shock and delight even a jaded old downtempo hag like me. I missed this in 2009, and I am oh so sorry. Highly recommended.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
Donnis - Go Home
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Glen Porter - Goodbye
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
Jogger - Napping Captain
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit)
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First
Strategic retreat, pillows included: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100203.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to
Enjoy!
~CPI
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