Another quick dropship of musical goodness, and just in time because I'm off to Montreal for a super duper weekend adventure!
AC Slater - Calm Down (AC Slater Remix ft DJ Craze): It says something about our times when Craze showing up on a remix is a breathe of fresh air. OMG, someone doing something in real life! Not just on a computer!
Seriously, it's SO refreshing to hear the cuts on top.
B.Lewis - The Downslope
B.Lewis - When the Wise Men Fall: The new album (EP?) is La Semaine, and these two tracks were my favourite. That smooth pulsing bass that we all love so much and soulfully chopped vocals to boot.
Definitely not out of place in a set of older school Ghostly International Eps.
Banner Pilot - Overwinter: This reminds me of the simple joys of the early Fat Wreck Chords catalouge when I was in high school.
Botany - Feeling Today: Dream pop pulses!
Daniel Higgs - Say God: I listen to a lot of music. My collection is almost 5000 albums. And i've listened to at least 4 times that many in my short life. Like, all the way through.
And I listen to a lot of weird stuff. Field recordings. Ragtime Jazz. Prog metal. Extreme noise. Roots folk. Women dressed up in dog costumes playing toy organs. etc.
And so it is with excitement that I declare this album, "Say God", like nothing else I have heard before. A total original.
While I'm not sure if it's the best album that'd I'd lump in the experimental category of 2010, it certainly is one of the most curious and fascinating. I could see myself totally having fallen in deep committed loev to it by the time winter has taken full effect here.
Daniel Higgs is like a cross between Terry Riley and Joe Coleman. Between Orsen Welles and Keiji Haino. His mantric ramblings are part spiritual part naive radio art. And it's all pretty darn remarkable. Try and keep up with it here.
Fat Freddy's Drop - This Room: New single from Fat Freddy's Drop has all the soulful and dubby smoothness that you'd expect. Totally chill.
Gui Boratto - Notations (Dada Attack Remix): I love Gui Boratto because he constantly shurgs off what other producers are unable to do: throw off the shackles of their Beatport categories and produce som really intresting and innovative new music.
He easily could have stuck himself in that bin of tech-house/electro/minimal/electro artists that glut the shopping carts of boring ass djs, but he consistantly throws curveballs on the occassional EP that really startles and makes you smile.
Headlights - TV (Son Lux Remix): When an indie pop group like the Headlights gets a remix album, you can't expect it all to be golden, but I do love this energetic rendition. Also check blog20090731 for another remix and blog20080409 for another Headlights track.
Mano Le Tough - Baby, Lets Love: Grooving on the light and joyous clicks of this one. Lovely.
Motohiro Nakashima - A Few Minutes Before The Dawn
Motohiro Nakashima - Tragedy Of Our Field: I'm still pretty new to Nakashima's work, but I love the delicate textures of last year's We Hum On The Way Home.
Gorgeous instrumental compositions that will appeal to fans of ambient music of all stripes.
School Of Seven Bells - I L U
School Of Seven Bells - Joviann
School Of Seven Bells - Windstorm: I listened to it a few more times and the verdict is in: "Disconnect From Desire" is a winner. Very much recommended.
Scrubber Fox - 12 Volt Minge (Feldermelder Quantsize Remix): I love how quirky and off kilter this all is. It stumbles forward straight in to my heart!
The Shimmies - And The Radio Played On (The Delta Mirror cover): And let's end things with this fabulous cover.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
AC Slater - Calm Down (AC Slater Remix ft DJ Craze)
B.Lewis - The Downslope
B.Lewis - When the Wise Men Fall
Banner Pilot - Overwinter
Botany - Feeling Today
Daniel Higgs - Say God
Fat Freddy's Drop - This Room
Gui Boratto - Notations (Dada Attack Remix)
Headlights - TV (Son Lux Remix)
Mano Le Tough - Baby, Lets Love
Motohiro Nakashima - A Few Minutes Before The Dawn
Motohiro Nakashima - Tragedy Of Our Field
School Of Seven Bells - I L U
School Of Seven Bells - Joviann
School Of Seven Bells - Windstorm
Scrubber Fox - 12 Volt Minge (Feldermelder Quantsize Remix)
The Shimmies - And The Radio Played On (The Delta Mirror cover)
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~CPI
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