MP3 blog 2011/01/28

blog 2011/01/28 - my joy devours your cynicism.

Andy Shauf - Gone
Andy Shauf - How Long
Andy Shauf - You Remind Me:  I just recently discovered 2009's Darker Days album, and it has some fabulous folk if you are in to earnest flavours of Elliott Smith, Great Lake Swimmers or Sarah Harmer.

Annabel - The Forgetting of Names and Faces:  Can't deny the unwavering energy of this power pop.  From "Here We Are Tomorrow". 

Blackbird Blackbird - Lasthopesgone:  Another BB track that I love!  Woot.  I hope this is a sign of things to come.  The dream-pop has faded to the Gatekeeper-esque synth lines, and the crowd rejoices!

Gui Borratto - Beautiful Life:  I first heard this on the soundtrack for the short film "I'm Here", and WOW is this some epic storytelling electro.  It's like the epic chug of Ulrich Schnauss, wrapped in an inspirational electro house wrapper.

Guido - Korg Back:  I found this gem on the collection of originals for the "Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space" album.  I haven't heard the Scientist verisons yet, but this track reminds me why I spent so much fo 2010 praising Guido.  Bring it!

Meligrove Band - Bones Attack!!
Meligrove Band - Halflight:  Off 2010's "Shimmering Lights", these tracks are what Los Campensinos would be like if they weren't always sounding like they were fighting, and had a big ole drunk-a-thon with Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Pawn - Morning Tone:  The compilation "Forma. 3.10" is full of revelations that give you inspiring evidence that IDM is still a powerful force to be reckoned with.  The stark beauty of this track is argument enough for it's salvation.

Portland Cello Project - Denmark
Portland Cello Project - Take Five (Dave Brubeck cover):  First, kudos for the straight-forward name.  No mucking around there.  The new album is "Thousand Words" and while I couldn't jive with the whole thing, I just love the gusto of it all.  And hey, who doesn't love some classic Brubeck... done CELLO style???

Sunday Girl - Self Control (Laura Branigan cover):  This is one of those songs where you go "holy shit!  I totally forgot about that song!" until you hear someone cover it.

The Rest - Walk On Water (Auspicious Beginnings):  Epic pop ala Broken Social Scene, from the 2009 album "Everyone All At Once".

Unkown Sh?pes - If I Should Die
Unkown Sh?pes - Used To Give A FK:  The new "If I Should Die EP" is hot shit!  don't be confused by the clever name referencing the shapes in the name, this owes more to dubstep than it does to witch house.  But fuck, who cares, it's super bouncey and easily the most dancefloor-ready witchy shit out there.

White Denim - Light Light Light:  Off the 2009 "Last Day Of Summer" (oh what a saccarine title!), we end with a bit of dense jazz that just swishes through it's dense little clusters and leaves your brain beaming and clean.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Andy Shauf - Gone
Andy Shauf - How Long
Andy Shauf - You Remind Me
Annabel - The Forgetting of Names and Faces
Blackbird Blackbird - Lasthopesgone
Gui Borratto - Beautiful Life
Guido - Korg Back
Meligrove Band - Bones Attack!!
Meligrove Band - Halflight
Pawn - Morning Tone
Portland Cello Project - Denmark
Portland Cello Project - Take Five (Dave Brubeck cover)
Sunday Girl - Self Control (Laura Branigan cover)
The Rest - Walk On Water (Auspicious Beginnings)
Unkown Sh?pes - If I Should Die
Unkown Sh?pes - Used To Give A FK
White Denim - Light Light Light


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MP3 blog 2011/01/25

blog 2011/01/25 - oh owe my hands hurt.



Console - A Homeless Ghost
Console - Cutting Time.:  The latest album is Herself and does a pretty good job synthesizing all of the disparate Consoles audiences have loved them for over the past few years.  The smooth electro that got you grooving on Fourteen Zero Zero is here, the contemporary vocal pop is here, as is the IDM-ey emotional electronic soundscapes.
It all doesn't come together in a perfect way, but definitely worth checking out for fans of Console, Styrofoam, Ladytron, and modern synth music in general.

Fol Chen - In Ruins (Baths Remix):  The original was so over-the-top bouncey pop, the Baths are like a bucket of ice slid down it's back.  The original zest is all still there, but now buried under some chill-wave mid-range pumping distortion.  For 2011, I hope Yeasayer go Witch House.

Make The Girl Dance - Wall Of Death ft Solange La Frange (Sawagii Remix):  No no, not Beyonce's sister, a different Solange.  But still super awesome!  Love the yelping.  I love that the verses are all just yelping.  And it's always really good to explicitly state that this is indeed music for animals.

MGMT - Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework):  This works perfectly.  The original was a somber Ween-esque meditation on aged success, but the tone fits oh so perfectly with this Todd Terje-styled beat.  Groove it.

Phoenecia - As Pergillus:  wow wow wow.  I am not sure how I missed it, but the 2009 album Echelon Mall is fucking mind blowing.
Remember when Xela made tear-inducing beautiful IDM, but then went all sound-art wank and now produces lofi noise tapes?  So many of the old IDM kiddos have gone that way, or in to vocal electro pop.
Phoenecia goes towards the Xela route, except the meticulous sound-art compositions here never waver in quality and depth.  These kick Ben Frost's shiny bum.  This album is so good, it is up there with O.S.T.'s masterpiece Seimlste.  Highly recommended for fans of dark soundscapes.

Radio Slave - I Don't Need a Cure For This (Kenny Larkin Remix):  Perennial favourite around here, Radio Slave has one of the highest ratios of killer to filler than any other Beatport-friendly artist I know of.  I have to say, I love the last few years of including random piano riffs sparsely in these deep house tracks.

Rusko - Hold On (Them Jeans Remix):  When Them Jeans are on the track, I always expect things to be a tad goofier, but they keep a straight face here and deliver a solid and deep bass track for this perfect pop track.  In my perfect world, this is what top 40 radio would play.

Scanners - Baby Blue (Egon Brainparts of Bossasaurus Remix):  Another nugget of epic pop brilliance, wrapped in a bass prosciutto.

The Dø - Dust It Off
The Dø - Too Insistent:  While I am not crazy about the new full length, the single Dust It Off EP is pretty pitch perfect.  Having discovered The DØ from the great Wildlilife remix I put on one of my mixes, I will definitely keep my ears pointed in their direction.  For fans of Metric and Säkert! and New Pornographers, for sure.

The Head and The Heart - Winter Song:  Gorgeous folk pop that is right up there with The Tallest Man On Earth and Iron & Wine, both for it's earnestness and it's melodic joys.

The Shins - Sleeping Lessons (RAC Mix):  Sometimes all you need is to take an indie song and slap on a better bass beat....

World Inferno Friendship Society - Tattoos Fade:  There is a rollicking parlor rock feel to this song, but oh how I love the sentiment of the chorus even more.  Like Nick Drake meets Idiot Flesh.

Yuck - Georgia
Yuck - Holing Out
Yuck - Operation:  Their new self-titled album is bound to be one of the highlights of 2011, so get this album ASAP!
There is much entirely NEW here, but they mix in some of your fvaourites in new and exciting ways.  Dinosaur Jr., The Morning Benders, Best Coast and 90s grunge-era Sonic Youth are all referenced lovingly.  Highly recommended!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Console - A Homeless Ghost
Console - Cutting Time.
Fol Chen - In Ruins (Baths Remix)
Make The Girl Dance - Wall Of Death ft Solange La Frange (Sawagii Remix)
MGMT - Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework)
Phoenecia - As Pergillus
Radio Slave - I Don't Need a Cure For This (Kenny Larkin Remix)
Rusko - Hold On (Them Jeans Remix)
Scanners - Baby Blue (Egon Brainparts of Bossasaurus Remix)
The Dø - Dust It Off
The Dø - Too Insistent
The Head and The Heart - Winter Song
The Shins - Sleeping Lessons (RAC Mix)
World Inferno Friendship Society - Tattoos Fade
Yuck - Georgia
Yuck - Holing Out
Yuck - Operation


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MP3 blog 2011/01/21

blog 2011/01/21 - never compromise, never give up.

Another quick update before the weekend!  Lots of new music has been tickling my ears.
I've mostly been listening to György Ligeti and Harry Belafonte, but these ones are good too.  Promise.



Barbara Morgenstern - Blackbird
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin:  Barbara Morgenstern has always had a untouchable perch in the realms of electro pop and IDM.  Ceaselessly interesting and criminally overlooked, the new collection "Fan No 2" is a double CD of BM goodness, featuring the fun euro dance pop that will appeal to any fans of Kompakt, as well as the lush instrumentals that outdid most of Morr Music releases from the same period.  And hell, Annie Lennox (Eurtyhmics era) fans, too.

Body Language - Sandwiches (Alaska in Winter Remix):  The goofy 90s electro classic gets a mellow 21st rework.  Lovely.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - God Only Knows (Brian Wilson cover)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords:  The Horse Power EP is full of great pop fun!  We dropped a remix of a track from it earlier, but here are 2 more lovely nuggets, including an irresistible Beach Boys cover.

Freelance Whales - Hannah:  From the 2009 release Weathervanes, pop that is almost too saccarine, but just rides that edge ok, leaving that whisp of delight.  Oh yes, I went there.

Helios - The Evening Walk:  Helios always walked that path that Arovane first laid out, combining IDM with a few acoustic samples and a good wash of ambience.  From the 2009 album Unleft.

Lazydisco - On (Aphex Twin cover):  Ha!  It's always great when people cover Aphex Twin, and here's a great rendition on probably one of his best tracks ever.

LoveLikeFire - Stand In Your Shoes:  Reminds me of The Balconies, in a few ways.  Soaring rockin' girl pop!

Mi Ami - Harmonics (Genius Of Love):  New album, Steal Your Face!  Might immediately appeal to those that like Marnie Stern, but also for anyone in to Wolf Eyes or Ponytail.  A total aggro noisey mess of goodness.

Pretty Lights - I Can See It In Your Face:  sample-dense breakbeat that nicely straddles both the RJD2 and Bassnectar worlds.

Run Toto Run - This Is A Lull:  Epic electro-pop ala Bats For Lashes, except with the energy levels of The Gossip.

SL - Year Dot:  From the new album Kaleide.  One pile of bones?  WTF, what is this Blair Witch?

Starkey - Paradise ft Anneka
Starkey - Playing With Fire (Ital Tek Remix):  Space Traitor EP Vol.1 is craaaaaaazy good.  Starkey steps it up a notch and delivers some amazing tracks, and has some hot remixers in tow.

Sunday Girl - Four Floors (Diplo Remix):  Diplo mixes up the dubstep with some downtempo for this wonderful slinky groover.

Wick-it the Instigator - Follow The One:  The Black Keys get sampled and looped in short time, with this track off the new The Brothers of Chico Dusty.  It DOES make a fricking incredible beat...

Yellow Swans - Foiled
Yellow Swans - Limited Space:  The new album Going Places is totally intruiging.  It will appeal to fans of the indie noise cassette culture, post rock, sludge metal, and ambient drone.  It's like those, but even better.  Highly recommended.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Barbara Morgenstern - Blackbird
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin
Body Language - Sandwiches (Alaska in Winter Remix)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - God Only Knows (Brian Wilson cover)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords
Freelance Whales - Hannah
Helios - The Evening Walk
Lazydisco - On (Aphex Twin cover)
LoveLikeFire - Stand In Your Shoes
Mi Ami - Harmonics (Genius Of Love)
Pretty Lights - I Can See It In Your Face
Run Toto Run - This Is A Lull
SL - Year Dot
Starkey - Paradise ft Anneka
Starkey - Playing With Fire (Ital Tek Remix)
Sunday Girl - Four Floors (Diplo Remix)
Wick-it the Instigator - Follow The One
Yellow Swans - Foiled
Yellow Swans - Limited Space


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MP3 blog 2011/01/18

blog 2011/01/18 - oh it hurts why does it have to hurt?

Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
Daedalus - LA Nocturne
Diplo - Summer's Gonna Hurt You (Diplo 2010 Remix)
Emika - Double Edge
Quincy & Zen Cuts Allstars - I Hear The Drummer (Tunng Edit):  Each time it gets bigger and better.  Ninja Tune XX was released as a deluxe 6 CD box set.  It's like unwrapping the bestest xmas present ever.  I grew up on the first Ninja Tune sampler Funkjazztical Tricknology, and oh how far they've come!
Here are some of my faves from the massive collection.  Timber is one of my favourite ninja cuts ever, and I love the rework.  Same with Summer's Gonna Hurt You.  Before Diplo went all dirty club, he did a few soulful downtempo cuts, and this was the bestest.  The Emika cut is awesomely deep, but we all know I just love it because it samples Metroid.
And of course the mega mix I Hear The Drummer, which sums up all of the label's brilliant karma and meshes it all together in Reader's Digest fashion.  As a music fan, you should be able to ID at least 60% of the songs within.  If you can't, get digging through the Ninja Tunes crates.

2.3 Children - Drunk In The Afternoon:  Uhhh yeah I just figured everyone neeeded to hear this.

DID - Another Pusher (These New Puritans Remix):  The first of two tastes of These New Puritans.  This one feels all slimey and gross and belching, but oddly irresistible.

Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody:  Another great cut from the Expanded Edition of Bitte Orca, the 2009 classic.

Feist - Limit To Your Love (Live):  From the CD of the DVD document, "Look At What The Light Did Now".

jj - New Work
jj - Still:  From their new Kills mixtape, some of their funnest stuff since their No. 2 album.  Who can resist dreamwave vox over a Dre beat?

Lykke Li - Get Some (Beck Remix):  So excited for new Lykke Li this year!  This track just killlllls it.  Mike D also did a remix that's out there.  It's like Jon Spencer's Orange days all over again!  hell yeah.

Mogwai - Letters To The Metro
Mogwai - Rano Pano:  New Mogwai!   The album is "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" and it's fresh for 2011.  Fans of the band will love it.  Fans of GY!BE will finally be able to cross over.  Fabulous instrumental musics.

Of Montreal - Famine Affair (Leonidas & Hobbes's Aftermath Remix):  Really unassuming, but this is a totally great plodder of a remix.

Sleigh Bells - Run The Heart (RUN With DRUGS) (Ensemble Economique REMIX):  Slowed down and mellowed out really works for Sleigh Bells.  They should totally have a dub remix album.  RELEASE THE STEMS!

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp:  Rollicking pop off the brand new album Departing.

These New Puritans - Attack Music:  Filthy stomping goodness!   Eeeee love the dark reeds.

Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder:  And we'll close on something a bit more bubbley and happy!  From the new album "Causers Of This".




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

2.3 Children - Drunk In The Afternoon
Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
Daedalus - LA Nocturne
DID - Another Pusher (These New Puritans Remix)
Diplo - Summer's Gonna Hurt You (Diplo 2010 Remix)
Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody
Emika - Double Edge
Feist - Limit To Your Love (Live)
jj - New Work
jj - Still
Lykke Li - Get Some (Beck Remix)
Mogwai - Letters To The Metro
Mogwai - Rano Pano
Of Montreal - Famine Affair (Leonidas & Hobbes's Aftermath Remix)
Quincy & Zen Cuts Allstars - I Hear The Drummer (Tunng Edit)
Sleigh Bells - Run The Heart (RUN With DRUGS) (Ensemble Economique REMIX)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp
These New Puritans - Attack Music
Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder


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MP3 blog 2011/01/13

blog 2011/01/13 - it burns so gloriously!

NO CHIT CHAT!  ONLY MUSIC!


µ-Ziq - Ease Up:  We're kicking things off with 2 blasts from the past!  2005's Ease Up was a classic for Paradinas, but he's always given us some jungley surprises of goodness over the years.

Bikini Kill - Reject All American:  The classic from the album of the same title!  Never go to a riot without it.

Congrorock - Babylon (Peodepitte ft Chronz) (RD Remix):  R/D is back with another incredible remix!  Not content with the mind-warping IDM stylee, he now mashes it up for this dancefloor killer.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Nothing But Our Love (Prussia Remix):  Something so perfectly 1980s lounge about that synth.  You could totally picture Phill Collins singing this after a PCP bender.  Crooning to the jello mold.  From the new album My Love Is Easy: Remixes Pt. 1.

Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs (GOBBLE GOBBLE's Wings for Eyeliner):  I wanted oh so hard to love Diamond Rings, but it took the real saviour of Canadian music, Gobble Gobble, to highlight all the right parts with pink and yellow.  From the remix collection GOBBL'd Volume 1 Tape.

Feed Me - Jodie (Radio Edit):  I was thinking to myself... What is the perfect way to transition from the nightclub to a Trecartin themed artstar party where we pour paint and sauces all over ourselves and stutter around on the floor?  Oh this'll do for now.

Gatekeeper - Storm Column:  GATEKEEEEEPER!  He used to do more generic dubstep stuff.  It was solid, but not quite as unique.  Now he's bakc with Giza, having watched one too many Italian horror films that he finally broke his brain and took his dubstep samples back and applied it to a dark cinematic electro framework. 
Whether it's 21st century Goblin or the best video game music ever, it's all awesome.

Gregory and the Hawk - Boats and Birds (Protohype Remix):  Cute and freezepoppish, and totally bouncey fun.

Raz Mesinai - Resurrections For Goatskin II:  Resurrections For Goatskin cameout on Tzadik (*swoon*) back in 2003, but I am just discovering it now.  Long recovered from his mediocre illbient days, Raz Mesinai has ended up as one of my favourite textural composers, mixing classic percussion with drones and other sounds.

The Decemberists - Dear Avery
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight:  HURRAY!  NEW DECEMBERISTS!  The King Is Dead is a pretty fabulous album.  Much more lowkey and straightforward than 2009's Hazards Of Love, many fans will applaud the return to form.  I really loved Hazards, and was hoping this would continue that thread, but it's still an incredibley satisfying Decemberists album, twangy slide guitar and all.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The Mynabirds - This Will Be Our Year (Zombies cover)
The Mynabirds - Ways of Looking
The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire:  The cover is of probably one of my favourite sentimental pop songs EVER.  It's not on the album, but the other 2 tracks are indeed from the brand new "What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood", which is low key fabulous.  A bit of rootsy folksy charm ala Be Good Tanyas or Sarah Harmer, or even some Cowboy Junkies vibes there, but it's tempered by some Neko Case style freshness and defintely deserves a good listen.

The New Pornographers - We End Up Together:  From 2010's album Together, oh I do love the bombast.  They are starting to remind me of that super sweet first Fiercy Furnaces album.

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Zeds Dead Remix):  Ha!  Take that, zombie jagger!

Wye Oak - Civilian:  After their 2010 EP rocked my socks off and then back on again, I am super hyped for their new album Civilian.  The title single is leaked and sounds amazing.




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

µ-Ziq - Ease Up
Bikini Kill - Reject All American
Congrorock - Babylon (Peodepitte ft Chronz) (RD Remix)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Nothing But Our Love (Prussia Remix)
Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs (GOBBLE GOBBLE's Wings for Eyeliner)
Feed Me - Jodie (Radio Edit)
Gatekeeper - Storm Column
Gregory and the Hawk - Boats and Birds (Protohype Remix)
Raz Mesinai - Resurrections For Goatskin II
The Decemberists - Dear Avery
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
The Mynabirds - This Will Be Our Year (Zombies cover)
The Mynabirds - Ways of Looking
The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire
The New Pornographers - We End Up Together
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Zeds Dead Remix)
Wye Oak - Civilian


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MP3 blog 2011/01/10

blog 2011/01/10 - *phew* finally getting back on top of things.

Last day of catch-up, let's get right to it...


Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (Color Blaster Rmx):  Breakbot is always good for the elecro funk styleeeee

Dessa - Dixon's Girl:  Any track that starts with an oboe is well on its way to getting my panties off.  The structure here is at once wholly familiar, but every aspect is flipped in a playful way making this the funnest bit of contemporary R&B in a while.

Eliza Doolittle - I'll Be Your Pillow:  From the 2010 album "Pack Up", this sound ends up as a cross between Lily Allen and more traditional singer/songwriter stuff like Be Good Tanyas.  And who the hell doesn't want to be someone's pillow?

Errors - A Rumour In Africa (Gold Panda Remix):  Gold Panda hits us with another cold metal electroklink rework.

Friends Electric - Golden Blood (The Dirty Tees Rework):  Ecstatic, epic electro reworks!  About time we got back to these.

Goth-Trad - Sunbeam:  Some dubstep from the "OMG I really love Shackleton" world of things where we do just enough and not a handclap more.

Hauschka - Kamogawa
Hauschka - Sunny Mission:  I was really looking forward to the new album, "Foreign Landscapes", as I'd loved their prior album to death.  These two songs pulled me in, but the album as a whole didn't gel for me.

Horse Feathers - Drain You (Nirvana cover):  I have to admit I love sappy and romantic takes on Nirvana songs.  My childhood is ok with this!

Josh Ritter - Change of Time:  blah blah blah nothing to say!~

Mariage Blanc - Whatever You Say I Am:  A bit on the radio-friendly side, but it has the classic pop chops down pat.

Marty Party - BeBa:  Beba.  What is says on the tin.

MRK1 - Digital Orient:  has that good dubstep grind without getting obnoxious, and that sexy dubness without stumbling over it's own feet.

Painted Palms - All of Us:  I swear this is what Panda Bear would sound like if he wasn't singing with a fishtank on his head.  From the new Canopy EP.

Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me:  Anyone remember illbient?  Drum & Bass got so fucking boring that it spawned that short lived genre.  Looks like someone dusted off the old sample packs and is giving the goodness another spin.  No longer a frenetic pace, we of the post-dubstep world nod with approval.

Rubik - It's Not Really You:  What was I saying about slowed down DnB?  Oh yeah, things get sexier and sexier.

Siberian Railway - Host ft Nuria Tamayo
Siberian Railway - Naoko:  Clicky yummy IDM, for fans of Saycet, CocoRosie and MuM.

Sub Swara - Bend You:  From the new release Triggers, Sub Swara shows why they are on of the most exciting dubby sounds on the dancefloor.  Almost a bit of garage action on the bass synths there.

The Belle Stars - Clapping Song (Rat Salad Re-Edit):  I'd always been a fan of the original chant, so it's fabulous and a bit odd to have it sneak it's way in like this.

Tokyo Police Club - Favorite Coulour (PUNCHES Remix):  YEAH!  One of the best TPC songs finally gets a dancefloor rework.

Two Fingers - Keman Rhythm:  We'll finish things off with a dope track from none other than Two Fingers!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (Color Blaster Rmx)
Dessa - Dixon's Girl
Eliza Doolittle - I'll Be Your Pillow
Errors - A Rumour In Africa (Gold Panda Remix)
Friends Electric - Golden Blood (The Dirty Tees Rework)
Goth-Trad - Sunbeam
Hauschka - Kamogawa
Hauschka - Sunny Mission
Horse Feathers - Drain You (Nirvana cover)
Josh Ritter - Change of Time
Mariage Blanc - Whatever You Say I Am
Marty Party - BeBa
MRK1 - Digital Orient
Painted Palms - All of Us
Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me
Rubik - It's Not Really You
Siberian Railway - Host ft Nuria Tamayo
Siberian Railway - Naoko
Sub Swara - Bend You
The Belle Stars - Clapping Song (Rat Salad Re-Edit)
Tokyo Police Club - Favorite Coulour (PUNCHES Remix)
Two Fingers - Keman Rhythm

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MP3 blog 2011/01/06

blog 2011/01/06 - round 2 of caitlyn playing catch-up

I have 2 gigs coming up I should let you know about:
Friday January 14th, playing @ Barrymore's
with Daft Punk Tribute Band
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Saturday January 29th, playing @ Perfect 10
Venus Envy's 10th anniversary party @ Club SAW
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No other preamble, let's get back to the goodness I harvested in December...


Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs:  The accent is oh so lovely, but it's wrapped up in a perfect little sing-a-long pop song, so it's all perfect.

Angus & Julia Stone - Hold On:  Shades of Lykke Li here, with a string section used to great effect.

April Smith and the Great Picture Show - Movie Loves A Screen:  A bit adult contemporary listening perhaps, but there is a fun little Kate Nash kind of groove going on here, or a goofier Emmy The Great thing.

ARP & Anthony Moore - Wild Grass I (for Arthur Russel):  a stunningly subtle chamber piece from the album Frkwys Vol. 3.

Don Johnson Big Band - Cocoa Cacao:  This heralds back to 2006, but I just discovered now.  Total ecstasy on that chorus, and great flute grooves.

Gobble Gobble - Nikki (I Am Not The-Dream cover):  Mmmmmm Gobble Gobble!  My favourite new find of 2010!  They kick off 2011 with a new single, the Secret 7", and we're all weak in the knees.

Heike Has The Giggles - Robot:  Bikini Kill sounds for the 2011 world!    An oddly titled band, with a track from the oddly titled album "Sh!"

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - River Like Spine:  Drone ambient off the new album Love Is A Stream.

Los Chicharrons - Ma Do Nar:  No no, not the Josh Martinez side project.  This one's even doper.

Mansions on the Moon - This Life (DJA  Mad Decent Remix):  The Paradise Falls albums was kind of a bust, but this track bumps in all the ways you'd expect a Mad Decent track to bounce.

Mar - Mar Variation, 1st Session:  From the 2010 album Mar Variations, a smooth slice of down-and-out soul.

Martian Gang ft Insight & Dagha - Got Skills Galore (Groovemanspot Remix):  This is from 2005, but I only recently heard the 12" that had this rare remixes on it, and I just loved it.

Meursault - Crank Resolutions
Meursault - William Henry Miller Part 1:  I haven't heard the full album, "All Creatures Will Make Merry", but these songs are amazing, giving me impressions of The Twilight Sad, but with more of an acoustic dingy cabin sort of feel to them.  OK, some Frightened Rabbit too.  And no, it's not just the accent!

Nosaj Thing - Light #1 (Take Remix):  2 of my favourite producers make out and give us this little groover as a memento!

Peter Wolf Crier - Untitled 101:  Not much to say here, quaint little folk pop.

Priors - What You Need (Hey Champ Remix):  I love the light discey synth and the bubblebass on display here.  Perfect pop achieved with great restraint and just having enough of everything, like an 70s pop funk groove.

Säkert! - Dansa, fastän
Säkert! - Riot:  From the 2010 album Facit.  Wow, lots of music in this update where I have no idea what they are saying.  But good music often transcends language boundaries, and these songs are truly awesome.

Sky Larkin - Kaleide:  Radio friendly grrl pop fun, ala The Pipettes.

The Big Pink - Velvet (Mount Kimbie Remix):  I never thought The Big Pink would get a slick bass remix like this, but leave it to the magic of Mount Kimbie to take something so poppy and fun and make it mysterious and alluring.

The Details - The Original Mark:  ...aaaaaand we're outta here for the weekend!  This is from the "The Original Mark EP".  Enjoy!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
Angus & Julia Stone - Hold On
April Smith and the Great Picture Show - Movie Loves A Screen
ARP & Anthony Moore - Wild Grass I (for Arthur Russel)
Don Johnson Big Band - Cocoa Cacao
Gobble Gobble - Nikki (I Am Not The-Dream cover)
Heike Has The Giggles - Robot
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - River Like Spine
Los Chicharrons - Ma Do Nar
Mansions on the Moon - This Life (DJA  Mad Decent Remix)
Mar - Mar Variation, 1st Session
Martian Gang ft Insight & Dagha - Got Skills Galore (Groovemanspot Remix)
Meursault - Crank Resolutions
Meursault - William Henry Miller Part 1
Nosaj Thing - Light #1 (Take Remix)
Peter Wolf Crier - Untitled 101
Priors - What You Need (Hey Champ Remix)
Säkert! - Dansa, fastän
Säkert! - Riot
Sky Larkin - Kaleide
The Big Pink - Velvet (Mount Kimbie Remix)
The Details - The Original Mark


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MP3 blog 2011/01/05

blog 2011/01/05 - and I awake and rub my eyes... and I have travelled in to the future!

It is truly a miracle!  The future!  Here it is, upon us!
Not moments ago you were in a drunken stupor, it being the innocent age of 2010, and lo', I say lo', you have awoken to the madness that is 2011.
Stockpile rations and arms yourself with zombie-stompin' boots, because the future waits for no one.

I have been doing my part.  Don't think that all of December I was merely working on the BEST OF 2010 lists and the holiday music post.  Oh no, there was still a regular operation of sifting sieving and scavenging for the best new sounds.
So much so, that there is a ridiculous backlog.
What this means is that you are getting a triple wammy of oversized updates.  Today, tomorrow, and probably again on Monday, I will be posting updates that flagrantly exceed my self-imposed "80 minutes only so they can like, burn it to one of those CD-R things for the car" rule. 
I can't be held down.

Quell your rage with the first dose of fabulous new tunes! 
The future is swell, and not nearly as zombie-filled as we once feared!


A Band Called Quinn - Letting Your Light Shine:  Super sweet loungey pop from the new album Advent Calendar.  Totally takes me back to 90s-style pop ala Bran Van 3000.  A simpler era where rap stoners like Len could suddenly have a bubble-gum pop and music videos played on tv.  A time when children could laugh and play and "trip hop" wasn't a dirty word. 

Alessandro Bosetti - Laida and Mikel looking for rhymes.:  A totally seductive little number for voices and upright bass from the new album Zwölfzungen.  I have no idea what they are saying but oh my it kind of gets me all hot and bothered.

Amiina - Over and Again:  Like a hippier take on a MuM song!  From the album Puzzle.

Blackbird Blackbird - Little Respect:  OUt of the slightly seasick woozy-core scene comes Blackbirdx2, and I think this is the first track of theirs that I like as it is.  All of my other favourite tracks by them had remix work from someone else

Bossasaurus - Light Pollution:  This is a fun electro breaks song, and it's terribley disorienting since it includes a sample that sounds like I am getting a call on my bluetooth headphones.  Remember when people first started inserting default cell phone rings in to songs?  The future is a horribley cruel place feeled with lots of feelgood breakbeats.

Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour ft I-Kay
Danny Byrd - Planet Earth:  Rave Digger is my favourite TOTAL jungle album since Venetian Snares dropped that proto-ragga madness.  Byrd has all the best parts of the big rave sound, the ragga samples, the '92 oldschool breakbeat joys, and the contemporary techstep compressor stack to make it all bust your fucking skull until rainbows bleed everywhere.

El Tigre - Quien Como Yo:   no no no, not "LE", it's "EL Tigre"!  Totally dope and bouncey.

Forest Swords - Rattling Cage:  When that witchhousey aesthetic bleeds in to indie rock, we get glorious little tracks like this.  It's like when IDM was mulling about, and people first decided to mix it with some live guitar.  Goodness abounds.

Frail Limb Purity - Ghostface Killah v. The Shirelles:  You all know my strict rules on mashups.  Must be TIGHT.  Must be in key.  Must be greater than the sum of the parts.  And most importantly, must MAKE ME SMILE.  Yesssss.

Fullness - Butterfish (Marlow Remix):  Butterfish is often billed as white tuna, but it's real name is escolar.  It is the most delicious thing in the ocean, and will make you excrete an indigestible waxy ester if you eat too much.  THAT IS AWESOME.

Japandroids - Younger Us:  Fabulous new single from Japandroids!  Again on the themes of being totally awesome party rockers dealing with their suddenly realized mortality.  A perfect lament for days slipping by far too quickly.

MJ Cole & Wiley - From The Drop:  MJ Cole gets so much friggin' right on this track, and Wiley manages not to sound like a total asshole, and keeps a dope flow just underneath the snappy beat.  A wicked wicked track.

Producer Snafu - Bowser's Cock:  Oh come on, don't tell me you never thought about it before.  I'm SURE there's some of it on deviantart...

Salem - Asia (Jokers Of The Scene Remix):  Ottawa boys who were doing the bloghouse thing and then the meh electro thing now try their hands at the witchhouse thing and end up sounding like epic prog rock monsters.

Shugo Tokumaru - Lahaha:  EEEEEEEEEEEEE!  I am soooo excited for the new Shugo Tokumaru album!  It will be called Port Entropy and this is a leaked preview track and omg omg omg omg!

Stephen Francis - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover):  A fabulous take on my favourite LCD Soundsystem song ever.  oh so yummy.

Stupid Bastard - Hype Up:  1999 breakbeat madness!!!  And then it all falls deep in to mashy house business that sounds almost retro.

Styrofoam - Looking Glass Two Zero:  I didn't love the new album "Disco Synthesizers & Daily Tranquilizers" as much as I had hoped for, but I do like this track.

Sub Compression - When It All Comes Back (Vladimir Corbin & Peddy's Sunshine RMX):  I love tracks like this.  Totally enchanting creeper beats, downpitched vocals that aren't pretentious and trance you right out.  WIN.

The Bug - Catch A Fire ft Hitomi:  Released late in 2010, The Bug's Infected EP has some friggin' cold ass dopeness on it.  How did early 90s Tricky get ressurrected in to modern bass boogaloo?  Who knows, who cares.  We gots it good.

Young Circles - Lightning:  A great way to end off!   Like a somewhat bassier Yesayer, perhaps?  All gooood.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

A Band Called Quinn - Letting Your Light Shine
Alessandro Bosetti - Laida and Mikel looking for rhymes.
Amiina - Over and Again
Blackbird Blackbird - Little Respect
Bossasaurus - Light Pollution
Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour ft I-Kay
Danny Byrd - Planet Earth
El Tigre - Quien Como Yo
Forest Swords - Rattling Cage
Frail Limb Purity - Ghostface Killah v. The Shirelles
Fullness - Butterfish (Marlow Remix)
Japandroids - Younger Us
MJ Cole & Wiley - From The Drop
Producer Snafu - Bowser's Cock
Salem - Asia (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
Shugo Tokumaru - Lahaha
Stephen Francis - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)
Stupid Bastard - Hype Up
Styrofoam - Looking Glass Two Zero
Sub Compression - When It All Comes Back (Vladimir Corbin & Peddy's Sunshine RMX)
The Bug - Catch A Fire ft Hitomi
Young Circles - Lightning


It's only 100 minutes!  Just get on this, because tomorrow is a brand new day.  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110105.zip

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Divergence Movie Night events, kicking off 2011

CPI live on January 14th

10:30-midnight 8-piece Daft Punk Tribute funk band
midnight-close CPI

Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Mauricio Kagel - Orient-Occident, etc (1970)

Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Mauricio Kagel - Orient-Occident, etc (1970)



A1 Luciano Berio - Moment 1
A2 Luciano Berio - Omaggio A Joyce
A3 Bruno Maderna - Continuo
B1 Iannis Xenakis - Orient-Occident
B2 Mauricio Kagel - Transiton 1


836.897 DSY

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Pierre Henry - Apocalypse De Jean volume III (1968)

Pierre Henry - Apocalypse De Jean volume III (1968)



Apocalypse Of John
ELECTRONIC READING TIMED IN 5 PARTS BY
Pierre HENRY

On a text translated by Georges LEVITTE
Reader: Jean NEGRONI

Execution and technical supervision of Pierre HENRY
assisted by Isabelle CHANDON


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Musique Electronique Norvegienne (1968)

Musique Electronique Norvegienne (1968)

Dedicated to Continuo's, one of the best blogs out there, who I think at one point requested a good rip of this album.





A1. Arne Nordhheim - Epitaffio
pour orchestre et bande magnetique
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE D'OSLO
Direction: Herbert Blomstedt

A2. Herbert Blomstedt - Response 1
pour deux groupes de percussions et bande magnetique
Per NYHAUG et Per Erik THORSEN, percussions

B1. Alfred Janson - Canon
pour orchestre de chambre et bande magnetique
Astri HERSET, soprano
Willy ANDRESEN, piano
Kare KOLBERG, orgue
Bjorn Jon JOHANSEN, saxophone
Knut GUETTLER, contrebasse
Per Erik THORSEN, percussion
Direction: Sverre BRULAND

B2. Bjorn Fongaard - Galaxy
pour trois guitares electroniques en quarts de tons
Bjork FONGAARD, guitares

1968, Prospective 21 Siecle
836.896 DSY


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my mother told me not to stare into the sun

Restate my assumptions:
1) Music and art are essential for a developing society.
2) There is an ever-increasing amount of amazing new music to discover.
3) There is far too much good music for anyone to listen to mediocre music.
4) My friends are far too busy being beautifully brilliant forces in society.
Therefore, I will research and gather all of the greatest new music for them and share it with them in the most convenient ways possible.
Everyone else is more than welcome to come along for the ride.

Happy 2011 everyone.  Prepare for full-speed-ahead resumption within a week.