Wednesday, April 25, 2012

MP3 blog 2012/04/25

blog 2012/04/25 - preparing for the day of the days

Chromatics - Back From the Grave:  The post XX age is upon us!  Dreampop is king!

Guillemots - I Don't Feel Amazing Now (Mooli Remix):  Guillemots have always excelled at the epic emotional rollercoaster ride, and this remix just reframes it all perfectly.  Some indie rock songs just need a quality bass-synth underneath them.

Jack White - Love Interruption:  I haven't really followed this guy too much, but yeah this single kind of won me over, partially for the wind instrument selection, partially for the restraint shown that would normally have put this out as a over-amped cockrocker.

James Murray - Greenlands:  Floods gives us serene fuzzed out keys that would fit well on many-a-soundtrack.  But between names like Floods and Greenlands, you'd imagine something much more alienating soundwise.  But we'd all be wrong.

Kimya Dawson - Same Shit; Complicated
Kimya Dawson - Walk Like Thunder with Aesop Rock:  WHAT.  If someone told me Kimya Dawson had released an extremely long album that featured more lyrics than an Aesop Rock album AND IT INCLUDED AESOP ROCK all over it, AND it had a memorial tribute song for Captain Lou Albano, I'd think that maybe you were right because why on earth would you make that shit up?  This album Thunder Thighs is easy to dismiss and oh so worthwhile to get in to.  It's a rare thing:   a precious twee hipster growing up and having a badass midlife crisis.  She is simultaneously realizing her music career is secondary to the joys of having a kid, that all of her friends are dying early, while spending much emotional energy exorcising her thoughts about her past overdose and substance indulgence.  And yeah, Aesop Rock participates.  Not just a cameo, but on like 7 tracks.  Seriously, WTF.   Well here are two songs, and yeah, 17 minutes total.  Highly recommended for those that will be in to it.

Kytami - 2 Lions:  ROAR! ROAR!  This isn't yr regular raggamuffin dub, no no, we got some sweet ass strings and glorious pads and a little dose of ecstasy.

Santigold - Disparate Youth (The 2 Bears Remix):  New Santigold!  Super fun.

Slow Club - Two Cousins:  New Slow Club!  I'm really excited for the new album Paradise.  Stay tuned.

The Antlers - Hounds ft Nicole Atkins:  Not quite a remix album, Together is duets and reinterpretations and oh this one is my favourite.   I like that Nicole hits the lower half of the harmony.  This album also has an 18 minute Bears In Heaven track on it...  Neato, but only for the hardcore Antlers fans.

The Flashbulb - The Great Pumpkin Tapes:  From the album Arboreal, this is what the Charlie Brown kids will be ice skating to for eternity.

Tyga - Rack City (Grandtheft Bootleg):  Rack city bitch, rack rack city bitch, over and over and over.

Yoshinori Takezawa - Draumar
Yoshinori Takezawa - Licht:  Dream Line is a plethora of lowkey skittering beats that provides a tiny framework for the amazing piano and guitar to shine on top of.  And is it just me or does Draumar sound like an acoustic rendition of a Mike Paradinas track?  Recommended for those in the sleeping bags.

Zambri - Hundred Hearts:  Dreampulses from the new album House of Baasa.  Having 1 heart is hard enough, 100 is TROUBLE.

Zeds Dead & Omar LinX - Coffee Break:  ZD has been on the brostep train, so I was relieved to find a batch of dope tracks that get in to the synth rap business again.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Chromatics - Back From the Grave
Guillemots - I Don't Feel Amazing Now (Mooli Remix)
Jack White - Love Interruption
James Murray - Greenlands
Kimya Dawson - Same Shit; Complicated
Kimya Dawson - Walk Like Thunder with Aesop Rock
Kytami - 2 Lions
Santigold - Disparate Youth (The 2 Bears Remix)
Slow Club - Two Cousins
The Antlers - Hounds ft Nicole Atkins
The Flashbulb - The Great Pumpkin Tapes
Tyga - Rack City (Grandtheft Bootleg)
Yoshinori Takezawa - Draumar
Yoshinori Takezawa - Licht
Zambri - Hundred Hearts
Zeds Dead & Omar LinX - Coffee Break


There is so much to be said for what we've accomplished in the face of such stark opposition:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20120425.zip


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~CPI

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

MP3 blog 2012/04/18

blog 2012/04/18 - the sky and the ground have a thin layer between them so they never touch.

8bit Pipe - Sterile:  What starts as some blippy retro synthwork turns in to a fun poprock song ala Mates Of State.

Au Vol - Warm Bath, Gaudy As Poppies (For Sylvia):  The album Apothecary, in title and sound, is full of cracked romantic notions that you just can't resist.  Ottawa's Au Vol has put together a tour-de-force album of sonics ranging from the rolling ambience of this track to the twisted electroacoustic slices of Ben Frost.   Recommended.  http://auvol.bandcamp.com/

Avicii - Levels (RebelRebel Remix):  OK, it's not a revelution in funky disco house, but it's been a while since I heard this classic sample flipped and it just took me to 1990s goodvibe flashbacks.

Azealia Banks - Fuck Up The Fun:  New Banks single!  Yes, she spends most of it just talking shit to her bellybutton, but it's hard to say no to badass drumline stompers.

BADBADNOTGOOD - Earl ft Leland Whitty
BADBADNOTGOOD - Limit To Your Love (James Blake cover):  FUCKING BOSS.  BBNG2 is the new album and it's DYNAMITE.  A perfect mix of standout instrumental jazz works with a few familiar breakbeat classic covers to keep it on and on and on and on.  Highly recommended.

Balam Acab - Just Stay:  There's something simultaneously machinelike and cold bout this, while at the same time being equally sparklefairy.  GOOD SHOW, SIR.

Bill Callahan - Heaven Help The Child:  Oh oh oh this is good.  Released as a split 7" with Mickey Newbury, who also does a great rendition of the same same, this is what record store day is all about.   SO GOOD.  I love you Mr. Callahan.  You're the new Johnny Cash.

Dominik Eulberg - Aeronaut
Dominik Eulberg - Metamorphose:  Back in the day, tech-house/minimal producers were a dime a dozen.  Through inflation and Ableton Live, they are now about a penny for a hundred.  That makes it all the more surprising when someone from that scene rises so far above their peers and releases something so incredible.  Eulberg's new album Diorama is amazing.  If you are a fan of electronic music, whether it be the more traditional 128 bpm housey stuff, or the more lush electronica IDM stuff I'm focusing on here, get this one.

Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built:  New Japandroids single!  can't believe I've never seen these guys.  Must rectify that.

Korallreven - Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics Remix):  Yes yes, this is pretty much here for the oldschool breakbeat samples and the whispered 'Ecstasy' sample...

Male Bonding - Year's Not Long:    I haven't been all rah rah rah for Male Bonding, but I'm going to say that this song is close enough to Cloud Nothings for me to really get in to it.

Nine Horses - Wonderful World:  This is what I imagine cabaret music sounds like in hell.  You know, the good hell you go to for all of the drugging and anal sexing you did in your life.  And it's just Matthew Barney and bjork circling each other, slowly becoming whales.

Noah & The Whale - Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix):  I swear this is the ultimate band for SAD SONG WITH AWESOME HAPPY REMIX.  that should be a Grammys category, for reals.

Oliver Tank - Beautiful (Snoop Dogg cover):  Chillwave meets the new rnb grind meets snoop dogg?  OK yes, but it's awesome THIS TIME.

Tennis - Petition:  More bad ass girlpop perfection.

Unlooped vs. J Dilla - See You Cry:  The chopbeat is ok, but it's truly that strings that do it for me here.

White Woods - Where Did You Go:  Like really, how can you say no?  So cute, so good.

Young Wonder - Tumbling Backwards:  Close it all down with some pumping synth and pop vox in the style of EMily Goulding.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

8bit Pipe - Sterile
Au Vol - Warm Bath, Gaudy As Poppies (For Sylvia)
Avicii - Levels (RebelRebel Remix)
Azealia Banks - Fuck Up The Fun
BADBADNOTGOOD - Earl ft Leland Whitty
BADBADNOTGOOD - Limit To Your Love (James Blake cover)
Balam Acab - Just Stay
Bill Callahan - Heaven Help The Child
Dominik Eulberg - Aeronaut
Dominik Eulberg - Metamorphose
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
Korallreven - Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics Remix)
Male Bonding - Year's Not Long
Nine Horses - Wonderful World
Noah & The Whale - Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix)
Oliver Tank - Beautiful (Snoop Dogg cover)
Tennis - Petition
Unlooped vs. J Dilla - See You Cry
White Woods - Where Did You Go
Young Wonder - Tumbling Backwards


the sidechain compression has me all up in here with you:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20120418.zip


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~CPI

Sunday, April 15, 2012

PITCH BLACK ft raas & White Moustache Talk


April 21st
PITCH BLACK

an evening of noise and experimental music
featuring

raas [ 819 - noisedance, bitpsyche - raas.bandcamp.com ]
White Moustache Talk [ 819 - noise/soundart - e-tronrec.tumblr.com ]
Ad·ver·sary [ 416 - ambient industrial - ad-ver-sary.com ]

DJing by CPI [613 - dreamer beats - djcpi.com]

$8. Music starts 8pm.
Raw Sugar Cafe, 692 Somerset St West

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http://PitchBlackNoise.ca

Saturday, April 14, 2012

MP3 blog 2012/04/13

blog 2012/04/13 - we can achieve this together, but your cyborg hand in mine

MO MUSIC MO PROBLEMS.
2nd update this week, hope you're all caught up!    Make sure you focus in on this all this weekend, time to step yr game up.  Because there is a LOT MORE where this came from.
Remember:  THERE IS ALWAYS MORE AMAZING MUSIC COMING OUT. 

Also:  If you're on my facebook group make sure your settings are such that you get email notifications when I post up new stuff!



Cecile - Green Light:  Sometimes pop music gets it all just right.

Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles:  Stupidly giddy happy music over here, and except for the silly jokes about blindness, a dope track.

Daughter - Medicine (Elliot Luke Remix):  Some songs are just so beautiful you just imagine the perfect scene in your life's movie where they'd play over.  What would you be doing?  Why would it matter?   And when the fuck did we suddenly learn to show restraint on the dubstep cliches and actually let the song take center stage?  Kudos.

Emily Wells - Passenger (Kid Koala Remix):  Awwwwwwwwww yeah we always need the gentle furry caress of the kid koala.

Filtertypen
- After Laughter:  CHOON. Classic samples, you've heard them all before, but never quite like this.

Finn Riggins - Benchwarmers:  Pretty much any imagined video for this song has to occur in a high school gymanasium.  My brain is incapable of going past that framework.

Francis - Creek Of Lonesome Town:  Sometimes I wonder what would happen to Joanna Newsom if she grew up in small-town Ohio bar instead of being fed drugs by west-coast types.  Apparently she couldn't fail.

Frankie Rose - Interstellar:  With the likes of Class Actress, Young Galaxy, School of Seven Bells and Austra blowing up the female-led electro pop resurgence, I had high hopes for Interstellar, but it was mostly the title track that really grooved me enough.

Goldroom - Angeles (Follow Me reMix):  The low-key production reminds me of that DFA-crew confidence where they know that sometimes the basic kick and snare are fine, and it's the groove that matters.

Hot Chip - Flutes:  OMG NEW HOT CHIP!!!!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW ALBUM!

Joel P West - The Room Behind The Fireplace (excerpt):  Sometimes we need to just sit down with some fabulous quartet music.  Grab a scotch and an ottoman, crank up the hi-fi.

Lia Ices - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover):  One of the many chill-inducing Floyd tracks gets covered in a way that somehow reduces the dramatic flair, but ups the atmosphere.  Goodbye guitar solos, hello acapellas.

Madeon - Icarus (radio edit)
Madeon - Pop Culture (Mash Up):  In this post-DaftJustice land, the big synth bass is king.

Näääk & Nimo - Backa Bak:  No idea what the hell they are saying but oh I love a synth-led snap beat.

Nas - The Don:  Hoooooooooooly shit this is a banger!

Ólafur Arnalds - Everything Must Change (Another Happy Day OST):  Back to the quality quartet ish, a great piece from the Another Happy Day soundtrack.

Sarah McLachlan - The Rainbow Connection (Kermit The Frog cover):  And let's just place this here and be out!




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Cecile - Green Light
Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles
Daughter - Medicine (Elliot Luke Remix)
Emily Wells - Passenger (Kid Koala Remix)
Filtertypen - After Laughter
Finn Riggins - Benchwarmers
Francis - Creek Of Lonesome Town
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Goldroom - Angeles (Follow Me reMix)
Hot Chip - Flutes
Joel P West - The Room Behind The Fireplace (excerpt)
Lia Ices - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
Madeon - Icarus (radio edit)
Madeon - Pop Culture (Mash Up)
Näääk & Nimo - Backa Bak
Nas - The Don
Ólafur Arnalds - Everything Must Change (Another Happy Day OST)
Sarah McLachlan - The Rainbow Connection (Kermit The Frog cover)


We don't know each other, and we'll never connect and we just have to deal with that now:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20120413.zip


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~CPI

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

MP3 blog 2012/04/11

blog 2012/04/11 - I might even have to double this up just to catch up and slow down.


Alias - Wanna Let It Go:  Such a smashing joint from last year's Fever Dream.  Love it oh so much.

El-P - The Full Retard:  Oh oh oh OH FUCK YES!  El-P IS BACK IN FINE FORM, PEOPLE.  After apparently losing most of his knew album last year to a hard drive failure, we pick it up, dust ourselves off, and get back to putting in WORK.  Perfect.

Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch - Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby:  Got back in to this track looking in to the documentary about the live performances of the songs from Oh Brother Where Art Thou because yeah the internet can be a timesink.

Gold & Youth - Time To Kill:  The xx influence is evident, but what do we care?  It's still a great track.

Loney Dear - What Have I Become:  Probably my favourite track from the album Hall Music

Mr. Gnome - The Way:  New Mr. Gnome!  To me they are like Tennis or Joy Formidable:  These random songs find their way in to my inbox and they are always SO GOOD, and I'm in love with them without even hearing the whole album.  New album is Softly Mad and I am super duper excited.

Niki & The Dove - Mother Protect (Goldroom Remix):  oh.  OH YAY.  I loved the original, and in the spirit of The Knife it needed a bigger boppier remix.

Perfume Genius - Gay Angels
Perfume Genius - Look Out, Look Out:  I recently went back to relisten to Learning (from 2010) because of a glowing review and you know, it's mostly just these two songs that really do it for me.  Gay Angels doesn't strike out like a pop song, but holds its own on atmosphere and tension alone.  And of course Look Out Look Out is that emo-perfect pop song.

Rarebit - Convergence:  JAZZMATAZZ! From the new album Daizo.

Rhye - Open:  Super smooth pop beats from the self-titled album

Rogue Wave - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover):  How is this not a karaoke classic for the 21st century?  People, get on top of it.

Roots Manuva - Get The Get (Mia Dora Remix):  Oh oh this beat just has me bouncing allllllll over.

Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet Me By The Water
Saturday Looks Good To Me - The Sun Doesn't Want to Shine:  These tracks from All Your Summer Songs will fill that pretentious-in-a-watches-too-many-British-indie-60s-films Belle & Sebastian-shaped whole in my heart.

Smog - Red Apple Falls:  Bill Callahan's voice shows the framework for his current buttery-death-ghost drone.  Red Apple Falls was 1997 and my my my how his singular dedication has paid dividends.

The Kooks - Naive (Jean Tonique Remix):  Pure pop for the post-Justice league of partyboppers.

Timberlee - Gunny Gunny (Schlachthofbronx Remix):  This is not the first time we've dropped Schlachthofbronx in these parts and it's always a gurning blast.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Alias - Wanna Let It Go
El-P - The Full Retard
Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch - Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby
Gold & Youth - Time To Kill
Loney Dear - What Have I Become
Mr. Gnome - The Way
Niki & The Dove - Mother Protect (Goldroom Remix)
Perfume Genius - Gay Angels
Perfume Genius - Look Out, Look Out
Rarebit - Convergence
Rhye - Open
Rogue Wave - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
Roots Manuva - Get The Get (Mia Dora Remix)
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet Me By The Water
Saturday Looks Good To Me - The Sun Doesn't Want to Shine
Smog - Red Apple Falls
The Kooks - Naive (Jean Tonique Remix)
Timberlee - Gunny Gunny (Schlachthofbronx Remix)


enter enter enter and sit sit now watch:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20120411.zip


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~CPI

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

MP3 blog 2012/04/04

blog 2012/04/04 - you'll find that brightness yet

A Tribe Called Red - PowWowzers ft Northern Cree & Clarence Two Toes:  ATCR NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD NOW!  The first half of it is totally amazing, so get get get it.

A. David MacKinnon - The Past is a Foreign Country:  Big room jazz grooves off the release The Past is a Foreign Country has me pining for late night cocktail conspiracies.

Ane Brun - Worship ft José González:  It All Starts With One didn't quite live up to the beaming expectations I had for it, but oh how can I resist José González doing what he does best?  Flicking those strings and getting all emo in my ears.

Cookie Monsta - Me Want Cookie:  I DON'T POST A LOT OF BROSTEP, BUT COME ON.  THIS IS THE PERFECT DISTILLATION.

Daniel Rossen - Golden Mile
Daniel Rossen - Return to Form:  Heyyyyyy wait a second this sounds like Grizzly Bear!  oh wait, same dude.  OK.  Why is this on Warp Records?   Who cares, the Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP is top form folk pop.

First Aid Kit - King of the World:  The new album The Lion's Roar was another disappointent for me.  It just didn't grab me, but the album closer track here reminded me of the FAK top form.  And hey wait, is that the Bright Eyes guy?

Geskia! - Abuttal
Geskia! - Orion:  The new album Muon is exciting for electronic music fans everywhere!  Minor details and glorious textures that would stand up next to your old Future Sound Of London albums.  Enough fabulous beats to get your head-nodding, but not enough to make it a breakbeat record.  Highly recommended for IDM heads.

Gift of Gab - Wack But Good People (Wavves + Kynan Williams Remix):  Awww some golden GoG verses under some boom bap twinkle goodness.

Machinedrum - YNY:  From the Alarma release, it's a nice distillation of clicks, snaps and vox.

Opiuo - Robo Booty:  Any track with this title pretty much reveals it's hand before it hits the speakers.

Radiohead - Nude (Silent Rider Remix):  Hey who wants a bajillion radiohead remixes???  Seriously, be greatful I sifted them all for you.

Rich Aucoin - Brian Wilson is A.L.I.V.E. (All Living Instantly Vanquish Everything):  Another raver-grows-up-cancon-barnstormer from We're All Dying To Live!

Submerse - Love You Down:  Super sweet RnB downbeat smoothness.

Tanlines - All of Me:  bubble pop handclaps!

Tennis - Origins:  Every month I stumble on a new track by Tennis that just rocks.  Consistent awesomesauce rocking.  Yes.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

A Tribe Called Red - PowWowzers ft Northern Cree & Clarence Two Toes
A. David MacKinnon - The Past is a Foreign Country
Ane Brun - Worship ft José González
Cookie Monsta - Me Want Cookie
Daniel Rossen - Golden Mile
Daniel Rossen - Return to Form
First Aid Kit - King of the World
Geskia! - Abuttal
Geskia! - Orion
Gift of Gab - Wack But Good People (Wavves + Kynan Williams Remix)
Machinedrum - YNY
Opiuo - Robo Booty
Radiohead - Nude (Silent Rider Remix)
Rich Aucoin - Brian Wilson is A.L.I.V.E. (All Living Instantly Vanquish Everything)
Submerse - Love You Down
Tanlines - All of Me
Tennis - Origins


it's wearing off and it's easing you in and that's ok:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20120404.zip


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~CPI