blog 2009/11/05 - oh if you only knew!
Hey folks, another quick update. My life has been crazy busy, but I had to just drop some goodness on your inbox.
Andrea Belfi - Knots IV: Knots is a 2008 mini album of 4 brooding jazz soundworks that is chewy, textured, and goes down smooth. For your less-than-adventurous sensibilities I pulled out the one track that has an candy-coated beat in the back for your ease-of-comprehension, but oh the album is quite sweet. Recommended for fans of Luigi Archetti & Bo Wiget, and the fabulous Supersilent & Arve Henriksen album.
http://www.myspace.com/andreabelfi
Beck - All Tomorrow's Parties: Beck is full of good ideas. Covering a great song? Good. Covering a great album? Best.
Beck - Femme Fatale: Beck's Record Club is him with other people, recording an entire album. These are from his great stab at Velvet Underground.
Beck - Venus In Furs: The whole thing doesn't work as a whole, but there are tracks that just work divinely. Given the tight recording framework of this project, it's a stellar effort and a fascinating endeavour you should all keep an ear to the ground for.,
http://www.beck.com/record_club
Bosque Brown - Went Walking: Cat Power eat yr heart out.
http://bosquebrown.com/
Doomtree - Flex: Ahh this reminds me of the early days of Mush Records. A little bit amateur, a whole lot of good.
http://www.doomtree.net/
Horse Feathers - Burden: I kind of grew up with Kill Rock Stars, so just instinctively check out bands that come out on this imprint.
Horse Feathers - Working Poor: I hadn't heard this band before, but their 2008 album House With No Home has a few sweet tracks of on-the-prairie style folk architecture. Recommended.
http://www.horsefeathershome.com/
J.Period & K'Naan - Don't Think Twice (Messengers Remix): K'Naan kind of outdid himself here. His mixtape new "The Messengers" gives tribute to Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, and Bob Dylan in suave style.
J.Period & K'Naan - Stir It Up (Messengers Remix): Dropping his verses over the originals, or covering them in his own way, he also weaves a spoken narrative of the importance of the trio's music on his own life. Very satisfying, and highly recommended.
http://www.jperiod.com/
http://knaanmusic.ning.com/
Laura Gibson - Spirited: A bit of simple folk goodness from the 2009 album Beasts Of Seasons.
http://www.lauragibson.ca/
Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (Unplugged): How can you not go wrong with this band? You've probably heard the single, but hear it again stripped down to the gears and wires.
Marina & The Diamonds - The Outsider: so good.
http://www.myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds
The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town: A fun twang-pop chanter. Reminds me of those first crossovers in to twee territory from the 90s.
http://www.myspace.com/theblueflowersdetroit
The Twilight Sad - I Became a Prostitute: Twilight Sad are back and in proper form indeed. Forget the Night Ahead is new for 2009 and a delight to listen to.
The Twilight Sad - That Birthday Present: The old standards of structure
http://thetwilightsad.co.uk/
Thom Yorke - All For The Best: Radiohead has been enjoying their singles-releasing habits as of late, but Yorke had been doing that for quite some time. This comes from a split 7" he recently released with Mark Mulcahy, which is worth buying just for the great cover art.
Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix): And to give some context, this comes from the 2007 release of Eraser remixes. You can definitely hear how this venture has influenced the 2009 progress.
http://www.myspace.com/thomyorkemusic
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Andrea Belfi - Knots IV
Beck - All Tomorrow's Parties
Beck - Femme Fatale
Beck - Venus In Furs
Bosque Brown - Went Walking
Doomtree - Flex
Horse Feathers - Burden
Horse Feathers - Working Poor
J.Period & K'Naan - Don't Think Twice (Messengers Remix)
J.Period & K'Naan - Stir It Up (Messengers Remix)
Laura Gibson - Spirited
Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (Unplugged)
Marina & The Diamonds - The Outsider
The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town
The Twilight Sad - I Became a Prostitute
The Twilight Sad - That Birthday Present
Thom Yorke - All For The Best
Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix)
We get by instance at a time and still find time for the drawn out pleasures: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091105.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/10/27
blog 2009/10/27 - these days are scarce and the moments so precious
There might be some gaps in my blogging schedule, so of course who knows the world may crack and fray and fall away to time.
Or, maybe some girl blogging regularly isn't such a big deal.
Either way, I'm here, I'm now, and it's time for another bucket of musical slurry.
04 Song X_256K: HELP ME OUT A BIT! I got this great mp3 randomly. No idea where. But it's super and I love it and have no idea who it is.
Any help please?
Amos The Transparent - Greater Than Consequence: The new EP is entitled "My, What Big Teeth You Have..." and for those that have been waiting, just suck it up and enjoy this sucker on repeat.
Amos The Transparent - Lemons, aka (BigFishLittlePond): Great Canadiana-CBC-ready folk rock blissout. Recommended.
http://www.amosthetransparent.com/
Azeda Booth - Samoan Girls: The new LP is Tubtrek and it boasts a clever fusion of the go-to indie shuffle sound, but with some delicious IDM underpinnings and actually talented singing.
Azeda Booth - Well (Refilled And Set In Sand): Repent ye Animal Collective spawn, here is a band that digs a bit deeper in the scene and pulls together a number of grin-inducing elements in a somewhat unique and joyful way. Recommended.
http://www.azedabooth.com/
Bat For Lashes - Siren Song (Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire): Sometimes when you hear an album the vocals will blow you away, but then when you see them live they are struggling to come close to the range they had on disc. That is not the case here. To prove the doubters wrong, the single for Pearl's Dream included some live tracks, and this one especially shows off this woman's sheer talent and beauty. Repent, haters, repent!
http://www.batforlashes.com/
Beck - Youthless (acoustic): Beck has always produced like a mad man, but shortly after his great rock album Modern Guilt from last year, he returned with a set of acoustic takes on all of his songs. Modern Guilt Acoustic proves the continued strength of his songwriting.
http://www.beck.com/
Bell Orchestre - Icicles, Bicycles (Kid Koala Remix): The remix album! The remix album is a dinosaur of the 90s that still lingers onward, now applied to the postrocky soundscapes of Bell Orchestre, under the name "Who Designs Nature's How". It's not all gold, but the big surprise is the glorious and tender reworking by none other than Kid Koala. There are no breakbeats here, only a careful attention to detail and narrative. This song is pretty damn beautiful.
http://www.bellorchestre.com/
http://nufonia.com/
Broken Note - Crux: This single came out in 2008, but is still hot and underplayed imho. Loving the bobbing bass, loving the sniper shot sounds, and the out-of-context-intense movie snippets.
http://www.myspace.com/brokennoteuk
Danny Byrd - Gold Rush: Some new sweetness from Danny Byrd. Wonderfully affected vocals, and some Jon Kennedy-esque old-man-music style samples. Perfect.
http://www.myspace.com/dannybyrduk
Geoff K - Jack It Up (HeavyFeet Remix): All hail the awkward bass magic of HeavyFeet!
http://www.myspace.com/djidentification
http://www.myspace.com/heavyfeet
Jay Reatard - Faking It: Reatard's new album is Watch Me Fall, and has been getting rave reviews all around. I'm not super in to it... yet. Give me a few more relistens.
Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me: Right off the bat these two tracks come shining out of the snotty mess. Rock heads should take note.
http://www.jayreatard.com/
Jenny Owen Youngs - Good Day (Jukebox The Ghost cover): I might be wrong, the covering might be the other way around, but I this is just a great pop song. all around.
http://www.jennyowenyoungs.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jukeboxtheghost
Karen Dalton - In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best): From the album It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best comes this totally enchanting blues number. I just picture her dueting with Antony.... ahhh. That's a good reason to die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton
Scratch - Let's Go ft Peedi Crakk: Another hot hiphop track I really know nothing about. Why do you expect me to know everything? I just listen to everything.
The O'Darling - Mooncat: The lightly pulsiung piano evokes old jazz ballads, but the steady drone of it and the soft accents of the horns firmly entrenches it in that lovely world of dark folk indie.
http://www.myspace.com/theodarling
Various Production - Tricycle: Who doesn't love tricycles? No one, that's right. And who doesn't love Various Production? That's right again: no one.
http://www.myspace.com/various
THIS WEEK'S SONGS
04 Song X_256K
Amos The Transparent - Greater Than Consequence
Amos The Transparent - Lemons, aka (BigFishLittlePond)
Azeda Booth - Samoan Girls
Azeda Booth - Well (Refilled And Set In Sand)
Bat For Lashes - Siren Song (Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire)
Beck - Youthless (acoustic)
Bell Orchestre - Icicles, Bicycles (Kid Koala Remix)
Broken Note - Crux
Danny Byrd - Gold Rush
Geoff K - Jack It Up (HeavyFeet Remix)
Jay Reatard - Faking It
Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me
Jenny Owen Youngs - Good Day (Jukebox The Ghost cover)
Karen Dalton - In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best)
Scratch - Let's Go ft Peedi Crakk
The O'Darling - Mooncat
Various Production - Tricycle
There is no consequence to this whole living thing: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091027.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
There might be some gaps in my blogging schedule, so of course who knows the world may crack and fray and fall away to time.
Or, maybe some girl blogging regularly isn't such a big deal.
Either way, I'm here, I'm now, and it's time for another bucket of musical slurry.
04 Song X_256K: HELP ME OUT A BIT! I got this great mp3 randomly. No idea where. But it's super and I love it and have no idea who it is.
Any help please?
Amos The Transparent - Greater Than Consequence: The new EP is entitled "My, What Big Teeth You Have..." and for those that have been waiting, just suck it up and enjoy this sucker on repeat.
Amos The Transparent - Lemons, aka (BigFishLittlePond): Great Canadiana-CBC-ready folk rock blissout. Recommended.
http://www.amosthetransparent.com/
Azeda Booth - Samoan Girls: The new LP is Tubtrek and it boasts a clever fusion of the go-to indie shuffle sound, but with some delicious IDM underpinnings and actually talented singing.
Azeda Booth - Well (Refilled And Set In Sand): Repent ye Animal Collective spawn, here is a band that digs a bit deeper in the scene and pulls together a number of grin-inducing elements in a somewhat unique and joyful way. Recommended.
http://www.azedabooth.com/
Bat For Lashes - Siren Song (Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire): Sometimes when you hear an album the vocals will blow you away, but then when you see them live they are struggling to come close to the range they had on disc. That is not the case here. To prove the doubters wrong, the single for Pearl's Dream included some live tracks, and this one especially shows off this woman's sheer talent and beauty. Repent, haters, repent!
http://www.batforlashes.com/
Beck - Youthless (acoustic): Beck has always produced like a mad man, but shortly after his great rock album Modern Guilt from last year, he returned with a set of acoustic takes on all of his songs. Modern Guilt Acoustic proves the continued strength of his songwriting.
http://www.beck.com/
Bell Orchestre - Icicles, Bicycles (Kid Koala Remix): The remix album! The remix album is a dinosaur of the 90s that still lingers onward, now applied to the postrocky soundscapes of Bell Orchestre, under the name "Who Designs Nature's How". It's not all gold, but the big surprise is the glorious and tender reworking by none other than Kid Koala. There are no breakbeats here, only a careful attention to detail and narrative. This song is pretty damn beautiful.
http://www.bellorchestre.com/
http://nufonia.com/
Broken Note - Crux: This single came out in 2008, but is still hot and underplayed imho. Loving the bobbing bass, loving the sniper shot sounds, and the out-of-context-intense movie snippets.
http://www.myspace.com/brokennoteuk
Danny Byrd - Gold Rush: Some new sweetness from Danny Byrd. Wonderfully affected vocals, and some Jon Kennedy-esque old-man-music style samples. Perfect.
http://www.myspace.com/dannybyrduk
Geoff K - Jack It Up (HeavyFeet Remix): All hail the awkward bass magic of HeavyFeet!
http://www.myspace.com/djidentification
http://www.myspace.com/heavyfeet
Jay Reatard - Faking It: Reatard's new album is Watch Me Fall, and has been getting rave reviews all around. I'm not super in to it... yet. Give me a few more relistens.
Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me: Right off the bat these two tracks come shining out of the snotty mess. Rock heads should take note.
http://www.jayreatard.com/
Jenny Owen Youngs - Good Day (Jukebox The Ghost cover): I might be wrong, the covering might be the other way around, but I this is just a great pop song. all around.
http://www.jennyowenyoungs.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jukeboxtheghost
Karen Dalton - In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best): From the album It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best comes this totally enchanting blues number. I just picture her dueting with Antony.... ahhh. That's a good reason to die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton
Scratch - Let's Go ft Peedi Crakk: Another hot hiphop track I really know nothing about. Why do you expect me to know everything? I just listen to everything.
The O'Darling - Mooncat: The lightly pulsiung piano evokes old jazz ballads, but the steady drone of it and the soft accents of the horns firmly entrenches it in that lovely world of dark folk indie.
http://www.myspace.com/theodarling
Various Production - Tricycle: Who doesn't love tricycles? No one, that's right. And who doesn't love Various Production? That's right again: no one.
http://www.myspace.com/various
THIS WEEK'S SONGS
04 Song X_256K
Amos The Transparent - Greater Than Consequence
Amos The Transparent - Lemons, aka (BigFishLittlePond)
Azeda Booth - Samoan Girls
Azeda Booth - Well (Refilled And Set In Sand)
Bat For Lashes - Siren Song (Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire)
Beck - Youthless (acoustic)
Bell Orchestre - Icicles, Bicycles (Kid Koala Remix)
Broken Note - Crux
Danny Byrd - Gold Rush
Geoff K - Jack It Up (HeavyFeet Remix)
Jay Reatard - Faking It
Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me
Jenny Owen Youngs - Good Day (Jukebox The Ghost cover)
Karen Dalton - In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best)
Scratch - Let's Go ft Peedi Crakk
The O'Darling - Mooncat
Various Production - Tricycle
There is no consequence to this whole living thing: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091027.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
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/10/19
blog 2009/10/19 - Don't regret this moment, you're better for it all.
Aphrodite - Crazy Diamond: MEGA CHEESE ALERT! But oh how could I resist? Aphrodite drops his 2-step breakin business on some old Floyd business too
http://www.myspace.com/djaphrodite
Au Revoir Simone - Shadows: "Still Night, Still Light" is the latest from these synthpop reductionists. I'd be lying if I said I loved it all, but a lot of it grew on me, with this track as the standout. Reccomended for connoseuirs of esentialist girl synth pop.
http://aurevoirsimone.com/
Bassnectar - Boombox (Bassnectar & Ill Gates Remix): A new full length from bass-mavens Bassnectar, this track teaming up with Canadian breaks superstar Ill Gates (aka Phat Conductor!). The full length Cozza Frenzy is slamming.
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy ft Seasunz: This is a hot single right here. Also check the 12" for the Z-Trip mix. Enthusiastically recommended if you want something to shuffle with your Buraka Som Siesta album.
http://www.bassnectar.net/
http://www.myspace.com/thephatconductor
Fish & Chips Vs. Feel Good Productions - Bouncing in Draut (Dons Dbn Radio Edit): A super jazzy number that kind of just comes out of nowhere, and leaves shortly after. A great little dancefloor shaker.
Flight Of The Conchords - Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor): The new FOTC record is "I Told You I Was Freaky", but honestly you can probably survive off the youtube videos alone.
Flight Of The Conchords - We're Both In Love With A Sexy Lady: The deadpan quick delivery really plays well in this track. But still, probably won't last into the double-digit of listens. :)
http://www.conchords.co.nz/
Lake - Gravel: A fabulously rich track that unfolds like a storytime adventure.
http://www.laketheband.com/Home/LAKE.html
Pamela Brennan - Another Lonely Day: From the "One Hundred Photographs" record, another example of great Canadian straight-up folk.
http://www.myspace.com/pamelabrennan
Peggy Sue And The Pictures - Pupils Blink: I have no idea about this band, but their LP is The Body Parts and from 2008, and I just love the exuberance and the accordion. Oh so good.
http://www.myspace.com/peggywho
Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today: Oh those boys, with their screaming and their shouting and hey put down that cookware!
http://portobrien.com/
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - U Bahn: Rae Spoon teams up with multimedia artist Decoupigny and produces a short album on the Berlin experience. Part sound-art, part folk, part electro, part country. All goodness.
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - Won't Get Lost (Berlin Fever): Highly recommended, and you can even get the whole album here: http://djcpi.blogspot.com/2009/10/rae-spoon-and-alex-decoupigny-what-are.html
http://www.raespoon.com/
http://www.alexandredecoupigny.com/
Richard Skelton - Stake: Taken from "Marking Time - Preservation", the strings here are haunting and full. One day I will be rich enough to have this guy perform in front of me while I lay on the ground in a puddle of serotonin.
http://www.myspace.com/richardskelton
Shantel - Bucovina Original: The guitar track of this song produced the house smash Bucovina, but the original is pretty freaking rad too.
Shantel - Good Night Amanes: I won't go so far out as to recommend you snap up the full length album, but these two tracks are undeniably original and awesome. Dedicated to the DJ K!
http://www.bucovina.de/
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions ft Beth Ditto (Joker Remix): You know what's awesome? Simian Mobile Disco. You know what's even better? Joker on the hot hot remix. You know what's best? A little BETH FUCKING DITTO in the mix.
http://www.simianmobiledisco.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/thejokerproductions
Tegan & Sara - Arrow: Sainthood is the new record and will be available October 27th. If you're a Tegan & Sara fan like me, this album is a MUST BUY.
Tegan & Sara - The Ocean: It's by no means a musical innovation of the decade. In fact, it sounds mostly interchangable with every other Tegan And Sara record. But you know what that means: Amazing pop rock tunes with ultimate singability that will annex space on every driving mixtape you make for the next year.
http://www.teganandsara.com/
The Flaming Lips - See The Leaves: I am not ashamed to admit that I stopped listening to Flaming Lips after Zaireeka. I coveted that 4-disc set with glee and loved it, and it was the perfect time to let go of a great band, because hey why the hell are those Phish-smelling groupies hanging around at their shows? Get out while the getting is good.
The Flaming Lips - Silver Trembling Hands: But not I have come back to them with their new album Embryonic and it is a wonderful thing. Ressurecting the creative energy of Zaireeka, and mining some of their pre-She Don't Use Jelly psych days, this album is still a swirl of sounds for me. I haven't come up with a solid interpretation of it, but all I know is there is so much goodness here. Get the 2 CD version, some of the bonus tracks are even better than the main disc.
http://www.flaminglips.com/
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Aphrodite - Crazy Diamond
Au Revoir Simone - Shadows
Bassnectar - Boombox (Bassnectar & Ill Gates Remix)
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy ft Seasunz
Fish & Chips Vs. Feel Good Productions - Bouncing in Draut (Dons Dbn Radio Edit)
Flight Of The Conchords - Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor)
Flight Of The Conchords - We're Both In Love With A Sexy Lady
Lake - Gravel
Pamela Brennan - Another Lonely Day
Peggy Sue And The Pictures - Pupils Blink
Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - U Bahn
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - Won't Get Lost (Berlin Fever)
Richard Skelton - Stake
Shantel - Bucovina Original
Shantel - Good Night Amanes
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions ft Beth Ditto (Joker Remix)
Tegan & Sara - Arrow
Tegan & Sara - The Ocean
The Flaming Lips - See The Leaves
The Flaming Lips - Silver Trembling Hands
I can't wait for when now becomes nostalgia: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091019.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
Aphrodite - Crazy Diamond: MEGA CHEESE ALERT! But oh how could I resist? Aphrodite drops his 2-step breakin business on some old Floyd business too
http://www.myspace.com/djaphrodite
Au Revoir Simone - Shadows: "Still Night, Still Light" is the latest from these synthpop reductionists. I'd be lying if I said I loved it all, but a lot of it grew on me, with this track as the standout. Reccomended for connoseuirs of esentialist girl synth pop.
http://aurevoirsimone.com/
Bassnectar - Boombox (Bassnectar & Ill Gates Remix): A new full length from bass-mavens Bassnectar, this track teaming up with Canadian breaks superstar Ill Gates (aka Phat Conductor!). The full length Cozza Frenzy is slamming.
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy ft Seasunz: This is a hot single right here. Also check the 12" for the Z-Trip mix. Enthusiastically recommended if you want something to shuffle with your Buraka Som Siesta album.
http://www.bassnectar.net/
http://www.myspace.com/thephatconductor
Fish & Chips Vs. Feel Good Productions - Bouncing in Draut (Dons Dbn Radio Edit): A super jazzy number that kind of just comes out of nowhere, and leaves shortly after. A great little dancefloor shaker.
Flight Of The Conchords - Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor): The new FOTC record is "I Told You I Was Freaky", but honestly you can probably survive off the youtube videos alone.
Flight Of The Conchords - We're Both In Love With A Sexy Lady: The deadpan quick delivery really plays well in this track. But still, probably won't last into the double-digit of listens. :)
http://www.conchords.co.nz/
Lake - Gravel: A fabulously rich track that unfolds like a storytime adventure.
http://www.laketheband.com/Home/LAKE.html
Pamela Brennan - Another Lonely Day: From the "One Hundred Photographs" record, another example of great Canadian straight-up folk.
http://www.myspace.com/pamelabrennan
Peggy Sue And The Pictures - Pupils Blink: I have no idea about this band, but their LP is The Body Parts and from 2008, and I just love the exuberance and the accordion. Oh so good.
http://www.myspace.com/peggywho
Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today: Oh those boys, with their screaming and their shouting and hey put down that cookware!
http://portobrien.com/
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - U Bahn: Rae Spoon teams up with multimedia artist Decoupigny and produces a short album on the Berlin experience. Part sound-art, part folk, part electro, part country. All goodness.
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - Won't Get Lost (Berlin Fever): Highly recommended, and you can even get the whole album here: http://djcpi.blogspot.com/2009/10/rae-spoon-and-alex-decoupigny-what-are.html
http://www.raespoon.com/
http://www.alexandredecoupigny.com/
Richard Skelton - Stake: Taken from "Marking Time - Preservation", the strings here are haunting and full. One day I will be rich enough to have this guy perform in front of me while I lay on the ground in a puddle of serotonin.
http://www.myspace.com/richardskelton
Shantel - Bucovina Original: The guitar track of this song produced the house smash Bucovina, but the original is pretty freaking rad too.
Shantel - Good Night Amanes: I won't go so far out as to recommend you snap up the full length album, but these two tracks are undeniably original and awesome. Dedicated to the DJ K!
http://www.bucovina.de/
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions ft Beth Ditto (Joker Remix): You know what's awesome? Simian Mobile Disco. You know what's even better? Joker on the hot hot remix. You know what's best? A little BETH FUCKING DITTO in the mix.
http://www.simianmobiledisco.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/thejokerproductions
Tegan & Sara - Arrow: Sainthood is the new record and will be available October 27th. If you're a Tegan & Sara fan like me, this album is a MUST BUY.
Tegan & Sara - The Ocean: It's by no means a musical innovation of the decade. In fact, it sounds mostly interchangable with every other Tegan And Sara record. But you know what that means: Amazing pop rock tunes with ultimate singability that will annex space on every driving mixtape you make for the next year.
http://www.teganandsara.com/
The Flaming Lips - See The Leaves: I am not ashamed to admit that I stopped listening to Flaming Lips after Zaireeka. I coveted that 4-disc set with glee and loved it, and it was the perfect time to let go of a great band, because hey why the hell are those Phish-smelling groupies hanging around at their shows? Get out while the getting is good.
The Flaming Lips - Silver Trembling Hands: But not I have come back to them with their new album Embryonic and it is a wonderful thing. Ressurecting the creative energy of Zaireeka, and mining some of their pre-She Don't Use Jelly psych days, this album is still a swirl of sounds for me. I haven't come up with a solid interpretation of it, but all I know is there is so much goodness here. Get the 2 CD version, some of the bonus tracks are even better than the main disc.
http://www.flaminglips.com/
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Aphrodite - Crazy Diamond
Au Revoir Simone - Shadows
Bassnectar - Boombox (Bassnectar & Ill Gates Remix)
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy ft Seasunz
Fish & Chips Vs. Feel Good Productions - Bouncing in Draut (Dons Dbn Radio Edit)
Flight Of The Conchords - Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor)
Flight Of The Conchords - We're Both In Love With A Sexy Lady
Lake - Gravel
Pamela Brennan - Another Lonely Day
Peggy Sue And The Pictures - Pupils Blink
Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - U Bahn
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - Won't Get Lost (Berlin Fever)
Richard Skelton - Stake
Shantel - Bucovina Original
Shantel - Good Night Amanes
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions ft Beth Ditto (Joker Remix)
Tegan & Sara - Arrow
Tegan & Sara - The Ocean
The Flaming Lips - See The Leaves
The Flaming Lips - Silver Trembling Hands
I can't wait for when now becomes nostalgia: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091019.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
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Enjoy!
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Upcoming gigs
For anyone in the Ottawa area, I have the following upcoming gigs:
Wednesday, Oct 21: Fresh Beaver @ Bar 56 (56 Byward Market Square)
Saturday, Oct 24: Private wedding gig (DJ 4 hire!)
Friday, Oct 30: Raw Sugar 1 year anniversary party (692 Somerset St)
Saturday, Oct 31: Lick Her Treat @ The Buzz (374 Bank St)
Wednesday, Nov 18: Fresh Beaver @ Bar 56 (56 Byward Market Square)
Sunday, Nov 22: Inside Out Festival Closing Party @ SAW Gallery (67 Nicholas St)
Saturday, Nov 28: Soulselecta @ Brixtons Pub (210 Sparks St)
Wednesday, Dec 16: Fresh Beaver @ Bar 56 (56 Byward Market Square)
Wednesday, Oct 21: Fresh Beaver @ Bar 56 (56 Byward Market Square)
Saturday, Oct 24: Private wedding gig (DJ 4 hire!)
Friday, Oct 30: Raw Sugar 1 year anniversary party (692 Somerset St)
Saturday, Oct 31: Lick Her Treat @ The Buzz (374 Bank St)
Wednesday, Nov 18: Fresh Beaver @ Bar 56 (56 Byward Market Square)
Sunday, Nov 22: Inside Out Festival Closing Party @ SAW Gallery (67 Nicholas St)
Saturday, Nov 28: Soulselecta @ Brixtons Pub (210 Sparks St)
Wednesday, Dec 16: Fresh Beaver @ Bar 56 (56 Byward Market Square)
Pierre Henry - Variations Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir (1970)
Pierre Henry - Variations Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir (1970)
(english: Variations For A Door And A Sigh)
(Posted by request for Alice Rabbit, whose blog you should definitely check out)
I have a few records from this label in my collection. I got rid of most of my records, but kept a number of the important ones to hang on the wall.
I think there are other rips floating around, but this is my own rip from vinyl. 320 kbps. The tracks are not separated, just side A / side B.
If you have others, please post them! I will post the rest of mine eventually.
I think for modern music heads, beyond the fact Pierre Henry is a superstar of electornic music, the album was famously/notoriously sampled (heavily) by DJ Vadim.
Finally, you can layer additional creaks and squeaks over his beats!
Discogs.com entry on this record
Discogs.com entry on Prospective 21 Siecle
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Rae Spoon and Alex Decoupigny - What Are You Waiting For? (Worauf Wartest Du?) (2009)
(click photo to download album)
Canadian singer-songwriter Rae Spoon has been sneaking off to Europe for extended periods of time (Learning about electro and skinny jeans, no doubt!) and now he has teamed up with multi-media artist Alexandre Decoupigny for a new project.
We've been leaked the audio for a new art project happening on October 15th, 2009, and we wanted to share it with you all because it's pretty damn fabulous. It combines folk rock with electronics and sound art.
Musicians and sound artists Alexandre Decoupigny & Rae Spoon will be playing songs at Schlossstrasse Station on 15th October from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. about the dreams and ambitions of Underground passengers. Their performance and CD "What are you waiting for?" is the result of a careful inquiry into the desires and wishes of those waiting on platforms. Produced in collaboration with the BVG bus driver Georg Burkard and the former BVG engineer Wolfgang Adam and numerous members of the public.
Project Info (German)
Alexandre Decoupigny
MP3 blog 2009/10/13
blog 2009/10/13 - The days are darker but the fires still burn your cuff-links raw.
Def Jux is back with a 2009 sampler that has some decent heat on it.
Def Jux Presents 4 is worth the low-budget entry fee, but as with any label sampler, you'll be trimming the fat around the singles.
Despot - Look Alive: I hadn't heard much by this guy before, so he is definitely the most exciting discovery on the sampler. Great flow, engrossing beat, fun chant-back chorus, no cheesy cringe lines, it's got it all.
EL-P - How To Serve Man (The Meanest Thing I'd Never Say): El-P has issues. Man. I don't know, is he fighting with Slug to reveal how poor of a track record with women he has? Anyways, I wouldn't fuck 'em, but at least El-P still has his A-Game on. And I love the pulsing synths that prove just how far ahead of the game El-P was, and how much style Kanye West production really owes El-P.
Hail Mary Mallon - D-Up ft Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz: This is a more straight-head posse cut for the Def Jux crew, but of course that means that it is still light-years ahead of most other jams on the market.
http://www.myspace.com/despotroast
http://www.myspace.com/elproducto
Friends In Bellwoods 2 is a massive compilation that is centered around the house owned by Ohbijou members. They got all of their indie superstar friends together and produce these comps to support a local food bank, proving just how exceptionally awesome people they are.
The comp is a must-have. The amount of amazing tracks in here for the low low entry price is a super value. AND you get to do a good deed and support a charity. HOW AWESOME ARE YOU?
Sure, the collection is no Dark Was The Night. That comp was 85% killer. A loving producer should have edited the track list from 40 songs down to at most 30, but we're the digital generation and little speedbumps shouldn't get us down. Highly recommended.
Buy the album, or at the very least donate at least $10 directly to your own local food bank at the next available opportunity. These 4 songs alone are worth that.
Evening Hymns - Cedars
Forest City Lovers - Minneapolis
Kate Rogers - The Same Party
Ohbijou - An Ode To An End
BUY THE ALBUM!
http://www.eveninghymns.com/
http://forestcitylovers.wordpress.com/
http://www.katerogers.net/
http://www.ohbijou.com/
Akron/Family - River: I haven't seen the new album around, but this new track is from their 2009 "Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free". These guys spawned a new wave of indie hippy rock, and it delights me to no end that they have moved away from their bastard spawn and found an tweaked and innovative approach to the same ole ball game. I like this a lot.
http://www.akronfamily.com/
Blake Miller - Tomorrow Sorrow: A great understated folk song. From the album "Burn Tape".
http://www.myspace.com/iamblakemiller
Brightblack Morning Light - Oppressions Each: The album is "Motion To Rejoin", and I missed it first time around last year. It continues the echoed out smooth stoner bliss that I love about these guys.
http://www.thebrightblackmorninglight.com/
Chrissy Murderbot - The Limelight: A great little ragga bounce number. It grooves perfectly, where most producers would just overload this sucker with bassey paunch.
http://www.murderbot.com/
Ellie Goulding - Guns + Horses: Ellie Goulding is kind of sort of rocking my world these days. In a big way. Her subtle trills, by-the-power-of-Bjork-Skull power, and the absolutely infectious songwriting just has he all swooning.
http://www.myspace.com/elliegoulding
Lauren Flax - You've Changed ft Sia (Christopher Just & Tombstone's We Change Too Remix): This is some SWEET joyous deep house. Old school styles all the way, with a modern production edge. Delicious!
http://www.myspace.com/laurenflax
OK, don't laugh. These next 2 tracks are from the Fame soundtrack. Yes, the Fame re-release movie thingy.
I know I know... I had to check it out, I couldn't help myself. No way in hell I'll see the movie, but I'm a music junkie and must dig everywhere I can...
Raney Shockne ft Eddie Wakes - I Put A Spell On You: Neo-soul downtempo. Nice and chill.
Raney Shockne ft Stella Moon - Street Hustlin': I can only imagine the cheeseball scene this accompanies, but these 84 seconds are pretty slamming, even if an almost self-parodying ripoff of M.I.A..
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774306/
Sawako - Incense Of Voice: From the album "Hum", more Sawako with that patented lush drone littered with feminine chirps. When you need a good comedown, Sawako is there for you, pillow in hand.
http://www.troncolon.com/
Shugo Tokumaru - Rum Hee: If you were around here last year you might remember my unbridled enthusiasm for Shugo Tokumaru. HOLY SHIT A NEW ALBUM. I don't have the CD yet, but this is the title track that has been leaked and it does not disappoint. Like a Japanese Sufjan Stevens, Tokumaru impresses and delights me to no end.
http://www.shugotokumaru.com/
Taken By Trees - Greyest Love Of All: The 2009 album "East Of Eden" is both gorgeous and refined. Stylistically drawing from The Concretes, early Mum, Shugo Tokumaru and a pit of instrumental creativity that is seldom plumbed these days, this album is just great.
Taken By Trees - To Lose Someone: If you can get behind these two tracks and love that delicate acoustic folk sound, this album is highly recommended.
http://www.takenbytrees.com/
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Akron/Family - River
Blake Miller - Tomorrow Sorrow
Brightblack Morning Light - Oppressions Each
Chrissy Murderbot - The Limelight
Despot - Look Alive
Ellie Goulding - Guns + Horses
EL-P - How To Serve Man (The Meanest Thing I'd Never Say)
Evening Hymns - Cedars
Forest City Lovers - Minneapolis
Hail Mary Mallon - D-Up ft Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz
Kate Rogers - The Same Party
Lauren Flax - You've Changed ft Sia (Christopher Just & Tombstone's We Change Too Remix)
Ohbijou - An Ode To An End
Raney Shockne ft Eddie Wakes - I Put A Spell On You
Raney Shockne ft Stella Moon - Street Hustlin'
Sawako - Incense Of Voice
Shugo Tokumaru - Rum Hee
Taken By Trees - Greyest Love Of All
Taken By Trees - To Lose Someone
Oh you don't know kind of goodness you are dipping your finger in to: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091013.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
Def Jux is back with a 2009 sampler that has some decent heat on it.
Def Jux Presents 4 is worth the low-budget entry fee, but as with any label sampler, you'll be trimming the fat around the singles.
Despot - Look Alive: I hadn't heard much by this guy before, so he is definitely the most exciting discovery on the sampler. Great flow, engrossing beat, fun chant-back chorus, no cheesy cringe lines, it's got it all.
EL-P - How To Serve Man (The Meanest Thing I'd Never Say): El-P has issues. Man. I don't know, is he fighting with Slug to reveal how poor of a track record with women he has? Anyways, I wouldn't fuck 'em, but at least El-P still has his A-Game on. And I love the pulsing synths that prove just how far ahead of the game El-P was, and how much style Kanye West production really owes El-P.
Hail Mary Mallon - D-Up ft Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz: This is a more straight-head posse cut for the Def Jux crew, but of course that means that it is still light-years ahead of most other jams on the market.
http://www.myspace.com/despotroast
http://www.myspace.com/elproducto
Friends In Bellwoods 2 is a massive compilation that is centered around the house owned by Ohbijou members. They got all of their indie superstar friends together and produce these comps to support a local food bank, proving just how exceptionally awesome people they are.
The comp is a must-have. The amount of amazing tracks in here for the low low entry price is a super value. AND you get to do a good deed and support a charity. HOW AWESOME ARE YOU?
Sure, the collection is no Dark Was The Night. That comp was 85% killer. A loving producer should have edited the track list from 40 songs down to at most 30, but we're the digital generation and little speedbumps shouldn't get us down. Highly recommended.
Buy the album, or at the very least donate at least $10 directly to your own local food bank at the next available opportunity. These 4 songs alone are worth that.
Evening Hymns - Cedars
Forest City Lovers - Minneapolis
Kate Rogers - The Same Party
Ohbijou - An Ode To An End
BUY THE ALBUM!
http://www.eveninghymns.com/
http://forestcitylovers.wordpress.com/
http://www.katerogers.net/
http://www.ohbijou.com/
Akron/Family - River: I haven't seen the new album around, but this new track is from their 2009 "Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free". These guys spawned a new wave of indie hippy rock, and it delights me to no end that they have moved away from their bastard spawn and found an tweaked and innovative approach to the same ole ball game. I like this a lot.
http://www.akronfamily.com/
Blake Miller - Tomorrow Sorrow: A great understated folk song. From the album "Burn Tape".
http://www.myspace.com/iamblakemiller
Brightblack Morning Light - Oppressions Each: The album is "Motion To Rejoin", and I missed it first time around last year. It continues the echoed out smooth stoner bliss that I love about these guys.
http://www.thebrightblackmorninglight.com/
Chrissy Murderbot - The Limelight: A great little ragga bounce number. It grooves perfectly, where most producers would just overload this sucker with bassey paunch.
http://www.murderbot.com/
Ellie Goulding - Guns + Horses: Ellie Goulding is kind of sort of rocking my world these days. In a big way. Her subtle trills, by-the-power-of-Bjork-Skull power, and the absolutely infectious songwriting just has he all swooning.
http://www.myspace.com/elliegoulding
Lauren Flax - You've Changed ft Sia (Christopher Just & Tombstone's We Change Too Remix): This is some SWEET joyous deep house. Old school styles all the way, with a modern production edge. Delicious!
http://www.myspace.com/laurenflax
OK, don't laugh. These next 2 tracks are from the Fame soundtrack. Yes, the Fame re-release movie thingy.
I know I know... I had to check it out, I couldn't help myself. No way in hell I'll see the movie, but I'm a music junkie and must dig everywhere I can...
Raney Shockne ft Eddie Wakes - I Put A Spell On You: Neo-soul downtempo. Nice and chill.
Raney Shockne ft Stella Moon - Street Hustlin': I can only imagine the cheeseball scene this accompanies, but these 84 seconds are pretty slamming, even if an almost self-parodying ripoff of M.I.A..
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774306/
Sawako - Incense Of Voice: From the album "Hum", more Sawako with that patented lush drone littered with feminine chirps. When you need a good comedown, Sawako is there for you, pillow in hand.
http://www.troncolon.com/
Shugo Tokumaru - Rum Hee: If you were around here last year you might remember my unbridled enthusiasm for Shugo Tokumaru. HOLY SHIT A NEW ALBUM. I don't have the CD yet, but this is the title track that has been leaked and it does not disappoint. Like a Japanese Sufjan Stevens, Tokumaru impresses and delights me to no end.
http://www.shugotokumaru.com/
Taken By Trees - Greyest Love Of All: The 2009 album "East Of Eden" is both gorgeous and refined. Stylistically drawing from The Concretes, early Mum, Shugo Tokumaru and a pit of instrumental creativity that is seldom plumbed these days, this album is just great.
Taken By Trees - To Lose Someone: If you can get behind these two tracks and love that delicate acoustic folk sound, this album is highly recommended.
http://www.takenbytrees.com/
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Akron/Family - River
Blake Miller - Tomorrow Sorrow
Brightblack Morning Light - Oppressions Each
Chrissy Murderbot - The Limelight
Despot - Look Alive
Ellie Goulding - Guns + Horses
EL-P - How To Serve Man (The Meanest Thing I'd Never Say)
Evening Hymns - Cedars
Forest City Lovers - Minneapolis
Hail Mary Mallon - D-Up ft Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz
Kate Rogers - The Same Party
Lauren Flax - You've Changed ft Sia (Christopher Just & Tombstone's We Change Too Remix)
Ohbijou - An Ode To An End
Raney Shockne ft Eddie Wakes - I Put A Spell On You
Raney Shockne ft Stella Moon - Street Hustlin'
Sawako - Incense Of Voice
Shugo Tokumaru - Rum Hee
Taken By Trees - Greyest Love Of All
Taken By Trees - To Lose Someone
Oh you don't know kind of goodness you are dipping your finger in to: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091013.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, October 7, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/10/07
blog 2009/10/07 - Caitlyn's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. MP3 blog version.
Owie. I hurt. I woke with a terrible charlie-horse and now my back is sore. So, I might be a tad grumpy for this blog!
But that shouldn't spoil the fun, because there is some simply delicious work here.
Bat For Lashes - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover): A beautiful and seductive pop number, as performed on BBC radio.
http://www.batforlashes.com/
Bell - Magic Tape: This track has a great cacophonous logic that just comes across as alluring and delicious. Like CocoRosie mixing it up with Feadz, with Sufjan Stevens at the boards. Great stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/whoisbell
Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (Dave Spoon Remix): Total party cheese, but undeniably good. Dave Spoon does a good job of limiting the vocal presence, accentuating the glam-house drop. As predicted, the mediocre album will have a few juicey remixes.
http://www.calvinharris.co.uk/
http://www.davespoon.co.uk/
Dusk & Blackdown - Confusion: Dusk & Blackdown have released a flurry of great singles in the past 2 years, and this is one of my favourites. Sweet tablas programmed on dubstep bass, mixed in with loose Hindi vox.
http://www.myspace.com/keysoundrecordings
Gnaw - Feelers: As someone who doesn't really listen to metal, but listens to a lot of Japanese noise, it is rare tracks like this that have the texture and energy and total atmosphere to really suck me in. Drama-queen noise metal at it's best.
http://www.myspace.com/gnaw666
Hey Rosetta! - A Thousand Suns: These are from the Polaris short-listed Into Your Lungs, from 2008. Great straight-up CBC-radio-friendly Can-con pop-rock hyphenated-words-goodness!
Hey Rosetta! - I've Been Asleep For A Long, Long Time: There was much outrage among fans that they didn't win, but short-listed seems appropriate for sure.
http://www.heyrosetta.com/
jj - Ecstasy: The 2009 album is "jj n° 2", and it has that lofi electropop aesthetic that Telepathe tried to capitalize on, but the songs here are much more coherent.
jj - My Love: There is a bit of a sleepytime stoner vibe on here, but it all comes together quite tightly. Recommended for fans of Beirut, Telepathe and Masha Qrella.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jj_%28band%29
Kyza - Go (Bar 9 Remix): An incredible remix work here, Bar 9 has been cleaning house in 2009. Some grinding dubstep that doesn't move your hand to turn the volume down just a nudge. Slamming.
http://www.myspace.com/bar9uk
Lusine - Baffle: The new Lusine LP is "A Certain Distance" and it is quite remarkable. Like the new Modeselektor, I wasn't in to the whole thing, but I am a DJ and have a hard time not just cherrypicking the highlights.
Lusine - Gravity Wonderful IDM/minimal/electro, with a number of great guest vocalists on it. Very much recommended, if you're a fan of Modeselektor, Morr Music, Styrofoam, etc.
http://www.lusineweb.com/
Martina Topley Bird - Lying: Another great track from the Quixotic album
http://www.martinatopleybird.com/
Sufjan Stevens - Movement I, In The Countenance Of Kings: The BQE is a modern-day Vangelis masterpiece, delivered by one of indie-rock's most surprising composers.
Sufjan Stevens - Movement III, Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise: Lush and flamboyant orchestration and tight playing, but not the fun and stirring evocation Sufjan fans might be craving. Either way, this album is the best contemporary classical roadway tribute album yet!
http://www.sufjan.com/
The Weather Station - March: For some reason I think of Annie Lennox doing gothic barn-raising revivalist music. Don't ask.
http://www.myspace.com/theweatherstationband
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bat For Lashes - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)
Bell - Magic Tape
Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (Dave Spoon Remix)
Dusk & Blackdown - Confusion
Gnaw - Feelers
Hey Rosetta! - A Thousand Suns
Hey Rosetta! - I've Been Asleep For A Long, Long Time
jj - Ecstasy
jj - My Love
Kyza - Go (Bar 9 Remix)
Lusine - Baffle
Lusine - Gravity
Martina Topley Bird - Lying
Sufjan Stevens - Movement I, In The Countenance Of Kings
Sufjan Stevens - Movement III, Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise
The Weather Station - March
Oh owie I need pills: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091007.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
Owie. I hurt. I woke with a terrible charlie-horse and now my back is sore. So, I might be a tad grumpy for this blog!
But that shouldn't spoil the fun, because there is some simply delicious work here.
Bat For Lashes - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover): A beautiful and seductive pop number, as performed on BBC radio.
http://www.batforlashes.com/
Bell - Magic Tape: This track has a great cacophonous logic that just comes across as alluring and delicious. Like CocoRosie mixing it up with Feadz, with Sufjan Stevens at the boards. Great stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/whoisbell
Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (Dave Spoon Remix): Total party cheese, but undeniably good. Dave Spoon does a good job of limiting the vocal presence, accentuating the glam-house drop. As predicted, the mediocre album will have a few juicey remixes.
http://www.calvinharris.co.uk/
http://www.davespoon.co.uk/
Dusk & Blackdown - Confusion: Dusk & Blackdown have released a flurry of great singles in the past 2 years, and this is one of my favourites. Sweet tablas programmed on dubstep bass, mixed in with loose Hindi vox.
http://www.myspace.com/keysoundrecordings
Gnaw - Feelers: As someone who doesn't really listen to metal, but listens to a lot of Japanese noise, it is rare tracks like this that have the texture and energy and total atmosphere to really suck me in. Drama-queen noise metal at it's best.
http://www.myspace.com/gnaw666
Hey Rosetta! - A Thousand Suns: These are from the Polaris short-listed Into Your Lungs, from 2008. Great straight-up CBC-radio-friendly Can-con pop-rock hyphenated-words-goodness!
Hey Rosetta! - I've Been Asleep For A Long, Long Time: There was much outrage among fans that they didn't win, but short-listed seems appropriate for sure.
http://www.heyrosetta.com/
jj - Ecstasy: The 2009 album is "jj n° 2", and it has that lofi electropop aesthetic that Telepathe tried to capitalize on, but the songs here are much more coherent.
jj - My Love: There is a bit of a sleepytime stoner vibe on here, but it all comes together quite tightly. Recommended for fans of Beirut, Telepathe and Masha Qrella.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jj_%28band%29
Kyza - Go (Bar 9 Remix): An incredible remix work here, Bar 9 has been cleaning house in 2009. Some grinding dubstep that doesn't move your hand to turn the volume down just a nudge. Slamming.
http://www.myspace.com/bar9uk
Lusine - Baffle: The new Lusine LP is "A Certain Distance" and it is quite remarkable. Like the new Modeselektor, I wasn't in to the whole thing, but I am a DJ and have a hard time not just cherrypicking the highlights.
Lusine - Gravity Wonderful IDM/minimal/electro, with a number of great guest vocalists on it. Very much recommended, if you're a fan of Modeselektor, Morr Music, Styrofoam, etc.
http://www.lusineweb.com/
Martina Topley Bird - Lying: Another great track from the Quixotic album
http://www.martinatopleybird.com/
Sufjan Stevens - Movement I, In The Countenance Of Kings: The BQE is a modern-day Vangelis masterpiece, delivered by one of indie-rock's most surprising composers.
Sufjan Stevens - Movement III, Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise: Lush and flamboyant orchestration and tight playing, but not the fun and stirring evocation Sufjan fans might be craving. Either way, this album is the best contemporary classical roadway tribute album yet!
http://www.sufjan.com/
The Weather Station - March: For some reason I think of Annie Lennox doing gothic barn-raising revivalist music. Don't ask.
http://www.myspace.com/theweatherstationband
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bat For Lashes - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)
Bell - Magic Tape
Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (Dave Spoon Remix)
Dusk & Blackdown - Confusion
Gnaw - Feelers
Hey Rosetta! - A Thousand Suns
Hey Rosetta! - I've Been Asleep For A Long, Long Time
jj - Ecstasy
jj - My Love
Kyza - Go (Bar 9 Remix)
Lusine - Baffle
Lusine - Gravity
Martina Topley Bird - Lying
Sufjan Stevens - Movement I, In The Countenance Of Kings
Sufjan Stevens - Movement III, Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise
The Weather Station - March
Oh owie I need pills: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091007.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
Saturday, October 3, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/10/02
blog 2009/10/02 - It's getting so cold you almost to wear underwear again...
Oh hold up a minute, back the fuck up, sit down and listen. Big news! I have a new mix out now.
You've all been waiting oh so patiently, and now I am back with a thick slice of downtempo grooves.
Please please please re-post this on your page! If you like it, please spread it along on facebook, your blog, however you can.
CPI - Particle 1000 0001
01) David Hoy - Opening Remarks
02) Lida Husik - Bad Head Day (Subtropic Cut It Up Mix)
03) Blockhead - The First Snowfall
04) Tom Tyler - Ode To The Lizard (Cinematic Orchestra Chameleon Mix)
05) Alice Russell - Hurry On Now
06) Aim - Hinterland
07) Dirty Elegance - Foreign Objects
08) Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite
09) Better Daze - Stay Right Here
10) Handsome Boy Modelling School - I've Been Thinking ft Cat Power
11) Erykah Badu - On & On (Natural Self Mix)
12) Intense - Flashback
13) A Skillz & Krafty Kuts - On Your Own ft Cathy Burton
14) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Kid Loco Remix)
15) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix)
download: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_Particle_1000_0001.mp3
40 minutes, 93 MB
Wake up Sunday, put this on, and go back to bed and make-out in the morning sunbeams.
This mix goes back to a number of classic tracks I had on vinyl, but never got around to using in a mix.
It has been 9 years since Chinchillin' first came out! And 11 years since Poetry Is For Faeries. I still receive the most fan messages from those two, particularly because they were traded heavily on soulseek and napster back in the day.
Well, 11 years later and we're going strong. Thanks for all of the kind words.
Anyways, on to the blog. Maybe it's my serotonin speaking, but I ESPECIALLY love this blog entry.
Allá - Es Tiempo: Wait for it... wait for it... Just when you're terrified of ending up with another indie cliché Animal Collective style shamble-song, the shambles (which never truly shamble, but build logically) give birth to a near perfect indie rock track. Ecstatic! Only the 2nd or 3rd time through did I actually realize she was singing in Spanish. I haven't heard the full length, but it's from 2008 and called "Es Tiempo" and you should check it out.
http://www.myspace.com/estiempo
An Horse - Camp Out: Sometimes twee bands will tune their guitars just like Sleater-Kinney and have to vent off some of their aggro/emo tendencies. This is not a bad thing!
An Horse - Horizons: These tracks are from the 2008 album "Rearrange Beds", which I can only assume refers to either summer camp accommodations, or partner swapping. Or both? Anyways, this isn't fully formed perfection, but it is some darn fun grrrlpoppunk.
http://www.anhorse.com/
Arms and Sleepers - Butterflycatcher: I love chime breakdowns. Sometimes I just imagine a band made up entirely of triangle players and a beautiful singer. Well this has more going on than that, but is just as wonderful. Almost.
http://wearearmsandsleepers.blogspot.com/
Bat For Lashes have such a fully formed gem with Two Suns. Building with what at a glance is a synthpop legacy, the composition itself actually owes more to mid-90s Sonic Youth and Mogwai than any Ladytron revival.
This album is an epic emotional adventure movie, with all of the grit and cynicism of adulthood recontextualizing what was once an innocent paradise.
Highly recommended.
http://www.batforlashes.com/
Broken Records - Nearly Home: There is something about sentimentality that is just a euphoric drug. I keep a list of songs that would be good for my funeral march, and this one has all of the elements I look for. If you're gonna die, do it with class.
http://www.brokenrecordsband.com/
Butch - Amelie: Awww yeah! Minimal techo with some jazzy keyboard work! Good on you Butch, eschewing your typical dark tendencies to get wild up in the place with a sexy funk creeper beat.
http://www.myspace.com/cometobutch
Cardopusher - Everything Is A New Surprise: The least surprising thing about Cardopusher is his awesomeness. NO MORE BORING STEPPER BEATS! Fusing the fun of Kid 606 and (some of the) complexity of Venetian Snares in to a far more straight-ahead framework, this producer is just wonderful.
http://www.myspace.com/cardopusher
Fuck Buttons - Flight Of The Feathered Serpent: The Fuck Buttons are a force to be reckoned with. When the Boredoms went trancy and hippy at the end of the 90s, they planted seeds. And years later, the Fuck Buttons emerge as one of the few bands that take that 2nd-wave-Boredoms freakout glory and spin it in to something jaw-dropping, and not just something that makes people want to slap them (Holy Fuck I'm looking at your way). With a strong meticulous sensibility that reminds of the amazing Battles LP, this is one that will peak on a number of best-of-2009 lists. Highly recommended for indie hipster fucks everywhere.
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (7'' Edit): From the Surf Solar 7'' EP, this version brings down the 10+ minute original in to a single-sized morsel. Enjoy, but be sure to check the full length version on the LP eventually.
http://www.fuckbuttons.co.uk/
Hauschka - Rode Null: More contemporary instrumental music on this blog edition! From the 2008 album Ferndorf, Hauschka is a big part of the Fat Cat Record rennaissance. Fat Cat were mavens in the late 90s, releasing quality IDM-cum-postrock fare. Now that we are a generation past Tortoise, it's time for bands like Hauschka to shine.
http://www.myspace.com/hauschka
Mastodon - Oblivion: OMFG! MASTODON! Wow, I am shocked how much I like this album. It's like a cross between Alice In Chains, Ozzy Osbourne and Soundgarden, with a dash of Dragon Force flair tossed in for good measure. I'm not a metal head, I don't listen to much at all, but this... this! It's everything glorious about that melodic 1994 grunge-metal production, but 15 years later. The album is Crack The Skye, a must for any metal fan on your xmas gift list.
http://www.mastodonrocks.com/
I listen to lots of music. I have automated processes set up to harvest me random music, and I dive in to folders of thousands of tracks I didn't specifically choose to hear, and from that well I dredge up a lot of incredible surprises.
The works by So Percussion are on of those surprises and delights. I hadn't heard of them before, but they seem associated with the Bang On A Can collective. These tracks are from the 2006 album "Amid the Noise", and redefine our perceptions on percussion ensembles.
With a depth and intricacy that is beyond any syncopated drum machine, this LIVE ENSEMBLE creates stellar rhythmworks that many producers couldn't even put on their MIDI trackers.
Highly recommended for fans of live drumming, Taiko music, Steve Reich, and Aphex Twin.
http://www.sopercussion.com/
Women - Black Rice (Green Go Remix): I wasn't super grooving to the Women album, but this remix does a great job of distilling their goods in to a funky fresh package.
http://www.myspace.com/womenmusic
http://www.myspace.com/greengomusic
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Allá - Es Tiempo
An Horse - Camp Out
An Horse - Horizons
Arms and Sleepers - Butterflycatcher
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Bat For Lashes - Glass
Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream
Broken Records - Nearly Home
Butch - Amelie
Cardopusher - Everything Is A New Surprise
Fuck Buttons - Flight Of The Feathered Serpent
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (7'' Edit)
Hauschka - Rode Null
Mastodon - Oblivion
So Percussion - Go
Women - Black Rice (Green Go Remix)
Load up the goodies bag, it's time for the weekend: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091002.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
Oh hold up a minute, back the fuck up, sit down and listen. Big news! I have a new mix out now.
You've all been waiting oh so patiently, and now I am back with a thick slice of downtempo grooves.
Please please please re-post this on your page! If you like it, please spread it along on facebook, your blog, however you can.
CPI - Particle 1000 0001
01) David Hoy - Opening Remarks
02) Lida Husik - Bad Head Day (Subtropic Cut It Up Mix)
03) Blockhead - The First Snowfall
04) Tom Tyler - Ode To The Lizard (Cinematic Orchestra Chameleon Mix)
05) Alice Russell - Hurry On Now
06) Aim - Hinterland
07) Dirty Elegance - Foreign Objects
08) Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite
09) Better Daze - Stay Right Here
10) Handsome Boy Modelling School - I've Been Thinking ft Cat Power
11) Erykah Badu - On & On (Natural Self Mix)
12) Intense - Flashback
13) A Skillz & Krafty Kuts - On Your Own ft Cathy Burton
14) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Kid Loco Remix)
15) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix)
download: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_Particle_1000_0001.mp3
40 minutes, 93 MB
Wake up Sunday, put this on, and go back to bed and make-out in the morning sunbeams.
This mix goes back to a number of classic tracks I had on vinyl, but never got around to using in a mix.
It has been 9 years since Chinchillin' first came out! And 11 years since Poetry Is For Faeries. I still receive the most fan messages from those two, particularly because they were traded heavily on soulseek and napster back in the day.
Well, 11 years later and we're going strong. Thanks for all of the kind words.
Anyways, on to the blog. Maybe it's my serotonin speaking, but I ESPECIALLY love this blog entry.
Allá - Es Tiempo: Wait for it... wait for it... Just when you're terrified of ending up with another indie cliché Animal Collective style shamble-song, the shambles (which never truly shamble, but build logically) give birth to a near perfect indie rock track. Ecstatic! Only the 2nd or 3rd time through did I actually realize she was singing in Spanish. I haven't heard the full length, but it's from 2008 and called "Es Tiempo" and you should check it out.
http://www.myspace.com/estiempo
An Horse - Camp Out: Sometimes twee bands will tune their guitars just like Sleater-Kinney and have to vent off some of their aggro/emo tendencies. This is not a bad thing!
An Horse - Horizons: These tracks are from the 2008 album "Rearrange Beds", which I can only assume refers to either summer camp accommodations, or partner swapping. Or both? Anyways, this isn't fully formed perfection, but it is some darn fun grrrlpoppunk.
http://www.anhorse.com/
Arms and Sleepers - Butterflycatcher: I love chime breakdowns. Sometimes I just imagine a band made up entirely of triangle players and a beautiful singer. Well this has more going on than that, but is just as wonderful. Almost.
http://wearearmsandsleepers.blogspot.com/
Bat For Lashes have such a fully formed gem with Two Suns. Building with what at a glance is a synthpop legacy, the composition itself actually owes more to mid-90s Sonic Youth and Mogwai than any Ladytron revival.
This album is an epic emotional adventure movie, with all of the grit and cynicism of adulthood recontextualizing what was once an innocent paradise.
Highly recommended.
http://www.batforlashes.com/
Broken Records - Nearly Home: There is something about sentimentality that is just a euphoric drug. I keep a list of songs that would be good for my funeral march, and this one has all of the elements I look for. If you're gonna die, do it with class.
http://www.brokenrecordsband.com/
Butch - Amelie: Awww yeah! Minimal techo with some jazzy keyboard work! Good on you Butch, eschewing your typical dark tendencies to get wild up in the place with a sexy funk creeper beat.
http://www.myspace.com/cometobutch
Cardopusher - Everything Is A New Surprise: The least surprising thing about Cardopusher is his awesomeness. NO MORE BORING STEPPER BEATS! Fusing the fun of Kid 606 and (some of the) complexity of Venetian Snares in to a far more straight-ahead framework, this producer is just wonderful.
http://www.myspace.com/cardopusher
Fuck Buttons - Flight Of The Feathered Serpent: The Fuck Buttons are a force to be reckoned with. When the Boredoms went trancy and hippy at the end of the 90s, they planted seeds. And years later, the Fuck Buttons emerge as one of the few bands that take that 2nd-wave-Boredoms freakout glory and spin it in to something jaw-dropping, and not just something that makes people want to slap them (Holy Fuck I'm looking at your way). With a strong meticulous sensibility that reminds of the amazing Battles LP, this is one that will peak on a number of best-of-2009 lists. Highly recommended for indie hipster fucks everywhere.
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (7'' Edit): From the Surf Solar 7'' EP, this version brings down the 10+ minute original in to a single-sized morsel. Enjoy, but be sure to check the full length version on the LP eventually.
http://www.fuckbuttons.co.uk/
Hauschka - Rode Null: More contemporary instrumental music on this blog edition! From the 2008 album Ferndorf, Hauschka is a big part of the Fat Cat Record rennaissance. Fat Cat were mavens in the late 90s, releasing quality IDM-cum-postrock fare. Now that we are a generation past Tortoise, it's time for bands like Hauschka to shine.
http://www.myspace.com/hauschka
Mastodon - Oblivion: OMFG! MASTODON! Wow, I am shocked how much I like this album. It's like a cross between Alice In Chains, Ozzy Osbourne and Soundgarden, with a dash of Dragon Force flair tossed in for good measure. I'm not a metal head, I don't listen to much at all, but this... this! It's everything glorious about that melodic 1994 grunge-metal production, but 15 years later. The album is Crack The Skye, a must for any metal fan on your xmas gift list.
http://www.mastodonrocks.com/
I listen to lots of music. I have automated processes set up to harvest me random music, and I dive in to folders of thousands of tracks I didn't specifically choose to hear, and from that well I dredge up a lot of incredible surprises.
The works by So Percussion are on of those surprises and delights. I hadn't heard of them before, but they seem associated with the Bang On A Can collective. These tracks are from the 2006 album "Amid the Noise", and redefine our perceptions on percussion ensembles.
With a depth and intricacy that is beyond any syncopated drum machine, this LIVE ENSEMBLE creates stellar rhythmworks that many producers couldn't even put on their MIDI trackers.
Highly recommended for fans of live drumming, Taiko music, Steve Reich, and Aphex Twin.
http://www.sopercussion.com/
Women - Black Rice (Green Go Remix): I wasn't super grooving to the Women album, but this remix does a great job of distilling their goods in to a funky fresh package.
http://www.myspace.com/womenmusic
http://www.myspace.com/greengomusic
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Allá - Es Tiempo
An Horse - Camp Out
An Horse - Horizons
Arms and Sleepers - Butterflycatcher
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Bat For Lashes - Glass
Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream
Broken Records - Nearly Home
Butch - Amelie
Cardopusher - Everything Is A New Surprise
Fuck Buttons - Flight Of The Feathered Serpent
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (7'' Edit)
Hauschka - Rode Null
Mastodon - Oblivion
So Percussion - Go
Women - Black Rice (Green Go Remix)
Load up the goodies bag, it's time for the weekend: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091002.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
Thursday, October 1, 2009
CPI - Particle 1000 0001
You've all been waiting oh so patiently, and now CPI is back with a thick slice of downtempo grooves.
CPI - Particle 1000 0001
01) David Hoy - Opening Remarks
02) Lida Husik - Bad Head Day (Subtropic Cut It Up Mix)
03) Blockhead - The First Snowfall
04) Tom Tyler - Ode To The Lizard (Cinematic Orchestra Chameleon Mix)
05) Alice Russell - Hurry On Now
06) Aim - Hinterland
07) Dirty Elegance - Foreign Objects
08) Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite
09) Better Daze - Stay Right Here
10) Handsome Boy Modelling School - I've Been Thinking ft Cat Power
11) Erykah Badu - On & On (Natural Self Mix)
12) Intense - Flashback
13) A Skillz & Krafty Kuts - On Your Own ft Cathy Burton
14) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Kid Loco Remix)
15) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix)
http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_Particle_1000_0001.mp3
40 minutes, 92 MB
Wake up Sunday, put this on, and go back to bed and make-out in the morning sunbeams.
This mix goes back to a number of classic tracks I had on vinyl, but never got around to using in a mix.
It has been 9 years since Chinchillin' first came out! And 11 years since Poetry Is For Faeries. I still receive the most fan messages from those two, particularly because they were traded heavily on soulseek and napster back in the day.
Well, 11 years later and we're still going strong. Thanks for all of the kind words.
~Caitlyn / CPI
CPI - Particle 1000 0001
01) David Hoy - Opening Remarks
02) Lida Husik - Bad Head Day (Subtropic Cut It Up Mix)
03) Blockhead - The First Snowfall
04) Tom Tyler - Ode To The Lizard (Cinematic Orchestra Chameleon Mix)
05) Alice Russell - Hurry On Now
06) Aim - Hinterland
07) Dirty Elegance - Foreign Objects
08) Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite
09) Better Daze - Stay Right Here
10) Handsome Boy Modelling School - I've Been Thinking ft Cat Power
11) Erykah Badu - On & On (Natural Self Mix)
12) Intense - Flashback
13) A Skillz & Krafty Kuts - On Your Own ft Cathy Burton
14) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Kid Loco Remix)
15) The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix)
http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_Particle_1000_0001.mp3
40 minutes, 92 MB
Wake up Sunday, put this on, and go back to bed and make-out in the morning sunbeams.
This mix goes back to a number of classic tracks I had on vinyl, but never got around to using in a mix.
It has been 9 years since Chinchillin' first came out! And 11 years since Poetry Is For Faeries. I still receive the most fan messages from those two, particularly because they were traded heavily on soulseek and napster back in the day.
Well, 11 years later and we're still going strong. Thanks for all of the kind words.
~Caitlyn / CPI
Monday, September 28, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/09/28
blog 2009/09/28 - You can make it through it all, even with no reward.
Some big big new here folks: We have an exclusive track leaked out of France. Check this release ASAP for a rare track from the one-and-only Melissa Laveaux.
We are very excited.
In other news, I did a quickie edit of http://thetastates.com/ . I added in a widget to scroll my latest blogspot entries, which pairs well with the Facebook fan page feed that is on there.
This is of course ramping up to a proper edit of the site: a new mix to be posted. Hopefully within a week there will be more downtempo up. Check back soon...
In the meantime, on to the music. Today's update is especially eclectic, so this might require a bit more active sorting on your part.
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern - Broken Line 2: Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto have been making some of the best 21st century bliss-out minimalism for the past 10 years.
With just Sakamoto at piano and Noto on laptop, their meditative sound gardens raised the bar for the stirring beauty of contemporary minimalism. Now teamed with Ensemble Modern, their 2008 release "utp_" brings together a slightly fuller sound while maintaining the joys and curiousities of their earlier releases.
Recommended for fans of contemporary classical, abstract minimalism, Brian Eno, Satie, Luigi Archetti, etc.
http://www.alvanoto.com/
http://www.sitesakamoto.com/
http://www.ensemble-modern.com/english/index.htm
Brother Ali - Tight Rope: Ali is back with a hot new album "Us". I have to give it another listen or two to see if it will rank in the year's top releases, but so far it's super tight and really dope.
Check this track out for another first: A fairly major MC, and a braggadocio one at that, that actually talks about homosexuality in a compassionate way. Not a single 'faggot' reference on the whole album.
Recommended.
http://www.brotherali.com/
Eryka Badu & Ziggy Marley - I Luv U (Dubstep Mix): Some chilled out dubstep bliss. You can't get much more chilled out than with Badu, Marley, and a dubby stepper.
oh come on, do you really need a link for Ziggy Marley or Badu?
Jesus Lizard - Puss: HOLY HOT REISSUES! The Jesus Lizard's "Inch" is a must have, unless you have all of the 7"s it collects on it already. Puss is my favourite Jesus Lizard song of all time. I must have been 14 when I got the Jesus Lizard / Nirvana split (Nirvana's track was the lovely Oh The Guilt), and it rocked my world. Inch is highly recommended for any hard rock fans, especially if you are a youngin that never listed to Jesus Lizard, and think that Jay Reatard came out of nowhere.
http://www.thejesuslizard.net/
Mélissa Laveaux - Crazy In Love: Stop the presses! Sneaked out of a recording session in France, we have an exclusive here. Melissa Laveaux turns in a brilliant and airy interpretation of Beyonce's Crazy In Love.
http://www.myspace.com/melissalaveaux
Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Blackout Crew Remix): WTF is this? Holy shit, I was not expecting this. Metronomy is all indie electro rock pop getting remixed by the latest bloghouse superstars... and here we have BLACKOUT CREW ON THE REMIX? Woah.
Blackout Crew, for those that don't know, are the ambassadors of Donk Music, a small subgenre of Euro hard-house/gabber that only really exists in Northern Ireland. They were famously featured in a Vice documentary, and got some internet WTF notoriety for their sickeningly addictive video for Put A Donk On It. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58
So yes, this is total rave cheese, but I can't resist. This is just awesome. Pretty much any time you have a song, there is only one thing to do: PUT A DONK ON IT.
http://www.metronomy.co.uk/
http://www.blackoutcrew.net/
Natalia Lafourcade - Azul: Representing Mexico, Lafourcade is just a delight. I am often confused about how much I can get really excited about singer-songwriters that aren't speaking English, but it all works so well. Like Shugo Tokumaru, the composition is just so full and brimming with intelligence and passion, you know exactly what she means, even if you have no idea what she's saying. From the 2009 album "Hu Hu Hu".
http://www.myspace.com/natalialafourcade
Pearson - A Fade Out Is A Cop Out: Some great light Canadian indie rock styles. They're from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Who knew! Recommended for fans of The Acorn, Rural Alberta Advantage, and well, CBC-radio indie rock in general.
http://www.myspace.com/pearsontunes
Pinback - Bouquet: This goes back 2 years to their album Autumn Of The Seraphs. I'm surprised I didn't catch it back then, but I'm glad I found it now. Much more mellow than Pinback of yore, there are is some understated goodness in this track.
http://www.pinback.com/
Plushgun - Dancing In A Minefield: These are from the 2009 Pins & Panzers LP, and are a delightful example of emo electro pop done well. Not enough electro synthpop has cohesive narrative lyrics!
Plushgun - Just Impolite: This one is the winner of addictive-choruses-that-actually-verses. srsly.
http://www.plushgun.com/
Popof - Serenity (Luetzenkirchen Techno Treatment Remix): 2 of my favourite tech-house producers are on this hot little bubbler. Time for the percolator...
http://www.myspace.com/popofheretik
Rustie - Bad Science: Rustie gives us mad compressed handclaps on top of some 8-bit Nintendo beats. I love how his synth arpeggiator goes perfectly with the NES "sproing" sample.
http://www.myspace.com/rustiebeetz
The Xx - Heart Skipped A Beat: Hold on to your socks, The XX are making big waves and will undoubtedly dominate year-end lists. Mixing the subtlety of Nico with the vulnerability of quiet Sonic Youth tracks, the self-titled album is something to experience as a true whole.
The Xx - Islands: Yeah, so good like trying to just limit this band to a chance few for your Ipod. Just get the damn album, ok?
Highly recommended.
http://thexx.info/
They Might Be Giants - Feign Amnesia: I am a long-time TMBG fan (seriously, like I have a list of their songs that actually make me cry,) but for some reason didn't listen to The Else until recently. By no means a revolutionary statement, I was surprised at how fun it was.
They Might Be Giants - The Shadow Government: If you're new to the TMBG world, be sure to start with their self-titled debut, Flood, and Apollo 18. But this one's poppy, fun, and pretty solid. Recommended if you could get in to Factory Showroom. Also recommended if you run a meth-lab and want a funny song about your life.
http://www.theymightbegiants.com/
tUnE-YaRdS - HATARI: I am just so addicted to the folksy storyteller vibe that this band conveys. Part ritual, part campfire party, all glorious indulgence.
http://tune-yards.com/
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern - Broken Line 2
Brother Ali - Tight Rope
Eryka Badu & Ziggy Marley - I Luv U (Dubstep Mix)
Jesus Lizard - Puss
Mélissa Laveaux - Crazy In Love
Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Blackout Crew Remix)
Natalia Lafourcade - Azul
Pearson - A Fade Out Is A Cop Out
Pinback - Bouquet
Plushgun - Dancing In A Minefield
Plushgun - Just Impolite
Popof - Serenity (Luetzenkirchen Techno Treatment Remix)
Rustie - Bad Science
The Xx - Heart Skipped A Beat
The Xx - Islands
They Might Be Giants - Feign Amnesia
They Might Be Giants - The Shadow Government
tUnE-YaRdS - HATARI
The getting is good so get get get: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090928.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
Some big big new here folks: We have an exclusive track leaked out of France. Check this release ASAP for a rare track from the one-and-only Melissa Laveaux.
We are very excited.
In other news, I did a quickie edit of http://thetastates.com/ . I added in a widget to scroll my latest blogspot entries, which pairs well with the Facebook fan page feed that is on there.
This is of course ramping up to a proper edit of the site: a new mix to be posted. Hopefully within a week there will be more downtempo up. Check back soon...
In the meantime, on to the music. Today's update is especially eclectic, so this might require a bit more active sorting on your part.
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern - Broken Line 2: Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto have been making some of the best 21st century bliss-out minimalism for the past 10 years.
With just Sakamoto at piano and Noto on laptop, their meditative sound gardens raised the bar for the stirring beauty of contemporary minimalism. Now teamed with Ensemble Modern, their 2008 release "utp_" brings together a slightly fuller sound while maintaining the joys and curiousities of their earlier releases.
Recommended for fans of contemporary classical, abstract minimalism, Brian Eno, Satie, Luigi Archetti, etc.
http://www.alvanoto.com/
http://www.sitesakamoto.com/
http://www.ensemble-modern.com/english/index.htm
Brother Ali - Tight Rope: Ali is back with a hot new album "Us". I have to give it another listen or two to see if it will rank in the year's top releases, but so far it's super tight and really dope.
Check this track out for another first: A fairly major MC, and a braggadocio one at that, that actually talks about homosexuality in a compassionate way. Not a single 'faggot' reference on the whole album.
Recommended.
http://www.brotherali.com/
Eryka Badu & Ziggy Marley - I Luv U (Dubstep Mix): Some chilled out dubstep bliss. You can't get much more chilled out than with Badu, Marley, and a dubby stepper.
oh come on, do you really need a link for Ziggy Marley or Badu?
Jesus Lizard - Puss: HOLY HOT REISSUES! The Jesus Lizard's "Inch" is a must have, unless you have all of the 7"s it collects on it already. Puss is my favourite Jesus Lizard song of all time. I must have been 14 when I got the Jesus Lizard / Nirvana split (Nirvana's track was the lovely Oh The Guilt), and it rocked my world. Inch is highly recommended for any hard rock fans, especially if you are a youngin that never listed to Jesus Lizard, and think that Jay Reatard came out of nowhere.
http://www.thejesuslizard.net/
Mélissa Laveaux - Crazy In Love: Stop the presses! Sneaked out of a recording session in France, we have an exclusive here. Melissa Laveaux turns in a brilliant and airy interpretation of Beyonce's Crazy In Love.
http://www.myspace.com/melissalaveaux
Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Blackout Crew Remix): WTF is this? Holy shit, I was not expecting this. Metronomy is all indie electro rock pop getting remixed by the latest bloghouse superstars... and here we have BLACKOUT CREW ON THE REMIX? Woah.
Blackout Crew, for those that don't know, are the ambassadors of Donk Music, a small subgenre of Euro hard-house/gabber that only really exists in Northern Ireland. They were famously featured in a Vice documentary, and got some internet WTF notoriety for their sickeningly addictive video for Put A Donk On It. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58
So yes, this is total rave cheese, but I can't resist. This is just awesome. Pretty much any time you have a song, there is only one thing to do: PUT A DONK ON IT.
http://www.metronomy.co.uk/
http://www.blackoutcrew.net/
Natalia Lafourcade - Azul: Representing Mexico, Lafourcade is just a delight. I am often confused about how much I can get really excited about singer-songwriters that aren't speaking English, but it all works so well. Like Shugo Tokumaru, the composition is just so full and brimming with intelligence and passion, you know exactly what she means, even if you have no idea what she's saying. From the 2009 album "Hu Hu Hu".
http://www.myspace.com/natalialafourcade
Pearson - A Fade Out Is A Cop Out: Some great light Canadian indie rock styles. They're from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Who knew! Recommended for fans of The Acorn, Rural Alberta Advantage, and well, CBC-radio indie rock in general.
http://www.myspace.com/pearsontunes
Pinback - Bouquet: This goes back 2 years to their album Autumn Of The Seraphs. I'm surprised I didn't catch it back then, but I'm glad I found it now. Much more mellow than Pinback of yore, there are is some understated goodness in this track.
http://www.pinback.com/
Plushgun - Dancing In A Minefield: These are from the 2009 Pins & Panzers LP, and are a delightful example of emo electro pop done well. Not enough electro synthpop has cohesive narrative lyrics!
Plushgun - Just Impolite: This one is the winner of addictive-choruses-that-actually-verses. srsly.
http://www.plushgun.com/
Popof - Serenity (Luetzenkirchen Techno Treatment Remix): 2 of my favourite tech-house producers are on this hot little bubbler. Time for the percolator...
http://www.myspace.com/popofheretik
Rustie - Bad Science: Rustie gives us mad compressed handclaps on top of some 8-bit Nintendo beats. I love how his synth arpeggiator goes perfectly with the NES "sproing" sample.
http://www.myspace.com/rustiebeetz
The Xx - Heart Skipped A Beat: Hold on to your socks, The XX are making big waves and will undoubtedly dominate year-end lists. Mixing the subtlety of Nico with the vulnerability of quiet Sonic Youth tracks, the self-titled album is something to experience as a true whole.
The Xx - Islands: Yeah, so good like trying to just limit this band to a chance few for your Ipod. Just get the damn album, ok?
Highly recommended.
http://thexx.info/
They Might Be Giants - Feign Amnesia: I am a long-time TMBG fan (seriously, like I have a list of their songs that actually make me cry,) but for some reason didn't listen to The Else until recently. By no means a revolutionary statement, I was surprised at how fun it was.
They Might Be Giants - The Shadow Government: If you're new to the TMBG world, be sure to start with their self-titled debut, Flood, and Apollo 18. But this one's poppy, fun, and pretty solid. Recommended if you could get in to Factory Showroom. Also recommended if you run a meth-lab and want a funny song about your life.
http://www.theymightbegiants.com/
tUnE-YaRdS - HATARI: I am just so addicted to the folksy storyteller vibe that this band conveys. Part ritual, part campfire party, all glorious indulgence.
http://tune-yards.com/
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern - Broken Line 2
Brother Ali - Tight Rope
Eryka Badu & Ziggy Marley - I Luv U (Dubstep Mix)
Jesus Lizard - Puss
Mélissa Laveaux - Crazy In Love
Metronomy - A Thing For Me (Blackout Crew Remix)
Natalia Lafourcade - Azul
Pearson - A Fade Out Is A Cop Out
Pinback - Bouquet
Plushgun - Dancing In A Minefield
Plushgun - Just Impolite
Popof - Serenity (Luetzenkirchen Techno Treatment Remix)
Rustie - Bad Science
The Xx - Heart Skipped A Beat
The Xx - Islands
They Might Be Giants - Feign Amnesia
They Might Be Giants - The Shadow Government
tUnE-YaRdS - HATARI
The getting is good so get get get: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090928.zip
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Monday, September 21, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/09/21
blog 2009/09/21 - A trip down memory lane to memories I never had but form with plastic
Did you know that memories can't be trusted? Given a certain willingness on both of our parts, so sensory deprivation and so narcotics, I bet I could eventually implant memories of your days in the swinging 60s and the flapperful 30s. (Because don't you know that everyone in the 30s was a flapper?)
So come with me on another special GOLDEN OLDIES post, as we try and rework the malleable outlines of memory and re-encode ourselves with the most awesomest of probably doubt and charismatic adventures, all set to music that came out long before I was of age to properly enjoy it as new and fresh.
First thing first, and I do mean first: I have been listening to a lot of big band jazz as of late., especially from the 1930s. It's just incredible stuff.
Actually, I have been frequently alternating between 30s big band and late 90s Japanese Noise. I don't really know why, and maybe it's not best to psychoanalyze too much, but it is akin to a Swedish bath where you go from the chilly waterfall to the hottub in a few short steps...
Benny Goodman - These Foolish Things (1935)
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (1939)
Larry Clinton - Over The Rainbow (1939)
Next up, we have sample sources. When we go back to music of prior decades, we are now looking back within a new context, where the hits of yore have mostly been recontextualized via youtube cover song or having their entire melody ripped verbatim for a Daft Punk track.
So here are three tracks I have been grooving to, each of which has been famously sampled.
George McCrae - I Get Lifted (1974): Most obviously sampled by Keith Murray on the appropriately titled "Get Lifted", as well on Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg.
The Winstons - Amen Brother (1969): Pretty much the most famous sample of all electronic music, the break at 1:26 was sampled and passed around as "The Amen Break", instantly adding 2 inches to Alec Empire's penis.
The Seeds - I Can't Seem To Make You Mine (1966): OK, so this one isn't so famous, but Diplo beautifully reworking the guitar line and the "Girl I love you..." vocal part for his track Put That Pussy On Me. But the song itself kicks so much ass, the way the guy yelps and cries after each line is gorgeous, and was a technique that seemingly inspired Ian Svenonius's style on The Make-Up.
The next batch will focus on 80s alternative rock. Technically, I was alive in the 80s, but really my musical education didn't even really begin starting until 1989, and then just barely.
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (1980): The recent passing of Jim Carroll was the reason for starting this post. I just needed any excuse to post this track. Her was a person who died. R.I.P.
The Motor Totemist Guild - Farmer Without Strings (1985): I love this quirky post-nowave avant rock that was under the surface in the 80s. Follow the paths from back then to modern artists like Final Fantasy and Parenthetical Girls, hell even Architecture In Helsinki. Tellingly enough, this track is from the compilation "California Outside Music Association". Nuff said.
The Tapes - (I Fall) Head First (1980): The Tapes LP 'Party' came as a surprise and a delight. Listening to old new-wave rock stuff, I just often can't be bothered to care, but here was this LP with quirky competency that rivaled The Talking Heads!
The Tapes - Lg_Dg (1980): You don't have to purr to be a cat girl!
Only 2 tracks in the next segment, but oh what 2 tracks they are. Dream pop bliss!
Anne Briggs - Fine Horseman (1971): If you listened to this track without knowing the date, you'd wonder if it was coming off a leaked Alela Diane album. 38 years later, this enigmatic folk style is back in flourish.
Nico - I'm Not Saying (1965): By no means obscure, but such a great song to return to.
And for the rest of this post, here's just a bunch more oldies from 64-81, a quality 18 years, easily summarized by the following 9 hits.
Anna King - Night Time Is The Right Time (1964): I love this gal.
Cilla Black - You're My World (1964): Such a sappy number! Total Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line (1961): BELAFONTE IS FUCKING KING. OMG you need proof, just check him out on The Muppet Show. Super talented, a great humanitarian, and a perpetual hunk.
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (1968): Holy shit, I never would have thought there was a time in the world when Kenny Rogers was getting higher than Tom Petty.
Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (1969): You hear the opening strings and you know it's some good stinky cheese and you just love it. Go Mama, go!
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1974): This song used to terrify me when I was a little child. A catchy pop song about DEATH? WTF? It's haunting and paradoxical and stuck with me through the years.
The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City (1965): I have a huge heart-on for acapella doowop intros.
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko (1965): This song blows my mind in it's clever addictiveness. A kid's jump-rope song has never been so satisfying.
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981): I first heard this song when Spooky Ruben covered it and put it on his Japan-only Wendy McDonald EP. I was delighted that the original was even better and featured a rare instance of pop-chart harpsichord.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Anna King - Night Time Is The Right Time (1964)
Anne Briggs - Fine Horseman (1971)
Benny Goodman - These Foolish Things (1935)
Cilla Black - You're My World (1964)
George Mc Crae - I Get Lifted (1974)
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (1939)
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line (1961)
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (1980)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (1968)
Larry Clinton - Over The Rainbow (1939)
Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (1969)
Nico - I'm Not Saying (1965)
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1974)
The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City (1965)
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko (1965)
The Motor Totemist Guild - Farmer Without Strings (1985)
The Seeds - I Can't Seem To Make You Mine (1966)
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981)
The Tapes - (I Fall) Head First (1980)
The Tapes - Lg_Dg (1980)
The Winstons - Amen Brother (1969)
Do you remember when we fell in love? We were young and innocent then. http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090921.zip
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~CPI
Did you know that memories can't be trusted? Given a certain willingness on both of our parts, so sensory deprivation and so narcotics, I bet I could eventually implant memories of your days in the swinging 60s and the flapperful 30s. (Because don't you know that everyone in the 30s was a flapper?)
So come with me on another special GOLDEN OLDIES post, as we try and rework the malleable outlines of memory and re-encode ourselves with the most awesomest of probably doubt and charismatic adventures, all set to music that came out long before I was of age to properly enjoy it as new and fresh.
First thing first, and I do mean first: I have been listening to a lot of big band jazz as of late., especially from the 1930s. It's just incredible stuff.
Actually, I have been frequently alternating between 30s big band and late 90s Japanese Noise. I don't really know why, and maybe it's not best to psychoanalyze too much, but it is akin to a Swedish bath where you go from the chilly waterfall to the hottub in a few short steps...
Benny Goodman - These Foolish Things (1935)
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (1939)
Larry Clinton - Over The Rainbow (1939)
Next up, we have sample sources. When we go back to music of prior decades, we are now looking back within a new context, where the hits of yore have mostly been recontextualized via youtube cover song or having their entire melody ripped verbatim for a Daft Punk track.
So here are three tracks I have been grooving to, each of which has been famously sampled.
George McCrae - I Get Lifted (1974): Most obviously sampled by Keith Murray on the appropriately titled "Get Lifted", as well on Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg.
The Winstons - Amen Brother (1969): Pretty much the most famous sample of all electronic music, the break at 1:26 was sampled and passed around as "The Amen Break", instantly adding 2 inches to Alec Empire's penis.
The Seeds - I Can't Seem To Make You Mine (1966): OK, so this one isn't so famous, but Diplo beautifully reworking the guitar line and the "Girl I love you..." vocal part for his track Put That Pussy On Me. But the song itself kicks so much ass, the way the guy yelps and cries after each line is gorgeous, and was a technique that seemingly inspired Ian Svenonius's style on The Make-Up.
The next batch will focus on 80s alternative rock. Technically, I was alive in the 80s, but really my musical education didn't even really begin starting until 1989, and then just barely.
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (1980): The recent passing of Jim Carroll was the reason for starting this post. I just needed any excuse to post this track. Her was a person who died. R.I.P.
The Motor Totemist Guild - Farmer Without Strings (1985): I love this quirky post-nowave avant rock that was under the surface in the 80s. Follow the paths from back then to modern artists like Final Fantasy and Parenthetical Girls, hell even Architecture In Helsinki. Tellingly enough, this track is from the compilation "California Outside Music Association". Nuff said.
The Tapes - (I Fall) Head First (1980): The Tapes LP 'Party' came as a surprise and a delight. Listening to old new-wave rock stuff, I just often can't be bothered to care, but here was this LP with quirky competency that rivaled The Talking Heads!
The Tapes - Lg_Dg (1980): You don't have to purr to be a cat girl!
Only 2 tracks in the next segment, but oh what 2 tracks they are. Dream pop bliss!
Anne Briggs - Fine Horseman (1971): If you listened to this track without knowing the date, you'd wonder if it was coming off a leaked Alela Diane album. 38 years later, this enigmatic folk style is back in flourish.
Nico - I'm Not Saying (1965): By no means obscure, but such a great song to return to.
And for the rest of this post, here's just a bunch more oldies from 64-81, a quality 18 years, easily summarized by the following 9 hits.
Anna King - Night Time Is The Right Time (1964): I love this gal.
Cilla Black - You're My World (1964): Such a sappy number! Total Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line (1961): BELAFONTE IS FUCKING KING. OMG you need proof, just check him out on The Muppet Show. Super talented, a great humanitarian, and a perpetual hunk.
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (1968): Holy shit, I never would have thought there was a time in the world when Kenny Rogers was getting higher than Tom Petty.
Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (1969): You hear the opening strings and you know it's some good stinky cheese and you just love it. Go Mama, go!
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1974): This song used to terrify me when I was a little child. A catchy pop song about DEATH? WTF? It's haunting and paradoxical and stuck with me through the years.
The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City (1965): I have a huge heart-on for acapella doowop intros.
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko (1965): This song blows my mind in it's clever addictiveness. A kid's jump-rope song has never been so satisfying.
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981): I first heard this song when Spooky Ruben covered it and put it on his Japan-only Wendy McDonald EP. I was delighted that the original was even better and featured a rare instance of pop-chart harpsichord.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Anna King - Night Time Is The Right Time (1964)
Anne Briggs - Fine Horseman (1971)
Benny Goodman - These Foolish Things (1935)
Cilla Black - You're My World (1964)
George Mc Crae - I Get Lifted (1974)
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (1939)
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line (1961)
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (1980)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (1968)
Larry Clinton - Over The Rainbow (1939)
Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (1969)
Nico - I'm Not Saying (1965)
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1974)
The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City (1965)
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko (1965)
The Motor Totemist Guild - Farmer Without Strings (1985)
The Seeds - I Can't Seem To Make You Mine (1966)
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981)
The Tapes - (I Fall) Head First (1980)
The Tapes - Lg_Dg (1980)
The Winstons - Amen Brother (1969)
Do you remember when we fell in love? We were young and innocent then. http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090921.zip
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~CPI
Saturday, September 19, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/09/18
blog 2009/09/18 - CPI's MP3 blog gets abridged and funky; PMS playlists
You know what? I'm all grumpy and moody today.
I also realize that delaying posting a blog this week will just make me feel worse, so here we go with another post, except this time I am just going to write one sentence for each entry.
Copeland - Chin Up: I just love the line "you're breaking your neck to keep your chin up".
http://www.thecopelandsite.com/
Esser - I Love You: Another line I think is great: "Love is no excuse for bad art".
http://www.myspace.com/esserhq
Fly.Union - When We: A super sweet soul loop brings this track together.
http://www.myspace.com/flyunion
In-Flight Safety - Torches: Sometimes I just have nothing to say and let the music rock out around me.
http://www.myspace.com/inflightsafety
MC Chris - DBS4: DRINKING BLUNTS AND SMOKING 40S I WON'T TALK ABOUT SHIT GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE!!!!!
http://www.mcchris.com/
Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball: If this band was to get any more cheery-happy-pop they'd come out with sequined outfits and have synchronised guitar dances on stage.
http://mothermothersite.com/
P.O.S. - P.O.S Is Ruining My Life: Like most semi-intelligent beings I try and avoid rock-rap crossovers with a passion, unless unless unless...
http://www.myspace.com/pos
Paola Prestini - Inngerutit: Prestini's 2008 album Body Maps on John Zorn's Tzadik label goes down as one of the great contemporary classical accomplishments of 2008; amazing.
http://www.paolaprestini.com/
Peaches - I Feel Cream: I was suprised to find as many good songs on the 2009 album I Feel Cream, but Nisker has brought out some heavy-hitting friends to raise the bar, even if it is often more of the same.
Peaches - Talk To Me: Case and point, Beth fucking Ditto!
http://www.peachesrocks.com/
Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Pop Mix): This comes off as a darker and more seductive take on La Roux and other 80s revivalist pop reworks on the market, and surpasses many of them by far.
http://www.myspace.com/pollyscattergood
Promise ft Drake - In My City: Oh hell yes.
Soft Circle - Light Bright: From a split 12" with stoner hcicks The High Places, this is the way I always wanted drugged-up stoner trance jams to sound like.
http://www.myspace.com/softcircle
The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town: Sexy indie folkpop yes.
http://www.myspace.com/theblueflowersdetroit
The Dodos - Acorn Factory: I regretably have to admit that the new Dodos album "Time To Die" does not live up to the staggeringly high expectations we placed on it, but that is truly our fault.
The Dodos - Troll Nacht: The ramshackle folk bliss is here, but oh how I wish I could love it all as much as I love these two tracks
http://dodosmusic.net/
The Shoes - Keep That Control ft Scream Club (Yuksek Lost Control Remix): Finally, Scream Club get it right and outsource the beatworking and only focus on being sassypants.
http://www.myspace.com/theshoesmusik
http://www.screamclub.com/
http://www.myspace.com/yuksek
White Lies - Death: In a perfect world, the FM rock stations would play people like this.
http://www.whitelies.com/
Windmill - Plastic Pre Flight Seats: Modest Mouse rock riffing with many more women involved.
http://www.myspace.com/windmillband
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:
Copeland - Chin Up
Esser - I Love You
Fly.Union - When We
In-Flight Safety - Torches
MC Chris - DBS4
Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball
P.O.S. - P.O.S Is Ruining My Life
Paola Prestini - Inngerutit
Peaches - I Feel Cream
Peaches - Talk To Me
Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Pop Mix)
Promise ft Drake - In My City
Soft Circle - Light Bright
The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town
The Dodos - Acorn Factory
The Dodos - Troll Nacht
The Shoes - Keep That Control ft Scream Club (Yuksek Lost Control Remix)
White Lies - Death
Windmill - Plastic Pre Flight Seats
You just don't know when to stop, do you? http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090918.zip
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Enjoy!
~CPI
You know what? I'm all grumpy and moody today.
I also realize that delaying posting a blog this week will just make me feel worse, so here we go with another post, except this time I am just going to write one sentence for each entry.
Copeland - Chin Up: I just love the line "you're breaking your neck to keep your chin up".
http://www.thecopelandsite.com/
Esser - I Love You: Another line I think is great: "Love is no excuse for bad art".
http://www.myspace.com/esserhq
Fly.Union - When We: A super sweet soul loop brings this track together.
http://www.myspace.com/flyunion
In-Flight Safety - Torches: Sometimes I just have nothing to say and let the music rock out around me.
http://www.myspace.com/inflightsafety
MC Chris - DBS4: DRINKING BLUNTS AND SMOKING 40S I WON'T TALK ABOUT SHIT GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE!!!!!
http://www.mcchris.com/
Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball: If this band was to get any more cheery-happy-pop they'd come out with sequined outfits and have synchronised guitar dances on stage.
http://mothermothersite.com/
P.O.S. - P.O.S Is Ruining My Life: Like most semi-intelligent beings I try and avoid rock-rap crossovers with a passion, unless unless unless...
http://www.myspace.com/pos
Paola Prestini - Inngerutit: Prestini's 2008 album Body Maps on John Zorn's Tzadik label goes down as one of the great contemporary classical accomplishments of 2008; amazing.
http://www.paolaprestini.com/
Peaches - I Feel Cream: I was suprised to find as many good songs on the 2009 album I Feel Cream, but Nisker has brought out some heavy-hitting friends to raise the bar, even if it is often more of the same.
Peaches - Talk To Me: Case and point, Beth fucking Ditto!
http://www.peachesrocks.com/
Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Pop Mix): This comes off as a darker and more seductive take on La Roux and other 80s revivalist pop reworks on the market, and surpasses many of them by far.
http://www.myspace.com/pollyscattergood
Promise ft Drake - In My City: Oh hell yes.
Soft Circle - Light Bright: From a split 12" with stoner hcicks The High Places, this is the way I always wanted drugged-up stoner trance jams to sound like.
http://www.myspace.com/softcircle
The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town: Sexy indie folkpop yes.
http://www.myspace.com/theblueflowersdetroit
The Dodos - Acorn Factory: I regretably have to admit that the new Dodos album "Time To Die" does not live up to the staggeringly high expectations we placed on it, but that is truly our fault.
The Dodos - Troll Nacht: The ramshackle folk bliss is here, but oh how I wish I could love it all as much as I love these two tracks
http://dodosmusic.net/
The Shoes - Keep That Control ft Scream Club (Yuksek Lost Control Remix): Finally, Scream Club get it right and outsource the beatworking and only focus on being sassypants.
http://www.myspace.com/theshoesmusik
http://www.screamclub.com/
http://www.myspace.com/yuksek
White Lies - Death: In a perfect world, the FM rock stations would play people like this.
http://www.whitelies.com/
Windmill - Plastic Pre Flight Seats: Modest Mouse rock riffing with many more women involved.
http://www.myspace.com/windmillband
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:
Copeland - Chin Up
Esser - I Love You
Fly.Union - When We
In-Flight Safety - Torches
MC Chris - DBS4
Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball
P.O.S. - P.O.S Is Ruining My Life
Paola Prestini - Inngerutit
Peaches - I Feel Cream
Peaches - Talk To Me
Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Pop Mix)
Promise ft Drake - In My City
Soft Circle - Light Bright
The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town
The Dodos - Acorn Factory
The Dodos - Troll Nacht
The Shoes - Keep That Control ft Scream Club (Yuksek Lost Control Remix)
White Lies - Death
Windmill - Plastic Pre Flight Seats
You just don't know when to stop, do you? http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090918.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
Friday, September 11, 2009
Orv Owens - Obey Authority
"Why can't I get my child toobey me?" This is a question that most parents have asked but no one is giving good answers. This tape will create a desire in the childs subconscious to obey.
My friend Heather found this tape back around 1995. It says "(c) 1999" in the photo here, but that must be a new edition.
We were a gangly mess of sensitive art-punk-nerds and tittered in joy and laughter with this great find.
Heather writes...
I got this from an old Sally Ann downtown when I was in high school. It closed soon after, I think. It was in the basement in a bin of caseless tapes. This one was white and just said "Obey Authority" on it. Years later I did some research and learned that this was made by Orv Owens, a Christian Fundamentalist mind-control guru (and choral singer!) who still sells quit-smoking and lose-weight sleep tapes online. This is the only thing I've ever recorded from tape to digital. I don't even remember how to anymore. :)
childrens have delicious brains
More from the promotional material...
A lack of leadership and failure to be strong followers has hurt the business world, held back individuals and destroyed productivity. A high respect for those in positions of authority is needed to build a successful organization. This tape will create a desire to relate well upward.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/09/09
blog 2009/09/09 - The gates are all crashing in and the siege brings party balloons!
BOOM! Back with another CD of freshness.
Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet Remix): Andrew Bird wears Four Tet well. Bird's literary humanities-lounge-drunkard crooning fits perfectly with Four Tet's locked-in-the-music-basement rhythmic manifestations.
http://www.andrewbird.net/
http://www.fourtet.net/
Bouncer Crew - Smokesum ft Frank-N-Dank: From the 2007 album Xtasy for Ladies, this is the single standout to be found. The album is OK, but in an album that is all party and no studying, you often end up with one jam and then 11 or so hangovers.
http://www.myspace.com/bouncercrew
Calvin Harris - Flashback: The new LP is Ready For The Weekend, and while the sophomore effort doesn't come to matching his debut, if you are a fan already you'll probably be super in to this. Me, I like some of it and worry he's heading in to Moby territory, releasing "generic electronica for white college kids". For Flashback here, I can appreciate him channeling that early 90s pop dancefloor. So sugary sweet, you don't even bother to worry if it's bad for you.
http://www.calvinharris.co.uk/
Down The Lees - Talk is Not Cheap: What starts off as a paint-by-numbers indie pop song sticks to it's structural roots and builds and builds upwards, adding more drums, more organ, more chants and OMG the bliss of the indie song because a mantra of ecstasy.
http://www.downthelees.com/
J Dilla - Walkinonit (Phaseone Remix): Dilla beats float around as a ephemeral goodness, seldom breaching the 100 second mark, and this is no exception. Floats in to being, sticks around to tease you with might have been, and walks on away...
http://www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla
http://www.myspace.com/phaseonestl
Jentri Colello - Daisies: Straight ahead folk beauty, from the 2008 Bird of Prey EP.
http://www.myspace.com/jentricolello
Jihae - Hide: I haven't heard the full-length Elvis Is Still Alive, but I can really appreciate the fusion of freakfolk swells and slide-guitar whine. But in the end, it makes me crave more Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, which takes this kind of music to it's sinister conclusions.
http://www.jihae.net/
Marcus Visionary - Long Long Time: It's been a long long long long long long long long long time since I posted up some jungle, and I am just in love with this track. Good sample usage, playful basslines, and an occasional smattering of amen smashes makes me happy.
http://www.myspace.com/marcusvisionary
Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - A Good Start: I'm running out of ways to talk about pleasant folk songs. This is from the 2008 album Savannah Drive. That is all.
http://www.maria-taylor.com/
Mika - We Are Golden (Don Diablo Remix): Corralling the masses in to one throbbing mob has never had a better theme song! It's like a pep song for the socially maladjusted artsy raver sect. GOLDEN!
http://www.mikasounds.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dondiablo
My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy: MBD always tend to delight me. This is from their 2008 album A Thousand Shark's Teeth, and actually acts as a stylist precursor for this years album by The Decemberists! You can hear just why she was chosen to perform the parts of "The Queen". An astounding talent.
http://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/
Nico Muhly - The Only Tune III. The Only Tune: Starting delicate and small, the vocal lines proves to be an unbreakable mantra that powers through treacherous and sentimental musical memories seeping here and there. We get to the end and nothing is accomplished, nothing has changed, but we made it and are better for it, surprisingly uplifted.
http://www.myspace.com/muhly
Red - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Chops Remix): Could this be the best single of 2009? Check youtube for the origin video of this guy, who walked up to the gates of (I think) Jay-Z's place and starts beatboxing and rapping for the guards while someone films him through the bars. The acapella beatbox is remarkable, but here Chops lays on some more melody and tightens things up, but dayyam good fun to be had here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe_t7FBLTdY
Russian Red - Timing Is Crucial: More delicious folk music, this time from the I Love Your Glasses LP.
http://www.myspace.com/russianready
Seaworthy - Ammunition 1: The new album is called "1897" and it features about half delicate drones, with the other half of delicate guitar-improv textures. It is the dronework on here that really does it for me though. Like a blissful harbor at night.
http://www.myspace.com/backgroundfrequencies
Silje Nes - Ames Room: Signed to the always pleasant FatCat label, she should find her way in to the collection of any fan of Mum, Barbara Morgenstern, Masha Qurella.
http://www.myspace.com/siljenes
I have to listen to the new Mountain Goats LP The Life Of The World To Come a bit more before I deliver my own verdict on it. It doesn't conjure up the same emotional and narrative ride of the last 2 albums, but I haven't given up hope.
The two tracks here are the most engaging on the album, so expect much more mellow after these.
Each song is titled after a biblical passage, and the entire work has a much more straightforward and subdued tone to it. I haven't read the backstory, but there has probably been a funeral or two between this album and the last.
http://www.mountain-goats.com/
Toy Selectah - Lamento En La Jungla: This was a surprise addition to the Mad Decent roster. The MD crew always hooked up producers from all around the globe, but they seldom go straight to the funky house goodness. This is groovy.
http://www.myspace.com/toyselectahdj
That's it, that's all! Just flip this over and over for a few days. Let it all sink in.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet Remix)
Bouncer Crew - Smokesum ft Frank-N-Dank
Calvin Harris - Flashback
Down The Lees - Talk is Not Cheap
J Dilla - Walkinonit (Phaseone Remix)
Jentri Colello - Daisies
Jihae - Hide
Marcus Visionary - Long Long Time
Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - A Good Start
Mika - We Are Golden (Don Diablo Remix)
My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy
Nico Muhly - The Only Tune III. The Only Tune
Red - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Chops Remix)
Russian Red - Timing Is Crucial
Seaworthy - Ammunition 1
Silje Nes - Ames Room
The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23
The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2
Toy Selectah - Lamento En La Jungla
OK, your motivation is "sponge". The scenario is: "old train yard". aaaannndd.. go! http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090909.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
BOOM! Back with another CD of freshness.
Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet Remix): Andrew Bird wears Four Tet well. Bird's literary humanities-lounge-drunkard crooning fits perfectly with Four Tet's locked-in-the-music-basement rhythmic manifestations.
http://www.andrewbird.net/
http://www.fourtet.net/
Bouncer Crew - Smokesum ft Frank-N-Dank: From the 2007 album Xtasy for Ladies, this is the single standout to be found. The album is OK, but in an album that is all party and no studying, you often end up with one jam and then 11 or so hangovers.
http://www.myspace.com/bouncercrew
Calvin Harris - Flashback: The new LP is Ready For The Weekend, and while the sophomore effort doesn't come to matching his debut, if you are a fan already you'll probably be super in to this. Me, I like some of it and worry he's heading in to Moby territory, releasing "generic electronica for white college kids". For Flashback here, I can appreciate him channeling that early 90s pop dancefloor. So sugary sweet, you don't even bother to worry if it's bad for you.
http://www.calvinharris.co.uk/
Down The Lees - Talk is Not Cheap: What starts off as a paint-by-numbers indie pop song sticks to it's structural roots and builds and builds upwards, adding more drums, more organ, more chants and OMG the bliss of the indie song because a mantra of ecstasy.
http://www.downthelees.com/
J Dilla - Walkinonit (Phaseone Remix): Dilla beats float around as a ephemeral goodness, seldom breaching the 100 second mark, and this is no exception. Floats in to being, sticks around to tease you with might have been, and walks on away...
http://www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla
http://www.myspace.com/phaseonestl
Jentri Colello - Daisies: Straight ahead folk beauty, from the 2008 Bird of Prey EP.
http://www.myspace.com/jentricolello
Jihae - Hide: I haven't heard the full-length Elvis Is Still Alive, but I can really appreciate the fusion of freakfolk swells and slide-guitar whine. But in the end, it makes me crave more Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, which takes this kind of music to it's sinister conclusions.
http://www.jihae.net/
Marcus Visionary - Long Long Time: It's been a long long long long long long long long long time since I posted up some jungle, and I am just in love with this track. Good sample usage, playful basslines, and an occasional smattering of amen smashes makes me happy.
http://www.myspace.com/marcusvisionary
Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - A Good Start: I'm running out of ways to talk about pleasant folk songs. This is from the 2008 album Savannah Drive. That is all.
http://www.maria-taylor.com/
Mika - We Are Golden (Don Diablo Remix): Corralling the masses in to one throbbing mob has never had a better theme song! It's like a pep song for the socially maladjusted artsy raver sect. GOLDEN!
http://www.mikasounds.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dondiablo
My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy: MBD always tend to delight me. This is from their 2008 album A Thousand Shark's Teeth, and actually acts as a stylist precursor for this years album by The Decemberists! You can hear just why she was chosen to perform the parts of "The Queen". An astounding talent.
http://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/
Nico Muhly - The Only Tune III. The Only Tune: Starting delicate and small, the vocal lines proves to be an unbreakable mantra that powers through treacherous and sentimental musical memories seeping here and there. We get to the end and nothing is accomplished, nothing has changed, but we made it and are better for it, surprisingly uplifted.
http://www.myspace.com/muhly
Red - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Chops Remix): Could this be the best single of 2009? Check youtube for the origin video of this guy, who walked up to the gates of (I think) Jay-Z's place and starts beatboxing and rapping for the guards while someone films him through the bars. The acapella beatbox is remarkable, but here Chops lays on some more melody and tightens things up, but dayyam good fun to be had here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe_t7FBLTdY
Russian Red - Timing Is Crucial: More delicious folk music, this time from the I Love Your Glasses LP.
http://www.myspace.com/russianready
Seaworthy - Ammunition 1: The new album is called "1897" and it features about half delicate drones, with the other half of delicate guitar-improv textures. It is the dronework on here that really does it for me though. Like a blissful harbor at night.
http://www.myspace.com/backgroundfrequencies
Silje Nes - Ames Room: Signed to the always pleasant FatCat label, she should find her way in to the collection of any fan of Mum, Barbara Morgenstern, Masha Qurella.
http://www.myspace.com/siljenes
I have to listen to the new Mountain Goats LP The Life Of The World To Come a bit more before I deliver my own verdict on it. It doesn't conjure up the same emotional and narrative ride of the last 2 albums, but I haven't given up hope.
The two tracks here are the most engaging on the album, so expect much more mellow after these.
Each song is titled after a biblical passage, and the entire work has a much more straightforward and subdued tone to it. I haven't read the backstory, but there has probably been a funeral or two between this album and the last.
http://www.mountain-goats.com/
Toy Selectah - Lamento En La Jungla: This was a surprise addition to the Mad Decent roster. The MD crew always hooked up producers from all around the globe, but they seldom go straight to the funky house goodness. This is groovy.
http://www.myspace.com/toyselectahdj
That's it, that's all! Just flip this over and over for a few days. Let it all sink in.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet Remix)
Bouncer Crew - Smokesum ft Frank-N-Dank
Calvin Harris - Flashback
Down The Lees - Talk is Not Cheap
J Dilla - Walkinonit (Phaseone Remix)
Jentri Colello - Daisies
Jihae - Hide
Marcus Visionary - Long Long Time
Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - A Good Start
Mika - We Are Golden (Don Diablo Remix)
My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy
Nico Muhly - The Only Tune III. The Only Tune
Red - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Chops Remix)
Russian Red - Timing Is Crucial
Seaworthy - Ammunition 1
Silje Nes - Ames Room
The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23
The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2
Toy Selectah - Lamento En La Jungla
OK, your motivation is "sponge". The scenario is: "old train yard". aaaannndd.. go! http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090909.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
Thursday, September 3, 2009
MP3 blog 2009/09/03
blog 2009/09/03 - Is the magic of yesterday lost on you now?
A new week, a new post. The MP3s keep coming and there is a taste of glory in this all.
Welcome back.
Acid Girls - The Numbers Song: We get this going on a massively strong clubfoot stomper note. Acid Girls rock it on the instrumental electro tip. No silly samples or 'lectro remix biz as crutches, this is grinding electro house goodness.
http://www.myspace.com/acid_girls
Chris Schlarb - I: aaaaand we slow things right down with this quaint textural classical/ambient piece from the 2007 album Twilight & Ghost Stories. Pieces like this sit like jazz on my brain. A smattering of somewhat disconnected-yet-interworking layers of guitar, piano, radio organ static, reverbed strings, wind chimes and field recordings sit perfectly on my weary head.
http://www.chrisschlarb.com/
Discuss - One Thing In Its Right Place: Dope downtempo/IDM from the 2008 LP "Aeration Swells". The beat hooks you right from the get-go, the subdued background voice tries to work it's way to the forefront, and finally comes to attention but still lacks coherence.
http://www.myspace.com/discuss
Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby: I was initially head-over-heels for this band based on the first few leaked singles. Their full length was a disappointment, I'll admit it. But when I take this song, and built a playlist with this, "Hold On" and "24", I get butterflies in my stomach and want to dance and cry at the same time. Keep your ears affixed, Emmy The Great are potentially poised for some miraculous.
http://www.myspace.com/emmythegreat
Esso & Woody - Don't Stop: The MJ estate is working on high-profile massive budget reworks, but in the meantime the underground has reworked and sampled MJ a million times over, and here we are again, this time sampling some horns riffs from the disco era and laying lyrics on top.
Filastine - Blung: Always one worth checking out, the latest Filastine LP "Dirty Bomb" didn't grab me as a whole. But fret not, as this track has just the amount of innovation and swagger, ironically seemingly effecting some hypnotic swirls that are almost Muslimgauze-ish. Good stuff.
There's a certain naive bliss that is often missing from electronic music. The feelgood innocence found abstractly between the likes of Bran Van 3000, Pizzicato Five, and early 90s stabs at electro pop. That joy is honored hear on the Fol Chen album "The Longer U Wait".
A collection of remixes and reworks, it's not entirely consistent, but the joy of joys on here more than makes up for the few toss-offs. Sufjan Steven's label Asthmatic Kitty has put this out, and I think you can even download the whole thing from their web site.
http://www.myspace.com/folchen
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World: This is from the "The 3rd World" and I just love that super bass slam on every 4th beat. Political songs are always a contentious topic, but this avoids most of the common pitfalls that make most tracks like this embarrassingly unlistenable a year later.
http://www.myspace.com/immortaltechnique
Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whoever: Old school story time singalong folk ala Dylan and the like! If you love barefoot stomping good times, go for this. The full length is "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter".
http://www.joshritter.com/
Paper Moon - Down With Safe: I like songs where the vocalist sounds like is doing rounds with herself, but then again I think about how most people would have sex with their doppleganger. Like, how hard would it be to get totally comfortable? Anyways, I love this band out of Winnipeg, and work hard to have google associate their name associated with the search terms "sex with doppleganger".
http://www.papermoon.ca/
Shystie - Step Bac: Woah, it's been a while since we posted something grimey here! Remedy: Shystie rocking over slap-happy gun-cock & snare beat. Problem solved!
http://www.myspace.com/shystie
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools: The full length "Know Better Learn Faster" is out October 13th, so here is a sneak-peak of the heat within. Fun folk/pop/rock sweetness. I'm excited!
http://www.myspace.com/thaomusic
I can't properly express my joy that the new Antlers album "Hospice" is finally here. It is to 2009 what Okkervil River's Black Sheep Boy was to 2005: An emotional, mature, engrossing work that will dominate melancholy mixtapes for the next decade.
We originally posted up some of The Antlers here back in January, then another in August, and here are two more. The song Shiva is especially brilliant, with it's creepy mysticism of the narrator transforming in to the victim, and them departing, leaving one abandoned. I must have dreamt with that metaphor at least once before because it resonates so damn strongly.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. One of the best albums of the year. A classic.
http://www.antlersmusic.com/
The Big Pink - Dominos: This is the kind of music that sounds "straight ahead" these days, radio-friendly pop rock but with enough of an edge that it immediately catches your ear.
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix): Joker's back with a slamming-yet-not-overwhelming remix on the dubstep front. The pop element surface in a sampled fashion, but the beats and synths all work to great effect.
http://www.theheavy.co.uk/
The Sumner Brothers - Pain: We will end things today with a bit of a quiet, somber note. A shaky voice can bring one to tears, and this beautiful song gives me the chills. Good night!
http://www.myspace.com/thesumnerbrothers
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Acid Girls - The Numbers Song
Chris Schlarb - I
Discuss - One Thing In Its Right Place
Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
Esso & Woody - Don't Stop
Filastine - Blung
Fol Chen - Cable TV (T.H. White Mix)
Fol Chen - The Believers (Clifford Lidell Remix)
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World
Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whoever
Paper Moon - Down With Safe
Shystie - Step Bac
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools
The Antlers - Shiva
The Antlers - Wake
The Big Pink - Dominos
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix)
The Sumner Brothers - Pain
I know we can always be this way forever: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090903.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
A new week, a new post. The MP3s keep coming and there is a taste of glory in this all.
Welcome back.
Acid Girls - The Numbers Song: We get this going on a massively strong clubfoot stomper note. Acid Girls rock it on the instrumental electro tip. No silly samples or 'lectro remix biz as crutches, this is grinding electro house goodness.
http://www.myspace.com/acid_girls
Chris Schlarb - I: aaaaand we slow things right down with this quaint textural classical/ambient piece from the 2007 album Twilight & Ghost Stories. Pieces like this sit like jazz on my brain. A smattering of somewhat disconnected-yet-interworking layers of guitar, piano, radio organ static, reverbed strings, wind chimes and field recordings sit perfectly on my weary head.
http://www.chrisschlarb.com/
Discuss - One Thing In Its Right Place: Dope downtempo/IDM from the 2008 LP "Aeration Swells". The beat hooks you right from the get-go, the subdued background voice tries to work it's way to the forefront, and finally comes to attention but still lacks coherence.
http://www.myspace.com/discuss
Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby: I was initially head-over-heels for this band based on the first few leaked singles. Their full length was a disappointment, I'll admit it. But when I take this song, and built a playlist with this, "Hold On" and "24", I get butterflies in my stomach and want to dance and cry at the same time. Keep your ears affixed, Emmy The Great are potentially poised for some miraculous.
http://www.myspace.com/emmythegreat
Esso & Woody - Don't Stop: The MJ estate is working on high-profile massive budget reworks, but in the meantime the underground has reworked and sampled MJ a million times over, and here we are again, this time sampling some horns riffs from the disco era and laying lyrics on top.
Filastine - Blung: Always one worth checking out, the latest Filastine LP "Dirty Bomb" didn't grab me as a whole. But fret not, as this track has just the amount of innovation and swagger, ironically seemingly effecting some hypnotic swirls that are almost Muslimgauze-ish. Good stuff.
There's a certain naive bliss that is often missing from electronic music. The feelgood innocence found abstractly between the likes of Bran Van 3000, Pizzicato Five, and early 90s stabs at electro pop. That joy is honored hear on the Fol Chen album "The Longer U Wait".
A collection of remixes and reworks, it's not entirely consistent, but the joy of joys on here more than makes up for the few toss-offs. Sufjan Steven's label Asthmatic Kitty has put this out, and I think you can even download the whole thing from their web site.
http://www.myspace.com/folchen
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World: This is from the "The 3rd World" and I just love that super bass slam on every 4th beat. Political songs are always a contentious topic, but this avoids most of the common pitfalls that make most tracks like this embarrassingly unlistenable a year later.
http://www.myspace.com/immortaltechnique
Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whoever: Old school story time singalong folk ala Dylan and the like! If you love barefoot stomping good times, go for this. The full length is "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter".
http://www.joshritter.com/
Paper Moon - Down With Safe: I like songs where the vocalist sounds like is doing rounds with herself, but then again I think about how most people would have sex with their doppleganger. Like, how hard would it be to get totally comfortable? Anyways, I love this band out of Winnipeg, and work hard to have google associate their name associated with the search terms "sex with doppleganger".
http://www.papermoon.ca/
Shystie - Step Bac: Woah, it's been a while since we posted something grimey here! Remedy: Shystie rocking over slap-happy gun-cock & snare beat. Problem solved!
http://www.myspace.com/shystie
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools: The full length "Know Better Learn Faster" is out October 13th, so here is a sneak-peak of the heat within. Fun folk/pop/rock sweetness. I'm excited!
http://www.myspace.com/thaomusic
I can't properly express my joy that the new Antlers album "Hospice" is finally here. It is to 2009 what Okkervil River's Black Sheep Boy was to 2005: An emotional, mature, engrossing work that will dominate melancholy mixtapes for the next decade.
We originally posted up some of The Antlers here back in January, then another in August, and here are two more. The song Shiva is especially brilliant, with it's creepy mysticism of the narrator transforming in to the victim, and them departing, leaving one abandoned. I must have dreamt with that metaphor at least once before because it resonates so damn strongly.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. One of the best albums of the year. A classic.
http://www.antlersmusic.com/
The Big Pink - Dominos: This is the kind of music that sounds "straight ahead" these days, radio-friendly pop rock but with enough of an edge that it immediately catches your ear.
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix): Joker's back with a slamming-yet-not-overwhelming remix on the dubstep front. The pop element surface in a sampled fashion, but the beats and synths all work to great effect.
http://www.theheavy.co.uk/
The Sumner Brothers - Pain: We will end things today with a bit of a quiet, somber note. A shaky voice can bring one to tears, and this beautiful song gives me the chills. Good night!
http://www.myspace.com/thesumnerbrothers
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Acid Girls - The Numbers Song
Chris Schlarb - I
Discuss - One Thing In Its Right Place
Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
Esso & Woody - Don't Stop
Filastine - Blung
Fol Chen - Cable TV (T.H. White Mix)
Fol Chen - The Believers (Clifford Lidell Remix)
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World
Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whoever
Paper Moon - Down With Safe
Shystie - Step Bac
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools
The Antlers - Shiva
The Antlers - Wake
The Big Pink - Dominos
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix)
The Sumner Brothers - Pain
I know we can always be this way forever: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20090903.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
Get more details at:
DJ mixes: http://www.thetastates.com/
Blog archives: http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/
CPI fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CPI/8176899482
Buy me books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BOJ22WFF9B4/?&sort=priority
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/cpi23
Enjoy!
~CPI
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