blog 2010/03/24 - so long, suckas!
ZOOOM, I'm outta here! Off to Toronto, and I won't be back until Monday! ha ha, take THAT, Internet!
But I am not entirely callous, no. Here is one final offering, and may we meet again in that fabled realm... of next week.
Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix): Phaseone's album White Collar Crime is a delight. Some of the ways he flips tracks is just so perfectly spiced and diced. His production is deep, but comes off as a less-harsh El-P behind the keys. This track is a gem amongst riches, providing the perfect bass pulse that Animal Collective now know they need.
B. Rich - We Ball Harder (DZ's Spy Harder Remix): Local boy does right. Now the hottest producer to emerge from Ottawa, he just keeps putting out the dubstep goodness. And really, B. Rich isn't exactly a producer that ever needs any help, so DZ really brings his A game to this one. I'm kind of sick of the pulsing+slamming dubstep as of late, so it's great to get back to the 70 bpm framework and re-engage the essentials of what makes a stepper break good.
Balmorhea - Bowsprit: A slow building instrumental from the 2009 album "Constellations".
Bent - Always: Bent have always kind of been on the periphery of the electronica bins, and occassionally produce some stupendously happy fun stuff. I had missed this first time around, but this fabulous track is taken from the Best Of Bent compilation, released 2009. For fans of Hint, Blockhead, Husky Rescue, Mowgli, etc.
Bibio - Jealous Of Roses (Pivot Remix): This is from the Warp: 2010 label sampler, which reveals a few exciting things for the hallowed label, and a few mis-starts too. I've been pretty hyper-critical of Bibio before, but I hope this remix is pointing to something a bit more exciting than their sophomore slump. This is organic-feeling downtempo pop the way I like it.
Broken Social Scene - World Sick: New BSS for 2010! The album is Forgiveness Rock Record. Yes, I'm excited. Please don't suck. Oh please oh please oh please.
Fanfarlo - Ghosts: Another fabulous track from their album Reservoir, stealing poppy bits of from Arcade Fire and oh who the fuck cares? It's a great song.
Felt - Ghost Dance Deluxe
Felt - Give It Up: Third time's a charm? No one really expected much from "Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez" but well, here it is, and there's some great stuff on it. Probably my favourite appearance from Slug in a while, but maybe it's just the lifted Human Beat Box sample tugging at my heart strings... But maybe I find love songs to ghost women kinda sexy.
Lemonade - Lifted: Wind up sounds? Check. "squick" sound? check. Child laughter? check. Wobble bass? check. Most adorable pop song of 2010? Right here, from the new Pure Moods EP.
Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man: A great little bar-room folk stomper.
Ola Podrida - Dnkey
Ola Podrida - We All Radiant: Their 2009 album "Belly of the Lion" is subtle. So subtle I almost passed over it, even after a few listens. But it slowly sinks in to you. This is more reserved folk rock, focusing more on the standard structures instead of reinventing itself and trying to be overly clever. Highly recommended for fans of Iron & Wine, Bonny Prince Billy and Califone.
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Goodbye Good Luck: I've posted a bunch of Thao before, but oh Know Better Learn Faster is SUCH a grand album, and this song has just been ping-ponging in my head all day.
The Bird and the Bee - I Can't Go For That (Hall & Oates cover)
The Bird and the Bee - One On One (Hall & Oates cover): "Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates" is a the most explicit title possible for this project. Did you just wet yourself or cringe? If it was the latter, just skip this. If it was the former, you're in luck! An entire album of Hall & Oates classics covered by the sultry The Bird And The Bee. Listening to it all, you truly realize that behind the mustaches, there was some truly powerful pop punch.
Themselves & Why - Canada: It starts slow, builds slow, the lyrics kind flowing out in a stagnant nursery-rhyme delivery. But it's building. The xylophone catches you a tad off guard. But by the time the chorus hits, it's all over and you're sucked in to a song that 60 seconds ago you were sure you were going to hate. Good job, hypothetical you.
Todd Edwards - Never Far From You: It's always good luck when we end on a bouncey note! I love some chopped vox, and oh those steppy garage snares delight. This should dance you through the weekend. Until next time.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)
B. Rich - We Ball Harder (DZ's Spy Harder Remix)
Balmorhea - Bowsprit
Bent - Always
Bibio - Jealous Of Roses (Pivot Remix)
Broken Social Scene - World Sick
Fanfarlo - Ghosts
Felt - Ghost Dance Deluxe
Felt - Give It Up
Lemonade - Lifted
Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Ola Podrida - Dnkey
Ola Podrida - We All Radiant
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Goodbye Good Luck
The Bird and the Bee - I Can't Go For That (Hall & Oates cover)
The Bird and the Bee - One On One (Hall & Oates cover)
Themselves & Why - Canada
Todd Edwards - Never Far From You
Too many private eyes, are watching me, private eeeyyyeeeeesssss.... http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100324.zip
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Kazuo Ishiguro - When We Were Orphans (audiobook)
Kazuo Ishiguro - When We Were Orphans (audiobook)
When 9-year-old Christopher Banks's father--a British businessman involved in the opium trade--disappears from the family home in Shanghai, the boy and his friend Akira play at being detectives: "Until in the end, after the chases, fist-fights and gun-battles around the warren-like alleys of the Chinese districts, whatever our variations and elaborations, our narratives would always conclude with a magnificent ceremony held in Jessfield Park, a ceremony that would see us, one after another, step out onto a specially erected stage ... to greet the vast cheering crowds." But Christopher's mother also disappears, and he is sent to live in England, where he grows up in the years between the world wars to become, he claims, a famous detective. His family's fate continues to haunt him, however, and he sifts through his memories to try to make sense of his loss. Finally, in the late 1930s, he returns to Shanghai to solve the most important case of his life. But as Christopher pursues his investigation, the boundaries between fact and fantasy begin to evaporate. Is the Japanese soldier he meets really Akira? Are his parents really being held in a house in the Chinese district? And who is Mr. Grayson, the British official who seems to be planning an important celebration? "My first question, sir, before anything else, is if you're happy with the choice of Jessfield Park for the ceremony? We will, you see, require substantial space."
In When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro uses the conventions of crime fiction to create a moving portrait of a troubled mind, and of a man who cannot escape the long shadows cast by childhood trauma. Sherlock Holmes needed only fragments--a muddy shoe, cigarette ash on a sleeve--to make his deductions, but all Christopher has are fading recollections of long-ago events, and for him the truth is much harder to grasp. Ishiguro writes in the first person, but from the beginning there are cracks in Christopher's carefully restrained prose, suggestions that his version of the world may not be the most reliable. Faced with such a narrator, the reader is forced to become a detective too, chasing crumbs of truth through the labyrinth of Christopher's memory.
Ishiguro has never been one for verbal pyrotechnics, but the unruffled surface of this haunting novel only adds to its emotional power. When We Were Orphans is an extraordinary feat of sustained, perfectly controlled imagination, and in Christopher Banks the author has created one of his most memorable characters. --Simon Leake
9 CDs, vbr. Unabridged reading, 10.5 hours. Ripped by CPI.
Read reviews at Amazon...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Stefan Thompson art show: April 1, 2010
Stefan Thompson art show
April 1s, 2010
@ Patrick Gordon Framing, 160 Elm St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
7-10pm
(with CPI)
April 1s, 2010
@ Patrick Gordon Framing, 160 Elm St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
7-10pm
(with CPI)
David Hoy - ESPecially Yours (1979)
David Hoy - ESPecially Yours (1979)
Lectures by a new-age huckster, convincing young students that they have magical mental powers.
Choice sample material here, so heads up! Especially check out the predictions on side D.
This was a double LP, here are the tracks on the 4 sides:
Part One
Opening Remarks
Introduction
Telepathy
Part Two
Telepathy and Telepathic Experimentation
Precognition
Part Three
Precognition
Psychokinesis
Questions and Answers
Part Four
Questions and Answers
ESPecial Thoughts
Predictions
Each side encoded as a single file. Ripped by CPI at 320 kbps.
Lectures by a new-age huckster, convincing young students that they have magical mental powers.
Choice sample material here, so heads up! Especially check out the predictions on side D.
This was a double LP, here are the tracks on the 4 sides:
Part One
Opening Remarks
Introduction
Telepathy
Part Two
Telepathy and Telepathic Experimentation
Precognition
Part Three
Precognition
Psychokinesis
Questions and Answers
Part Four
Questions and Answers
ESPecial Thoughts
Predictions
Each side encoded as a single file. Ripped by CPI at 320 kbps.
DNA & RNA - Deciphering The Code Of Life (1974)
This will be the first post in a series for Grey Calx, writer of the fabulous blogs A Basement of Curiousities and A Closet of Curiousities.
The latter blog specializing in more experimental, rare world music, and contemporary classical. The former specializing in obscure spoken word, sound recordings, and wacky puzzling detrius from the vinyl heydays.
I have been asked to post some of my offerings, and when someone who has posted up as much amazing stuff as this person asks, you are honored to oblige!
First up:
DNA & RNA - Deciphering The Code Of Life
This album is from a 1974 lecture series that is to accompany a slide show. This is good for sciencey samples, or for people interested in what science was like 36 years ago.
This is disc 2 from the series. Sorry, I don't have the others.
Same program on side A and B, except side A has beeps for when to change slides. Both are included.
320 kbps vinyl rips, done by CPI.
Enjoy! More coming soon.
The latter blog specializing in more experimental, rare world music, and contemporary classical. The former specializing in obscure spoken word, sound recordings, and wacky puzzling detrius from the vinyl heydays.
I have been asked to post some of my offerings, and when someone who has posted up as much amazing stuff as this person asks, you are honored to oblige!
First up:
DNA & RNA - Deciphering The Code Of Life
This album is from a 1974 lecture series that is to accompany a slide show. This is good for sciencey samples, or for people interested in what science was like 36 years ago.
This is disc 2 from the series. Sorry, I don't have the others.
Same program on side A and B, except side A has beeps for when to change slides. Both are included.
320 kbps vinyl rips, done by CPI.
Enjoy! More coming soon.
MP3 blog 2010/03/21
blog 2010/03/21 - Let's just pop another one off for the weekend.
Man, I hate it when in my head I'm all "I'm just going to go bang on his door", but in real life my lips say "I'm going to go bang him". Happens.
All. The. Time.
Embarassing, really.
There's a serious disconnect between the speed my thoughts go at and the speed they are released by my mouth. A bottleneck occurs and certain words and concepts spill over and end up in my bra, the verbalised words often only approximating what I had hoped.
It's the same thing with this blog! I don't know if you noticed, but I stopped spellchecking and previewing what I was writing in here. Errors abound! But fuckit, that's not what this is all about.
It's all about celebrating the fact that there is always always always tonnes of awesome new music for you to explore.
THE FUTURE IS EXCITING! LET'S EXPLORE!
Arms - Tiger Tamer: I kind of love the disaffected delivery of the vocalist here. As soon as you think he's going atonal, he does a melodic swoop, and then plants firmly back into the smirky atonal goodness.
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja
Die Antwoord - Wat Pomp ft Jack Parow: While totally self-aware hipster constructions, Die Antwoord do deliver so hot goods. It's been said before, but the internet does offer this brand of false identities mutating pop culture structures, but no one really cares when it's done with such skill. The new album is $O$ and there are some definite hot tracks off there. And the videos are a must-see. It's like Snow meets Fagget Fairies.
DJ Mujava - Mugwanti & Sgwejegweje (Schlachthofbronx Remix): Finally a worthwhile followup to the madness of Township Funk! South African funky bass goodness.
Emeralds - Alive In The Sea Of Information: Every once in a while something bubbles up from the no-fi cassette culture underground and breaks through to the more popular consciousness, and The Emeralds' 2009 album What Happened seems to be there. Glistening psych textures evolve along, never resting in one spot for more than 60 seconds.
Frightened Rabbit - Living In Colour
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle: EEEEEEE!!!!! New Frightened Rabbit! So exciting. The Winter Of Mixed Drinks is here in 2010 and follows their development beautifully. Taking their folk roots, upping the rock-out quotient, and even sliding in to some Twilight Sad-esque post rockisms, this album just gels perfectly and delights. Highly recommended.
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Blind
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - In Translation (Version): You know what you don't hear on these tracks? Vocals. I just couldn't get in to the vocals on their new albu, "Wildling". I've been following this band since their '96 single on Payola, and it has always been the arrangements that drew me to them. These tracks, especially the enchanting In Translation (Version), will keep me checking out anything new they work on.
Miles Bonny - Nothin' But Chu: A quick slice of downtempo soul...
Mr. Gnome - Slow Side: Joanna Newsom meets Courtney Love! Who knew?
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman: From the 2009 album "11:11", this guy just melts my face off. Absolutely beautiful/incredible guitar work here. And it's STILL a great song, not just some guitar wankery.
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Lion's Heart
The Tallest Man on Earth - King Of Spain: Long anticipated and finally here, The Wild Hunt is thew new album. This guy inerhits the Bob Dylan spirit and pays it forward. Now, this album hasn't caught me as powerfully as Shallow Graves did, there are still some shining lights on it. And I fully respect this guy enough to give it repeated listens and allows the rest to grow on me. Recommended for all folk and Dylan fans.
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix): I love how this vocalist sounds almost like he's straight out of the 80s. I could imagine a chorus like this coming from Human League or Men At Work, and I mean that as an enthusiastic compliment! The core is a perfect little pop song. The remix just chunks it up for the dance floor, the way it should be.
tUnE-YaRdS - Youth: And this little treat comes from the Real Live Flesh EP. All hail bedroom recording geniuses! See? What did I tell you? The future is good.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Arms - Tiger Tamer
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja
Die Antwoord - Wat Pomp ft Jack Parow
DJ Mujava - Mugwanti & Sgwejegweje (Schlachthofbronx Remix)
Emeralds - Alive In The Sea Of Information
Frightened Rabbit - Living In Colour
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Blind
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - In Translation (Version)
Miles Bonny - Nothin' But Chu
Mr. Gnome - Slow Side
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Lion's Heart
The Tallest Man on Earth - King Of Spain
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix)
tUnE-YaRdS - Youth
It's the future! No wait, now it's the future! No, now! http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100321.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
Man, I hate it when in my head I'm all "I'm just going to go bang on his door", but in real life my lips say "I'm going to go bang him". Happens.
All. The. Time.
Embarassing, really.
There's a serious disconnect between the speed my thoughts go at and the speed they are released by my mouth. A bottleneck occurs and certain words and concepts spill over and end up in my bra, the verbalised words often only approximating what I had hoped.
It's the same thing with this blog! I don't know if you noticed, but I stopped spellchecking and previewing what I was writing in here. Errors abound! But fuckit, that's not what this is all about.
It's all about celebrating the fact that there is always always always tonnes of awesome new music for you to explore.
THE FUTURE IS EXCITING! LET'S EXPLORE!
Arms - Tiger Tamer: I kind of love the disaffected delivery of the vocalist here. As soon as you think he's going atonal, he does a melodic swoop, and then plants firmly back into the smirky atonal goodness.
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja
Die Antwoord - Wat Pomp ft Jack Parow: While totally self-aware hipster constructions, Die Antwoord do deliver so hot goods. It's been said before, but the internet does offer this brand of false identities mutating pop culture structures, but no one really cares when it's done with such skill. The new album is $O$ and there are some definite hot tracks off there. And the videos are a must-see. It's like Snow meets Fagget Fairies.
DJ Mujava - Mugwanti & Sgwejegweje (Schlachthofbronx Remix): Finally a worthwhile followup to the madness of Township Funk! South African funky bass goodness.
Emeralds - Alive In The Sea Of Information: Every once in a while something bubbles up from the no-fi cassette culture underground and breaks through to the more popular consciousness, and The Emeralds' 2009 album What Happened seems to be there. Glistening psych textures evolve along, never resting in one spot for more than 60 seconds.
Frightened Rabbit - Living In Colour
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle: EEEEEEE!!!!! New Frightened Rabbit! So exciting. The Winter Of Mixed Drinks is here in 2010 and follows their development beautifully. Taking their folk roots, upping the rock-out quotient, and even sliding in to some Twilight Sad-esque post rockisms, this album just gels perfectly and delights. Highly recommended.
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Blind
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - In Translation (Version): You know what you don't hear on these tracks? Vocals. I just couldn't get in to the vocals on their new albu, "Wildling". I've been following this band since their '96 single on Payola, and it has always been the arrangements that drew me to them. These tracks, especially the enchanting In Translation (Version), will keep me checking out anything new they work on.
Miles Bonny - Nothin' But Chu: A quick slice of downtempo soul...
Mr. Gnome - Slow Side: Joanna Newsom meets Courtney Love! Who knew?
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman: From the 2009 album "11:11", this guy just melts my face off. Absolutely beautiful/incredible guitar work here. And it's STILL a great song, not just some guitar wankery.
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Lion's Heart
The Tallest Man on Earth - King Of Spain: Long anticipated and finally here, The Wild Hunt is thew new album. This guy inerhits the Bob Dylan spirit and pays it forward. Now, this album hasn't caught me as powerfully as Shallow Graves did, there are still some shining lights on it. And I fully respect this guy enough to give it repeated listens and allows the rest to grow on me. Recommended for all folk and Dylan fans.
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix): I love how this vocalist sounds almost like he's straight out of the 80s. I could imagine a chorus like this coming from Human League or Men At Work, and I mean that as an enthusiastic compliment! The core is a perfect little pop song. The remix just chunks it up for the dance floor, the way it should be.
tUnE-YaRdS - Youth: And this little treat comes from the Real Live Flesh EP. All hail bedroom recording geniuses! See? What did I tell you? The future is good.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Arms - Tiger Tamer
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja
Die Antwoord - Wat Pomp ft Jack Parow
DJ Mujava - Mugwanti & Sgwejegweje (Schlachthofbronx Remix)
Emeralds - Alive In The Sea Of Information
Frightened Rabbit - Living In Colour
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Blind
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - In Translation (Version)
Miles Bonny - Nothin' But Chu
Mr. Gnome - Slow Side
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman
The Tallest Man on Earth - A Lion's Heart
The Tallest Man on Earth - King Of Spain
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix)
tUnE-YaRdS - Youth
It's the future! No wait, now it's the future! No, now! http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100321.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, March 16, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/03/16
blog 2010/03/16 - oh right, there's your monkey.
Well hello hello! You just can't stop the music. Oh that's right, she stole that line from me.
Bonobo - Animals
Bonobo ft Andreya Triana - Eyesdown: Hold on to your tush and whip out that "BEST OF 2010" list. It's time to insert a new entry in the top 10 contenders! Bonobo is back with Black Sands, and it absolutely fricking incredible. Absolutely essential. Downtempo, jazz, dubstep, jazz vocalist, atmospheric, and just gorgeous. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. This album is pure gold, non-stop.
Cardopusher - Travestieten Transsexuelen Over The Rainbow: Cardopusher has consistently made the funnest and innovative beats, and his sexy Unity Means Power album ressurrects the glee that only early ADDICT 12"s could elicit in the 90s. Like how ADDICT gave fun and sneers at DHR's cold sneering seriousness, Carodpusher mashes shit up in the rather chilly dubstep and junglist scene. If you were ever a breakcore fan, you need this album.
Clorinde - Cecile And The Knights: another great track from 2009's The Creative Listener. Just cuz.
High Places - On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House: The new album "High Places vs. Mankind" is getting some decent reviews in many disparate places, but it certainly didn't blow me away. Their composition is tightened up, at the expense of the ethereal charm that really was the main attraction for me on the earlier stuff. But I do love this song.
Lightning Dust - I Knew: Super fun rock-pop, from the 2009 album Infinite Light.
Mamadou Diabate - Bolomabory
Mamadou Diabate - Douga Mansa: Prepare to have your face melted off with Douga Mansa. I pretty much will check out any peformer whose name ends in Diabate or Toure, and I have not been dissapointed yet. WHAT AMAZING FAMILIES.
Moonface - Marimba and Shit-Drums: Like, what am I supposed to say with a title like that? It's perfect. just perfect.
Motohiro Nakashima - A Few Minutes Before The Dawn: Gentle piano and strings and guitar and horn. This is a pretty good snapshot of the beautiful album "We Hum On The Way Home". Recommended for fans of gorgeous gentle ambience.
Myd - Train to Bamako: Oh you know me, I just love house tracks with chanting.
Parker - Where's My Monkey: THE ULTIMATE DUBSTEP PARODY TRACK! A pitch perfect hilarious reinterpretation of TC's Where's My Money. Wierd Al Yankovic can sleep easy knowing that kids like this are out there.
Scott Matthew - Community
Scott Matthew - Ornament: I first got in to Scott Matthew after his beautiful appearance in the film Shortbus. His new album "There Is An Ocean That Divides" will tend to divide more audiences than oceans. Like Chris Garneau, Damien Rice and Patrick Watson, Scott has an incredibly emotional and deeply wrought style. This will either set you off or enchant you, depending on how much romanticism you can handle. For me, I just love the gushy romance.
The Incredible Funk League - On & On ft Sadat X: A funky little number with some short and sweet verses from Sadat X.
The Twilight Sad - The Room: NEW TWILIGHT SAD FOR 2010! I haven't heard the full length yet, but this is the first single off the LP. It is not a radical departure, but still a pleasurable refinement of their craft and oh so good!
Trickform - Grain Plek: Wow, it's been a while since I posted some straight-ahead IDM fare! From Trickform's self-titled album in 2009, this track brings me back to all that late-90s Funkstorung joy. So so so happy here.
Young Jeezy - I Got This (El-P Remix): Close things down with this surprising remix! It even ressurects El-P's "WHAT?" sample, last heard on Viagra with DJ Vadim 12 years back. Pretty frickin' awesome. FRICKIN!!!!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bonobo - Animals
Bonobo ft Andreya Triana - Eyesdown
Cardopusher - Travestieten Transsexuelen Over The Rainbow
Clorinde - Cecile And The Knights
High Places - On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House
Lightning Dust - I Knew
Mamadou Diabate - Bolomabory
Mamadou Diabate - Douga Mansa
Moonface - Marimba and Shit-Drums
Motohiro Nakashima - A Few Minutes Before The Dawn
Myd - Train to Bamako
Parker - Where's My Monkey
Scott Matthew - Community
Scott Matthew - Ornament
The Incredible Funk League - On & On ft Sadat X
The Twilight Sad - The Room
Trickform - Grain Plek
Young Jeezy - I Got This (El-P Remix)
Eww no, I hate bananas: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100316.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
Well hello hello! You just can't stop the music. Oh that's right, she stole that line from me.
Bonobo - Animals
Bonobo ft Andreya Triana - Eyesdown: Hold on to your tush and whip out that "BEST OF 2010" list. It's time to insert a new entry in the top 10 contenders! Bonobo is back with Black Sands, and it absolutely fricking incredible. Absolutely essential. Downtempo, jazz, dubstep, jazz vocalist, atmospheric, and just gorgeous. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. This album is pure gold, non-stop.
Cardopusher - Travestieten Transsexuelen Over The Rainbow: Cardopusher has consistently made the funnest and innovative beats, and his sexy Unity Means Power album ressurrects the glee that only early ADDICT 12"s could elicit in the 90s. Like how ADDICT gave fun and sneers at DHR's cold sneering seriousness, Carodpusher mashes shit up in the rather chilly dubstep and junglist scene. If you were ever a breakcore fan, you need this album.
Clorinde - Cecile And The Knights: another great track from 2009's The Creative Listener. Just cuz.
High Places - On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House: The new album "High Places vs. Mankind" is getting some decent reviews in many disparate places, but it certainly didn't blow me away. Their composition is tightened up, at the expense of the ethereal charm that really was the main attraction for me on the earlier stuff. But I do love this song.
Lightning Dust - I Knew: Super fun rock-pop, from the 2009 album Infinite Light.
Mamadou Diabate - Bolomabory
Mamadou Diabate - Douga Mansa: Prepare to have your face melted off with Douga Mansa. I pretty much will check out any peformer whose name ends in Diabate or Toure, and I have not been dissapointed yet. WHAT AMAZING FAMILIES.
Moonface - Marimba and Shit-Drums: Like, what am I supposed to say with a title like that? It's perfect. just perfect.
Motohiro Nakashima - A Few Minutes Before The Dawn: Gentle piano and strings and guitar and horn. This is a pretty good snapshot of the beautiful album "We Hum On The Way Home". Recommended for fans of gorgeous gentle ambience.
Myd - Train to Bamako: Oh you know me, I just love house tracks with chanting.
Parker - Where's My Monkey: THE ULTIMATE DUBSTEP PARODY TRACK! A pitch perfect hilarious reinterpretation of TC's Where's My Money. Wierd Al Yankovic can sleep easy knowing that kids like this are out there.
Scott Matthew - Community
Scott Matthew - Ornament: I first got in to Scott Matthew after his beautiful appearance in the film Shortbus. His new album "There Is An Ocean That Divides" will tend to divide more audiences than oceans. Like Chris Garneau, Damien Rice and Patrick Watson, Scott has an incredibly emotional and deeply wrought style. This will either set you off or enchant you, depending on how much romanticism you can handle. For me, I just love the gushy romance.
The Incredible Funk League - On & On ft Sadat X: A funky little number with some short and sweet verses from Sadat X.
The Twilight Sad - The Room: NEW TWILIGHT SAD FOR 2010! I haven't heard the full length yet, but this is the first single off the LP. It is not a radical departure, but still a pleasurable refinement of their craft and oh so good!
Trickform - Grain Plek: Wow, it's been a while since I posted some straight-ahead IDM fare! From Trickform's self-titled album in 2009, this track brings me back to all that late-90s Funkstorung joy. So so so happy here.
Young Jeezy - I Got This (El-P Remix): Close things down with this surprising remix! It even ressurects El-P's "WHAT?" sample, last heard on Viagra with DJ Vadim 12 years back. Pretty frickin' awesome. FRICKIN!!!!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bonobo - Animals
Bonobo ft Andreya Triana - Eyesdown
Cardopusher - Travestieten Transsexuelen Over The Rainbow
Clorinde - Cecile And The Knights
High Places - On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House
Lightning Dust - I Knew
Mamadou Diabate - Bolomabory
Mamadou Diabate - Douga Mansa
Moonface - Marimba and Shit-Drums
Motohiro Nakashima - A Few Minutes Before The Dawn
Myd - Train to Bamako
Parker - Where's My Monkey
Scott Matthew - Community
Scott Matthew - Ornament
The Incredible Funk League - On & On ft Sadat X
The Twilight Sad - The Room
Trickform - Grain Plek
Young Jeezy - I Got This (El-P Remix)
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/03/11
blog 2010/03/11 - Where were you on this fateful day, happening at this very moment?
Enough breathing time? Yes? No? who cares!
23 Deluxe - Show Me Happiness (Radio Edit): Want happiness? Here is happiness! Super pop garage fun 10000! Love it.
Ben Frost - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes
Ben Frost - Peter Venkman Part II: The Ben Frost album is a delight and a must-have for any fans of cinematic sound-art works. For fans of the narrative textures of Peter Rehberg, O.S.T., Terre Thaemlitz, some of Mika Vainio's collaborative efforts, and even reaching in to the fan-base of the Supersilent collabs.
Fabulous stuff. And bonus points for the nerdiest of nerdy track titles.
Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore - Mitleid Lady: from the Mitleid Lady EP, here comes another slow slab of dark jazz bliss. There have been so many fucking imitators coming out of the sludge/doom metal scene that have tried to bite their style, but no one comes close to the sinister and sexy majesty of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore.
Fang Island - Careful Crossers
Fang Island - Sideswiper: Fang Island rule! The album is short and sweet and a pitch perfect rock-gasm. Sounding a bit like Holy Fuck, but with the fun of Man Or Asttroman tossed in to the instrumental rock.
But it's not all instrumental, with some dashes of heartfelt off-key vocals that make me reminisce about Cap'N'Jazz and that early 90s emo where screaming meant you were fucking happy and delighted and not entirely sad, but inspired to take on this big ole world of adversity. Oh emo, what happened to you? Fang Island will share their popsicle with you.
Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant: Probably the best explicity sports-theme song I've heard in a long time, maybe since The Sporting Life or the remixes of the Rocky Theme.
Mathhead - Terror Inc: I have a softspot for this kind of sci-fi cheese dubstep. I mean really, not since breakcore has there been such a perfect genre to bust out the badass movie samples and get all creepy-synth and smash-bassey on the populace. Hey dubstep producers: More songs with DOOM samples, please?
MJ Cole - Sincere (Nero Remix): 2 of my favourite producers are on the track! Caitlyn is pleased. Carry on with your day.
Mochipet - Spring ft Daedelus: A highlight from Mochipet's Bunnies & Muffins album! I can't really get in to the unfocussed noodling of Mochipet, but when you toss in Daedelus, who is PROFESSIONALLY UNFOCUSED, it all comes out on the other side 1 shade of perfect.
Natalia Lafourcade - Ella Es Bonita
Natalia Lafourcade - Hu Hu Hu: After raving about the single Azul I posted in update blog20090928, I went and checked out the 2009 full length Hu Hu Hu. I am happy to report there are at least 6 quite amazing songs on it, and you should check it out if you like these singles, Emilianna Torrini, and the like.
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Straighten It Out (Remix): Every once in a while I just like to toss in something older that I have been listening to. This remix is from the Straighten It Out single, circa 1995.
Regina Spektor - Us: I made no bones about my disatisfaction with Spektor's more recent works, but this track, taken from the (500) Days Of Summer soundtrack, finally strikes me in a good way.
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Nevestinko Horo
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Pajdusko: What better way to end things than with 2009's Royal Family-Divorce LP? Progressive klezmer jack rock for everyone! So good.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
23 Deluxe - Show Me Happiness (Radio Edit)
Ben Frost - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes
Ben Frost - Peter Venkman Part II
Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore - Mitleid Lady
Fang Island - Careful Crossers
Fang Island - Sideswiper
Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant
Mathhead - Terror Inc
MJ Cole - Sincere (Nero Remix)
Mochipet - Spring ft Daedelus
Natalia Lafourcade - Ella Es Bonita
Natalia Lafourcade - Hu Hu Hu
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Straighten It Out (Remix)
Regina Spektor - Us
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Nevestinko Horo
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Pajdusko
The constellations tell us it's time to build blanket forts: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100311.zip
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Enough breathing time? Yes? No? who cares!
23 Deluxe - Show Me Happiness (Radio Edit): Want happiness? Here is happiness! Super pop garage fun 10000! Love it.
Ben Frost - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes
Ben Frost - Peter Venkman Part II: The Ben Frost album is a delight and a must-have for any fans of cinematic sound-art works. For fans of the narrative textures of Peter Rehberg, O.S.T., Terre Thaemlitz, some of Mika Vainio's collaborative efforts, and even reaching in to the fan-base of the Supersilent collabs.
Fabulous stuff. And bonus points for the nerdiest of nerdy track titles.
Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore - Mitleid Lady: from the Mitleid Lady EP, here comes another slow slab of dark jazz bliss. There have been so many fucking imitators coming out of the sludge/doom metal scene that have tried to bite their style, but no one comes close to the sinister and sexy majesty of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore.
Fang Island - Careful Crossers
Fang Island - Sideswiper: Fang Island rule! The album is short and sweet and a pitch perfect rock-gasm. Sounding a bit like Holy Fuck, but with the fun of Man Or Asttroman tossed in to the instrumental rock.
But it's not all instrumental, with some dashes of heartfelt off-key vocals that make me reminisce about Cap'N'Jazz and that early 90s emo where screaming meant you were fucking happy and delighted and not entirely sad, but inspired to take on this big ole world of adversity. Oh emo, what happened to you? Fang Island will share their popsicle with you.
Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant: Probably the best explicity sports-theme song I've heard in a long time, maybe since The Sporting Life or the remixes of the Rocky Theme.
Mathhead - Terror Inc: I have a softspot for this kind of sci-fi cheese dubstep. I mean really, not since breakcore has there been such a perfect genre to bust out the badass movie samples and get all creepy-synth and smash-bassey on the populace. Hey dubstep producers: More songs with DOOM samples, please?
MJ Cole - Sincere (Nero Remix): 2 of my favourite producers are on the track! Caitlyn is pleased. Carry on with your day.
Mochipet - Spring ft Daedelus: A highlight from Mochipet's Bunnies & Muffins album! I can't really get in to the unfocussed noodling of Mochipet, but when you toss in Daedelus, who is PROFESSIONALLY UNFOCUSED, it all comes out on the other side 1 shade of perfect.
Natalia Lafourcade - Ella Es Bonita
Natalia Lafourcade - Hu Hu Hu: After raving about the single Azul I posted in update blog20090928, I went and checked out the 2009 full length Hu Hu Hu. I am happy to report there are at least 6 quite amazing songs on it, and you should check it out if you like these singles, Emilianna Torrini, and the like.
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Straighten It Out (Remix): Every once in a while I just like to toss in something older that I have been listening to. This remix is from the Straighten It Out single, circa 1995.
Regina Spektor - Us: I made no bones about my disatisfaction with Spektor's more recent works, but this track, taken from the (500) Days Of Summer soundtrack, finally strikes me in a good way.
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Nevestinko Horo
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Pajdusko: What better way to end things than with 2009's Royal Family-Divorce LP? Progressive klezmer jack rock for everyone! So good.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
23 Deluxe - Show Me Happiness (Radio Edit)
Ben Frost - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes
Ben Frost - Peter Venkman Part II
Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore - Mitleid Lady
Fang Island - Careful Crossers
Fang Island - Sideswiper
Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant
Mathhead - Terror Inc
MJ Cole - Sincere (Nero Remix)
Mochipet - Spring ft Daedelus
Natalia Lafourcade - Ella Es Bonita
Natalia Lafourcade - Hu Hu Hu
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Straighten It Out (Remix)
Regina Spektor - Us
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Nevestinko Horo
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Pajdusko
The constellations tell us it's time to build blanket forts: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100311.zip
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Monday, March 8, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/03/08
blog 2010/03/08 - sweep the porch and chill the bubbley, spring is a-comin'
Alice Russell - Let Us Be Loving (Kidkanevil Remix): Last years Pot Of Gold Remixes remixes album had some definite flavour, but like most similar remix comps, it got a bit bogged down in its own thoroughness. Still, if you can go in there with a DJ's ear for pruning, there are tonnes of fantastic junky soul jams to be had.
Andrew Thomas - A Dream Of A Spider
Andrew Thomas - One Thousand Pinholes In A Black Paper Sky: New Andrew Thomas album! "Between Buildings & Trees" doesn't offer up much new if you are a veteran of the Kompakt Pop Ambient world, but if you have been hanging out with this crew for 10 years, new isn't what you want. What you want is gentle waves of sound, lush pads, and the perfect soundtrack for your prescription meds come-down.
Annabel - People And Places: Total poppy driving rock fun!
Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix): Four Tet kicks it up with a fabulous remix of the hottest track the Anti-Pop crew has dropped in years. Flavour!
Arve Henriksen - Children In My Garden: From the 2001 album "Sakuteiki", this is an engrossing solo performance. A mic so close you can hear the salive along the mouthpiece.
Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon: This one starts of small and simple, but woah, it just catches you. The female vocals drive the whole thing, guitar swells be damned. More pop than post-rock, I like.
Cat Power - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover): A fabulous rendition of this rock classic.
Colin Meloy - Cupid (Sam Cook cover): Another cover, going even further back! Meloy, of The Decemberists, puts a good spin on this bubblegum classic.
Dana Falconberry - The Possum Song (live on MOKB radio): Some sweet and classic folk, akin to The Be Good Tanyas/
Dead Confederate - Start Me Laughing: Umm what? This guy totally sounds like Kurt Cobain. After 15 years where no one sounded like Kurt Cobain and no one was allowed to sound like Kurt Cobain... Here comes this guy. And it kind of rocks.
Dub Fiend - Tetris Dubstep Remix: And the torch is passed. Not 3 years go by when the kids of the day reinterpret the Tetris theme with the popular genre of the day. Once it was Breakbeat, once Happy Hardcore, once hard house, once techno.... NOW DUBSTEP CARRIES ON THE GRAND TRADITION! But things are breaking the mold here. I distinctly detect some Super Mario Bros 3, Pac Man, a vocal clip from Mario 64, and Street Fighter 2. Not sure where the "Come on!" sample is from, though. I guess you have to branch out a bit to keep things intersting over full duration.
Edu K - Jumpin n Pumpin: Finally, we get back to some club ish!
El Guincho - Kalise (Round Table Knights Remix): Love the chants, love the bass! Round Table Knights do up a solid remix with just some simple bouncing bass.
John Zorn - Uzziel: Get this: This is from the the 13th entry in Zorn's 2nd book of Masada tunes. The first Book Of Masada was 10 discs of jazz quartet bliss. Volume 2, The Book Of Angels, is now at 13 and I don't know where it ends. Titled "Mycale", this edition is fucking fantastic. The entire record is a quartet of women singing acapella, and it is incredibley good. Highly recommended.
Land of Talk - Sixteen Asterisk: Land of Talk, oh how I'd missed you! Hi, how are you doing? Grab a chair, the tea is almost ready.
Lhasa De Sela - Fool's Gold: This reminds me of Anne Murray. YES, IN A GOOD WAY. SHEESH, you people...
Mike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix): Now this is good. In the age of endless remixes, Mark Ronson takes the fabulous song by Mike Snow and redoes it completely, rendering it a dubby chiller. Wonderful.
Oh No - Concentrate
Oh No - Fuego Tribe: We close things off with 2 hot beats from Dr. No's Ethiopium. Fans of Flying Lotus and Beans should already know this. See you next week, kiddies!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Alice Russell - Let Us Be Loving (Kidkanevil Remix)
Andrew Thomas - A Dream Of A Spider
Andrew Thomas - One Thousand Pinholes In A Black Paper Sky
Annabel - People And Places
Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix)
Arve Henriksen - Children In My Garden
Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon
Cat Power - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Colin Meloy - Cupid (Sam Cook cover)
Dana Falconberry - The Possum Song (live on MOKB radio)
Dead Confederate - Start Me Laughing
Dub Fiend - Tetris Dubstep Remix
Edu K - Jumpin n Pumpin
El Guincho - Kalise (Round Table Knights Remix)
John Zorn - Uzziel
Land of Talk - Sixteen Asterisk
Lhasa De Sela - Fool's Gold
Mike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)
Oh No - Concentrate
Oh No - Fuego Tribe
On top, to the side, all around now: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100308.zip
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Alice Russell - Let Us Be Loving (Kidkanevil Remix): Last years Pot Of Gold Remixes remixes album had some definite flavour, but like most similar remix comps, it got a bit bogged down in its own thoroughness. Still, if you can go in there with a DJ's ear for pruning, there are tonnes of fantastic junky soul jams to be had.
Andrew Thomas - A Dream Of A Spider
Andrew Thomas - One Thousand Pinholes In A Black Paper Sky: New Andrew Thomas album! "Between Buildings & Trees" doesn't offer up much new if you are a veteran of the Kompakt Pop Ambient world, but if you have been hanging out with this crew for 10 years, new isn't what you want. What you want is gentle waves of sound, lush pads, and the perfect soundtrack for your prescription meds come-down.
Annabel - People And Places: Total poppy driving rock fun!
Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix): Four Tet kicks it up with a fabulous remix of the hottest track the Anti-Pop crew has dropped in years. Flavour!
Arve Henriksen - Children In My Garden: From the 2001 album "Sakuteiki", this is an engrossing solo performance. A mic so close you can hear the salive along the mouthpiece.
Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon: This one starts of small and simple, but woah, it just catches you. The female vocals drive the whole thing, guitar swells be damned. More pop than post-rock, I like.
Cat Power - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover): A fabulous rendition of this rock classic.
Colin Meloy - Cupid (Sam Cook cover): Another cover, going even further back! Meloy, of The Decemberists, puts a good spin on this bubblegum classic.
Dana Falconberry - The Possum Song (live on MOKB radio): Some sweet and classic folk, akin to The Be Good Tanyas/
Dead Confederate - Start Me Laughing: Umm what? This guy totally sounds like Kurt Cobain. After 15 years where no one sounded like Kurt Cobain and no one was allowed to sound like Kurt Cobain... Here comes this guy. And it kind of rocks.
Dub Fiend - Tetris Dubstep Remix: And the torch is passed. Not 3 years go by when the kids of the day reinterpret the Tetris theme with the popular genre of the day. Once it was Breakbeat, once Happy Hardcore, once hard house, once techno.... NOW DUBSTEP CARRIES ON THE GRAND TRADITION! But things are breaking the mold here. I distinctly detect some Super Mario Bros 3, Pac Man, a vocal clip from Mario 64, and Street Fighter 2. Not sure where the "Come on!" sample is from, though. I guess you have to branch out a bit to keep things intersting over full duration.
Edu K - Jumpin n Pumpin: Finally, we get back to some club ish!
El Guincho - Kalise (Round Table Knights Remix): Love the chants, love the bass! Round Table Knights do up a solid remix with just some simple bouncing bass.
John Zorn - Uzziel: Get this: This is from the the 13th entry in Zorn's 2nd book of Masada tunes. The first Book Of Masada was 10 discs of jazz quartet bliss. Volume 2, The Book Of Angels, is now at 13 and I don't know where it ends. Titled "Mycale", this edition is fucking fantastic. The entire record is a quartet of women singing acapella, and it is incredibley good. Highly recommended.
Land of Talk - Sixteen Asterisk: Land of Talk, oh how I'd missed you! Hi, how are you doing? Grab a chair, the tea is almost ready.
Lhasa De Sela - Fool's Gold: This reminds me of Anne Murray. YES, IN A GOOD WAY. SHEESH, you people...
Mike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix): Now this is good. In the age of endless remixes, Mark Ronson takes the fabulous song by Mike Snow and redoes it completely, rendering it a dubby chiller. Wonderful.
Oh No - Concentrate
Oh No - Fuego Tribe: We close things off with 2 hot beats from Dr. No's Ethiopium. Fans of Flying Lotus and Beans should already know this. See you next week, kiddies!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Alice Russell - Let Us Be Loving (Kidkanevil Remix)
Andrew Thomas - A Dream Of A Spider
Andrew Thomas - One Thousand Pinholes In A Black Paper Sky
Annabel - People And Places
Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix)
Arve Henriksen - Children In My Garden
Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon
Cat Power - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Colin Meloy - Cupid (Sam Cook cover)
Dana Falconberry - The Possum Song (live on MOKB radio)
Dead Confederate - Start Me Laughing
Dub Fiend - Tetris Dubstep Remix
Edu K - Jumpin n Pumpin
El Guincho - Kalise (Round Table Knights Remix)
John Zorn - Uzziel
Land of Talk - Sixteen Asterisk
Lhasa De Sela - Fool's Gold
Mike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)
Oh No - Concentrate
Oh No - Fuego Tribe
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/03/02
blog 2010/03/02 - the only thing better than sleep is you.
Another super-quick update of hotness for you all. Mind my brevity, but rest assured that this is a golden bundle for good.
13th Floor Elevators - Your Gonna Miss You (Blastto Edit): Great guitar rock sound, with a well placed beat on top. Super useful, super fun. But you might want to just skip the final minute.
Aischa & Coultrain - Edge Of: Some smooth sexy downtempo soul. Total lovers groove.
Alcoholic Faith Mission - We All Have Our Shortcomings: So like what's this? an AA meeting?
Atami - Nightingale (Yamantaka Eye X-mas Mix): Plucked from 2008's "Re... Remix?" collection, psychedelic frontman from the Boredoms delivers some incredible jams on that LP. Here is one more accessible, kinda like AGF, but holy shit what a glorious bucket of wow this album is. Highly recommended for fans of leftfield electronics and psych.
Broken Bells - The High Road: brand new for 2010, just some fabulous radio-friendly singalong pop.
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What: Uhhh what? What's up there cute fairy princess from the 60s. This is like Tranquility Bass for the next decade. Awesome.
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (Savoy Remix): Awwww shiiiiit! This is such a perfect little track. It even builds on it's goodness for 3 minutes, and blows you away dropping the Damien Marley vox. So slamming.
Efterklang - Modern Drift: The new 2010 album is "Magic Chairs", and while it's not everything you really wanted it to be, this track is aces. Efterklang's debut LP seems like it will never be matched, let alone surpassed. If only this track was 45 minutes long.
Emily Wells - Juicy: Dope tribute-to-Cocorosie vocals and good beat. If you can get over the magazine article about Cocorosie crew hanging out at underground hiphop parties for middleclass white kids, it's an enjoyable track.
Get Busy Committee - Chillin Out Maxin: FUCKING FRESH PRINCE OF BELAIR!
Immuzikation - Sleepydream: More great beat jacking, this time flipping the oft-remixed Sleepy Head by Passion Pit and dropping rhymes on top. Ever since Kanye did Stronger, MCs have been ripping indie beats like crazy. And it's not a bad thing.
Skyence - Precious Time: Always always always need the sexy liquid stepper action!
Skyzoo - Ghetto America (Astronote Remix): I guess hiphop is the predominate genre of this here update, so here's another solid track.
Sneaky - Beduija: The solid beats just keep a-comin'!
South Rakkas Crew & Deerhoof - Choo Choo Beep (+81): OK, it's all a bit absurd, but fuck it, it's still fun. Leftfield indie rock crew Deerhoof hook up with cheeseball party monsters South Rakkas Crew? OK, whatevs. Next thing you know we'll have Yoshimi P-We jamming with Justin Timberlake.
Special Ed - Dreadlock (Soundphreakers Remix): How long has it since we put up some new ragga jungle? Probably too long. Just to be safe, take upon this smoking Soundphreakers remix and offer forgiven upon me.
The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime: The Field are awesome, but suffer from critical overhyping ala Pitchfork. Fuck it, people, they're OK, but not the Gods of minimal techno. Yeesh. Anyways, I have a softspot for the original (?) Beck version of this song, so had to pass this slowtempo slumper along. And yes, Yesterday And Today is a fabulous album for all minimal techno heads, very much recommended, but best of the year? nuh uh.
Zero 7 ft Mf Doom - Summersalt: Zero 7 have always underwhelmed me on the downtempo side, but here they get it right with some soul and smash, and then get MF doom of all cats to come in and drop some bliss. A perfect way to send off this update.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
13th Floor Elevators - Your Gonna Miss You (Blastto Edit)
Aischa & Coultrain - Edge Of
Alcoholic Faith Mission - We All Have Our Shortcomings
Atami - Nightingale (Yamantaka Eye X-mas Mix)
Broken Bells - The High Road
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (Savoy Remix)
Efterklang - Modern Drift
Emily Wells - Juicy
Get Busy Committee - Chillin Out Maxin
Immuzikation - Sleepydream
Skyence - Precious Time
Skyzoo - Ghetto America (Astronote Remix)
Sneaky - Beduija
South Rakkas Crew & Deerhoof - Choo Choo Beep (+81)
Special Ed - Dreadlock (Soundphreakers Remix)
The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
Zero 7 ft Mf Doom - Summersalt
close the blinds, back to bed: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100302.zip
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More info:
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Another super-quick update of hotness for you all. Mind my brevity, but rest assured that this is a golden bundle for good.
13th Floor Elevators - Your Gonna Miss You (Blastto Edit): Great guitar rock sound, with a well placed beat on top. Super useful, super fun. But you might want to just skip the final minute.
Aischa & Coultrain - Edge Of: Some smooth sexy downtempo soul. Total lovers groove.
Alcoholic Faith Mission - We All Have Our Shortcomings: So like what's this? an AA meeting?
Atami - Nightingale (Yamantaka Eye X-mas Mix): Plucked from 2008's "Re... Remix?" collection, psychedelic frontman from the Boredoms delivers some incredible jams on that LP. Here is one more accessible, kinda like AGF, but holy shit what a glorious bucket of wow this album is. Highly recommended for fans of leftfield electronics and psych.
Broken Bells - The High Road: brand new for 2010, just some fabulous radio-friendly singalong pop.
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What: Uhhh what? What's up there cute fairy princess from the 60s. This is like Tranquility Bass for the next decade. Awesome.
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (Savoy Remix): Awwww shiiiiit! This is such a perfect little track. It even builds on it's goodness for 3 minutes, and blows you away dropping the Damien Marley vox. So slamming.
Efterklang - Modern Drift: The new 2010 album is "Magic Chairs", and while it's not everything you really wanted it to be, this track is aces. Efterklang's debut LP seems like it will never be matched, let alone surpassed. If only this track was 45 minutes long.
Emily Wells - Juicy: Dope tribute-to-Cocorosie vocals and good beat. If you can get over the magazine article about Cocorosie crew hanging out at underground hiphop parties for middleclass white kids, it's an enjoyable track.
Get Busy Committee - Chillin Out Maxin: FUCKING FRESH PRINCE OF BELAIR!
Immuzikation - Sleepydream: More great beat jacking, this time flipping the oft-remixed Sleepy Head by Passion Pit and dropping rhymes on top. Ever since Kanye did Stronger, MCs have been ripping indie beats like crazy. And it's not a bad thing.
Skyence - Precious Time: Always always always need the sexy liquid stepper action!
Skyzoo - Ghetto America (Astronote Remix): I guess hiphop is the predominate genre of this here update, so here's another solid track.
Sneaky - Beduija: The solid beats just keep a-comin'!
South Rakkas Crew & Deerhoof - Choo Choo Beep (+81): OK, it's all a bit absurd, but fuck it, it's still fun. Leftfield indie rock crew Deerhoof hook up with cheeseball party monsters South Rakkas Crew? OK, whatevs. Next thing you know we'll have Yoshimi P-We jamming with Justin Timberlake.
Special Ed - Dreadlock (Soundphreakers Remix): How long has it since we put up some new ragga jungle? Probably too long. Just to be safe, take upon this smoking Soundphreakers remix and offer forgiven upon me.
The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime: The Field are awesome, but suffer from critical overhyping ala Pitchfork. Fuck it, people, they're OK, but not the Gods of minimal techno. Yeesh. Anyways, I have a softspot for the original (?) Beck version of this song, so had to pass this slowtempo slumper along. And yes, Yesterday And Today is a fabulous album for all minimal techno heads, very much recommended, but best of the year? nuh uh.
Zero 7 ft Mf Doom - Summersalt: Zero 7 have always underwhelmed me on the downtempo side, but here they get it right with some soul and smash, and then get MF doom of all cats to come in and drop some bliss. A perfect way to send off this update.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
13th Floor Elevators - Your Gonna Miss You (Blastto Edit)
Aischa & Coultrain - Edge Of
Alcoholic Faith Mission - We All Have Our Shortcomings
Atami - Nightingale (Yamantaka Eye X-mas Mix)
Broken Bells - The High Road
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (Savoy Remix)
Efterklang - Modern Drift
Emily Wells - Juicy
Get Busy Committee - Chillin Out Maxin
Immuzikation - Sleepydream
Skyence - Precious Time
Skyzoo - Ghetto America (Astronote Remix)
Sneaky - Beduija
South Rakkas Crew & Deerhoof - Choo Choo Beep (+81)
Special Ed - Dreadlock (Soundphreakers Remix)
The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
Zero 7 ft Mf Doom - Summersalt
close the blinds, back to bed: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100302.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Thursday, February 25, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/02/25
blog 2010/02/25 - There is nothing quite like bed. bed bed bed.
Ooo yes oh yes, we are BACK!
First up, did you get the new mix yet?
CPI - ineedaghostship
get it at http://thetastates.com/#anchor_inags
So we have some slamming sounds for you today. Most of the update is dancey music of all sorts and it will just get your mojo strutting like a gay little peacock.
Then there is a solid chunk of delights of swirling glorious folk. It's like peanut butter and chocolate... TOGETHER... in music form.
ONWARDS!
Deladap - Radost
Dunkelbunt - Cinnamon Girl
Magnicico - Evo Me Narode: These 3 tracks start things out right and will seperate the wheat from the chaffe out there. "Balkanbeats: A Night In Berlin" came out in 2009 and it is almost surprisingly one the most glorious dancepop albums of 2009.
Totally addictive rhytms and catchy hooks. If you enjoy Shantel, this collection will have your pants off in 4 songs or less.
And for those of you that sample and produce and DJ and such, the quality of source material here is astounding. Get thee to a computer, or a dancefloor, or get gone.
Bat For Lashes vs The Doors - Riders Sleep Alone (Stereogum x team9)
Lily Allen vs Chromeo - 22 Nights With Lily (Stereogum x team9): Again I state it: mashups are a sign of the coming apocalypse. But every once in a while the songs come together to give more than just annoyed guffaws!
The first track here works because the songs have such similar sounds.
The 2nd track here is what the best mashups are: Taking two songs that aren't actually that good on their own, combining them, and coming up with a far superior pop song. Turning lead in to gold! Bless you, Stereogum alchemists.
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Bossasaurus Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga - I Got Bass (Stagga remix): A double dose of Busta! First we have a dope straight-forward hiphop, and then a creepy-crawly dubstep slammer version.
Everytime I sear I hate Busta because he's a repugnant asshole, I find something else he's done that's just solid and dammit, hiphop is like an abusive relationship.
DJ Earworm - United State Of Pop 2009 (Blame It On The Pop): What is becoming a highly anticipated annual event, Earworm takes the only parts that matter of the years biggest songs, slaps 'em all together, and gives you that 5 minute rush. There. Enjoy it? Good. Now we never ever ever have to listen to these songs again.
EVER EVER EVAH.
Duck Sauce - Anyway (Black Noise Disco Mix): WHO LOVES THE DISCO??? WE LOVE THE DISCO!!!! I don't care if you're listening to this in the car or at work. PANTS. OFF.
Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine Remix): Where would a blog update be without a sexy spooky dubstep track? I'm loving this sound so much.
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Joanna Newsom - Occident
Joanna Newsom - Ribbon Bows: holy shit. The new Joanna Newsom is out. "Have One On Me" is the gauntlet thrown down for best album of 2010 so far.
This album is meaty. You'll be chewing on each of the 3 discs (2 hours of music) for a month. There is some exhausting beauty of Ys mixed with the simpler pop of Milk-Eyed Mender.
Like the new Owne Pallett, this is an album that wants you to spend time with it, and rewards treasures upon you each time your focus extends.
Highly recommended. Buy this album. You'll want to sit there with the lyric booklets and experience it on your couch
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi: You might remember Jonsi's pixie-dust dreamweaver voice from Sigur Ros, but now he's out on his own and as engrossing, adorable and powerful as ever. I am kind of giddy in excitement for the full-length "GO", but here's the DELICIOUS opening single. Enjoy!
Lisa Bozikovic - Grateful
Lisa Bozikovic - No Denial
Lisa Bozikovic - Phone Cord: The album Lost August slipped out at the tail-end of 2009, but for all other purposes, this is a 2010 album. The force behind it is a-building with each repeated listen. This album is full of slow builds, and will work it's way through you brick by brick, so it's certainly not fair to call it a 2009 album. Bozikovic voice quivers and cracks over the weight of her melancholy lines, with her piano and organ coming to rescue her as her true inner strength. Highly recommended.
The Kickdrums - Things Work Out: Winding things down now, with some straight-ahead pop joy from The Kickdrums. This reminds me of good ol' Bran Van 3000 fun. Get yr 90s on.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bat For Lashes vs The Doors - Riders Sleep Alone (Stereogum x team9)
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Bossasaurus Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga - I Got Bass (Stagga remix)
Deladap - Radost
DJ Earworm - United State Of Pop 2009 (Blame It On The Pop)
Duck Sauce - Anyway (Black Noise Disco Mix)
Dunkelbunt - Cinnamon Girl
Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine Remix)
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Joanna Newsom - Occident
Joanna Newsom - Ribbon Bows
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi
Lily Allen vs Chromeo - 22 Nights With Lily (Stereogum x team9)
Lisa Bozikovic - Grateful
Lisa Bozikovic - No Denial
Lisa Bozikovic - Phone Cord
Magnicico - Evo Me Narode
The Kickdrums - Things Work Out
Like fabric folded over your face and around the backside: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100225.zip
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
Ooo yes oh yes, we are BACK!
First up, did you get the new mix yet?
CPI - ineedaghostship
get it at http://thetastates.com/#anchor_inags
So we have some slamming sounds for you today. Most of the update is dancey music of all sorts and it will just get your mojo strutting like a gay little peacock.
Then there is a solid chunk of delights of swirling glorious folk. It's like peanut butter and chocolate... TOGETHER... in music form.
ONWARDS!
Deladap - Radost
Dunkelbunt - Cinnamon Girl
Magnicico - Evo Me Narode: These 3 tracks start things out right and will seperate the wheat from the chaffe out there. "Balkanbeats: A Night In Berlin" came out in 2009 and it is almost surprisingly one the most glorious dancepop albums of 2009.
Totally addictive rhytms and catchy hooks. If you enjoy Shantel, this collection will have your pants off in 4 songs or less.
And for those of you that sample and produce and DJ and such, the quality of source material here is astounding. Get thee to a computer, or a dancefloor, or get gone.
Bat For Lashes vs The Doors - Riders Sleep Alone (Stereogum x team9)
Lily Allen vs Chromeo - 22 Nights With Lily (Stereogum x team9): Again I state it: mashups are a sign of the coming apocalypse. But every once in a while the songs come together to give more than just annoyed guffaws!
The first track here works because the songs have such similar sounds.
The 2nd track here is what the best mashups are: Taking two songs that aren't actually that good on their own, combining them, and coming up with a far superior pop song. Turning lead in to gold! Bless you, Stereogum alchemists.
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Bossasaurus Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga - I Got Bass (Stagga remix): A double dose of Busta! First we have a dope straight-forward hiphop, and then a creepy-crawly dubstep slammer version.
Everytime I sear I hate Busta because he's a repugnant asshole, I find something else he's done that's just solid and dammit, hiphop is like an abusive relationship.
DJ Earworm - United State Of Pop 2009 (Blame It On The Pop): What is becoming a highly anticipated annual event, Earworm takes the only parts that matter of the years biggest songs, slaps 'em all together, and gives you that 5 minute rush. There. Enjoy it? Good. Now we never ever ever have to listen to these songs again.
EVER EVER EVAH.
Duck Sauce - Anyway (Black Noise Disco Mix): WHO LOVES THE DISCO??? WE LOVE THE DISCO!!!! I don't care if you're listening to this in the car or at work. PANTS. OFF.
Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine Remix): Where would a blog update be without a sexy spooky dubstep track? I'm loving this sound so much.
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Joanna Newsom - Occident
Joanna Newsom - Ribbon Bows: holy shit. The new Joanna Newsom is out. "Have One On Me" is the gauntlet thrown down for best album of 2010 so far.
This album is meaty. You'll be chewing on each of the 3 discs (2 hours of music) for a month. There is some exhausting beauty of Ys mixed with the simpler pop of Milk-Eyed Mender.
Like the new Owne Pallett, this is an album that wants you to spend time with it, and rewards treasures upon you each time your focus extends.
Highly recommended. Buy this album. You'll want to sit there with the lyric booklets and experience it on your couch
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi: You might remember Jonsi's pixie-dust dreamweaver voice from Sigur Ros, but now he's out on his own and as engrossing, adorable and powerful as ever. I am kind of giddy in excitement for the full-length "GO", but here's the DELICIOUS opening single. Enjoy!
Lisa Bozikovic - Grateful
Lisa Bozikovic - No Denial
Lisa Bozikovic - Phone Cord: The album Lost August slipped out at the tail-end of 2009, but for all other purposes, this is a 2010 album. The force behind it is a-building with each repeated listen. This album is full of slow builds, and will work it's way through you brick by brick, so it's certainly not fair to call it a 2009 album. Bozikovic voice quivers and cracks over the weight of her melancholy lines, with her piano and organ coming to rescue her as her true inner strength. Highly recommended.
The Kickdrums - Things Work Out: Winding things down now, with some straight-ahead pop joy from The Kickdrums. This reminds me of good ol' Bran Van 3000 fun. Get yr 90s on.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bat For Lashes vs The Doors - Riders Sleep Alone (Stereogum x team9)
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Bossasaurus Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga - I Got Bass (Stagga remix)
Deladap - Radost
DJ Earworm - United State Of Pop 2009 (Blame It On The Pop)
Duck Sauce - Anyway (Black Noise Disco Mix)
Dunkelbunt - Cinnamon Girl
Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine Remix)
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Joanna Newsom - Occident
Joanna Newsom - Ribbon Bows
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi
Lily Allen vs Chromeo - 22 Nights With Lily (Stereogum x team9)
Lisa Bozikovic - Grateful
Lisa Bozikovic - No Denial
Lisa Bozikovic - Phone Cord
Magnicico - Evo Me Narode
The Kickdrums - Things Work Out
Like fabric folded over your face and around the backside: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100225.zip
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
Friday, February 19, 2010
noise is gay
Every once in a while I search for stuff like "gay noise", hoping to find a thriving subculture of homosexual noise artists.
I end up with stuff like
There is some really awesome gay noise, but the guy named his band "Richard Ramirez", which means it is IMPOSSIBLE to search for... but here is a 2 min audio clip on youtube
On the plus side, The Haters (Juppiter JX-Larsen) released a book covering 30 years of their performance art, and put a video online consisting of noise and Juppiter ripping each page out of the book:
And that is almost as cool as the most awesome thing ever. Which is birds making improv guitar noise.
I end up with stuff like
There is some really awesome gay noise, but the guy named his band "Richard Ramirez", which means it is IMPOSSIBLE to search for... but here is a 2 min audio clip on youtube
On the plus side, The Haters (Juppiter JX-Larsen) released a book covering 30 years of their performance art, and put a video online consisting of noise and Juppiter ripping each page out of the book:
And that is almost as cool as the most awesome thing ever. Which is birds making improv guitar noise.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CPI - ineedaghostship
Hi all, new mix is out now. Please do me a favour and re-post this on your blog (or anywhere else) if you like it. Thanks!
~Caitlyn
CPI - ineedaghostship
genres: rock, folk, pop
89 minutes, 203 MB
01) Rae Spoon - Off The Grid, Underground
02) Styrofoam - Microscope ft Blake Hazard
03) Kleerup - Until We Bleed ft Lykke Li
04) Yeasayer - Sunrise (Pocketknife's Rise and $hine Remix)
05) Bon Iver - Blood Bank (Skinny Friedman Edit)
06) Beirut - My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
07) The XX - Crystalised (Rory Phillips Mix)
08) Rae Spoon - Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down (CPI Remix)
09) Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (The Shoes Remix)
10) The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix)
11) Panda Bear - Comfortable In Nautica (Ernest Gonzales Remix)
12) Rae Spoon - I Can't Wait To Hear The Noise
13) Au Revoir Simone - Stars
14) Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix)
15) Animal Collective - My Girls (Cryptical's back2bmore edit)
16) Yoav - Club Thing (Aaron LaCrate Remix)
17) Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Uproot Andy Remix)
18) La Roux - Quicksand (Mad Decent Remix 1)
19) The Blow - Parentheses (Rory Phillips Remix)
20) Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
21) La Roux - Fascination
22) The DØ - On My Shoulders (WILDLIFE! Remix)
23) Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream (Cenzo Townshend Radio Edit)
24) The XX - Shelter (Them Jeans Drum Edit)
25) Florence And The Machine - My Boy Builds Coffins
Download: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_ineedaghostship.mp3
~Caitlyn
CPI - ineedaghostship
genres: rock, folk, pop
89 minutes, 203 MB
01) Rae Spoon - Off The Grid, Underground
02) Styrofoam - Microscope ft Blake Hazard
03) Kleerup - Until We Bleed ft Lykke Li
04) Yeasayer - Sunrise (Pocketknife's Rise and $hine Remix)
05) Bon Iver - Blood Bank (Skinny Friedman Edit)
06) Beirut - My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
07) The XX - Crystalised (Rory Phillips Mix)
08) Rae Spoon - Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down (CPI Remix)
09) Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (The Shoes Remix)
10) The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix)
11) Panda Bear - Comfortable In Nautica (Ernest Gonzales Remix)
12) Rae Spoon - I Can't Wait To Hear The Noise
13) Au Revoir Simone - Stars
14) Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix)
15) Animal Collective - My Girls (Cryptical's back2bmore edit)
16) Yoav - Club Thing (Aaron LaCrate Remix)
17) Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Uproot Andy Remix)
18) La Roux - Quicksand (Mad Decent Remix 1)
19) The Blow - Parentheses (Rory Phillips Remix)
20) Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
21) La Roux - Fascination
22) The DØ - On My Shoulders (WILDLIFE! Remix)
23) Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream (Cenzo Townshend Radio Edit)
24) The XX - Shelter (Them Jeans Drum Edit)
25) Florence And The Machine - My Boy Builds Coffins
Download: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/CPI_-_ineedaghostship.mp3
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/02/09
blog 2010/02/09 - Mid-day curry gorging means I will sleep oh so well all weekend.
Another hectic week, another hectic update!
Bibio - Bones & Skulls: I thought I was going to love 2009's The Apple and the Tooth, but it never grew on me like I was hoping and trying. I never got the hype around Bibio. Some decent stuff, but he's yet to have that breakthrough genius release. Still, some dope dreamy downtempo and a bucketful of remixes means this release will be essential if you were a fan of their debut LP.
Bonobo - The Keeper: New single from Bonobo! It's been a while, but he delivers some wonderful soul once again. The last few years of Bonobo, with his amply talented vocal guests, have always been a delight.
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song: "El Radio" is a fascinating album, and will potentially divide audiences. It is remarkably precious and overwrought, but doesn't trip over itself on those tropes like Patrick Watson does. His sound conjures up Damien Rice as much as Elliott Smith, but with a childlike emotional fragility to boot. I think it's kinda fabulous. Break out the hankies.
Gold Streets - The Wait: Straight-ahead pop-punk from the 2007 album "Looks Like Fireflies".
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory: I already posted some of these guys on the best of 2009, but wanted to drop one more track from "Cupcake Cave". Very reminiscent of Hint, Morcheeba and that late-90s triphop sound.
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss: The J to the K is back! The album "14" hit in 2009 and it is a super downtempo bonanza. Jon sings again on a few of the tracks with such a homey lumberjack warmth that you don't care if he's not Sinatra. He grooves fine on his own beats. But voice be damned, we're here for the beats and the boom, and this album totally delivers that. Jon Kennedy has spent years ahead of the pack, and is one of the slickest jazzy beat producers out there.
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter: I wanted to love the 2009 LP "A Day Late & A Dollar Short", but it's these two tracks that rose to the top of the mixed bag. Eye Cry has a dope beat with great usage of the "cry" sample, and Quarter Water Supporter has that clever punch as well with the feel-good-summertime chorus that you can't help but love. The lyrics of the LP never push the right buttons, but the these two tracks connect just right.
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit): 1984 strikes back! A just-enough-juice approach to rolling out this track again, it's always best to leave well enough alone. Modus operandi: Get the track to the 2010 dancefloor. This should shake some booties.
The Answering Machine - Cliffer: Kinda like a toned-down and cleaner Los Campensinos, I guess? Never heard anything else by them, but this is just some straightahead pop rock.
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime: these are from their self-titled 2009 LP, which I haven't heard yet. My initial impressions remind me of the good parts of earlier The Long Blondes. But when she starts belting it, I swoon at comparisons to Team Dresch or Sleater-Kinney confidence.
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons: from the 2010 Tomorrow, In A Year! OMG SO EXCITED! NEW KNIFE!! NEW KNIFE!!! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! SO GOOD.
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix): Another classic flipped and rerubbed for the dubstep sets!
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix): What a way to end it! The classic Pixies song reworked in that perfect way I mentioned above... leave all the goodness, and just rework it a tad for the dancefloor. I'll just leave it at that.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bibio - Bones & Skulls
Bonobo - The Keeper
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song
Gold Streets - The Wait
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
The Answering Machine - Cliffer
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix)
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
You'll miss me when I evaporate: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100209.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to
Enjoy!
~CPI
Another hectic week, another hectic update!
Bibio - Bones & Skulls: I thought I was going to love 2009's The Apple and the Tooth, but it never grew on me like I was hoping and trying. I never got the hype around Bibio. Some decent stuff, but he's yet to have that breakthrough genius release. Still, some dope dreamy downtempo and a bucketful of remixes means this release will be essential if you were a fan of their debut LP.
Bonobo - The Keeper: New single from Bonobo! It's been a while, but he delivers some wonderful soul once again. The last few years of Bonobo, with his amply talented vocal guests, have always been a delight.
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song: "El Radio" is a fascinating album, and will potentially divide audiences. It is remarkably precious and overwrought, but doesn't trip over itself on those tropes like Patrick Watson does. His sound conjures up Damien Rice as much as Elliott Smith, but with a childlike emotional fragility to boot. I think it's kinda fabulous. Break out the hankies.
Gold Streets - The Wait: Straight-ahead pop-punk from the 2007 album "Looks Like Fireflies".
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory: I already posted some of these guys on the best of 2009, but wanted to drop one more track from "Cupcake Cave". Very reminiscent of Hint, Morcheeba and that late-90s triphop sound.
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss: The J to the K is back! The album "14" hit in 2009 and it is a super downtempo bonanza. Jon sings again on a few of the tracks with such a homey lumberjack warmth that you don't care if he's not Sinatra. He grooves fine on his own beats. But voice be damned, we're here for the beats and the boom, and this album totally delivers that. Jon Kennedy has spent years ahead of the pack, and is one of the slickest jazzy beat producers out there.
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter: I wanted to love the 2009 LP "A Day Late & A Dollar Short", but it's these two tracks that rose to the top of the mixed bag. Eye Cry has a dope beat with great usage of the "cry" sample, and Quarter Water Supporter has that clever punch as well with the feel-good-summertime chorus that you can't help but love. The lyrics of the LP never push the right buttons, but the these two tracks connect just right.
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit): 1984 strikes back! A just-enough-juice approach to rolling out this track again, it's always best to leave well enough alone. Modus operandi: Get the track to the 2010 dancefloor. This should shake some booties.
The Answering Machine - Cliffer: Kinda like a toned-down and cleaner Los Campensinos, I guess? Never heard anything else by them, but this is just some straightahead pop rock.
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime: these are from their self-titled 2009 LP, which I haven't heard yet. My initial impressions remind me of the good parts of earlier The Long Blondes. But when she starts belting it, I swoon at comparisons to Team Dresch or Sleater-Kinney confidence.
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons: from the 2010 Tomorrow, In A Year! OMG SO EXCITED! NEW KNIFE!! NEW KNIFE!!! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! SO GOOD.
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix): Another classic flipped and rerubbed for the dubstep sets!
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix): What a way to end it! The classic Pixies song reworked in that perfect way I mentioned above... leave all the goodness, and just rework it a tad for the dancefloor. I'll just leave it at that.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bibio - Bones & Skulls
Bonobo - The Keeper
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song
Gold Streets - The Wait
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
The Answering Machine - Cliffer
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix)
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
You'll miss me when I evaporate: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100209.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
CPI fan page
Buy me books
Friend me on Last.FM to see what I am listening to
Enjoy!
~CPI
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/02/03
blog 2010/02/03 - This special feeling of inadequacy only comes up in malls.
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit): Let's get straight in to the thick of it with some sexy understated house grooves here.
Donnis - Go Home: After the first half of the 90s basically used every single Parliament sample ever, it's proof that a generation cycle has passed when the kids today are ready to ressurect those classic horns. Straight-up party business here.
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets: Wow. Just wow. Goulding has been melting my mind for a few months now, with each single more delectable than the previous. SUCH a unique voice and fantastic pop talent. Incredible.
Glen Porter - Goodbye: Smooooth downtempo, in that traditional atmsopheric style.
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night: The new Hot Chip "One Life Stand" is like their other albums: iconoclastic, astounding, and a bit bewildering. Many of the songs run a bit too long, and the albums tend to never work as a whole, but the parts tossed in there are all so good that who cares. Highly recommended for Hot Chip fans new and old.
Jogger - Napping Captain: I can't help but read the name with a soft J. The new album "This Great Pressure" didn't do much for me, but this single is delightful. Have I heard this before? Almost every line of the lyrics is so catchy I swear it was from somewhere else.
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste: Kieran takes what he does best -- slam you with amazing and innovative electro sounds -- and then works it in to a dense track that acts as a homage to Kraftwerk. Very awesome.
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future: The new album is "They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them" and it's quite a joy. It's not revolutionary sonically, but it melds together the (guilty?) pleasures of Tool with Explosions In The Sky. Recommended for fans of prog rock and post rock. Bonus points for sampling Crispin Hellion Glover on The End of Something Great is Coming.
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup): Mashups have long ceased to have revelatory effects, but they can still be good for a lark. Montreal Tor loops up some Sufjan, pops some drums, and drops some acapellas on top. Some of it works, like the two tracks here, but many of the classic acapellas just fall flat and sit in opposition to the music. But whatevs, you can download it all for free at http://www.illinoize.biz/
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit): Oh god damn Joker, you're just so damn amazing. Your remixes aren't scared to let the pop goodness shine through. Your beats are well produced and confident enough that they don't have to constantly wallop us with sub and mid-range flutters. This works so damn well.
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First: Tosca's 2009 album "No Hassle" took me by surprise. I was expecting boring, adult contemporary chillout fare. What I got was totally engrossing and entirely original adult contempoary chillout fare. Taking funky hints of Roisin Murphy, Golden Palominos dub, and classic Ninja Tunes vibes, Tosca's managed an album that can shock and delight even a jaded old downtempo hag like me. I missed this in 2009, and I am oh so sorry. Highly recommended.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
Donnis - Go Home
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Glen Porter - Goodbye
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
Jogger - Napping Captain
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit)
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First
Strategic retreat, pillows included: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100203.zip
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~CPI
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit): Let's get straight in to the thick of it with some sexy understated house grooves here.
Donnis - Go Home: After the first half of the 90s basically used every single Parliament sample ever, it's proof that a generation cycle has passed when the kids today are ready to ressurect those classic horns. Straight-up party business here.
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets: Wow. Just wow. Goulding has been melting my mind for a few months now, with each single more delectable than the previous. SUCH a unique voice and fantastic pop talent. Incredible.
Glen Porter - Goodbye: Smooooth downtempo, in that traditional atmsopheric style.
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night: The new Hot Chip "One Life Stand" is like their other albums: iconoclastic, astounding, and a bit bewildering. Many of the songs run a bit too long, and the albums tend to never work as a whole, but the parts tossed in there are all so good that who cares. Highly recommended for Hot Chip fans new and old.
Jogger - Napping Captain: I can't help but read the name with a soft J. The new album "This Great Pressure" didn't do much for me, but this single is delightful. Have I heard this before? Almost every line of the lyrics is so catchy I swear it was from somewhere else.
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste: Kieran takes what he does best -- slam you with amazing and innovative electro sounds -- and then works it in to a dense track that acts as a homage to Kraftwerk. Very awesome.
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future: The new album is "They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them" and it's quite a joy. It's not revolutionary sonically, but it melds together the (guilty?) pleasures of Tool with Explosions In The Sky. Recommended for fans of prog rock and post rock. Bonus points for sampling Crispin Hellion Glover on The End of Something Great is Coming.
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup): Mashups have long ceased to have revelatory effects, but they can still be good for a lark. Montreal Tor loops up some Sufjan, pops some drums, and drops some acapellas on top. Some of it works, like the two tracks here, but many of the classic acapellas just fall flat and sit in opposition to the music. But whatevs, you can download it all for free at http://www.illinoize.biz/
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit): Oh god damn Joker, you're just so damn amazing. Your remixes aren't scared to let the pop goodness shine through. Your beats are well produced and confident enough that they don't have to constantly wallop us with sub and mid-range flutters. This works so damn well.
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First: Tosca's 2009 album "No Hassle" took me by surprise. I was expecting boring, adult contemporary chillout fare. What I got was totally engrossing and entirely original adult contempoary chillout fare. Taking funky hints of Roisin Murphy, Golden Palominos dub, and classic Ninja Tunes vibes, Tosca's managed an album that can shock and delight even a jaded old downtempo hag like me. I missed this in 2009, and I am oh so sorry. Highly recommended.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
Donnis - Go Home
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Glen Porter - Goodbye
Hot Chip - Slush
Hot Chip - Take It In
Hot Chip - Thieves In The Night
Jogger - Napping Captain
Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste
Post Harbor - Cities of the Interior
Post Harbor - The End of Something Great is Coming
Post Harbor - With a Line Graph I Can Tell the Future
Sufjan Stevens & Aesop Rock - Star of Wonder, None Shall Pass (Tor Mashup)
Sufjan Stevens & Brother Ali - Night Zombies, Talkin My Shit (Tor Mashup)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit)
Tosca - Birthday
Tosca - My First
Strategic retreat, pillows included: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100203.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
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Blog archives
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Sunday, January 31, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/01/31
blog 2010/01/31 - oh the muscles ache but there just isn't time for rest.
Nuh uhh, I can't leave you alone. I just can't. There's too much!!! Too many awesome new releases!
So many great works have been seeping out during this crazy winter, my 2010 favourites list getting additions weekly.
As communication expands, talent pool expands and the bar is raised. The great albums get greater and more numerous.
Our heads will explode with music.
Banjo or Freakout - Breathe Out: I CHOOSE FREAKOUT!!!!!
Basia Bulat - Gold Rush
Basia Bulat - Go On: The new LP Heart Of My Own is out, and oh gosh, it's amazing! If you love that down-home Canadiana folk, this album is full of all sorts of goodness. It's not quite her debut LP in terms of immediate lust-on, but it is working its way up the ranks with each repeated listen.
Bill Callahan - Jim Cain: "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle" made it on almost every single best of 2009 list, but didn't make it on to mine. I don't know, I just can't get in to it all. It just seems too earnest and plodding, y'know? But I feel shame. Oh I feel the shame. I like this song a lot, but not many of the others... but hey, once upon a time I wasn't in to the Mountain Goats either. I'm still young and stupid.
Bring Me the Horizon - Sleep With One Eye Open (Tek-One Remix): Oh my. This was inevitable, wasn't it? Screamo meets dubstep? woah. I'm sure so many of you will skip over this, but props to those of you that let this sucker just pound on through. Screamo gets so little cred. Cheer up screamo kid, we loves you.
Daniel Haaksman - Kid Conga ft MC Miltinho (Dubbel Dutch Remix): Kid's are cute. Adorable. Downright innocent. Basically the perect thing for a house song. Oh what's that, I have no idea what he's saying? Even better! Fuck yes, let's dance.
Deadboy - U Cheated: A bit of a garagey stepper, this one has synths that seem like a mature version of '93 jungle with a clippy little vox loop that makes me smile. If raves still existed, I wish they'd feature stuff like this.
Dre Skull - I Want You (AC Slater Remix): 1992 never died! It has been found live and well. Classic Hardcore is herein ressurrected for the 21st century. Thank you, AC Slater, for you badass curls, wicked-ass biceps, and kick-ass choons.
Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time: from the 2009 LP "Reservoir", the name inspires Sufjan Stevens, but the epic rock cites more Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. A joy.
Four Tet - Love Cry
Four Tet - Sing: The 2010 LP "There Is Love in You" is making huge waves. Imagine taking "A Smile Across The face" and removing the most experimental parts, and making the dancey parts in to a whole album. You'll definitely see this on the "best of 2010" lists. This owes far more to Herbet than to Fridge, and we are all better off for it. Without trying to be it, one of the sexiest deep house albums of the year!
Jamie Jones feat. Ost & Kjex – Summertime: Did someone mention deep house? Why the fuck does Prince not just make house music? The guy could just grab his master tapes and make a mint pumping out deep house singles. Until he has that brainstorm, we have tracks like this.
Mimosa - ETG
Mimosa - F.T.A.M.F.: Dubstep full-lengths are a bit of a head-scratcher. who wants to listen to a full album of just tracks? But if you take it in doses, "Flux For Life" is winner. Full of juicey singles, the album doesn't work as an album, but is quie the value when you consider the amazing singles within. Check this one out you breakbeat Djs you. Oh you're so cute with your break patterns. Awww.
Red Snapper - Deathroll (Robert Logan Remix): And I'll leave you here with a little slice of IDM bliss that channels that Warp Records heyday. Fabbo.
Super Beagle - Dust A Sound Boy: OK, just kidding one more. Just for you.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Banjo or Freakout - Breathe Out
Basia Bulat - Gold Rush
Basia Bulat - Go On
Bill Callahan - Jim Cain
Bring Me the Horizon - Sleep With One Eye Open (Tek-One Remix)
Daniel Haaksman - Kid Conga ft MC Miltinho (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
Deadboy - U Cheated
Dre Skull - I Want You (AC Slater Remix)
Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time
Four Tet - Love Cry
Four Tet - Sing
Jamie Jones feat. Ost & Kjex – Summertime
Mimosa - ETG
Mimosa - F.T.A.M.F.
Red Snapper - Deathroll (Robert Logan Remix)
Super Beagle - Dust A Sound Boy
breath this in to me: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100131.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
Nuh uhh, I can't leave you alone. I just can't. There's too much!!! Too many awesome new releases!
So many great works have been seeping out during this crazy winter, my 2010 favourites list getting additions weekly.
As communication expands, talent pool expands and the bar is raised. The great albums get greater and more numerous.
Our heads will explode with music.
Banjo or Freakout - Breathe Out: I CHOOSE FREAKOUT!!!!!
Basia Bulat - Gold Rush
Basia Bulat - Go On: The new LP Heart Of My Own is out, and oh gosh, it's amazing! If you love that down-home Canadiana folk, this album is full of all sorts of goodness. It's not quite her debut LP in terms of immediate lust-on, but it is working its way up the ranks with each repeated listen.
Bill Callahan - Jim Cain: "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle" made it on almost every single best of 2009 list, but didn't make it on to mine. I don't know, I just can't get in to it all. It just seems too earnest and plodding, y'know? But I feel shame. Oh I feel the shame. I like this song a lot, but not many of the others... but hey, once upon a time I wasn't in to the Mountain Goats either. I'm still young and stupid.
Bring Me the Horizon - Sleep With One Eye Open (Tek-One Remix): Oh my. This was inevitable, wasn't it? Screamo meets dubstep? woah. I'm sure so many of you will skip over this, but props to those of you that let this sucker just pound on through. Screamo gets so little cred. Cheer up screamo kid, we loves you.
Daniel Haaksman - Kid Conga ft MC Miltinho (Dubbel Dutch Remix): Kid's are cute. Adorable. Downright innocent. Basically the perect thing for a house song. Oh what's that, I have no idea what he's saying? Even better! Fuck yes, let's dance.
Deadboy - U Cheated: A bit of a garagey stepper, this one has synths that seem like a mature version of '93 jungle with a clippy little vox loop that makes me smile. If raves still existed, I wish they'd feature stuff like this.
Dre Skull - I Want You (AC Slater Remix): 1992 never died! It has been found live and well. Classic Hardcore is herein ressurrected for the 21st century. Thank you, AC Slater, for you badass curls, wicked-ass biceps, and kick-ass choons.
Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time: from the 2009 LP "Reservoir", the name inspires Sufjan Stevens, but the epic rock cites more Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. A joy.
Four Tet - Love Cry
Four Tet - Sing: The 2010 LP "There Is Love in You" is making huge waves. Imagine taking "A Smile Across The face" and removing the most experimental parts, and making the dancey parts in to a whole album. You'll definitely see this on the "best of 2010" lists. This owes far more to Herbet than to Fridge, and we are all better off for it. Without trying to be it, one of the sexiest deep house albums of the year!
Jamie Jones feat. Ost & Kjex – Summertime: Did someone mention deep house? Why the fuck does Prince not just make house music? The guy could just grab his master tapes and make a mint pumping out deep house singles. Until he has that brainstorm, we have tracks like this.
Mimosa - ETG
Mimosa - F.T.A.M.F.: Dubstep full-lengths are a bit of a head-scratcher. who wants to listen to a full album of just tracks? But if you take it in doses, "Flux For Life" is winner. Full of juicey singles, the album doesn't work as an album, but is quie the value when you consider the amazing singles within. Check this one out you breakbeat Djs you. Oh you're so cute with your break patterns. Awww.
Red Snapper - Deathroll (Robert Logan Remix): And I'll leave you here with a little slice of IDM bliss that channels that Warp Records heyday. Fabbo.
Super Beagle - Dust A Sound Boy: OK, just kidding one more. Just for you.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Banjo or Freakout - Breathe Out
Basia Bulat - Gold Rush
Basia Bulat - Go On
Bill Callahan - Jim Cain
Bring Me the Horizon - Sleep With One Eye Open (Tek-One Remix)
Daniel Haaksman - Kid Conga ft MC Miltinho (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
Deadboy - U Cheated
Dre Skull - I Want You (AC Slater Remix)
Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time
Four Tet - Love Cry
Four Tet - Sing
Jamie Jones feat. Ost & Kjex – Summertime
Mimosa - ETG
Mimosa - F.T.A.M.F.
Red Snapper - Deathroll (Robert Logan Remix)
Super Beagle - Dust A Sound Boy
breath this in to me: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100131.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
Sunday, January 24, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/01/24
blog 2010/01/24 - I'm trying to stay awake right now so you should take this with you, it's magical you know?
I've been oh so wanting to get this update out before the end of the weekend, so time to just cough this up at your feet and leave the room with my dignity partially intact.
Antony Hegarty & The Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra - Nessun Dorma: Where did this come from? It seems almost EXPECTED. My god, people have been describing Antony as operatic for years and years, but this is the first time I've heard him do it straightup. So good.
Artful Dodger ft Craig David - ReRewind (HavocNdeeD Remix): FUCKING SLAMMING! The original breakbeat classic is flipped and twisted in the most delightful ways here. Absolutely killer.
Arthur Russell - How We Walk On The Moon (Youth Return to Base Edit): Oooooo! A smooth groover, taking Arthur Russel to some blissout chill house. Wonderful and buttery and full of kisses.
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix): Another hot remix! Aeroplane did a wonderful remix of their song Paris before, and do an equally bang-up job here. This is what happy electropop is all about.
Balkan Beat Box - Bulgarian Chicks (INSPKTR Bootleg): ...and we're back with another banger! Sax loops are irresistible in dance music. They are nearing the precipice of where we won't be able to stand them, but until they've officially oversaturated the dancefloor, let's just enjoy this flaming hot house track.
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
Bear In Heaven - You Do You: These are from the album Beast Rest Forth Mouth, and as much as I LOVE the White Trash Heroes Archers Of Loaf kinda sound on these tracks, the album as a whole didn't get me too moist. Enjoy these fab snippets though. These singles are pretty great.
Fragile - Infinity: From "Into The Night", the persistent wobbling subbass reminds me of Ras jubngle productions from back in 1995, before "Hoover bass" was even a term. Things are slowed down from back in those days, with the dubstep style ending up as a perfect inheritor for this pants-wetting bass track.
Technical Itch - Death Jazz VIP: Tech Itch always has a way of producing these intensely yummy techsteppy nuggets. And you just know that if you go to a few jungle shows, tracks like this will be annoyingly PLAYED OUT in about 8 months, but you try not and think about that because you love mr. creepy robovoice and the echoey pitched up vox that sits stealthly in the background.
Thavius Beck - Go!
Thavius Beck - Money
Thavius Beck - Painful: "Dialogue" is a hot little bunndle o innovation. Something I slept on in 2009, it's been knocking my block off a bit for the past month. Highly recommended for fans of El-P and Antipop Consortium.
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (The Small Is Beautiful Remix)
tUnE-YaRdS - Real Live Flesh: This woman just makes me smile all ridiculous and goofy, and the Bird-Droppings EP, new for 2010 is a delight you really need to treat yourself to. Avant shout-along pop bliss! Rambling hippy cuddlepiles! All this and more!
Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
Vampire Weekend - Horchata: Right at the beginning the gauntlet is thrown down. Does rhyming balaclava with horcata make bile rise in your throat? Does a weak (by comparison) homage to Paul Simon's Graceland make you groan? Do preppy musicians with nothing really important to say socially bug you? If you answered yes to any of the preceeding three questions, "Contra" might not be for you. But for the majority of you that just replied "BUH?" you'll love this charming little upper-middle-class album. It won't change your world, but at least you'll be all bouncey at your first springtime suaree.
Xiu Xiu - Chocolate Makes You Happy
Xiu Xiu - This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy): The new Xiu Xiu is called "Dear God, I Hate Myself", and as you'd expect from that charming and oh so brutally revealing title (BLACK! BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF MY DAMNED SOUL! THAT IS WHY I WEAR BLACK AND CRY BLACK TEARS!), the album is primarily aimed at one target: The tried and true Xiu Xie fans. There are some moments like these two singles where the ghost of Robert Smith drifts into the track and we end up with some hella catchy spookypop. (I know he's not dead, but Mr. Smith haunts people in his spare time, k?)
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Antony Hegarty & The Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra - Nessun Dorma
Artful Dodger ft Craig David - ReRewind (HavocNdeeD Remix)
Arthur Russell - How We Walk On The Moon (Youth Return to Base Edit)
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix)
Balkan Beat Box - Bulgarian Chicks (INSPKTR Bootleg)
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
Bear In Heaven - You Do You
Fragile - Infinity
Technical Itch - Death Jazz VIP
Thavius Beck - Go!
Thavius Beck - Money
Thavius Beck - Painful
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (The Small Is Beautiful Remix)
tUnE-YaRdS - Real Live Flesh
Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Xiu Xiu - Chocolate Makes You Happy
Xiu Xiu - This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy)
Box by box, I've dug myself down to a place where I can finally get down to work. Finally, I can think: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100124.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
I've been oh so wanting to get this update out before the end of the weekend, so time to just cough this up at your feet and leave the room with my dignity partially intact.
Antony Hegarty & The Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra - Nessun Dorma: Where did this come from? It seems almost EXPECTED. My god, people have been describing Antony as operatic for years and years, but this is the first time I've heard him do it straightup. So good.
Artful Dodger ft Craig David - ReRewind (HavocNdeeD Remix): FUCKING SLAMMING! The original breakbeat classic is flipped and twisted in the most delightful ways here. Absolutely killer.
Arthur Russell - How We Walk On The Moon (Youth Return to Base Edit): Oooooo! A smooth groover, taking Arthur Russel to some blissout chill house. Wonderful and buttery and full of kisses.
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix): Another hot remix! Aeroplane did a wonderful remix of their song Paris before, and do an equally bang-up job here. This is what happy electropop is all about.
Balkan Beat Box - Bulgarian Chicks (INSPKTR Bootleg): ...and we're back with another banger! Sax loops are irresistible in dance music. They are nearing the precipice of where we won't be able to stand them, but until they've officially oversaturated the dancefloor, let's just enjoy this flaming hot house track.
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
Bear In Heaven - You Do You: These are from the album Beast Rest Forth Mouth, and as much as I LOVE the White Trash Heroes Archers Of Loaf kinda sound on these tracks, the album as a whole didn't get me too moist. Enjoy these fab snippets though. These singles are pretty great.
Fragile - Infinity: From "Into The Night", the persistent wobbling subbass reminds me of Ras jubngle productions from back in 1995, before "Hoover bass" was even a term. Things are slowed down from back in those days, with the dubstep style ending up as a perfect inheritor for this pants-wetting bass track.
Technical Itch - Death Jazz VIP: Tech Itch always has a way of producing these intensely yummy techsteppy nuggets. And you just know that if you go to a few jungle shows, tracks like this will be annoyingly PLAYED OUT in about 8 months, but you try not and think about that because you love mr. creepy robovoice and the echoey pitched up vox that sits stealthly in the background.
Thavius Beck - Go!
Thavius Beck - Money
Thavius Beck - Painful: "Dialogue" is a hot little bunndle o innovation. Something I slept on in 2009, it's been knocking my block off a bit for the past month. Highly recommended for fans of El-P and Antipop Consortium.
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (The Small Is Beautiful Remix)
tUnE-YaRdS - Real Live Flesh: This woman just makes me smile all ridiculous and goofy, and the Bird-Droppings EP, new for 2010 is a delight you really need to treat yourself to. Avant shout-along pop bliss! Rambling hippy cuddlepiles! All this and more!
Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
Vampire Weekend - Horchata: Right at the beginning the gauntlet is thrown down. Does rhyming balaclava with horcata make bile rise in your throat? Does a weak (by comparison) homage to Paul Simon's Graceland make you groan? Do preppy musicians with nothing really important to say socially bug you? If you answered yes to any of the preceeding three questions, "Contra" might not be for you. But for the majority of you that just replied "BUH?" you'll love this charming little upper-middle-class album. It won't change your world, but at least you'll be all bouncey at your first springtime suaree.
Xiu Xiu - Chocolate Makes You Happy
Xiu Xiu - This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy): The new Xiu Xiu is called "Dear God, I Hate Myself", and as you'd expect from that charming and oh so brutally revealing title (BLACK! BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF MY DAMNED SOUL! THAT IS WHY I WEAR BLACK AND CRY BLACK TEARS!), the album is primarily aimed at one target: The tried and true Xiu Xie fans. There are some moments like these two singles where the ghost of Robert Smith drifts into the track and we end up with some hella catchy spookypop. (I know he's not dead, but Mr. Smith haunts people in his spare time, k?)
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Antony Hegarty & The Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra - Nessun Dorma
Artful Dodger ft Craig David - ReRewind (HavocNdeeD Remix)
Arthur Russell - How We Walk On The Moon (Youth Return to Base Edit)
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix)
Balkan Beat Box - Bulgarian Chicks (INSPKTR Bootleg)
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
Bear In Heaven - You Do You
Fragile - Infinity
Technical Itch - Death Jazz VIP
Thavius Beck - Go!
Thavius Beck - Money
Thavius Beck - Painful
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (The Small Is Beautiful Remix)
tUnE-YaRdS - Real Live Flesh
Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Xiu Xiu - Chocolate Makes You Happy
Xiu Xiu - This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy)
Box by box, I've dug myself down to a place where I can finally get down to work. Finally, I can think: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100124.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, January 20, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/01/20
blog 2010/01/20 - now 18 great songs closer to our death!
AFTA-1 - 7th Sun (first draft): a little nugget of soulful bliss... A preliminary leak from their super smooth mixtape.
Alan Pownall - A Life Worth Living (Jakwob Remix): The joyous vocals just gush all over the place! This out-shines even Passion Pit for sheer exuberance. But fuck, wait a sec, we have JACWOB on the beat, and this becomes an ecstatic stormer, and an instant classic.
Alina Orlova - Lijo: No idea what she is saying it, but this track from the 2008 album Laukinis Suo Dingo is simply stunning. She is super cute, Lithuanian, and wonderfully talented.
Dan The Automator - Rapper's Delight (Tepr Remix): Having witnesses enough breaker battles, I am so fucking sick of Rapper's Delight and the classic breaks and funk that is on at every single throwdown. So hell yes to Mr. Automator for flipping the classic, and hell yes to Tepr for dicing it up and distilling the cheeseball goodness for a new generation.
Deru - Fadeaway: I highly coveted my copies of Pushing Air and Pushing Soil, those cute little 10"s from way-back-when. You can even find tracks from them on my Robots Are People Too mixtapes. Well Deru is back with a new album, Say Goodbye To Useless, and it is certainly worth the wait.
Deru - I Want: Doing the contemporary thang where he straddles that line between downtempo, breakbeat and IDM fans, this album successfully appeals to all and alienates few. There is less sonic exploration than on his earlier works, but that is in exchange for a production maturity and album consistency. Recommended for fans of Alias, Panty Raid, Bass Nectar, Blockhead, Harmonic 33, etc.
Ekelon - 7th Soul: From the Techrishe EP, here have a dubby little stepper with some IDM flair and a wonderfully chosen vocal sample.
Goodbye Ivan - Jonktion 1205: Continuing with the instrumentally goodness, we tone down the beats and add some guitar smoothness. This sounds like a simpler take on mid-90s Tortoise, and I mean that in the best possible way. I hear it and I just think of baleen.
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With Her (Treasure Fingers Remix): The most direct successor of the high-pitched Kissy Sellout sound, Treasure Fingers whirls on the synth leads and overlays the pop goodness with the best of them. I am hoping I don't reach total burnout with this producer like I did with Kissy Sellout, but right now it's a toe-tapping indulgence.
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt: HOTNESS ALERT! HOLY SHIT, PAY ATTENTION! Heartland is the new LP from Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, and it is wonderful, immediately staking claim on the top albums of 2010 lists everywhere.
Owen Pallett - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!: Like his earlier stuff, it exists within it's own soundworld that is all his own. You have to give it a moment, you have to pay attention, and you have to just sink in to his logic and WOW the payoff is huge.
Owen Pallett - Tryst With Mephistopheles: So he is dropping the Final Fantasy moniker. Apparently he wants to call himself Skylord, which is like the best name ever. An awesome contraction of SKYMASTER and GAYLORD. If I was rich enough, I'd pay Owen Pallett to perform at my wedding, and white rose pedals would magically float down from the ceiling.
Speech Debelle - Better Days ft Micachu: Speech Therapy is a rather remarkable album. Debelle's guarded, sometimes nervous flow rides perfectly. Most of the beats are interesting, and in some cases genius (see: Live & Learn)
Speech Debelle - Live & Learn: The album as a whole doesn't do it for me, but the strength of the winners overshadows any gullies.
Speech Debelle - The Key: One thing that can definitely be stated is that Speech Debelle takes the reins from Jean Grey as the most interesting female MC out there, for sure.
The Albertans - I Want You: Some mellowness, seemingly taking a smooth blissout base of Orange Cake Mix, it barely raises a stir. But really, sometimes the understated whispered ones like this are just so full of charm.
The Count And Sinden - Elephant 1234: Sinden, off on his own, has produced some pretty grating stuff, but kudos to the Count of Monte Christo for always reigning in the flamboyance and getting things back to the solid dancefloor business.
XXX Residents - Black Eyeballs Are Coming!!: So an album comes along entitled "Attack of Killer Black Eye Ball!!!!" and so of course I have to check it out, being a life-long obsessive fan of The Residents. And what? Masami Akita is involved on a track? Weird. The album itself it most just poor techno, and sometimes you can spot some samples from The Residents on there. Two tracks do it for me, but especially this one. The creeper bassline seems to sit perfectly with The Moles Are Coming, and the iconic synth lines.
I can't recommend the album, but oh how this track makes me smile!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
AFTA-1 - 7th Sun (first draft)
Alan Pownall - A Life Worth Living (Jakwob Remix)
Alina Orlova - Lijo
Dan The Automator - Rapper's Delight (Tepr Remix)
Deru - Fadeaway
Deru - I Want
Ekelon - 7th Soul
Goodbye Ivan - Jonktion 1205
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With Her (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
Owen Pallett - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!
Owen Pallett - Tryst With Mephistopheles
Speech Debelle - Better Days ft Micachu
Speech Debelle - Live & Learn
Speech Debelle - The Key
The Albertans - I Want You
The Count And Sinden - Elephant 1234
XXX Residents - Black Eyeballs Are Coming!!
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AFTA-1 - 7th Sun (first draft): a little nugget of soulful bliss... A preliminary leak from their super smooth mixtape.
Alan Pownall - A Life Worth Living (Jakwob Remix): The joyous vocals just gush all over the place! This out-shines even Passion Pit for sheer exuberance. But fuck, wait a sec, we have JACWOB on the beat, and this becomes an ecstatic stormer, and an instant classic.
Alina Orlova - Lijo: No idea what she is saying it, but this track from the 2008 album Laukinis Suo Dingo is simply stunning. She is super cute, Lithuanian, and wonderfully talented.
Dan The Automator - Rapper's Delight (Tepr Remix): Having witnesses enough breaker battles, I am so fucking sick of Rapper's Delight and the classic breaks and funk that is on at every single throwdown. So hell yes to Mr. Automator for flipping the classic, and hell yes to Tepr for dicing it up and distilling the cheeseball goodness for a new generation.
Deru - Fadeaway: I highly coveted my copies of Pushing Air and Pushing Soil, those cute little 10"s from way-back-when. You can even find tracks from them on my Robots Are People Too mixtapes. Well Deru is back with a new album, Say Goodbye To Useless, and it is certainly worth the wait.
Deru - I Want: Doing the contemporary thang where he straddles that line between downtempo, breakbeat and IDM fans, this album successfully appeals to all and alienates few. There is less sonic exploration than on his earlier works, but that is in exchange for a production maturity and album consistency. Recommended for fans of Alias, Panty Raid, Bass Nectar, Blockhead, Harmonic 33, etc.
Ekelon - 7th Soul: From the Techrishe EP, here have a dubby little stepper with some IDM flair and a wonderfully chosen vocal sample.
Goodbye Ivan - Jonktion 1205: Continuing with the instrumentally goodness, we tone down the beats and add some guitar smoothness. This sounds like a simpler take on mid-90s Tortoise, and I mean that in the best possible way. I hear it and I just think of baleen.
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With Her (Treasure Fingers Remix): The most direct successor of the high-pitched Kissy Sellout sound, Treasure Fingers whirls on the synth leads and overlays the pop goodness with the best of them. I am hoping I don't reach total burnout with this producer like I did with Kissy Sellout, but right now it's a toe-tapping indulgence.
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt: HOTNESS ALERT! HOLY SHIT, PAY ATTENTION! Heartland is the new LP from Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, and it is wonderful, immediately staking claim on the top albums of 2010 lists everywhere.
Owen Pallett - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!: Like his earlier stuff, it exists within it's own soundworld that is all his own. You have to give it a moment, you have to pay attention, and you have to just sink in to his logic and WOW the payoff is huge.
Owen Pallett - Tryst With Mephistopheles: So he is dropping the Final Fantasy moniker. Apparently he wants to call himself Skylord, which is like the best name ever. An awesome contraction of SKYMASTER and GAYLORD. If I was rich enough, I'd pay Owen Pallett to perform at my wedding, and white rose pedals would magically float down from the ceiling.
Speech Debelle - Better Days ft Micachu: Speech Therapy is a rather remarkable album. Debelle's guarded, sometimes nervous flow rides perfectly. Most of the beats are interesting, and in some cases genius (see: Live & Learn)
Speech Debelle - Live & Learn: The album as a whole doesn't do it for me, but the strength of the winners overshadows any gullies.
Speech Debelle - The Key: One thing that can definitely be stated is that Speech Debelle takes the reins from Jean Grey as the most interesting female MC out there, for sure.
The Albertans - I Want You: Some mellowness, seemingly taking a smooth blissout base of Orange Cake Mix, it barely raises a stir. But really, sometimes the understated whispered ones like this are just so full of charm.
The Count And Sinden - Elephant 1234: Sinden, off on his own, has produced some pretty grating stuff, but kudos to the Count of Monte Christo for always reigning in the flamboyance and getting things back to the solid dancefloor business.
XXX Residents - Black Eyeballs Are Coming!!: So an album comes along entitled "Attack of Killer Black Eye Ball!!!!" and so of course I have to check it out, being a life-long obsessive fan of The Residents. And what? Masami Akita is involved on a track? Weird. The album itself it most just poor techno, and sometimes you can spot some samples from The Residents on there. Two tracks do it for me, but especially this one. The creeper bassline seems to sit perfectly with The Moles Are Coming, and the iconic synth lines.
I can't recommend the album, but oh how this track makes me smile!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
AFTA-1 - 7th Sun (first draft)
Alan Pownall - A Life Worth Living (Jakwob Remix)
Alina Orlova - Lijo
Dan The Automator - Rapper's Delight (Tepr Remix)
Deru - Fadeaway
Deru - I Want
Ekelon - 7th Soul
Goodbye Ivan - Jonktion 1205
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With Her (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
Owen Pallett - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!
Owen Pallett - Tryst With Mephistopheles
Speech Debelle - Better Days ft Micachu
Speech Debelle - Live & Learn
Speech Debelle - The Key
The Albertans - I Want You
The Count And Sinden - Elephant 1234
XXX Residents - Black Eyeballs Are Coming!!
There is an addictive yawn towards the collective blaise notions: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100120.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
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Blog archives
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Thursday, January 14, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/01/13
blog 2010/01/13 - I'm just exhausted from the act of being polite.
Life is so incredibley hectic, but here I am, still chugging away. The old patterns hold us in place, and give us some foundational strength.
I guess the prevailing theme of this update is covers and blatant samples...
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Graceland: The classic Paul Simon track gets the lofi rework! I haven't been a huge fan of CFTPA since their earlier stuff, but the 2009 collection Advance Base Battery Life has a couple pop gems on it.
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Lesley Gore On The T.A.M.I. Show (Version): This kind of honest and unapologetically mopey lofi music sends me back to first hearing Eric's Trip. And this track here reminds me of Au Revoir Simone, except without the retro kitsch, and banging snares.
Chiddy Bang - All Things Go: Oooooooh shit! You know those opening notes. They send shivers down your spine. It's SUFJAN STEVENS, looped and chopped and dropped.
Chiddy Bang - Kids: OK, so perhaps the writ could be a bit tighter and elevated, but the beats are irresistible.
Elbow - Running To Stand Still: This comes from the benefit album War Child Presents Heroes, which altogether is a huge dissapointment, but this one stands out. An album of great artists covering tracks by classic rock artists? How could they have gone so wrong? This U2 cover is the reward. And seriously, it's been a while since we heard from Elbow, and I'm so glad that they at least delivered the goods.
Jemapur - Maledict Car: Just a straight-ahead bumping instrumental track here. Love the skitter, love the breathing pulses.
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo: This dope little stepper is super awesome. Hella awesome. Great sounds, great subbass, super happy chopped vox. All my favourite things. But best track of 2009? Maaaaaan, why do we have to do this? Stupid Resident Advisor making claims... Now all I want to do is tell them why they're wrong and jeez look at the rest of their list, are they serious? OK OK, some decent tracks, but lots of derivative fluff. And it's not like this track will melt the world or anything. BUT, still a great track.
Mokira - Lord, Am I Going Down: In the style of Ekkehard Ehlers' Plays series, the delayed loops seems to tumble over each other. Then near the end we get a Basinki-esque degradation. An ambient homage pieces? From the 2008 LP Persona.
Nat King Cole - Day In Day Out ft Cut Chemist: I got this album with the fullest expectation of it sucking and being uber cheesey and poorly done, but then it kind of caught me off guard. There was some solid stuff on here. Take Nat King Cole's old recordings, jam them up with some new beats, and do some duets on top of his timekless crooning. It actually works. And hell, you never had any doubts about Cut Chemist.
Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right ft Will.I.Am & Natalie Cole: And it's great to hear Natalie Cole going on top of one of her father's most famous songs. While certainly not completely stellar, this album is a guilty pleasure for Nat King Cole fans like myself, and is worth checking out for the 6 songs on it that I guarantee you'll love.
Rufus Wainwright - Smile: Like the Elbow track above, another one salvaged from the mixed-quality War Child Presents Heroes comp. This one makes me especially happy since the song is by Brian Wilson, and of the roster on the comp, only Rufus here could give it the beautiful damage it demands.
Sigur Ros - Untitled #1 (Vaka) (3rd Remix): A little treat from the Vaka 3" CD that came out in 2003, a wonderfully minimal remix of slow moving strings. So. Good.
The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix): Hearts Revolution add their grittier party-the-fuck-up kind of vibe to this 80s-inspired pop number. Like Billy Idol for the 21st century.
Two Fingers - Bad Girl ft Ce'cile (King Canibal Remix): Two Fingers' self titled album goes on the list of amazing albums frmo 2009 that I didn't hear until 2010. Dayyam.
Two Fingers - Better Get That ft Ms. Jade: The MCs drop heat, the beats are banging, and there is variety and cohesiveness.
Two Fingers - Jewels & Gems ft Sway: Highly recommended for fans of BOTH hiphop and grime. I know I know, daring.
Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks: Busting out some post-rocky chops for the first few minutes, this track then explodes forth with some pop edge and The Twilight Sad insiration.
Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost: Stompin', Clappin', and chanting'. A great recipe for a Canadian classic. These are both from the 2009 album Welcome To The Night Sky. I didn't find the entire album engaging, but check it out if you like these.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker: The final orphan from War Child Presents Heroes, how could I resist this one?
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Graceland
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Lesley Gore On The T.A.M.I. Show (Version)
Chiddy Bang - All Things Go
Chiddy Bang - Kids
Elbow - Running To Stand Still
Jemapur - Maledict Car
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Mokira - Lord, Am I Going Down
Nat King Cole - Day In Day Out ft Cut Chemist
Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right ft Will.I.Am & Natalie Cole
Rufus Wainwright - Smile
Sigur Ros - Untitled #1 (Vaka) (3rd Remix)
The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix)
Two Fingers - Bad Girl ft Ce'cile (King Canibal Remix)
Two Fingers - Better Get That ft Ms. Jade
Two Fingers - Jewels & Gems ft Sway
Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
There's no obligations now, not anymore: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100113.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
DJ mixes
Blog archives
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Life is so incredibley hectic, but here I am, still chugging away. The old patterns hold us in place, and give us some foundational strength.
I guess the prevailing theme of this update is covers and blatant samples...
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Graceland: The classic Paul Simon track gets the lofi rework! I haven't been a huge fan of CFTPA since their earlier stuff, but the 2009 collection Advance Base Battery Life has a couple pop gems on it.
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Lesley Gore On The T.A.M.I. Show (Version): This kind of honest and unapologetically mopey lofi music sends me back to first hearing Eric's Trip. And this track here reminds me of Au Revoir Simone, except without the retro kitsch, and banging snares.
Chiddy Bang - All Things Go: Oooooooh shit! You know those opening notes. They send shivers down your spine. It's SUFJAN STEVENS, looped and chopped and dropped.
Chiddy Bang - Kids: OK, so perhaps the writ could be a bit tighter and elevated, but the beats are irresistible.
Elbow - Running To Stand Still: This comes from the benefit album War Child Presents Heroes, which altogether is a huge dissapointment, but this one stands out. An album of great artists covering tracks by classic rock artists? How could they have gone so wrong? This U2 cover is the reward. And seriously, it's been a while since we heard from Elbow, and I'm so glad that they at least delivered the goods.
Jemapur - Maledict Car: Just a straight-ahead bumping instrumental track here. Love the skitter, love the breathing pulses.
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo: This dope little stepper is super awesome. Hella awesome. Great sounds, great subbass, super happy chopped vox. All my favourite things. But best track of 2009? Maaaaaan, why do we have to do this? Stupid Resident Advisor making claims... Now all I want to do is tell them why they're wrong and jeez look at the rest of their list, are they serious? OK OK, some decent tracks, but lots of derivative fluff. And it's not like this track will melt the world or anything. BUT, still a great track.
Mokira - Lord, Am I Going Down: In the style of Ekkehard Ehlers' Plays series, the delayed loops seems to tumble over each other. Then near the end we get a Basinki-esque degradation. An ambient homage pieces? From the 2008 LP Persona.
Nat King Cole - Day In Day Out ft Cut Chemist: I got this album with the fullest expectation of it sucking and being uber cheesey and poorly done, but then it kind of caught me off guard. There was some solid stuff on here. Take Nat King Cole's old recordings, jam them up with some new beats, and do some duets on top of his timekless crooning. It actually works. And hell, you never had any doubts about Cut Chemist.
Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right ft Will.I.Am & Natalie Cole: And it's great to hear Natalie Cole going on top of one of her father's most famous songs. While certainly not completely stellar, this album is a guilty pleasure for Nat King Cole fans like myself, and is worth checking out for the 6 songs on it that I guarantee you'll love.
Rufus Wainwright - Smile: Like the Elbow track above, another one salvaged from the mixed-quality War Child Presents Heroes comp. This one makes me especially happy since the song is by Brian Wilson, and of the roster on the comp, only Rufus here could give it the beautiful damage it demands.
Sigur Ros - Untitled #1 (Vaka) (3rd Remix): A little treat from the Vaka 3" CD that came out in 2003, a wonderfully minimal remix of slow moving strings. So. Good.
The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix): Hearts Revolution add their grittier party-the-fuck-up kind of vibe to this 80s-inspired pop number. Like Billy Idol for the 21st century.
Two Fingers - Bad Girl ft Ce'cile (King Canibal Remix): Two Fingers' self titled album goes on the list of amazing albums frmo 2009 that I didn't hear until 2010. Dayyam.
Two Fingers - Better Get That ft Ms. Jade: The MCs drop heat, the beats are banging, and there is variety and cohesiveness.
Two Fingers - Jewels & Gems ft Sway: Highly recommended for fans of BOTH hiphop and grime. I know I know, daring.
Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks: Busting out some post-rocky chops for the first few minutes, this track then explodes forth with some pop edge and The Twilight Sad insiration.
Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost: Stompin', Clappin', and chanting'. A great recipe for a Canadian classic. These are both from the 2009 album Welcome To The Night Sky. I didn't find the entire album engaging, but check it out if you like these.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker: The final orphan from War Child Presents Heroes, how could I resist this one?
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS:
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Graceland
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Lesley Gore On The T.A.M.I. Show (Version)
Chiddy Bang - All Things Go
Chiddy Bang - Kids
Elbow - Running To Stand Still
Jemapur - Maledict Car
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Mokira - Lord, Am I Going Down
Nat King Cole - Day In Day Out ft Cut Chemist
Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right ft Will.I.Am & Natalie Cole
Rufus Wainwright - Smile
Sigur Ros - Untitled #1 (Vaka) (3rd Remix)
The Whip - Frustration (Hearts Revolution Remix)
Two Fingers - Bad Girl ft Ce'cile (King Canibal Remix)
Two Fingers - Better Get That ft Ms. Jade
Two Fingers - Jewels & Gems ft Sway
Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
There's no obligations now, not anymore: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100113.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
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Blog archives
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Buy me books
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Enjoy!
~CPI
Friday, January 8, 2010
MP3 blog 2010/01/07
blog 2010/01/07 - I was once slow and now I am not slow but oh still so far behind.
OK, let's just get straight to it!
Ancient Astronauts - A Hole to Swallow Us (with Phat Old Mamas): A damn fine downtempo album. This is the kind of release that classics are made of. Like Aim, like Downtempo, like RJD2, Ancient Astronauts have a winner with "We Are To Answer".
Ancient Astronauts - I Came Running: If you enjoy the sexy beats, and I know you do, I highly recommend this album. Great production, mostly wonderful guest spots, and enough variety to keep your attention the whole way through.
Andrea Riberti - El Sabor: I love my techy house, but what does it here is the area recording sounds that are just embedded throughout. Taking notes frmo KLF's "stadium house" sound, here we have "pedestrian mall house". And oh yeah, that juicey sax lick sure helps, too.
Anneke Van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh - The Blower's Daughter: I wasn't in love with the entire performance on "In Parallel", but I couldn't resist this straightforward cover of Damien Rice.
Annie - My Love Is Better: The 2009 album Don't Stop didn't really do it for me, but this is Annie we're talking about, the LPS aren't the point. She's not quite Robyn or La Roux, but in the world of electro, she's def a shining star just begging for 20 remix versions. Total pop cheese fun.
Bee (Aloe Blacc + Cradle) - Still A Rose: I am super in to Aloe Blacc's goodness, but the album, "Open Your Mind", didn't wow me as a whole. But this track is some powerful crooner ish. It's the best of Ben Harper, Seal, etc.
Holopaw - The Cherry Glow: Some of you might be put off by the distinctive, breaking warble in his voice, but Holopaw's "Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness." offers fragility without being overwrought.
Holopaw - The Lazy Atador: This is a great little folk-rock record for fans of something a bit more subdued, building, and mature.
Metric - Gold Guns Girls (acoustic): I put one of these on the best-of blog, but I wanted to drop another. Metric's acoustic renditions on Plug In Plug Out EP are a 360 degree flip, and really show off the maleability of the songs.
Okkervil River - Westfall: I had a flashback to seeing Okkervil perform this track last summer and WOW it was such a powerhouse live. This digs back to their 2002 Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See album, but thought I'd share it because it's been getting much rotation here.
Portland Cello Project - Beat (Health, Life And Fire) ft Thao: There is no sexier instrument than a cello! Well, almost, but damn a group of cellists together is super duper sexy. Toss in Thao from Thao And The Get Down Stay Down, and you have a boiling pot of hotness right there.
Portland Cello Project - Hungry Liars ft Justin Power: These are from the "The Thao And Justin Power Sessions", and definitely deserve a gander.
Roll Deep - I Will Not Lose: I posted some of this up on the "Best of 2009" lists, but oh there's so much Roll Deep goodness on their best-of retrospective to pass around. This track embodies so much of what is right about grime. (and there's not much that is right....)
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover): Oh this is just too fucking perfect! Take the riff that Dr. Dre made famous, and queue it up for a soulful interpretation of The Dirty Projector's single of 2009, and it is some hot hot goodness. Smiles all around.
Talk Normal - River's Edge: Another track from 2009's Sugarland LP. It reminds me Lydia Lunch & Thurston Moore's EP, and omg the nostalgia! It is also vital and current one of the most exciting things I've heard in rock since The Dirty Projectors...
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Grylukvaedi: I dare you not to just love Greenland after this track. Part IDM, part dark folk, all wonderful!
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Helter Smelter: Here he abandons the poppier overtones and goes straight for the striking classical progressions and small symphony arrangements that herald epic doom. The album is called Draumalandid, and it is a fantastic and engrossing listen. Recommended.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Ancient Astronauts - A Hole to Swallow Us (with Phat Old Mamas)
Ancient Astronauts - I Came Running
Andrea Riberti - El Sabor
Anneke Van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh - The Blower's Daughter
Annie - My Love Is Better
Bee (Aloe Blacc + Cradle) - Still A Rose
Holopaw - The Cherry Glow
Holopaw - The Lazy Atador
Metric - Gold Guns Girls (acoustic)
Okkervil River - Westfall
Portland Cello Project - Beat (Health, Life And Fire) ft Thao
Portland Cello Project - Hungry Liars ft Justin Power
Roll Deep - I Will Not Lose
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover)
Talk Normal - River's Edge
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Grylukvaedi
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Helter Smelter
There is just enough love: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20100107.zip
Stay on top of everything new at http://djcpi.blogspot.com
More info:
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Blog archives
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Buy me books
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Enjoy!
~CPI
OK, let's just get straight to it!
Ancient Astronauts - A Hole to Swallow Us (with Phat Old Mamas): A damn fine downtempo album. This is the kind of release that classics are made of. Like Aim, like Downtempo, like RJD2, Ancient Astronauts have a winner with "We Are To Answer".
Ancient Astronauts - I Came Running: If you enjoy the sexy beats, and I know you do, I highly recommend this album. Great production, mostly wonderful guest spots, and enough variety to keep your attention the whole way through.
Andrea Riberti - El Sabor: I love my techy house, but what does it here is the area recording sounds that are just embedded throughout. Taking notes frmo KLF's "stadium house" sound, here we have "pedestrian mall house". And oh yeah, that juicey sax lick sure helps, too.
Anneke Van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh - The Blower's Daughter: I wasn't in love with the entire performance on "In Parallel", but I couldn't resist this straightforward cover of Damien Rice.
Annie - My Love Is Better: The 2009 album Don't Stop didn't really do it for me, but this is Annie we're talking about, the LPS aren't the point. She's not quite Robyn or La Roux, but in the world of electro, she's def a shining star just begging for 20 remix versions. Total pop cheese fun.
Bee (Aloe Blacc + Cradle) - Still A Rose: I am super in to Aloe Blacc's goodness, but the album, "Open Your Mind", didn't wow me as a whole. But this track is some powerful crooner ish. It's the best of Ben Harper, Seal, etc.
Holopaw - The Cherry Glow: Some of you might be put off by the distinctive, breaking warble in his voice, but Holopaw's "Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness." offers fragility without being overwrought.
Holopaw - The Lazy Atador: This is a great little folk-rock record for fans of something a bit more subdued, building, and mature.
Metric - Gold Guns Girls (acoustic): I put one of these on the best-of blog, but I wanted to drop another. Metric's acoustic renditions on Plug In Plug Out EP are a 360 degree flip, and really show off the maleability of the songs.
Okkervil River - Westfall: I had a flashback to seeing Okkervil perform this track last summer and WOW it was such a powerhouse live. This digs back to their 2002 Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See album, but thought I'd share it because it's been getting much rotation here.
Portland Cello Project - Beat (Health, Life And Fire) ft Thao: There is no sexier instrument than a cello! Well, almost, but damn a group of cellists together is super duper sexy. Toss in Thao from Thao And The Get Down Stay Down, and you have a boiling pot of hotness right there.
Portland Cello Project - Hungry Liars ft Justin Power: These are from the "The Thao And Justin Power Sessions", and definitely deserve a gander.
Roll Deep - I Will Not Lose: I posted some of this up on the "Best of 2009" lists, but oh there's so much Roll Deep goodness on their best-of retrospective to pass around. This track embodies so much of what is right about grime. (and there's not much that is right....)
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover): Oh this is just too fucking perfect! Take the riff that Dr. Dre made famous, and queue it up for a soulful interpretation of The Dirty Projector's single of 2009, and it is some hot hot goodness. Smiles all around.
Talk Normal - River's Edge: Another track from 2009's Sugarland LP. It reminds me Lydia Lunch & Thurston Moore's EP, and omg the nostalgia! It is also vital and current one of the most exciting things I've heard in rock since The Dirty Projectors...
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Grylukvaedi: I dare you not to just love Greenland after this track. Part IDM, part dark folk, all wonderful!
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Helter Smelter: Here he abandons the poppier overtones and goes straight for the striking classical progressions and small symphony arrangements that herald epic doom. The album is called Draumalandid, and it is a fantastic and engrossing listen. Recommended.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Ancient Astronauts - A Hole to Swallow Us (with Phat Old Mamas)
Ancient Astronauts - I Came Running
Andrea Riberti - El Sabor
Anneke Van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh - The Blower's Daughter
Annie - My Love Is Better
Bee (Aloe Blacc + Cradle) - Still A Rose
Holopaw - The Cherry Glow
Holopaw - The Lazy Atador
Metric - Gold Guns Girls (acoustic)
Okkervil River - Westfall
Portland Cello Project - Beat (Health, Life And Fire) ft Thao
Portland Cello Project - Hungry Liars ft Justin Power
Roll Deep - I Will Not Lose
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover)
Talk Normal - River's Edge
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Grylukvaedi
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Helter Smelter
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