
As I write this, I am sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Guelph and feel highly culturalized. I would like to share some of this ambient culture with the rest blogging world. The group that has my ears burning on this particular day is Thievery Corporation , a Washington D.C. based DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, as well as supporting artists featured on their tracks. The Corporation takes on a wide range of musical styles from Brazilian bossa nova, reggae, jazz, Indian classical, dub and African to name but a few. The [...]

The story goes that Jim Morrison hated Light My Fire, The Doors’ great breakthrough hit. Recorded in August 1966, it was released in January 1967, at the dawn of the so-called Summer of Love. If it was true that Morrison disliked it, I’d sort of concur with his judgment. In fact, he didn’t hate the song, but resented that he had only a small part in writing his band’s signature hit (most of it was written by guitarist Robby Krieger). I don’t like The Doors much, and have more respect than affection for their version of Light My [...]

The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it - F. Scott Fitzgerald Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto ft. Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema (mp3) (buy) [...]

Butter Team Weekend Beats Vol. 36 (right-click to DL mp3) Frankie Knuckles - Your Love Poni Hoax - Antibodies Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat Twin Shadow - At My Heels Big Boi + Portishead interlude Daft Punk - End of the Line Astrud Gilberto - Manha De Carnaval Teengirl Fantasy - Koi Pond Mount Kimbie - Carbonated
Get jazzed up with Berlin Voices for Christmas and repeat the sounding joy! Christmas - Holidays - Opinions - Christianity - Religious

The awesome electric-soul duo Belle Boussole make another Boomboomchik appearance, this time presenting you all with the top 10 songs on their MP3 players right now. Click on the songs to download them on iTunes. Nicole: Said And Done – Mary J. Blige Right As Rain – ADELE Apologize – One Republic Me And Mrs. Jones – Michael Bublé Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai [...]

By Sweet Sound of Sunrise One of the most famous bossa nova songs - and quite possibly the most widely recognized Brazilian song in the world, "Garota de Ipanema" ( "The Girl from Ipanema" ) was originally conceived by lyricist Vinicius de Moraes for a musical comedy. The song was first written in 1962, with music composed by bossa nova pioneer Antonio Carlos Jobim. They were supposed to have been inspired by model Heloisa Pinheiro, who was 15 [...]
Ghostly International is coming to Los Angeles for a show tonight and it's going to be gangbusters. I don't think there is another label out there that has such an evolved and cohesive aural / audio aesthetic as these guys. Everyone from Gold Panda to School of Seven Bells there isn't a weak link in [...]
Oooooh yes. Absolutly perfect vibes for this friday morning! Throughly positive, buttered up beats, and we've come to expect nothing but, from the Terje! Black Magic High quality download and some links hidden from RSS feed, click through to http://www.feelmybicep.com for full download
Some beautifully soft vocals with contrasting darker keys up for grabs here, uploaded this months ago and only noticed i'd never posted it. Some of you might not have heard of RJD2, but... High quality download and some links hidden from RSS feed, click through to http://www.feelmybicep.com for full download

Astrud Gilberto - Berimbau I was on a bossa nova kick this weekend. Astrud Gilberto is one of the voice greats. Psst she’s the voice behind The Girl from Ipanema .

Bossanova: the quintessential music to any home/apartment. No better way to relax than to the soothing beats of Rio. Although, this one has a different tone to it. There still is that defining voice of Astrud Gilberto, only with some heavier beats. Berimbau (Shigeto Edit) - Astrud Gilberto Download Brought to you by: Debonair Pad Essentials
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Toronto - How do you link the following topics: traditional Bossa Nova, modern electronica, music royalty, and soul revivalists? The answer is of course Bebel Gilberto . Her latest album All In One has just been released, making it her debut on the Verve label. Furthering her work of creating Bossa-Nova infused pop, All In One provides a laid-back and non-confrontational vibe. Gilberto keeps things updated by partnering with such modern luminaries as Mark Ronson and the Dap-Kings. At the same time, she remains firmly grounded in her colourful past by working with a [...]

I am thrilled to welcome Christopher "Evil Vince" May to Muzzle of Bees as a guest contributor. He has turned me on to countless artists in genres that I would never have gotten close to without his help. On top of that he's a photographer and world traveler. A couple times a month DJ Evil Vince will provide compilations of unearthed gems and classic favorites. First up is a compilation of Latin/Brazilian tunes. Enjoy. DJ Evil Vince :: A Latin Compilation Mongo Santamaria [...]
C'est que ça commence à ressembler à une série cette "cover session" ! Voici "Light My Fire" de The Doors , extraite de leur premier album sorti le 4 janvier 1967 chez Elektra Records. Elle a été écrite par Robby Krieger, sans doute aidé un peu par Morrison, et est sortie en single (en version abrégée, sans les solos de guitare et d'orgue) en avril, avec "Crystal Ship" en face B. Sortir ça juste avant l'été, vous vous en doutez, c'était plutôt bien joué, et le single atteignit la première place du Billboard américain et la carrière du groupe [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Since I've already taken to ignoring Einsteins advice that creativity is just knowing how to hide your sources (remember when I told you about OCMD? ) I figured I should just go ahead and blow up all of my sources. I wouldn't even know how to begin to describe Iso50 (Scott Hansen) without using an absolutely infinite and insane amount of hyperbole. Alright I think that's enough description as is. To the point: He dropped some remixes exclusive to his site the other day [...]

Cover by Alex Cornell Most of the summer I have been going to shows almost 3 or 4 times a week and i've probably seen these 4 musicians (Shigeto, Mux Mool, Mingus Rude, and Mogi Grumbles) the most and all of them I noticed at some point would play a cover or edit of a song that they really liked and this is collection of those songs for the ISO50 blog for free folks. Shigeto takes the classic by Astrud Gilberto and takes the Flying Lotus approach and gives [...]
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - “ The Girl from Ipanema ” 1964 was taken over by jazzy bossa nova in the form of Getz/Gilberto and they’re honey sweet version of “The Girl from Ipanema.” It also took over the 1965 Grammy’s winning Album of the Year, Best Jazz Album and the coveted Record of the Year. João Gilberto’s wife Astrud provided the vocals that make this version the gold standard for the song about a real Brazilian girl .