image from here Do you feel any colder , locked as always in a strangely isolated place ? The Stars , they beckon you, dancing in the sky... If only you could reach far enough to touch one, then it would be The whole world shines in front of you [...]
Need some cool tunes for those hot summer days? Here are twelve great songs for you: The Blow - Hock it (from toolshed media) St. Vincent - Now Now (Polyphonic Spree-member's soloproject, from Spin.com) The answering machine - silent hotels (Fantastic new single from this Manchester-band! Out on High Voltage records on June 18th) The Sharp Things - an ocean part deux (hot NY band, from their website thesharpthings.com) Ulrich Schnauss - medusa [...]
What a weekend. I hope everyone had a good weekend as well. Sorry about the scattershot updates through the past week and the start of this one as well. I am shooting for normal updates for the rest of this week. I've been in sort of a funk to where I didn't want to really write about anything and nothing was really making feel compelled enough to write about it on here anyway. I guess I could say it's some sort of dry spell, who knows. Anyway, for the belated start [...]
Berlin, Germany "Medusa" Ulrich Schnauss on MySpace Ulrich Schnauss on The Hype Machine
Schnauss es un músico alemán que publica por el reputado sello Morr , y al igual que sus colegas en esta empresa se dedica a deleitarnos con una electrónica de alto contenido emocional, con un sonido muchas veces e téreo , y que apunta a desarrollar atmósferas o ambientes de ensoñación, muy cercano a los efectos del dream pop o al shoegaze , estilo que parece tener gran influencia sobre su obra. En sus canciones prima lo instrumental, de hecho las voces incluidas son esporádicas y algo ambientales, por lo que [...]
Ulrich Schnauss "Stars" - When I studied photography in college, I would often think of music in photographic terms, and vice versa. That said, I don't remember ever relating depth of field to musical composition, which is actually sorta funny given how many artists intentionally simulate that sensation in their recorded work. Ulrich Schnauss' "Stars" is an exaggerated example of this. All of the elements in its arrangement seem to be miles apart, with some sounds deliberately foregrounded while others are out of focus and blurred. The song implies [...]
Contemporary electronic music has been widely known to stay in reach of a particular niche. As customary pop music has become more tediously generic throughout the years, electronic artists are beginning to find it strenuously difficult to reach their desired fan base. Fortunately, knowledgeable electronic fans naturally take to the route of technology, connecting with other fans of this elusive genre through this little thing called the Internet. Along with electronic-centric blogs like 20 Jazz Funk Greats and a slew of popular forums, there happens to be an abundance of aware electronic music fans who give due notice to the [...]
I'm still feeling the repercussions of the pumelling meted out by Justice at the weekend. I dunno... although they're obviously brilliant at what they do, I wish they'd vary the records they play a little. Maybe it's my age (ha!), but 2 hours of relentless noise is a bit much for me these days. Unless i'm particularly fucked that is! How about a bit of craft to work up to these monstrous peaks?
Well, this update comes to you a couple weeks behind schedule, but hopefully I'll be able to justify the wait. Enjoy! I've discussed Morcheeba recently, and this is one of the songs that have made them a listening staple over the past few weeks. While the acoustic version of the song preserves the vocal, you really miss the wicked turntableism and thumping percussion that makes the studio version so very enjoyable. I also forgot to mention that Skye put out a solo album last year, [...]
This tune goes out to some great people that I get to see soon. They are: The Foges Family. Brian Foges originally recommended this album in CubikMusik: Two . I found out today that I am heading home to Ireland for Christmas. It was touch and go as to whether I would get back but it all worked out. I get to go home after 2 1/2 years since I was last there. As I was driving home tonight I was trying to find a tune in my trusty ipod that would cover the feelings that I [...]
The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt (stereogum.com) El Perro Del Mar - God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) (sterogum.com) 120 Days - Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone) (eardrums.blogsot.com) DJ Mehdi - I Am Somebody featuring Chromeo (callmemickey.blogspot.com) Mylo - Paris Four Hundred (SebastiAn Remix) (palmsout.blogspot.com) Bjork - Who Is It (Vitalic Remix) (palmsout.blogspot.com) [...]
These days when I see a review getting all mushy like this one from the BBC, I'm just as likely to dismiss the artist in question as I am to check out their myspace. the amount of trigger-happy hype in the wilds almost works against artists who have some legitimate claim to the term. but it's another story when i get wind of an artist or release simply by word of mouth. my ears always prick up at first mention of a little regional scene lore or perhaps a [...]
amon tobin :: chocolate lovely [supermodified 2000] bent :: you are the oscillator [ariels 2004] isan :: amber button [plans drawn in pencil 2006] unkle :: inside [never never land 2004] [...]
I've been seeing more and more covers popping up everywhere, so I figured I'd pitch in my own 10 likes, in no particular order: My Bloody Valentine - Map Ref 41º N 93º W (Wire Cover) Editors - French Disko (Stereolab Cover) The Futureheads - Let's Dance (David Bowie Cover) Blitz - Vicious (Lou Reed Cover) Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger [...]
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