I only found this guy on MySpace yesterday so I can't tell you much about him really. He is from Helsinki, Finland and is a friend of Kelley Polar (in the MySpace sense, I don't think they know each other personally) and I guess you could say that there is some similarity in their music. Like KP, Baxter's songs are all full of great melodies and there are all sort of cool sounds coming from his synths. I'm not convinced with the vocals in some places but they certainly aren't enough to deter from the otherwise [...]
I hope everybody had a good new year, whatever you were doing. Guns n Roses of all people saw me into 2007! I don't normally do resolutions but this year I have said to myself that I need to get out there and do things more often. So as a start to just that, I today purchased tickets to the NME Indie Rave tour that is heading to town in February. Much as I hate the term Nu-Rave, the line up looks pretty decent. I've been enjoying Cansei de ser Sexy's [...]
Well, I may as well jump on the Christmas bandwagon. Here is some Paul McCartney sampling hip-hop from De La Soul's sixth album "AOI: Bionix", released in 2001. Spotters may also notice the little Sir Duke sample that sneaks in at the end too. If you head on over to Dilate Choonz you can find a hardcore/jungle version of "Wonderful Christmas". Be warned, it's pretty damn cheesey! Sorry for the lack up updates lately, it's a busy time of year. Expect a more regular service [...]
Piranhahead is Detroit's Maurice Herd, and you may have heard him mentioned alongside fellow Motor City techno luminary, Theo Parrish. He has gained notoriety as a member of Parrish's 'Rotary Assembly' collective, and also with the success of his album 'Solid: A Moment in the Mind of Piranhahead' released on Kerry Dixon Jrn.'s Mahogoni label; this includes his best known release so far, 'Dreams'. Mixing vocal led soul sounds and classic Detroit deepness in all of his remixes he has garnered interest with releases such [...]
<img src=" http://images.amazon.com/image s/P/B0001MXR8Y.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_ .jpg" alt="Black Devil Disco Club" This follows on pretty well from Gavin's Synthesized Mix from the other week. A bit of backstory: Originally released in 1978, Black Devil's Disco Club is a super-rare slice of dark proto-Italo Disco by French duo Bernard Fevre and Jackie Giordano. Unearthed in at a Carboot Sale for 20p by Rephlex's(Aphex Twin's own label) P.P. Roy, it was then reissued on the label in 2004. There were murmurings at the time that it was all an elaborate ruse, a collaboration [...]
Tore Andreas "Erot" Kroknes is a house producer from Bergen, Norway and is best known for remixes mainly for the artists on the Tellé label. However, his most popular work is probably the Madonna-sampling track "The Greatest Hit" written for his girlfriend Anne Lilia Berge-Strand, better known as Annie. Annie - The Greatest Hit Erot - Song for Annie Thomas Krome - The Real Jazz (Erot Remix) "Song for Annie" is an [...]
"Fumija's Back!" proclaimed the press release, and rightly so, as after a year long hiatus for DJ Fumija (citing illness as the reason) things were looking a little desperate for RIP SLYME. A year of filling their time with side projects (the BAPE promoting Teriyaki Boyz) and collaborations with the likes of indie band Quruli and old rocker Tomoyasu Hotei. DJ Fumija is the glue that keeps RIP
According to the description on Discogs , "N.O.I.A.'s career can be divided into two parts: during the first, the group is formed of five persons; both words and music are absolutely new, repetitive and absurd. In 1980 N.O.I.A. win the first Italian rock festival and EMI releases a compilation including their songs "Europe" and "Hunger in the east". In 1983 Davide Piatto composes "Dirty Talk" sung by Rossana Casale. The song is released as "Klein & MBO" (a ghost group). It reaches the top of the charts all over the world, inventing House Music. The second period in [...]
Am I really blogging Will Smith? Yes indeed! I actually hated his single 'Switch' with a passion. However, this little reinterpretation by TRUE BEATZ is actually pretty good. It has a nice jazzy piano groove for the most part, with a samba style breakdown. Reminds me of the funky stuff Ugly Duckling put out. Buy this release at Juno. True Beatz - Switch O Passo (remix).mp3
I've been getting really into the Eighties Italo Disco sound of late, as well as some newer dance music that is clearly influenced by it. A bunch of new vinyl arrived today so I span a few tunes and recorded the results. I hope you like the mix, it's only half an hour or so. Tracklist: Nigel Bates - Stratovarious //Chappel Recorded Music Library Alden Tyrell - Randezvous at Rimini //Clone Spoonich - Laserdance //Panama Daniel Baldelli - Atlantide // Gomma Elitechnique - We [...]
<img src=" http://img119.imageshack.us/im g119/7148/22833lcd4533pk5.gif" alt="LCD Soundsystem" 45:33 is maybe one of the stranger releases of the year; a Nike-endorsed largely lyric-free 45 minute long track designed for gym workout sessions from LCD Soundsystem who's lead singer/head honcho James Murphy is a self-styled "fat guy in a t-shirt". Far less 4/4 than you'd maybe expect for a workout mix this slinks around funky soft-rock, some slightly Orbital-esque electronica, and horn-punctuated jazzy disco slowly building to around the 29 minute mark where it cuts loose with some propulsive bass-driven disco-punk, before finally cooling down with [...]
Anyone who's been involved with Rae and Christian and toured with DJ Shadow in their careers are OK by me. The band consists of two members DJ Peter Parker and a classically trained bassist called Sneaky who create an infectious sound particularly highlighted in this opening track from their album Fingathing and the Big Red Nebula Band. What I like most about this track is the way that the sounds are gradually layered on and the strings give the track a very epic sound. I'm lead to believe that all of their albums follow a concept [...]
Fingathing Anyone who's been involved with Rae and Christian and toured with DJ Shadow in their careers are OK by me. The band consists of two members DJ Peter Parker and a classically trained bassist called Sneaky who create an infectious sound particularly highlighted in this opening track from their album Fingathing and the Big Red Nebula Band. What I like most about this track is the way that the sounds are gradually layered on and the strings give the track a very epic sound. I'm lead to believe that all of their albums [...]
This week I've been digging the sounds of John Arnold. In particular the broken-beat number '1234', Shake! John Arnold - 1234 (Ft. Paul Randolph) The impressive thing about the album is the amount of different genres it touches upon, which is most immediately noticeable in the playful instrumental cuts. The afro beat of 'La Cocina', to the funk of 'Suppadupe', to the Moroccan styling of 'Jangal'. John Arnold - La Cocina John Arnold - Suppadupe John Arnold is a very [...]
I picked up this album, subtitled 'a retrospective of Italian records' on the cheap from Juno last week and I don't think a day has gone by without me listening to at least a couple of tracks from it. There are quite a range of styles on there, all from the eighties. There is some post disco 4/4 which stays melodic but obviously is more electronic based than seventies disco. Then there is some early house stuff as well as some electro business. They even managed to sneak a bit of synth pop in there too, which turns out to [...]
<img src=" http://img116.imageshack.us/im g116/8012/tussleklingklangfw4. jpg" alt="Tussle â€" Kling Klang" I'd never heard of Tussle or their 2004 debut album "Kling Klang" before picking it up on a whim a couple of weeks back in my local CD Exchange, purely because of the review quote on the front - "Writhing junkyard disco so limber your spine may spontaneously dissolve". It's almost that good too, mixing loose funky basslines with some insistent percussion. There's also a heavy dub influence apparent in the production too, with echo and reverb aplenty as well as spacey noises enveloping the grooves. Imagine [...]
That is the title of the Patrick Adams produced album by 'Sine' that I picked up in Guildford on Friday. Released on Prelude/CBS in 1977, it's five extended length tracks of funky disco, conga breaks and a whole lotta synth lead. Good stuff then! I didn't have a whole lot of time for record shopping but I'd been told that Ben's Collector Records was well worth a visit. A quick flick through the cheap section resulted in a purchase of some MJ and Brass Construction LP's at which point the guy at [...]
Type Simian into Google and the summary of their website describes them as an "electronically enhanced psychedelic folk band from England". A better description of them you will not find. I stumbled across this track on a listening post in Virgin back in my Stirling University days and was totally hooked by the dreamy start and, once it kicks in, beautifully crisp beats. Their first album
So, the irritating Robbie Williams is covering Lewis Taylor 'Lovelight' and is releasing it as his next single. Somewhat surprisingly Robbie doesn't ruin it - it doesn't have that soul that the original has, instead invoking a disco party feel. Mark Ronson is on production but in all honesty he adds little to the proceedings. I felt it only right to post the original. Lewis Taylor -
Nobody does this type of soulful house better as far as I'm concerned. This track was featured on their 2002 album Our Time Is Coming, although it was a very short edit. I have a limited edition white vinyl single, backed with the excellent 'To Be In Love' and signed by the boys (not personally unfortunately). Here the track is layed out in its full glory, and sounding much better for it in my
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