The Vendetta Suite - Baby Blue Gary Irwin was a busy man during the ’90s and i can’t say that he felt tired during the ’00s! He’s worked at David Holmes ’ Exploding Plastic Inevatible Studio as an engineer, co-written tracks with Holmes , composed soundtrack for movies, remixed quite a few artists, released techno music under various names and the list keeps going! But as it seems Irwin has many unreleased songs in his luggage and he felt the need to [...]
Long before the Grateful Dead rolled out their monstrous sound system known affectionately as "The Wall Of Sound," famed record producer Phil Spector was crafting a sound in the recording studio using layers of sounds that became his calling card throughout the 19602s. Spector originally had aspirations of being a performer, having early success with his band The Teddy Bears, who had a number one hit in 1958 with To Know Him Is To Love Him , which sold over one-million copies. Despite their success, the band broke up the next year, and Spector turned his attention to record [...]
Con el tiempo, se ha comprobado que la impresión que iban dando los Röyksopp conforme iba engordando su discografía, de ser sencillamente un grupo de pop electrónico con el que pasar buenos ratos, no distaba mucho de la realidad. Sus discos son un catálogo de hits capaces de propulsarte bien a la pista de baile, bien a las ensoñaciones cósmicas más remotas, pero sin abandonar nunca el carácter evasivo de la propuesta. Así que dando por bueno que en el caso de la música de dúo noruego no se trata tanto de experimentar, como de disparar las endorfinas, [...]
Wall of Sound were such a great label in the 90s. Shame it went off the boil. But they're still around. And to prove it there's a show in London on Friday. Includes Jon Carter, who also operated as Monkey Mafia. Here's a live recording from Dublin to remind you how great they were. The set list....... 1.Make Jah Music 2.Blow the Whole Joint Up 3.Work Mi Body 4.Healing of the Nation 5.The Whore of Babylon http://www.93feeteast.co.uk/ WALL OF SOUND GOES [...]
Echo Lake is a London dream pop group du jour guaranteed to be a lightning rod for Beach House comparisons. You know the story by now: chime, jangle, swoon, yearn. But it's a good story. "Even The Blind" off their forthcoming debut Wild Peace builds a Great Wall of sound brick by brick. Wild Peace will see US release on Slumberland June 26th. Even the Blind by Echo Lake
It's hard to believe that the bubblegum group that hit with "Simon Says" and "Indian Giver" also produced one of the greatest Phil Spector tributes of all time, "When We Get Married." Their last single for Buddah, it barely bubbled under at #118 in 1969, and marked their last chart appearance. But 40+ years later, it still packs an incredible Spectorian wallop thanks to Richie Cordell's take-no-prisoners production. MP3 | When We Get Married 1910 [...]
So there's this wall, see. It's called the Wall of Sound. It's big and noisy and mean and crotchety, and it's got these two guys etched onto it with elephant snorks - that's what they should be called - for noses. It's the Death from Above 1979 wall - built in 2001, torn down in 2006, rebuilt in 2011 - and it's standing right in your way. You wanna climb it? Feelin' lucky, punk? You can throw your little body on top of the kids moshing next to you and [...]
Click image to download more songs by this artist Sounds like: Washed Out, Explosions in the Sky, Active Child, Com Truise "M83 - Teen Angst" What's so good? Sandwiched in, the crowd waited patiently. Blue lights glowed as the labyrinth-esque creature from the artwork for "Midnight City" took the stage, parallel arms raising slowly as synths enveloped the airwaves. Darkness came again, and the humans [...]
Shoegaze, TJAMC-Reminiszenz und Post Industrial - das alles vereinen A place to bury Strangers , die aber ihr krachiges "So far away" mit angezogener Handbremse spielen und nicht so richtig loslassen wollen. Da war aber so manches Stück von APTBS schon einmal mutiger. A place to bury strangers / So far away
Spector’s genius before, during and after Philles After decades of uneven reissues – dribs and drabs in the U.S. and abroad – Phil Spector’s catalog is finally being cross-licensed for reissue. The first break came with the catalog’s owner, ABKCO, issuing the Back to Mono set in 1991; but the larger breakthrough has been the licensing to Universal and Sony/Legacy that’s resulted in the Phil Spector Collection and a set of artist compilations on the Crystals, Ronettes and Bob B. Soxx and [...]
Spector’s genius before, during and after Philles After decades of uneven reissues – dribs and drabs in the U.S. and abroad – Phil Spector’s catalog is finally being cross-licensed for reissue. The first break came with the catalog’s owner, ABKCO, issuing the Back to Mono set in 1991; but the larger breakthrough has been the licensing to Universal and Sony/Legacy that’s resulted in the Phil Spector Collection and a set of artist compilations on the Crystals, Ronettes and Bob B. Soxx and [...]
Six original Philles albums plus B-side instrumental bonuses Much like the Cameo-Parkway catalog, Phil Spector’s seminal records of the 1960s are only recently starting to see the reissues they deserve. For years they were reissued in dribs and drabs – greatest hits packages repeating the same chart entries, hard-to-find vinyl albums from the UK leaking out stereo mixes, reissues of the Christmas album, and so on. The 1991 box set Back to Mono and the more recent Phil Spector Collection each dug [...]
Six original Philles albums plus B-side instrumental bonuses Much like the Cameo-Parkway catalog, Phil Spector’s seminal records of the 1960s are only recently starting to see the reissues they deserve. For years they were reissued in dribs and drabs – greatest hits packages repeating the same chart entries, hard-to-find vinyl albums from the UK leaking out stereo mixes, reissues of the Christmas album, and so on. The 1991 box set Back to Mono and the more recent Phil Spector Collection each dug [...]
St. Vincent wasn't on my radar prior to late spring of 2009, even though the band had already released an album two years before. My wife and I were set to head to Bonnaroo in a couple months and, in preparation, were listening to as much music as we could get our hands on from dozens of bands in the lineup, St. Vincent being among them. So, Actor was in the rotation. I wasn't sure what to make of St. Vincent's sound initially and still was uncertain weeks later as we watched the band live at Bonnaroo. Annie [...]
Coming on October 18th is a box set that many Phil Spector fans have been waiting for. The seven-disc set will include six original albums from Spector's Philles label: The Crystals Twist Uptown (The Crystals, 1962) He's a Rebel (The Crystals, 1963) Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, 1963) The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (The Crystals, 1963) Philles Records Presents Today's Hits (Various, 1963) Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (The Ronettes, 1964) and a bonus disc, [...]
I Think I Know by Dead-Rabbits Man, I've been trying to write something journo-like for this band for what seems like an eternity (45 minutes). Dead Rabbits are a rock n roll band, you can make of that what you will, there's a song up there to help you and there's a non-precise ton of tracks they've just uploaded onto seemingly every digital medium ( youtube , soundcloud , facebook ). They've shared a bill with [...]
Mekon's group Agent Provocateur get to sound closest to a proper guitar group with this John X remix. This one starts as it means to go on with a sample " I'm gonna cut your fucking throat " and so on. The music matches the sample with slashing guitar and live sounding beats. Oh, and ignore the titling on his one. I misread the CD cover when tagging, so the mix isn't by Depth Charge. Silly me. Agent Provocateur - Red Tape (Live Drum Mix) Buy [...]
Back to this month's 1212 and some remixes by Agent Provocateur main man John Gosling (aka Mekon). Here, he remixes two singles from 1997 and 1996 respectively. Dumb wants you to " put lotion on me " whilst it does its big beat / hip hopish thing. Sabotage is a bit harder and has those machine gun beats so classic of Wall of Sound at this time with Cleo Torrez vocals. Agent Provocateur - Dumb (Mekon Remix) Agent Provocateur - Sabotage (Mekon Remix) [...]
Plage (French for “beach”) is the new single from Crystal Fighters’ acclaimed debut album ‘Star Of Love’.The traditional guitar-led folk track, a highlight in their live show, will be released on June 13th along with an acoustic version plus 2 very different and equally stunning reinterpretations.The COMPUPHONiCc remix will instantly transport you to a Balearic beach bar at sunset. Sheer bliss.At
Back to 1212 and this month's featured artist, Agent Provocateur, getting another remix. This time 1996 single Sabotage gets remixed by Jon Carter as Monkey Mafia. This is seven minutes of basic funky beats, with acid touches. Very much a club track. All the vocals have been removed. Feels a bit of a curio today. Agent Provocateur - Sabotage (Monkey Mafia Bastard Beats) Buy
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