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D. Ramirez, Mark Knight & Underworld - Downpipe (original club mix) [dl]
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Underworld - Between Stars (Lemonworld remix) [dl]
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Wrapping up the week with a plethora of jams that I’m lovin’ hard… times ten.
So, the Beastie Boys‘ ‘Hot Sauce Committee pt.1′ was indefinitely postponed and the dudes are moving straight on to release ‘pt.2 on 5/1; yeah! Make Some Noise leaked earlier this week, following which the dudes just said ‘what the hell’ and posted the track officially on their site; you can’t fight these things these days and blogs just perpetuate the love. It’s a great album taste-tester with that unmistakable bouncy, playful, party-in-the-city sound that they’re known for. Check out the official trailer for the album on their site as well, it’s pretty awesome.
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Elton John & Leon Russell? Yeah, why not. Not really within the realm of my usual repertoire, but I don’t discriminate. The quintessential glam-pianist and the piano-session-god joined forces to release ‘Union’ in late 2010 and played selections of its greatness on Saturday Night Live last week. The full album is worth a listen especially if this isn’t really your style of jam.
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Holy Ghost! released their first full length album and from what they’ve been tweeting, album sales are good! I caught them live with Chromeo late last year and though the Bowery Ballroom’s mic’s were a wonky as hell, it was still a great performance. I’ve already purchased my ticket to see them at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 4/29 (with The Hundred in the Hands). The album is better than I had anticipated; unlike other bands that had similar fan-awareness and release styles (I’m thinking about Hey Champ and Miami Horror here) the album is not just half a compilation of already released singles with just a few new tracks; most of the tracks are new and they’re all quite good. They’re really sticking true to being the spiritual successor to Jesus Jones with a live but still well-produced sound and a clearly rock angled sound that screams ‘we listen to electronic music’ in our spare time. My favorite cut from their self-titled angsty outing is It’s Not Over; with enough drum solos to make Phil Collins feel like he was kicked in the teeth. Purchase via the links on their site and support ‘em by seeing them live, definitely good stuff.
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I originally became aware of Mason from their 2006 release, prog-house track Exceeder. After finishing an album of original tracks in 2008, they scrapped it and started over; the result of which is ‘They Are Among Us,’ which dropped just recently. Little Red Petticoat was given out as a free download along with this album teaser. I’m really looking forward to digesting the full album.
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Ever since I heard ODahl’s remix of Never Too Much by Luther Vandross, I’ve been hooked on his Nu Disco sound. Without an album proper though, I’ve only had a few single releases to satiate my fever for more. That’s alright though because they’ve all been quite good. Particularly, Out of Control.
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While most of the time I’m very hot on dancey, techno-tronic disco influenced electro, there are times when I’ll obsess over good Jazzy Hip-hop. Fans of the genre will undoubtedly recognize the brilliant producer, Pat D. And this track from his album ‘Kind of Peace’ with Lady Paradox is just fantastic. I’ve had it on repeat more than a few times this week.
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SebastiAn’s Embody was definitely a hot one this past week, which was released with a really great music video. I love the original track (yep, been running to that one too), but this DJ Premier remix just brings things to another level. Wow. Grab some more from SebastiAn, here.
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Les Baxter much? Actually not at this particular moment; But, we are talking Bas Lexter’s sound of funky cinematic grooves centered around the jazzy grooves of the ’50s on his second album ‘And the Beat Goes On.’ I’m really enjoying his bass-heavy production spin on these recognizably sampled-riffs.
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I saw the Brooklyn premier of Joe Wright’s Hanna earlier this week starring Soairse Ronan (sorry I spelled your name incorrectly in my tweet!), Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana – and wow, this film is really great. Ronan plays Hanna, a young girl raised in the wilderness by a seemingly ex-assassin (Bana). Hanna chooses to leave the protection of their hidden wilderness training ground and with that alerts her existance to CIA bad-woman (Blanchett). Chases and battles ensue set to a score composed by The Chemical Brothers. In a Q&A session earlier this week I was able to ask Ronan about her thoughts of the role of music in the film. Hanna’s character is increasingly curious about the outside world and my favorite question of hers is “what is music.” As the audience, we don’t hear the first bit of music in the film until Hanna is exposed to the outside world. As she battles for survival she is exposed to more of the world including many musical elements. The intensity of her experience increases and is paralleled by the Chemical Brothers’ score; it’s a great ride. While Ronan admitted that, to her knowledge, the score was retrofitted to the film in post only, she did feel that Hanna’s exposure to music was a large part of her character’s development and it does serve as a generally pervasive driving force for the full narrative. She also said that they listened to ‘Push the Button‘ a lot when they needed to get amped up while filming. My favorite of the mix is Escape Wavefold, and naturally this is now on my iPod playlist for running too. Lucky I’m not running from the CIA… yet.
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At my last DJ gig I received a request or two to play some Prince and ever since I’ve had a bit of him in my every day rotation. Kiss is such a classic track – and make sure you get the original version that’s on the album ‘Parade’ rather than the strangely-mixed version that’s on his Greatest Hits release with those annoying kissing-sounds. But then my super-cool, punk-rock, hot shot radio legend, mother informed me that Tom Jones did a cover of Prince’s classic. Really!? Yes, really. It’s quite awesome. The man’s voice is pure sex.
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Take these tunes, go climb some rocks, buy a new couch or do whatever ya please – because it’s the mf weekend!
This Tuesday, March 29th, FmGT and NewYork-Tokyo are throwing an intergalactic party at the one and only Fat Buddha bar in NYC’s east village. The party is Star Wars themed: we’ll have the original trilogy on projection and playable Star Wars games of old. With that we’ve got FREE FREE FREE ASAHI early in the evening and music by GoodKop-BadKop (Silent K & Justin K) all through the night. It all starts at 8pm; storm troopers and rebel scum dancing together! Mass hysteria!!
Here’s a few tracks that we’ll be playing…
Breakbot’s funky breaks always please; normally known to me by his remix work, this original track will move ya. — Breakbot - Shades of Black [dl]
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Todd Terje is a master of the funk-laden remix and his Chic-remix is one of those subtle disco vibes that you can get lost in. And I don’t care if it’s just me. — Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit) [dl]
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I crushed pretty hard on Com Truise’s recent release and the intermingling of him with Daft Punk’s Tron soundtrack is one of my favorites on the recent R3C0NF1GUR3D album. I get where Busy P was coming from (I mean Paul Oakenfold, really?), but there are a handful of gems on here. I still prefer the original soundtrack, it’s a masterpiece. — Daft Punk - Encom Part 2 (Com Truise Remix) [dl]
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Pretty sure that Aeroplane used this track to kick off one of his excellent mixes late last summer, I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. Great deep electro sound to start out a beast run. — Dana Berquist & Peter G - Acapulco [dl]
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Futuristic disco with analog baselines? I’ll bite if you bite back. Thankfully, this French duo does just that. Nice strings too. — Discodeine - Synchronize [dl]
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Riding a bit more of an organic disco sound, this one from Drop Out Orchestra’s got a nice bounce. — Drop Out Orchestra - Emperor Tamarin [dl]
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Sorta hard to escape this track and all it’s remixes, edits and mashups. Finally after digesting them all I’ve decided that this low-key remix is my favorite. — Flight Facilities - Crave You (version 2) [dl]
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His Nu Disco bouncy remixes are great and his original material (the new stuff at least) needs to be released already! — Go Go Bizkitt! - Miami Nights [dl]
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Entering more of a dark house and electro style with Joman’s track here, and I’d also like to take this time to say how much I enjoyed his Inception track. — Joman - Chinscratcher [dl]
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The master of Electronic Trip-hop has returned! Releasing his latest album just recently, Wagon Christ (aka Luke Vibert), never fails to create a unique sound – even if he has almost as many alter egos as Madlib! — Wagon Christ - Lazerdick [dl]
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MJ will never die. Gigamesh is with me in this thought. I almost wish he could die again just so that every bar in the city would start playing good music. Oh, and Gigamesh’s Groove is in the Heart remix is fantastic. — Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Gigamesh Remix Short Edit) [dl]
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Nu Wave Disco at its current finest. — Moullinex - Meow [dl]
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This one starts off like house wallpaper but then halfway through hits the funky vibe you’ve been waiting for, Ghostly electronic hotness redemption!! – Mux Mool - Enceladus (Daso remix) [dl]
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From Bleep’s top 100 tracks of 2009, this remix comes in as a strong dancefloor mover. Sounds kinda like The Warriors in the beginning with that guitar riff, right? — Panthers - Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Extended Disco Dub) [dl]
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Radio friendly jams become awesome again. Really can not wait for Penguin Prison’s full length to be released. He’s supporting Jamiroquai on tour right now – maybe that will lead to some production support as well? I love Jamiroquai, but JK needs some help. — Penguin Prison - Golden Train (radio edit) [dl]
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This is one of those tracks I could listen to all day long. When the piano sample comes into full bloom, it’s just lovely, lovely, lovely. — P’taah - Your Soul on Mine (Spencer Parker’s a Gun For Hire Dub) [dl]
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Portugal’s got talent!! And don’t you let anyone say otherwise. — Social Disco Club - Down Town (version 1) [dl]
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Between running, rock climbing, working my ass off and taco consumption, I’ve recently been obsessing over these fine tracks…
After missing out on the recent Ben Watt show here in Manhattan, one of my good DJ buddies who was in attendance, Justin K, reported back that he had this one hook just stuck in his head – You know when that happens? After some recon it turned out to be Alex Santos and Chris Woodward’s track Village Vanguard – after hearing it for myself, it’s no wonder that it was ricocheting off the inside of his mind for days on end. Luckily, I (nor you) need to go through such tribulation. That’s the glory of having Friends with Good Taste (in music). More minimal gems like this, here.
Alex Santos & Chris Woodward - Village Vanguard (Stripped Back edit) [dl]
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At the crest of the chill-wave, tape-electro derivative in a slightly similar fashion to Washed Out, but a bit more on the dance-side (had enough yet?) is Com Truise. Dude’s earning ‘Jersey some respect with his recently released EP, Cyanide Sisters. Really digging this release hard right now; even tossed it on the office stereo mid-week to positive results. Keep the versatile electronic grooves coming, man! If you dig it, buy it.
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All of a sudden I realized that I’m a big fan of Go Go Bizkitt! The exclamation point is part of his name, but if it wasn’t I would have put one there anyway. First hooking me with a Zero 7 remix last year and following it up with major tease-drops on his soundcloud page. His remix of one of my favorite tracks from 2010 brings it to a slightly more (less?) minimal zone, and it’s lovely.
Flight Facilities - Crave You (Go Go Bizkitt! remix) [dl]
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Almost every time I DJ I try to work in Stevie Wonder’s funktabulous jam Superstition – and I can never get it quite right. There’s something about mixing studio-produced, quantized tracks with an older, recorded-live track that can sometimes lead to a train-wreck. And just when I thought that I might set Stevie aside for use in less beat-heavy sets I stumbled upon this great edit from Funkanomics. You’ll have to turn up your speakers a little bit, but holy wow, this one is hot fire. Enough words – listen to it!
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How is it that 99, no… 100% of the releases on Timewarp Music is just so good!? I’ve raved about Afternoons in Stereo and Timewarp Inc previously and now it’s Niles Philips‘ turn. The break-beat / nu funk producer makes DJ-friendly, feel-good, jazzy-funk; and that’s enough hyphenated descriptions to drive the point home, I think. He also just released a new EP, check him out.
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While listening to Shawn Mac’s excellent February Mixtape, I found myself “rewinding” (ha!) back to one particular point in the mix more than a few times. It was a synth-laden, minimal, atmospheric, Nu-Disco number by Tesla Boy. The Satin Jacket’s Instrumental mix of Tesla Boy’s Rebecca is a really smooth one. It doesn’t feel like 116bpm, but it is and that’s why I’ll be using it when I want to speed things up, get people’s asses shaking without their even knowing it.
Tesla Boy - Rebecca (Satin Jackets Instrumix) [dl]
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FmGT veteran, Codec, returns with the hard truth on The Glitch Mob; and that’s a good thing.
It’s tough when artists evolve. Tough for them, tough for their fans. If they stick too long in the sound they came up with, their core fans might move on; if they move on too soon, their core fans might not. Change is inevitable, it’s the whens and hows that make the difference.
edIT has changed. LA-based Edward Ma has gone from introspective, bedroom-cribbed Glitch-Hop (Crying Over Pros for No Reason, “Ashtray”) to shaking the LA fault lines with beat scene club anthems (Certified Air Raid Material, “Straight Heat”).
Along the way, he found kindred spirits in Justin Boreta (Boreta) and Josh Mayer (Ooah), formed a powerhouse live and production trio called The Glitch Mob. They finally got enough of a break from ruling Los Angeles to put out a full-length album this year.
From jump, I expected Drink the Sea to be full-frontal Glitch-Hop pornography, just unabashed, white-hot showmanship on the boards. I wanted a skin-tearing cyclone of rhythmic digital noise, bass drops that could spawn a singularity. I wanted tracks that swagger so hard they’d put you in sneakers.
Instead, I get this weak-ass, shamanistic acid trip stuff. What gives?
Suddenly, edIT doesn’t sound like edIT, all over again. I was a little let down, and then I turned it up.
Truth is, the mix is the first thing you notice. At full volume, Drink the Sea can be what it was meant to be. Tracks that sounded washed-out and listless, you realize that those frequencies were carved out by to give you that headroom to push the fader all the way up and beyond, to test the limits of whatever system you’re on. There, it performs like a dynamic dream.
And the music here is simple. Far from the cold, alienated clips of Crying Over Pros, every note on Drink the Sea drips with humanity. Synthesizers buzz warm, chants burble up through the groundwater and every note trips over the beat instead of marching in lockstep. Midway through Animus Vox, you can picture the trio plinking out the riffs in a wet parking lot as a crowd of passers-by claps along. They took plenty of trouble to make it sound like they haven’t and it could almost be a live album. Fistful of Silence pounds like a band rehearsal in the moment, before you hear just how little your recorder captured.
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Glitch-Hop, for me, is half what you’re hearing, and half wondering how they pulled it off, wishing you could see the Pro Tools sessions and every single jitter. This time, I just wish they’d let me see the EQs.
I came in expecting club anthems, I got 21st century rain dances. After a few listen-throughs, though, I’m convinced that rain dances are exactly what we need right now.
Listen through it for yourself on the best system you can get access to, see if you don’t feel the same.
Sound designer and Canadian in-progress, Codec is still seeking a way to teach his cat how to sing karaoke. For now, he settles for brilliant tunes and nothing less.
Drawing your attention to a new section of FmGT, there’s now a DJ Mixes section, found over there in the right nav. Our first DJ mix for aural consumption is Silent K’s Leftfield Hip-hop DJ mix, The Gyst. And neat enough, this mix was recently featured as a part of Lady Miyomi’s Mixtape Project on her [excellent] blog, which you should add to your RSS.
The FmGT blog has not received too much attention due to a few live DJ gigs, the introduction of FeedmeGoodTunes-radio on community radio WIOX 91.3fm and concentration on a new DJ mix by Silent K.
Great cover of Craig David’s original track, Seven Days, by the one and only Zoot Woman; flipping the original ballad into a subtle rocktronic jam. JB has been posting a ton of content to their SoundCloud page as of late, check it out.
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It’s Saturday Night! So, here are a few tracks for you to shake-it to before you head wherever it is that you may be headin’.
Delta 5’s debut track from 1979, Mind Your Own Business, is a gritty and imperfect joint with a punk-funk hook and a pre-disco arrangement. Follow that bass line. Grabbed this off the Disco Not Disco compilation, more of which can be found heyah.
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Tom Middleton is one of the best house DJs and producers there is. I saw him live for the first time this over this recent summer and not only is his track selection and production style made of perfection, but I’ve never seen a DJ more happy to chum-around with the crowd. A few variations of his track, Hypnotizer, can be found over at Urban Torque. Love this guy, love his tunes (One more!)
Tom Middleton - Hypnotizer (Francois Dubois Classy Disco mix) [dl]
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I’ve raved about Timewarp Inc.before, and I’ll continue to rave about ‘em now; the Electronic-Funk outfit from Athens never disappoints when it comes to funky grooves and organic dance hooks. And there’s plenty more where that came from.
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Planet Funk is an Italo-Disco group that’s been doing it since before the whole retro-electro thing took off. After some popularity in 2001 with their debut track, Chase the Sun, from their first album, Non Zero Sumness, they continued to release albums which, honestly, have not been as good as the first one. But, there’s at least two tracks that I love per album; Tears is a progressive synth happy tune that I’d put on repeat if I drove a race car, which I sometimes do.
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I love SoundCloud for finding random gems. And that’s exactly how I found the Ghosts of Venice remix of The Tapeaters track, Satellite. Definitely a piece that I’d dance to with a Gin & Tonic in hand.
Similar to the effect that watching a Kaossilator demo video will have on music/toy geeks, this demo video for the Pocket Piano is just full of WIN, but more so of WANT.
This post is quite overdue. Is anyone out there? **Crickets** Well shit, I didn’t realize crickets had such good taste! One thing that you’ll notice is our new logo! Took quite a while to come up with something that I felt fit the site, but I think that I hit the nail on the head with this one (props again to Dre). I’ll need to do something with that negative space on the right though. Anyway, on to the music, music, music – because that’s all that matters.
With beats this relaxed, I’m going to have to make a playlist entited “With Coffee.” This is absolutely the sound I like to wake up to. A.M. Architect’s chilled out, orchestrated Hip-hop beats and warm, cinematic melodies have a slickly soothing quality that subtly hint at the source-instrumentation in the same way that your blinds let the sun creep in. Released in the first half of 2009, The Road to the Sun, is an album that no Downtempo or Trip-hop aficionado should be without. Unspoken is only the first track; you can hear the rest, over here.
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I first heard Cyne’s track, African Elephants, via Nujabes’ Ristorante Mixtape (which has turned me on to a slew of new artists) and I’ve been hooked the Atlanta-based foursome’s leftfield Hip-hop sound ever since. Sampling what sounds like a the snapping of a banjo string, there’s a bounce here that can’t be resisted. Listen to more from Cyne on their SoundCloud page.
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As part of the G-Stone crew, DJ DSL was introduced to my ears by means of, arguably, the best names in Trip-hop (save for DJ Cam): Kruder & Dorfmeister, mainly via mixes and remixes by Tosca and Peace Orchestra. ‘DSL’s Oaschloch (Austrian for “asshole”) is a bouncy, lounge track; the type that will pull you to your feet and make you move, but not so much as to spill your dirty martini. This track makes its appearance on the first disc of Sixteen F**cking Years of G-Stone Recordings, a release chock full of great Trip-hop, Downtempo and Jazzy Electronic music. I was lucky enough to catch Kruder & Dorfmeister live in NYC earlier this passed October and If the image above of Richard Dorfmeister playing the Keytar doesn’t give you a good enough glimpse of the show, then check out these videos.
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Easily compared to RJD2 and Pretty Lights – but in no way meant to indicate that he’s a copper; Gramatik samples from all over the place, churning out a sound of dense, dark, instrumental Hip-hop with a soulful… er… soul. Electronic tweakers and studio nuts will go… er… nuts over his emotional melodies and perfection-like production style. I only just stumbled upon Gramatik via the recent [Free-album-that's-worth-your-time-alert!] PLM Fall Tour 2010 Opening Act Compilation, but hot damn, I went out and got his full album, No Shortcuts, almost immediately. I’d say that’s a mission accomplished.
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Think about The Bad Plus for a moment, now turn them Japanese and you’ve got Mouse on the Keys. Actually, that’s a pretty generalized statement, but if gives you the gist of it; regardless, they are my new favorite Jazz trio. Three dudes from Tokyo: one drum kit, two pianos and two keyboards with a helluva unique sound; taking elements of Contemporary Jazz, Leftfield Hip-hop and a little bit of Dance music, this is the sort of Jazz that you can get down to! more from Mouse on the Keys, here.
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So I’m finally getting used to managing my music with iTunes. It’s been a bumpy ride, but I think that I’m beginning to appreciate the interface. I will say that iTunes still sucks for tagging massive amounts of music though (my to-be-tagged folder is still 150+ gigs!) and I’ve been running parallels just so I can use mp3tag – ridiculous, I know! I also picked up Serato Itch, and holy shit, I’m loving it! That and the fact that I no longer have to lug my CDJs out with me anymore.
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