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Sunset Sounds

Jan 4th, 2010 Leave a comment


Hey all, just a quick post to warm you up for the Sunset Sounds Music Festival in Brisbane on the 6th and 7th. These are the bands I will be endeavouring to see. The only bad clash for me is a three-way between The Temper Trap, Grizzly Bear and Yves Klein Blue. I’ve yet to finalise my decision, but seeing as I’ve seen Yves Klein Blue and I will be seeing Editors before Temper Trap on the same stage I’ll probably be seeing them. Find my tracks and rambles about Temper Trap here and some Editors tracks from their 2009 album In This Light And On This Evening below.

Editors – The Big Exit (Wait for the kick at 3:26)

Editors – Papillon






I’m sure everyone is excited to see Moby headline the first day. I was at first a bit sceptical about how well his music would translate live at the end of a music festival, especially since his latest album Wait For Me is a very sombre, introspective one. Having said that I watched a couple recent of YouTube clips of him at some other festivals and it seems like he knows how to get the crowd going. His stage setup includes a live band with the man himself on lead guitar and vocals, with occasional help from vocalists. The first four tracks are some of his old songs that will go off and the last three are songs off his new album to show you what I mean.

Moby – Honey

Moby -Natural Blues

Moby -Porcelain

Moby -Jam For The Ladies

Moby – Shot In The Back Of The Head

Moby -Mistake

Moby – One Time We Lived

The video below is Moby live at 2001 Grammy Awards playing Natural Blues with help from singer Jill Scott and my favourite all-male, all-blue, experimental dance troupe The Blue Man Group.




Jamie T is another artist I’m excited to see. His cheeky lyrics and fun melodies will surely make for a feel-good festival moment. What impresses me most about him is that he created most of his first album by himself in his bedroom and was signed to Virgin Records at just 16. That’s Talent.

Jamie T – Chaka Demus

Jamie T – Ike & Tina

Jamie T – Castro Dies

Yeah Yeah Yeahs front-woman Karen O is one sassy woman. Her howls and shrieks are so sexy and I’m sure she will be sexing it up to close the festival on the 2nd night.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Soft Shock

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps







Jimps and I have spoken a great deal about our love for Datarock so their brilliance needs no explanation on this blog. Here are some sweet tracks of theirs if you’re a poor soul that doesn’t have them.

Datarock – I Used To Dance With My Daddy

Datarock – Amarillion

Datarock – Fa-Fa-Fa

Other than that, I recommend you see Little Red (really catchy ‘50s doo-wop band), The Middle East (whom Jimps featured here), The John Steel Singers (six-piece indie-pop band) and Hungry Kids of Hungary (another indie-pop band – check out their track Scattered Diamonds).

Have fun and see you there!

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The Itunes visualiser is getting predictable, why can’t I once again be invincible

Jul 21st, 2009 1 Comment

Just started getting back into the remixes as of late after a few months break. I realise that there has been a shit load of good stuff which I know I have missed and probably a lot more which I will never know about. The below two playlists contain some new tracks and some not so new ones which have survived the test of time over the last few months since I last posted ADP (last playlist was actually in Feb). Anyway not in the mood to talk so much shit this post so I will get to the point:

A Derogatory Playlist PT XI

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Andreas Tilliander – Caught in a Riot feat. New Moscow (Vapnet Remix)
When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever
Doves – Kingdom of Rust (Still Going Remix)
Holy Ghost! – I Will Come Back (Classixx Acapulco Nights Version)
Hockey – Learn To Lose (Filthy Dukes remix)
Space – Tango In Space
Fever Ray – Triangle Walks (Rex The Dog Remix)
The Juan Maclean – Happy House (Lee Douglas Remix)
Bottin – No Static (Club Version)
The Golden Filter – Solid Gold
The Faint – Mirror Error (Das Glow Remix)
Mylo – Paris Four Hundred (Etienne De Crécy Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero (Erol Alkan Rework)
Kraftwerk – Aerodynamik (Alex Gopher and Etienne de Crecy Dynamix)


A Derogatory Playlist PT XII

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Chris Rea – On The Beach (Tangoterje Edit)
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
MGMT – Of Moons Birds and Monsters (Holy Ghost! Remix)
Doves – Jetstream (Lindstrom Remix)
The Lowbrows – Dream In The Desert (Flight Facilities “Red Tailed Hawk” Remix)
Pink Stallone – Swiss Ambulance
Siriusmo – Gummiband
Luke Vibert – Disco Nasty
Bloc Party – One More Chance (Alex Metric Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (Passion Pit Remix)
DR. Kucho! – Eastern Promises (.sØn!ka. Remix)
M83 – We Own The Sky (Udachi Remix)

I Highly Recommend

When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever

I got this track a couple of months ago fell in love and then forgot about it until recently when I went to track down some more playlist action. Soon as I started listening to it again I thanked my past self in hooking up my present/near future self with the opportunity to enjoy it like it was fresh again. The vocals are definitely the focus point of the track soothing the listener while the bassy grove settles in. Vocalist has a similar range as Antony Hegaty (Antony & The Johnsons/Blind (Hercules & Love Affair)), that voice which you can listen to all day and a remixes dream.

Fever Ray – Triangle Walks (Rex The Dog Remix)

We all know Fever Ray has one of those voices which suit dance music so perfectly and it would be hard not to make a good remix from her. I think Rex The Dog also knew this and tried his best to capture the power of her vocals in the break downs with a banging melody. Yeah it has all been done before but not this good since Trentemoller. I believe Tiga’s 1,2,3,4 remix of the same track falls a little short.

Doves – Jetstream (Lindstrom Remix)

This has to be one of the most original and intelligent remixes I have ever heard. It is just one of those perfect tracks which does not leave you needing anything else. Standing at 11 and a half minutes and comprising of a 5 minute intro it is the sort of melody which you can just close your eyes and let it take you on that ride. Some absolutely amazing piano work which sounds like it was recorded live. Lindstrom proves that he is in a class completely above 95% of the producers out there, tackling this indie track with abit of bounce and turning it into an infinite disco journey. It sounds like robots jamming in a room full of electronic instruments. First time I heard it I wondered/hoped he would bring the vocals in but I had no idea he would do it in such a way which would make and create the track in its own right. Anyway just listen and let me know what you think.

Phoenix Lisztomani (Classixx Version)

This is one of those perfect little pop songs which every DJ will be keeping in their CD wallet to start a set with. Orignal chord progression and vocals make the track and by keeping it at a tempo which is realitive to Phoenix’s orignal feel Classixx maintain a forumlar already perfected.

M83 – We Own The Sky (Udachi Remix)

As I started listening to this remix I thought it could just simply be a cool edit. I was still happy but it was definitely not enough to make the playlist. This was until Udachi decided to split the atom and drop a catastrophic distorted bomb. Comprising of everything I like about M83 and grinding my teeth at the same time – not much could be better.


Really looking forward to Splendour this weekend make sure you come say hi if you see me standing around…

For now I have to run…

Thanks

Jimps

Boy… What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?

Mar 24th, 2009 1 Comment
Photo – Chris Proud
I spent the first two months of this year by myself in cold dark hole living in hibernation. The reason is that I had no fuel to survive in the reality of space and time without the satisfaction of a quality album to induce me out of my comatose and back into reality. In has only been the last two months where the slow incubation of albums has delivered me the warmth to develop and finally hatch into the new year.

The Whitest Boy Alive – Rules


This was the first real good album I got my hands on this year and it was such a relief. I luckily did not have to wait as long between albums as other fans as I really only started listening to The Whitest Boy Alive consistently half way through last year and then again at the end of the year in anticipation for their Never Ever Land show. The smiles continue to flow from memories of that fateful day in December at Riverstage as the band delivered such a perfect set to start such a perfect day. Their new album really wakes up where Dreams left off with a very similar progression into their second album. Each song from the new album could fit on their last but that is not at all a bad thing. Track after track proves to be a timeless reminder that simple yet melodic sounds arranged together can always trump a bag full of distortion and a punch of synth across the face.


I am sure most of you have come across at least one of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new songs by now. I did not hear much hype about this album at all even from their heads at Modular however what they have produced is something which you will not hear the end of this year. I have found it difficult to really enjoy a front women in an indie style band. I believe that consistently females do the more melodic slower spacey songs so well and some of my favourites from last year were the female vocal arrangements on Goldfrapp, The Cinematic Orchastra and M83. When chicks are able to get the indie thing right it can be so good and I have not really enjoyed an album of this description since The Sounds. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have had absolutely no trouble in making it work. Fused with stabbing synths and guitars this should be one of the larger albums of the year. .


Gang Gang Dance have been the talk of many of the elite this year and their album is one which for most will need several listens to not only enjoy but also to understand. Their only true pop song is House Jam but that does not mean your little sister will like it. The album starts out brilliantly with an intro fit for the entrance into a 70’s LSD den which is then mixed into their second track and the first taste of the shivery vocals which will discomfort yet intrigue you throughout. Just to make things a little stranger the song Princes features a UK rapper which brings things close to grime. The album contains layers and layers of scapes which after each listen will become a little more familiar and interesting as they take you on a journey into psychedelic disco dance.

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Gang Gang Dance – House Jam
Gang Gang Dance – First Communion
Gang Gang Dance – Prince (Feat Tinchy Syryder)
In case you missed it in the last playlist
Gang Gang Dance – House Jam (Hot Chip Remix)

Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Reanimations Volume 1

I think this must be the first ever time I have posted about a remix album but BTWS Reanimations are in a completely different league to anything I have ever heard before. If you were to go through all my prior playlist you would probably find half the tracks scattered over my blog over time so I will try to post the best of what I have not already posted in the past. Along with some remixes which you probably either missed or never knew about there is a continuous mix done by Erol himself which is substantially more interesting then any DJ mix I have heard in the last couple of years. I have not posted the mix as I think that is cheating but make sure you grab yourself a copy of it as soon as you can as it is something you can listen to anywhere at anytime.


I know I was just talking about how the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are the first indie type band I have heard in a long time which has made a female vocalise work but now I have another one and this time they’re Aussies! Howling Bells have produced an extremely tight and engaging album highlighted by the reaching vocals which are wrapped around your head by catchy chords and powerful chorus’. I am really looking forward to catching these guys live which I am sure will happen in the next few months.

Photo – Chris Proud

Anyway it is very therapeutic being able to write about albums again after such a long break. I have started to move on from the above albums and am currently enjoying a couple more in the form of Who Made Who and Royksopp with a few more very close to release. I look forward to talking about them next time.

Buy the albums from Itunes

Thanks

Jimps