Music for working late
Oct. 27th, 2010 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexMaking up some hours I missed yesterday, waiting for a call, listening to tunes. Here, let me share:
http://viprhealthcare.typepad.com/files/dj-tripp---dynamite-pressure-queen-david-bowie-vs.-taio-cruz.mp3
I have a soft spot for mixes that use the original Bowie/Mercury "Under Pressure" track, and not just the hook. This one, from DJ Tripp, does a fine job using Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpGgBYeOgi0) which is a passable hip-hop dance tune on its own. The mix is superior, natch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OejYG4IEUl8
I've been meaning to blog this one for a while - I snatched it out of a DJ Steveboy mix some time ago. Cevin Fisher's track "We Re the Lucky Ones (Original Mix Edit)" is shamelessly ripping off Enya and blending it with some hard house thumps. But actually, that's OK. Enya on her own is sadly overdone and it's nice to see the tune re-freshened in a different context.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKczpz0RdQQ
Also in the beautiful vocals department is Zara Taylor (http://www.myspace.com/zarataylor) who appears hear on Sunlounger's "Lost (Dance Mix)". It's a standard vocal-trance track, but I like her voice enough that it has been on repeat play for a while and I'm going off to check out more of her work. Like a lot of vocal trance, it has lyrics that can verge on sappy, but I think they both carry it off well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15uFb2wjxjg&feature=player_embedded
While we're on the subject of sappy lyrics, here, have some male vocal/piano duet beauty. HURTS (http://www.myspace.com/ithurts) remind me of nothing so much as a modern Tears For Fears with the serious affect and the Euro-mod hair and clothing. That can be good or bad, I suppose, depending on your preferences. I recommend checking out some of their other videos from the Suggestions on the YouTube page. They appear to do a kicking live show.
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Frankie_Rose/track/Candy_Le_Chev_Remix
Finally, a band that's harder to pin down. On the surface Frankie Rose owes a lot to the 'girl bands' that preceded them, including The Bangles, but they have an interesting style that both hearkens back to surf-rock and forward to hard punk girl rock like L7. Fun stuff.
http://viprhealthcare.typepad.com/files/dj-tripp---dynamite-pressure-queen-david-bowie-vs.-taio-cruz.mp3
I have a soft spot for mixes that use the original Bowie/Mercury "Under Pressure" track, and not just the hook. This one, from DJ Tripp, does a fine job using Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpGgBYeOgi0) which is a passable hip-hop dance tune on its own. The mix is superior, natch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OejYG4IEUl8
I've been meaning to blog this one for a while - I snatched it out of a DJ Steveboy mix some time ago. Cevin Fisher's track "We Re the Lucky Ones (Original Mix Edit)" is shamelessly ripping off Enya and blending it with some hard house thumps. But actually, that's OK. Enya on her own is sadly overdone and it's nice to see the tune re-freshened in a different context.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKczpz0RdQQ
Also in the beautiful vocals department is Zara Taylor (http://www.myspace.com/zarataylor) who appears hear on Sunlounger's "Lost (Dance Mix)". It's a standard vocal-trance track, but I like her voice enough that it has been on repeat play for a while and I'm going off to check out more of her work. Like a lot of vocal trance, it has lyrics that can verge on sappy, but I think they both carry it off well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15uFb2wjxjg&feature=player_embedded
While we're on the subject of sappy lyrics, here, have some male vocal/piano duet beauty. HURTS (http://www.myspace.com/ithurts) remind me of nothing so much as a modern Tears For Fears with the serious affect and the Euro-mod hair and clothing. That can be good or bad, I suppose, depending on your preferences. I recommend checking out some of their other videos from the Suggestions on the YouTube page. They appear to do a kicking live show.
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Frankie_Rose/track/Candy_Le_Chev_Remix
Finally, a band that's harder to pin down. On the surface Frankie Rose owes a lot to the 'girl bands' that preceded them, including The Bangles, but they have an interesting style that both hearkens back to surf-rock and forward to hard punk girl rock like L7. Fun stuff.
