Guess what, it's music time again
Apr. 7th, 2011 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexRight. Bunches of tabs to close. All good stuff this time, with lots of variation in style.
http://www.mashup-industries.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=36
KrazyBen does a nice re-layering mix here based on the happy electro tune by Martin Solveig & Dragonette called "Hello". It's mashed with Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" but in a clever way, using both a remix of the Hello track as well as the original Hello a capella. I still think the Streisand tune isn't all that hot on its own but the mix works really well.
http://soundcloud.com/jessmillsofficial/jess-mills-vultures
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/jess-mills-vultures-photek-remix.html
http://soundcloud.com/jessmillsofficial/jess-mills-fighting-fire-ft
I find it unbelievable that I haven't talked about Photek (http://photek.fm/) before. I'll have more to say about them later. Right now, though, I want to talk about Jess Mills' "Vultures". She's got a silky, breathy style that feels sensual and gives me chills to begin with. Photek have applied some techno-trance production, but left the backing sound low-key so you can still appreciate Mills' voice. She's definitely on my watch list now. The other track, Fighting Fire, is less haunting but still fun electro-dance. Also a great lyrical one-liner.
http://www.djbc.net/anotherjay/
Hey! You got your rap in my ambient! Well, you got your ambient in my rap! Two great tastes that... well, it's a concept album. dj BC has put together a 12-track mix of Brian Eno's ambient and spoken word pieces with the rap stylings of Jay-Z. Being that it's a tad heavy on the profanity I wouldn't blast this on the office speakers, but it's a fascinating experiment in melding two very different styles and making it work.
http://soundcloud.com/invisiblesandwhiches/invisible-sandwhiches-feat-kat-graham-sassy-found-a-dime-mix
Recently I got an email on Soundcloud asking me to vote for one of three tracks, two of which I found unremarkable. Then there was this one. It's based off the (over)autotuned Kat Graham pop confection "Sassy" which is itself dull. This mix by Invisible Sandwhiches uses Sassy about the way an Olympic diver uses the 10-meter platform. Gotta start somewhere, but after that it's all twists and turns and a remarkably graceful entry. Invisible Sandwhiches mix in several different styles and... well, listen and see what you think.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/win-win-ft-alexis-taylor-%E2%80%93-interleave.html
Imagine if Daft Punk and The Dream Academy had a love child. That would be Win Win. This track features the strong bass vibrato Daft Punk brought to the Tron soundrack, and classic New Wave male vocals. It's kind of spacy/dreamy but usually the wifty stuff doesn't have that level of thrum.
http://www.mashup-industries.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=36
KrazyBen does a nice re-layering mix here based on the happy electro tune by Martin Solveig & Dragonette called "Hello". It's mashed with Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" but in a clever way, using both a remix of the Hello track as well as the original Hello a capella. I still think the Streisand tune isn't all that hot on its own but the mix works really well.
http://soundcloud.com/jessmillsofficial/jess-mills-vultures
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/jess-mills-vultures-photek-remix.html
http://soundcloud.com/jessmillsofficial/jess-mills-fighting-fire-ft
I find it unbelievable that I haven't talked about Photek (http://photek.fm/) before. I'll have more to say about them later. Right now, though, I want to talk about Jess Mills' "Vultures". She's got a silky, breathy style that feels sensual and gives me chills to begin with. Photek have applied some techno-trance production, but left the backing sound low-key so you can still appreciate Mills' voice. She's definitely on my watch list now. The other track, Fighting Fire, is less haunting but still fun electro-dance. Also a great lyrical one-liner.
http://www.djbc.net/anotherjay/
Hey! You got your rap in my ambient! Well, you got your ambient in my rap! Two great tastes that... well, it's a concept album. dj BC has put together a 12-track mix of Brian Eno's ambient and spoken word pieces with the rap stylings of Jay-Z. Being that it's a tad heavy on the profanity I wouldn't blast this on the office speakers, but it's a fascinating experiment in melding two very different styles and making it work.
http://soundcloud.com/invisiblesandwhiches/invisible-sandwhiches-feat-kat-graham-sassy-found-a-dime-mix
Recently I got an email on Soundcloud asking me to vote for one of three tracks, two of which I found unremarkable. Then there was this one. It's based off the (over)autotuned Kat Graham pop confection "Sassy" which is itself dull. This mix by Invisible Sandwhiches uses Sassy about the way an Olympic diver uses the 10-meter platform. Gotta start somewhere, but after that it's all twists and turns and a remarkably graceful entry. Invisible Sandwhiches mix in several different styles and... well, listen and see what you think.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/win-win-ft-alexis-taylor-%E2%80%93-interleave.html
Imagine if Daft Punk and The Dream Academy had a love child. That would be Win Win. This track features the strong bass vibrato Daft Punk brought to the Tron soundrack, and classic New Wave male vocals. It's kind of spacy/dreamy but usually the wifty stuff doesn't have that level of thrum.
