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Music mellow
I had a meeting scheduled. Then it got bumped an hour. So I sort of can't start anything 'cause I'd have to stop for the meeting anyway. So, music. This week we have several beautiful pieces to listen to, and a special mash at the end.
http://jhameel.com/Site/Home.html
Jhameel reminds me a little of Prince in vocal style and he comes across as a little gender-bending, too. The music is gentle and fun and funky, with obvious electronic and disco influences. His site has a 5-track EP up for listening. Of the five I think I like "White Lie" the best - it's breathy and intimate and has sweet harmonies. Jhameel doesn't have the vocal power of Jamie Woon but he's very pleasant and heartfelt. Definitely worth your time.
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Tycho/track/Little_Dragon_-_Little_Man_Tycho_Remix
RCRD LBL has an 8-song stream up of Tycho music. It's all pleasant listening - mostly electronic instrumentals with some vocal samples and overdubs that drifts around trance-y and psy without ever getting intensely into either. I mean no insult when I say it's perfect background music. If you want more, Tycho have a good selection up on their site (http://tychomusic.com/) including both originals and remixes they've done.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/sunday-girl-where-is-my-mind-pixies-cover.html
Sunday Girl here doing another cover, this time of The Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" S.G.'s cover is her bare and beautiful voice with a piano accompaniment and some strings that, honestly, I don't think are necessary. It's very different in style from the Pixies original but it has that same soul-felt intensity that made the song stand out in the original.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/james-blake-a-case-of-you.html
James Blake (http://jamesblakemusic.com/) is a young singer/pianist/songwriter with some big brass balls and apparently the talent to back them up. I mean, what newcomer tries to cover Joni Mitchell on his first album? Blake does, obviously, and he does it proud here with a cover of "A Case of You." As with the Sunday Girl track, this cover is remarkably different from the original and yet holds onto the essence of the song. I remember listening to Joni growing up and I remember crying at the power of some of her music. I wonder what she thinks of this one.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/dj-schmolli-live-for-somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html
I had barely posted last week's Jess Mills item when this one appeared in my stream. It's DJ Schmolli mixing Mill's awesome "Live For What I'd Die For" with Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c2LeMytIdo). The latter was new to me so I went looking. It's a spare, emotional song that, in the original, is understated elecronics and muted vocals. Schmolli hooks the two up - the singers' vocal ranges are quite close - and amps them both up by building mostly on the Mills tune. The result is brilliant and moving, if not particularly mellow.
http://jhameel.com/Site/Home.html
Jhameel reminds me a little of Prince in vocal style and he comes across as a little gender-bending, too. The music is gentle and fun and funky, with obvious electronic and disco influences. His site has a 5-track EP up for listening. Of the five I think I like "White Lie" the best - it's breathy and intimate and has sweet harmonies. Jhameel doesn't have the vocal power of Jamie Woon but he's very pleasant and heartfelt. Definitely worth your time.
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Tycho/track/Little_Dragon_-_Little_Man_Tycho_Remix
RCRD LBL has an 8-song stream up of Tycho music. It's all pleasant listening - mostly electronic instrumentals with some vocal samples and overdubs that drifts around trance-y and psy without ever getting intensely into either. I mean no insult when I say it's perfect background music. If you want more, Tycho have a good selection up on their site (http://tychomusic.com/) including both originals and remixes they've done.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/sunday-girl-where-is-my-mind-pixies-cover.html
Sunday Girl here doing another cover, this time of The Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" S.G.'s cover is her bare and beautiful voice with a piano accompaniment and some strings that, honestly, I don't think are necessary. It's very different in style from the Pixies original but it has that same soul-felt intensity that made the song stand out in the original.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/james-blake-a-case-of-you.html
James Blake (http://jamesblakemusic.com/) is a young singer/pianist/songwriter with some big brass balls and apparently the talent to back them up. I mean, what newcomer tries to cover Joni Mitchell on his first album? Blake does, obviously, and he does it proud here with a cover of "A Case of You." As with the Sunday Girl track, this cover is remarkably different from the original and yet holds onto the essence of the song. I remember listening to Joni growing up and I remember crying at the power of some of her music. I wonder what she thinks of this one.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/dj-schmolli-live-for-somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html
I had barely posted last week's Jess Mills item when this one appeared in my stream. It's DJ Schmolli mixing Mill's awesome "Live For What I'd Die For" with Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c2LeMytIdo). The latter was new to me so I went looking. It's a spare, emotional song that, in the original, is understated elecronics and muted vocals. Schmolli hooks the two up - the singers' vocal ranges are quite close - and amps them both up by building mostly on the Mills tune. The result is brilliant and moving, if not particularly mellow.