Next round of music tabs
May. 7th, 2013 04:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexLots of good and interesting stuff here, but damned if I can figure out a theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7sj684zcmzw
MS MR (http://www.msmrsounds.com/) are a new New York-based duo whose first full album isn't due out for a bit but who are already getting a fair bit of airplay due to an EP they released last year that charted well in Europe and got some MTV airplay in the States. The sound is pretty pure electro-pop but with a nice edge to it that reminds me of early Florence or the XXX. This track has been remixed a fair bit but I haven't found a mix I like better than the original.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/04/rudimental-double-pack.html
Speaking of remixes, here are two takes on Rudimental (http://soundcloud.com/rudimentaluk) tracks. The first is Skream's take on "Hell Could Freeze" and the second is Andy C doing "Right Here." I didn't like the Skream track on first listen but it's been growing on me, providing you're in a sufficiently disco-tolerant mood. The mix of rap and disco electronics is... odd. Takes some getting used to.
The second track is more house-influenced and more vocal centric, with high BPM and a strong beat track laid in. It's an interesting example of how mixes are being influenced by dubstep without themselves being dub. This is good "getting things done" music for me.
https://soundcloud.com/nickraymondg/pegboard-nerds-tristam-razor
Speaking of dub, here's another track off thissongissick.com, an instrumental mix by Pegboard Nerds & Tristam called "Razor Sharp". It's fun to read the labels producers put on their Soundcloud tracks - you can see the real-time evolution of styles as DJs grab, tweak, and republish. This one is labeled (among other things) "moombahcore" and "drumstep". I long ago gave up trying to keep track of this stuff - it's definitely a case of not drinking from the firehose. I just pick and choose stuff I like and this one I very much like, as you don't get this kind of floor-clearing bass mixed with melodic stuff often enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c6ZOLFgLg3E
Armen van Buuren put out a bunch of things promoting some of the new trance artists he's bringing to his label. I thought most were OK, but this one stood out. It's someone calling themselves Airbase (http://airbasemusic.com/) who has been working around Scandinavia for a few years. AFAICT this is their first big US release and it's a sweet piano-centric extended trance track.
http://djsteveboy.com/groovelectric.html
DJ Steveboy's post this time is a salvage job. It's two hours out of a longer party set he DJed back in November of last year. Sadly there's no track list, because there are some real winners in here. I got to dance at a party he DJed at Worldcon a few years ago and it was a blast. He's got a huge library he draws from and although I recognize a few of the tracks there are a couple more I don't and would love to look up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7sj684zcmzw
MS MR (http://www.msmrsounds.com/) are a new New York-based duo whose first full album isn't due out for a bit but who are already getting a fair bit of airplay due to an EP they released last year that charted well in Europe and got some MTV airplay in the States. The sound is pretty pure electro-pop but with a nice edge to it that reminds me of early Florence or the XXX. This track has been remixed a fair bit but I haven't found a mix I like better than the original.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/04/rudimental-double-pack.html
Speaking of remixes, here are two takes on Rudimental (http://soundcloud.com/rudimentaluk) tracks. The first is Skream's take on "Hell Could Freeze" and the second is Andy C doing "Right Here." I didn't like the Skream track on first listen but it's been growing on me, providing you're in a sufficiently disco-tolerant mood. The mix of rap and disco electronics is... odd. Takes some getting used to.
The second track is more house-influenced and more vocal centric, with high BPM and a strong beat track laid in. It's an interesting example of how mixes are being influenced by dubstep without themselves being dub. This is good "getting things done" music for me.
https://soundcloud.com/nickraymondg/pegboard-nerds-tristam-razor
Speaking of dub, here's another track off thissongissick.com, an instrumental mix by Pegboard Nerds & Tristam called "Razor Sharp". It's fun to read the labels producers put on their Soundcloud tracks - you can see the real-time evolution of styles as DJs grab, tweak, and republish. This one is labeled (among other things) "moombahcore" and "drumstep". I long ago gave up trying to keep track of this stuff - it's definitely a case of not drinking from the firehose. I just pick and choose stuff I like and this one I very much like, as you don't get this kind of floor-clearing bass mixed with melodic stuff often enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c6ZOLFgLg3E
Armen van Buuren put out a bunch of things promoting some of the new trance artists he's bringing to his label. I thought most were OK, but this one stood out. It's someone calling themselves Airbase (http://airbasemusic.com/) who has been working around Scandinavia for a few years. AFAICT this is their first big US release and it's a sweet piano-centric extended trance track.
http://djsteveboy.com/groovelectric.html
DJ Steveboy's post this time is a salvage job. It's two hours out of a longer party set he DJed back in November of last year. Sadly there's no track list, because there are some real winners in here. I got to dance at a party he DJed at Worldcon a few years ago and it was a blast. He's got a huge library he draws from and although I recognize a few of the tracks there are a couple more I don't and would love to look up.
