This week's music tabs

[drwex]

I stumbled across an old DJ's From Mars mix that got my music juices flowing. We'll revisit several favorites and guilty pleasures here.

https://soundcloud.com/housemusic/somebody-do-something-by-dem
Dem Slackers turn in a fun prog-house track with heavy electro influences. Nothing revolutionary here, but a good stompy set of beats. I particularly like the way the track accelerates about 2:45 in.

https://soundcloud.com/monarchysound/disintegration-vox
A bit over a year ago I pointed to Monarchy's super-sexy "Disintegration". The track notably featured the vocals of Dita von Teese and now we get an acapella version with just the voices of Von Teese and another singer who goes as Ra Black. I've been completely unable to track down who that is, which is a shame.

https://soundcloud.com/koricosky/hello-barbaras-love-shack
A couple years ago Duck Sauce's "Barbara Streisand" was all the rage. I kind of got burned out on the remixes but since I haven't heard the tune in a while I found I enjoyed this old mash with the B-52's "Love Shack". Korico Sky is a remixer who doesn't seem to be doing much currently - kind of a shame.

https://soundcloud.com/siyen/lose-yourself-fool-eminem-vs-evanescence-vs-kelly-clarkson-mash-up
Two of my old guilty pleasures (Eminem and Evanescence) mashed by someone called Slyen. If you like the sources I think you'll enjoy this take; if not, not, and that's OK too.

https://soundcloud.com/nickraymondg/mumford-sons-i-will-wait
And now your weird for the week. cthulhia this one is for you: Bloombox and Sam Feldt remixing Mumford & Sons' "I Will Wait". I'm not a huge Mumford fan, and certainly their stuff isn't the typical fare of remixers. But I rather like this one. It feels true to the original and I love the horn bits.

Comments

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

While I was never particularly moved by "Barbra Streisand", "Big Bad Wolf" still remains a powerful earworm (and unique video). This has concluded the entirety of my Duck Sauce experience.

[drwex]

What did you think of the "official" video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu_zwdmz0hE

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Didn't leave a lasting impact on my reality, unlike Big Bad Wolf.

I also think part of the problem is that I conflate "Barbra Streisand" with "Frank Sinatra" by Miss Kittin and The Hacker.

[drwex]

I hadn't heard that one before. It seems very different, to me.

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Super-synthy, repetition of celebrity's name... enough to hang a comparison on for me.

[cthulhia]

yeah, no.

Since they were pretty much on tour the moment they became a band, you can track how the song "I will wait" developed.
"Nothing is Written", or "Untitled", until they finally sorted out a chorus catch-phrase, and making it less dirge-y, to make it into a song even M&S haters kinda like.

Their strength is really Mumford's voice, which is too de-emphasized in this mix. (Also, they're better live. Remember that I had no opinion of them until I saw them at Red Rocks. Pre-recorded synth stuff would break their rock-folk vibe. Although, now that they're on "hiatus" and not constantly on tour for the first time since most of them were teenagers, who knows what they'll be like when they come back.)

And, I don't know that I'll ever really be able to enjoy easy-listening station style horns. I was fascinated when Trent did a similar sax solo during the NIN-Bowie tour, but... I think because it was showed his versatility more than anything else.

[drwex]

mizarchivist had a similar complaint about the Kenny G quality of the track. Oh well.

Most good bands are better live. I will see if I can find other mixes that use the voice more, but there just aren't a lot to choose from.