The fight for diverse and conscious voices

Audiporn Central continues to be a prolific source of new music. As with anything new, Sturgeon's Law does tend to apply. Here's some of what I think falls in the good 10%. If you aren't moved by these then I don't know what to do for you.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/03/jacques-renault-ones-twos-mix.html
Jacques Renault (http://www.jacquesrenault.com/), despite the name, is an American DJ/producer. This here is one seriously funky mix stream from the man whose other work seems to be much more conventional disco-influenced non-vocal dance music. This "Ones & Twos Mix" seems to be sampling a bit of everything, but it's laid down over a nice mellow bass mix. APC calls it "spaced out" but it doesn't feel that way to me - it's much more Motown meets Deep Purple meets P Funk.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/03/junkie-xl-the-fairlight-ep.html
And now you get to find out just what kind of a serious old-school electro-nerd I am. I adore Jan Hammer even if I did get sick of hearing the Miami Vice soundtrack on infinite repeat in the 90s. Track one of this three parter features the man doing what he does best, which is hard unapologetic electric chords and swooping notes sustained over whatever else is going on. In this case, it's Junkie XL (http://www.myspace.com/junkiexl) whose solo stuff also features just the kind of driving beats that make this extra-excellent. The underlying pace and style of this EP are very similar to Junkie XL's popular "Cosmic Rave" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WaTJiPLIHc).

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/03/frail-limb-purity-drake-v-sub-focus.html
Speaking of driving beats, this is a brilliant mash from Frail Limb Purity (http://fraillimbpurity.wordpress.com/) that uses the electro- thunder of Sub Focus's "Rock It" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdJgwf-_HGY) and where Rock It tends to have gaps and sort of fade out, this mix fills in with the rap lyrics and rhythms from Drake's "Forever" which features some of the bigger names in recent pop-rap. I'm not that fond of the Forever track by itself, but it works very well here.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/03/florence-the-machine-dog-days-are-over-2010-version.html
I have to admit that Florence is really growing on me. The more I listen the more I like her voice and I think she can get by without being weird for weird's sake (*cough*gaga*cough*). That said, you should watch the video, which is... um, really weird. And yet it has a beauty and sort of coolness that keeps me watching. Combining good use of saturate colors with random exploding people? Win!