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Music blast, part 1
May. 25th, 2011 12:56 pmSo many saved links. Bootie did a double-month best of, APC did a best-of, and there were other tabs and this is some good stuff. First up, the smooth stuff.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/cubic-zirconia-ft-bilal-night-or-day-cz-club-mix.html
Cubic Zirconia (http://www.myspace.com/cubiczirconiamusic) is an electro-disco outfit from New York with a smooth sound that sometimes gets called acid house. I think it's more RnB-influenced than that. Need to hear more; will report back if worthwhile.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/05/jj-angels.html
JJ (http://ravekommissionen.blogspot.com/) are a Swedish duo with a nice blend of vocals and styles - some English, some not. Reading up on them I saw them described as "dream pop" and this track has a very dreamy air. It reminds me a good bit of Tricky/Massive Attack, particularly the way the music seems to be whispering in your ear alone as it plays.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/illegal-sunday-the-reborn-identity-lady-of-oblivion.html
The Reborn Identity (http://www.rebornidentity.com/) has mashed up Jamie Woon's "Lady Luck" with Patrick Wolf's "Oblivion." When I wrote about "Lady Luck" a couple months ago I noted it had a particularly snappy feel. Here the snap is damped down somewhat so it can be merged with Wolf's violin-heavy track, which has its own pop-snap feel to it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2VhtxTmQw). Woon's vocal's still carry the day, and it's still silky smooth.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/05/jess-mills-vultures-mj-cole-remix.html
Jess Mills' "Vultures", which I talked about back in April, here gets another loving work-over from a top remixer. Here, MJ Cole gives the song a very modernist feel, separating out the vocals to float above a high-BPM electro track, and then swoop them back down into a multi-tracked chorus. I still generally prefer my vocal-trance to be lower BPM, but this one works quite well.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/cubic-zirconia-ft-bilal-night-or-day-cz-club-mix.html
Cubic Zirconia (http://www.myspace.com/cubiczirconiamusic) is an electro-disco outfit from New York with a smooth sound that sometimes gets called acid house. I think it's more RnB-influenced than that. Need to hear more; will report back if worthwhile.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/05/jj-angels.html
JJ (http://ravekommissionen.blogspot.com/) are a Swedish duo with a nice blend of vocals and styles - some English, some not. Reading up on them I saw them described as "dream pop" and this track has a very dreamy air. It reminds me a good bit of Tricky/Massive Attack, particularly the way the music seems to be whispering in your ear alone as it plays.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/04/illegal-sunday-the-reborn-identity-lady-of-oblivion.html
The Reborn Identity (http://www.rebornidentity.com/) has mashed up Jamie Woon's "Lady Luck" with Patrick Wolf's "Oblivion." When I wrote about "Lady Luck" a couple months ago I noted it had a particularly snappy feel. Here the snap is damped down somewhat so it can be merged with Wolf's violin-heavy track, which has its own pop-snap feel to it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2VhtxTmQw). Woon's vocal's still carry the day, and it's still silky smooth.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/05/jess-mills-vultures-mj-cole-remix.html
Jess Mills' "Vultures", which I talked about back in April, here gets another loving work-over from a top remixer. Here, MJ Cole gives the song a very modernist feel, separating out the vocals to float above a high-BPM electro track, and then swoop them back down into a multi-tracked chorus. I still generally prefer my vocal-trance to be lower BPM, but this one works quite well.
