Entries tagged with rudeejay

I think I may switch to having the VNV icon as my default. In case you've forgotten or not known, VNV stands for "Victory, Not Vengeance" and the group's motto is "One should strive to achieve, not sit in bitter regret." It seems wholly appropriate for this moment.

https://soundcloud.com/ghettofunk/gf-allstars-ft-profit-natty-space-ibiza-13916
Also appropriate for my mood right now is some of the most amazing flow I've heard in a long time. Ghettofunk Allstars is a group I've not blogged before, apparently, which is really a shame. They're amazingly good at combining some of the great tracks of hiphop and its roots with modern sensibilities. This set, apparently recorded live, also includes rappers in the style I like. Hours of fast words and sharp lyrics and nary a b* or n* uttered.

https://soundcloud.com/fortknoxfive/four-deck-dj-set-shambhala-living-room-2016
If I haven't abused your patience with one long set let me share with you another great hour and 45 of Fort Knox Five. I originally found these guys through DJ Steveboy and I'm glad I did. This is another live set - this time from Shambhala - and the range is amazing. You've got old-style funky disco tracks, spontaneous acapella bits, and sounds from classics like Jimi Hendrix and Earth, Wind, and Fire, not to mention Steely Dan, Talking Heads, and the Eagles.

https://soundcloud.com/rudcloud/cnsib
Rudeejay is a DJ from Italy who I bumped into early this year. Many of his tracks use songs in Italian, so most of them aren't familiar to me. But you can't miss "Blue" no matter what language it's done in. This is a fun dance banger.

https://soundcloud.com/iamsidmoore/y2038
I've been actively avoiding "angry" music for a while now because FUCK YOU TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. This is about as close as I'm willing to get, a heavy bass-centric dark track from I am Sid that reverberates with the kind of energy one might march to. If one was still very very angry.

https://soundcloud.com/wearegalantis/loveonme
Just in case you wanted to skip that last one or need an antidote let me give you as close as I am likely to get to a silly electro-pop track. SoundCloud frequently puts up "promo" tracks that it thinks will appeal to me and this one has appeared a couple times. Eventually it grew on me - yes, it's cheesy pop, but I like the faux steel drums and the the male vocals that come in about halfway through. It's catchy and a bit infectious. Come what may, I'll be singing.

I'm having a hard time categorizing this set of links. It's been a month since my last post (forgive me Father) so the links have rather piled up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMt-lmCmvk8&feature=youtu.be
https://soundcloud.com/rudeejay/icbwfarf
Two interpetations of a mash-up, which give you a sense of how song interpretations work. The first link is a pretty nice DJs from Mars mash-up with all their trademark elements - good respect for the initial tracks, good use of the vocals, and then that beat. It's using good source material and just amping up the dance elements. Then Rudeejay goes back and redoes the track, toning some elements down, mixing in a few new things. It's a kind of musical improv theater.

https://hearthis.at/rafmarchesini/take-me-to-renaissance-raf-marchesini-max-bragantini-mash-up/
I found this in a DJs from Mars set and had a heck of a time tracking it down. This is a zooming prog-house mashup that shifts gears several times along the way. I like the source tracks and the mix does a good job of steering away from trainwreck territory (which often happens with these rapid-shift mashes).

https://soundcloud.com/wearevinai/vinai-get-ready-now
I feel like I've heard "Get Ready Now" in so many forms already but somehow haven't blogged the original. It's been heavy mash-up fodder for the last couple months at least, which is not surprising considering it's got a straightforward and easy house beat and simple lyrics. It's catchy, I'll give it that.

It's closing on Valentine's day so here's something for the romantics in the audience...

https://soundcloud.com/ema-stokholma/est-ce-que-tu-maimes-ema-stokholma-remix
DJ Ema Stokholma gives us a hot electro-house remix of a nice French pop love song from mid last year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TpyRE_juyA). Maitre Gims has a fabulous voice, though I think the track is overtuned. The remix is obviously more dance and it roughens up some of the smooth edges of the original. I've been going back and forth on which I like better - what about you?

https://soundcloud.com/fridasundemo/the-sun
Last month I found Frida Sundemo fronting someone else's track. This is her doing her own music. It's soft, orchestral slow-dance - the sort of thing I expect to hear in movie soundtracks. Not normally my thing, but I like it enough to want to check out more of her stuff.

And what would a drwex music post be without a little funk? Here, have a double shot...

https://soundcloud.com/griz/smash-the-funk-forthcoming
GRIZ posted this as a teaser for his Mad Liberation album. "Smash the Funk" is funky, groovy, and also quite modern in its loops and breakbeats. It's a bit more electro-soul than I'm used to on a funk track and that might put some people off, but I like about 4/5 of it and that's a good start for someone new to me.

https://soundcloud.com/angeloferreri/queen-another-one-bites-the-dust-angelo-ferreri-mood-funk-beat-free-download
Speaking of funk and 80% here's Angelo Ferreri's fast funk take on Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." It's a little bit repetitive and uses less of the vocals than I'd like, but it's an interesting take on a classic.

And after that, music

A Friday music post on Friday (who'd'a thunk it)