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It's my Friday (music)
Feb. 9th, 2012 04:49 pmI'm taking tomorrow off to deal with various household stuffs so you get the weekly music today. This week we seem to have something of a French theme going, but first an aside... I've been sampling the stream of haunting beautiful tunes on this quora courtesy of Boingboing. Enter at your own risk.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/world-premiere-zagar-never-the-same-remix-ep.html
Zagar (http://www.zagarmusic.com/) is a band popular in Hungary and eastern Europe but virtually unknown in the States, which is a shame. Their style is somewhat vocal-trancey, and they've released an EP of remixes of this track. The first is somewhat heavy electronic, somewhat dub and somewhat psy-house. If that doesn't mean anything to you, just push play on the first track, which will give you Cottonmouth's mix of their "Never The Same" track. The video at the bottom is for the Miami Kidz remix, which is much lighter and emphasizes the spacey side, as well as stripping down both the vocals and electronic bits.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/dj-frogg-why-dont-you-shake-the-big-bad-wolf.html
DJ Frogg is, well, French. As best I can manage from his site he claims to be as influenced by Duke Ellington as by Daft Punk or similar modern electronic artists. Last time he was using Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington which worked quite well. Here he's trying to do one with Peggy Lee and it's not always successful. He seems to stop and start rather than really blending the tracks the way I'd like. His site (http://froggsblog.blogspot.com/) is worth checking out for lots more samples of what he does.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/justice-on-n-on-justin-robertsons-the-deadstock-33s-vox-remix.html
Justin Robertson (http://thedeadstock33s-justinrobertson.com/) remixes another French artist's work, in this case Justice's "On 'n' On". The result is smooth and slightly trippy but keeps a good beat throughout. It's a lovely extended mix.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/chemical-brothers-pourquoi-rhythm-scholars-dead-pixels-remix-thriftshop-xl-video.html
There was a time when Chemical Brothers did very accessible nearly standard song-structured electronic tracks. They were one of the groups that helped me bridge from standard rock-and-roll to electronic music. Then they sort of wandered off into their own space, doing their own thing and I stopped following them. Here Rhythm Scholar (http://www.rhythmscholar.com/) does a remix of "Porquoi" (see, there's that French again) that takes me right back to the very earliest Chemical Brothers things I heard. It's sample-laden, energic beats, with a very 90s electronica feel mixed in, along with even earlier references ("War Games" and 8-bit samples).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEtbs6c8zq8
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Tahiti_80/track/Darlin_John_Talabots_Oscuro_Baile_Remix/
Tahiti 80 are a French indie/experimental quartet. Their sound is often spare and minimalist on its own, as you can hear in the first link which is just two of them doing an acoustic version of this track, "Darlin'". Contrast that with this remix by John Talabot, which remakes the entire feel of the track, amping it up and making it wholly electronica without being overpowering. Despite being around for nearly a decade I had not heard of them before, which is really a shame. I'm sure Sturgeon's Law applies equally to music out of France (or the rest of Europe) but that still means there are some real gems we're not getting to hear over here.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/world-premiere-zagar-never-the-same-remix-ep.html
Zagar (http://www.zagarmusic.com/) is a band popular in Hungary and eastern Europe but virtually unknown in the States, which is a shame. Their style is somewhat vocal-trancey, and they've released an EP of remixes of this track. The first is somewhat heavy electronic, somewhat dub and somewhat psy-house. If that doesn't mean anything to you, just push play on the first track, which will give you Cottonmouth's mix of their "Never The Same" track. The video at the bottom is for the Miami Kidz remix, which is much lighter and emphasizes the spacey side, as well as stripping down both the vocals and electronic bits.
http://audioporncentral.com/2011/12/dj-frogg-why-dont-you-shake-the-big-bad-wolf.html
DJ Frogg is, well, French. As best I can manage from his site he claims to be as influenced by Duke Ellington as by Daft Punk or similar modern electronic artists. Last time he was using Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington which worked quite well. Here he's trying to do one with Peggy Lee and it's not always successful. He seems to stop and start rather than really blending the tracks the way I'd like. His site (http://froggsblog.blogspot.com/) is worth checking out for lots more samples of what he does.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/justice-on-n-on-justin-robertsons-the-deadstock-33s-vox-remix.html
Justin Robertson (http://thedeadstock33s-justinrobertson.com/) remixes another French artist's work, in this case Justice's "On 'n' On". The result is smooth and slightly trippy but keeps a good beat throughout. It's a lovely extended mix.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/chemical-brothers-pourquoi-rhythm-scholars-dead-pixels-remix-thriftshop-xl-video.html
There was a time when Chemical Brothers did very accessible nearly standard song-structured electronic tracks. They were one of the groups that helped me bridge from standard rock-and-roll to electronic music. Then they sort of wandered off into their own space, doing their own thing and I stopped following them. Here Rhythm Scholar (http://www.rhythmscholar.com/) does a remix of "Porquoi" (see, there's that French again) that takes me right back to the very earliest Chemical Brothers things I heard. It's sample-laden, energic beats, with a very 90s electronica feel mixed in, along with even earlier references ("War Games" and 8-bit samples).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEtbs6c8zq8
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Tahiti_80/track/Darlin_John_Talabots_Oscuro_Baile_Remix/
Tahiti 80 are a French indie/experimental quartet. Their sound is often spare and minimalist on its own, as you can hear in the first link which is just two of them doing an acoustic version of this track, "Darlin'". Contrast that with this remix by John Talabot, which remakes the entire feel of the track, amping it up and making it wholly electronica without being overpowering. Despite being around for nearly a decade I had not heard of them before, which is really a shame. I'm sure Sturgeon's Law applies equally to music out of France (or the rest of Europe) but that still means there are some real gems we're not getting to hear over here.
