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Breathe, sing, dance (music)
Aug. 5th, 2013 08:34 pmWork has kept me super-busy, so I've done less listening and much has slipped by. Here are a few things I've had time to tag - 80s nostalgists in particular rejoice. More links to come, but I've no more time today.
https://soundcloud.com/djschmolli/dj-schmolli-final-record-spin
DJ Schmolli does a nice job combining the 80s hit "You Spin Me Round" - another track I have a lot of sentimentality for - with some more modern MGMT. I particularly like that he's pulling from both the original "Kids" and a remix. That remix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1jBn0uEOc) by Soulwax is worth a listen on its own. It's a high-pitched electronica piece that is way more experimental than you'd expect.
https://soundcloud.com/tronikyouth/health-safety
Our next installment in the 80s nostalgia train is a mostly instrumental nu disco piece by Tronik Youth that riffs on "Safety Dance". I think you really need to have loved the original to appreciate this the way I do. The remix isn't all that novel, but it's just a fun song to riff on.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/07/heartsrevolution-kill-your-radio.html
Here's a new voice with a retro sound I'm liking. HEARTSREVOLUTION (apparently it's all caps, one word - http://heartsrevolutionrideordie.tumblr.com/) are putting out their first EP and this single, "Kill Your Radio", sounds like electronic, punk-influenced, rockabilly, if that even makes sense. You probably want to listen and judge for yourself.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/07/riva-starr-ft-carmen-consoli-no-mans-land-riva-starr-santos-rmx.html
Riva Starr, who I mentioned last month turns in a gorgeous deep house track in collaboration with Carmen Consoli, another new name for me. Consoli (http://www.carmenconsoli.it/ - warning, site loops music on entry) is an Italian singer-songwriter whose traditional style is much closer to opera house than club house but she can also turn in some gentle nightclub-style vocals that Starr uses to great effect.
https://soundcloud.com/lobsterdust/get-blurred-blurred-lines-x/
Lobsterdust is not known for traditional A|B mashups, but he turns in one here that totally kills it. He's mashing "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke/Pharrell Williams (http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/blurred-lines-unrated-version/USUV71300526?syndicationid=bb8a16ab-1279-4f17-969b-1dba5eb60eda&shortlink=W0OCcA&country=US for the unrated official video - features boobs) and Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBfAQ-NDE). Both are modern pop confections so the joy is in hearing how Lobsterdust weaves them with side notes and grace samples.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/07/budo-hollis-open-rhye-cover.html
Budo and Hollis turn in a brilliant and beautiful cover of "Open" by Rhye. The original (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng_CdAAw8M&feature=youtube_gdata) is a gentle love track in which the singer pleads for her partner to "stay open." The cover is more of a duet and as APC says, it's very "XXXish" and I like the treatment. I find myself singing along more with the cover than I ever did with the original.
https://soundcloud.com/djschmolli/dj-schmolli-final-record-spin
DJ Schmolli does a nice job combining the 80s hit "You Spin Me Round" - another track I have a lot of sentimentality for - with some more modern MGMT. I particularly like that he's pulling from both the original "Kids" and a remix. That remix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1jBn0uEOc) by Soulwax is worth a listen on its own. It's a high-pitched electronica piece that is way more experimental than you'd expect.
https://soundcloud.com/tronikyouth/health-safety
Our next installment in the 80s nostalgia train is a mostly instrumental nu disco piece by Tronik Youth that riffs on "Safety Dance". I think you really need to have loved the original to appreciate this the way I do. The remix isn't all that novel, but it's just a fun song to riff on.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/07/heartsrevolution-kill-your-radio.html
Here's a new voice with a retro sound I'm liking. HEARTSREVOLUTION (apparently it's all caps, one word - http://heartsrevolutionrideordie.tumblr.com/) are putting out their first EP and this single, "Kill Your Radio", sounds like electronic, punk-influenced, rockabilly, if that even makes sense. You probably want to listen and judge for yourself.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/07/riva-starr-ft-carmen-consoli-no-mans-land-riva-starr-santos-rmx.html
Riva Starr, who I mentioned last month turns in a gorgeous deep house track in collaboration with Carmen Consoli, another new name for me. Consoli (http://www.carmenconsoli.it/ - warning, site loops music on entry) is an Italian singer-songwriter whose traditional style is much closer to opera house than club house but she can also turn in some gentle nightclub-style vocals that Starr uses to great effect.
https://soundcloud.com/lobsterdust/get-blurred-blurred-lines-x/
Lobsterdust is not known for traditional A|B mashups, but he turns in one here that totally kills it. He's mashing "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke/Pharrell Williams (http://www.vevo.com/watch/robin-thicke/blurred-lines-unrated-version/USUV71300526?syndicationid=bb8a16ab-1279-4f17-969b-1dba5eb60eda&shortlink=W0OCcA&country=US for the unrated official video - features boobs) and Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBfAQ-NDE). Both are modern pop confections so the joy is in hearing how Lobsterdust weaves them with side notes and grace samples.
http://audioporncentral.com/2013/07/budo-hollis-open-rhye-cover.html
Budo and Hollis turn in a brilliant and beautiful cover of "Open" by Rhye. The original (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng_CdAAw8M&feature=youtube_gdata) is a gentle love track in which the singer pleads for her partner to "stay open." The cover is more of a duet and as APC says, it's very "XXXish" and I like the treatment. I find myself singing along more with the cover than I ever did with the original.
