I've been listening to this Gui Boratto album and liking it a lot. It's minimalist techno but don't let that scare you. The tittle track (#5) is my favorite. Put the headphones on, crank it up, and picture a bunch of Germans dancing slowly in tight black clothing. (Actually Borrato is from Brazil)
You can download it via torrent by following this link
Hard to describe this album but it's exellent. It starts in an electronic genera with mellow beats. It then switches to simple guitar riffs leading into vocals with sort of Crosby, Stills, and Nash undercurrents. Then it's back to almost experimental electronic but in a good - not beepy or loopy - way.
Download it via torrent Here
This album from the Animal Collective seems to be on a lot of top 10 lists of 2009. (See Pitchfork ). Personally, I'm not yet sold on the entire album. Maybe I have to listen to it some more? That said, track number four, "Sumertime Clothes", is a great song:
You can download the whole album from the torrent here.
I think we often forget how music affects us and shapes our lives. A few bars of music can flood us with memories and change our state of being. Consider that people actually dedicate their entire lives to studying it. Like so many other ways of knowing; mathematics, physics, philosophy; the layers are endless... eventually leading to a mystery that goes beyond the logic of rational thought
Below are three videos that touch on the depth in music:
The first is a light and humorous demonstration of how four simple chords are used as the creative building blocks for numerous hit songs. In the second video, Bobby Mcferrin shows how music seems to be cross-culturally embedded into the human experience. In the last video, Tool takes a mathematical concept often used to describe nature and uses it in a song that is, essentially, about evolution: cool!
.I don't share too much on Facebook but recently posted this video there. Matisyahu is a fantastic performer with a strong message that gives his music an undeniable power. If you get the chance to see him live, definitely check it out.
You can also listen to all his songs for free on his website.
If you are interested in music then you'll find this video on the creation of a totally new instrument worth watching. Mark Deutsch's ability to make his vision for the Bazantar a reality is amazing. What's even more incredible, is how he learned to play it in his dreams.
For a friday post, I figured I'd go with something light and fun. Here are my favorite Lonely Island Videos:
I got both Jamie T albums; 2007's "Panic Prevention" and 2009's "Kings and Queens"; a little while ago but just got around to giving them a listen today. I like both albums a lot; it's a little bit of rap, rock and brit pop all mixed up.
Check out this song called Eath, Wind and Fire, from the "Kings and Queens" album:
This might be the most brilliant marketing / advertising plan ever: Get a well established band to turn your decades old, quasi-famous jingle into the best sounding song said band has turned out in years.
Gogol Bordello’s task is to provoke audience out of post-modern aesthetic swamp onto a neo-optimistic communal movement towards new sources of authentic energy.With acts of music, theatre, chaos and sorcery Gogol Bordello confronts the jaded and irony-diseased. Our treatment of the traditional material is free with us, but is not irony-driven and thus real. Our theatre is chaotic and spontaneous and because of that is alarming and response provoking.
From where we stand it is clear that World’s cultures contain material for endless art possibilities and new mind-stretching combinations, raw joy and survival energy. We chose to work with Gypsy, Cabaret and punk traditions. It’s what we know and feel. And so many more are possible that can make the beloved statement of post-modernism “everything is been done” sound as an intellectual error.
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