Four Tet - I’m on Fire
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Four Tet’s new Ringer EP is crazy. Great to see new work from the musical genius that is Kieran Hebden, besides his work with Steve Reid.
I’m on Fire is a two part song Kieran Hebden did for an EP in 2002.
It’s not so easy to find, but to me it’s the kind of song that I can play on a never ending loop for days and still wouldn’t get bored.
MP3: Four Tet - I’m on Fire (Part 1)
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btw that image was for a promotional Dj mix for the Ringer EP. Just really liked it, reminds me of the Sony Bravia commercial.
New Sigur Rós
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This little snippet/preview got me all excited for Sigur Rós‘ new album.
Check it over at gorilla vs. bear.
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
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As an M83 listener you might be a little disappointed at first that Saturdays = Youth doesn’t sound as big or “epic” as Before the Dawn Heals Us. I had that same feeling for half a listen.
Like Stereogum says, that shit is plenty epic. Even the P4kers like it, they call it the vertical push on Before the Dawn Heals Us.
The nostalgic feel for the 80’s is what French musician Anthony Gonzalez inspired on this record. An ode to the ever great John Hughes films and the birth of electronic synths. The album cover really describes it best.
The album is full of breathy Kate Bush like vocals, melodic guitar riffs and echoed-up drums, just that classic 80’s sound with a modern electronic touch. Electro pop or shoegaze with a repetitive ending chorus for each song that doesn’t get tiresome, on the contrary, it just gives it that extra layer of power which makes it that bit more spectacular.
Not often does an album like this have such an impact on me, maybe I experienced a little too much late 80’s media. Nonetheless a highly recommended listen to an open mind.
Check the video for Graveyard Girl after the jump.
MP3: M83 - We Own The Sky
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Air - “Run”
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My favorite Air track, according to Last.fm.
MP3: Air - “Run”
If you’ve never heard of the french duo Air, their band name best describes their music..
Apparat - Walls
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If you’re a regular here at Josdigital you know I’m into alternative electronic music, so this is totally my thing.
Sascha Ring aka Apparat is a well known and respected musician in the Berlin based electronic scene. With his latest effort he received a lot of critical acclaim by Pitchfork and the whole blogging community. Rightfully that is, cause Walls is as solid as Radiohead latest, and as timeless as any Boards of Canada record. Last.fm says Apparat recently became “more interested in designing sounds than beats“, which is what attracted me in the first place.
Apparat uses a lot of diverse organic sounds, mostly covered by a mellow downtempo beat, to create a very entertaining listen throughout the album.
Even though every track on this album is equally as great, “Limelight” must probably be my favorite track. In the middle of the track there’s a kind of sporadic handclap in sync with the beat that I find really appealing (kinda reminds my of BoC’s Pete Standing Alone with the robot voice).
Anyway, I highly recommend it to people that spend a lot of time in the car, or just like to chill on a late saturday morning with a self-grained cup of joe.
Dntel - “Rock My Boat (ft. Mia Doi Todd)”
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Minimalism to dream away on…
Architecture In Helsinki - Places Like This
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I don’t think there’s any band that has as much fun as Architecture In Helsinki has. The six headed Australian indie pop group in known for their eclectic over-the-top feel-good musical style.
Although I like their previous album In Case We Die more, Places Like This delivers more song structure and a wider range of influences, without diverting too much of their original sound and joyous approach to making music.
This is definitely recommended to everyone as it’s catchy and easy listening, even Bruce Willis is a fan.
Psychedelic, danceable and rich easy listening melodies crafted by talented multi-instrumentalists, what more do you want.
MP3: Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races
After the jump you can find 3 music videos already from the new album: Heart It Races, Debbie and Hold Music. Enjoy.
Aphex Twin Mashups & Pet Sounds
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Some say mash-up artists are “talentless hacks”, unrightfully that is. Technically every song can be mashed, but choosing the right theme and executing a good mash-up is as hard as mixing a good dj-set, and we don’t call them talentless, do we?
How ill is Aphex Twin with the beats? I’ve been listening to his work for about a decade now and none of it sounds dated. Maybe more heads will recognize if I throw some vocals on top… here we have some quality mashups including verses by Busta Rhymes, Peaches, Nas, TI, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip, Afrika Bambaataa, OC, and Kool Keith. Technically one of the instrumentals is co-produced by Squarepusher, but whatever. That dude is crazy too.
As a big Aphex Twin fan I enjoyed Dan “100dBs” Brenner’s mash-up even more knowing that it’s completely free over at 100dbs.com.
This isn’t a mash-up, but also check out Pet Sounds: in the Key of Dee, where UK producer Bullion transforms Beach Boys’ classic 1966 album into a whole new experience in tribute to the legendary J Dilla/Jay Dee. Available free at Bullion’s myspace.
Múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
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Múm is an Icelandic musical group which brings a very chaotic and unpredictable, yet melodic style of experimental electronica.
This is Múm’s first release after the departure of singer and founding member, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, to compensate the band added a couple to make it a 7 piece band.
With those changes comes a shift from the group’s traditional style. Without deserting their distinctive sound of high pitched tones and their affinity for organic repetition of electronic glitches, there are noticeably more live instruments like bells, whistles, the piano, violin and more.
Unlike Pitchfork, I think it’s another stellar album by Iceland’s finest. I don’t know why it is but I really dig the Icelandic music scene with artists like Sigur Rós, Björk, The Album Leaf. There’s just a lot of talent out there and they all have a fresh never-done-before “experimental” sound, or maybe it’s just my kind of music.
As always, you can check 2 music videos from the new album, “They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded” and “Rhubarbidoo” below. Two very fun videos which perfectly resemble the kid-like vocals and high pitched tones in their songs.
