Roman Flugel & Delano & Crockett - Gehts Noch - Walking on the moon
Roman Flugel & Delano & Crockett - Gehts Noch - Walking on the moon (transition at 33 seconds).
Excellent sampling and mixing.
March 2, 2009
February 7, 2009
Alison Moyet tribute
Alison Moyet and Yaz have some soulful songs.
Also acclaimed, Peaches, the Velvet Underground's Pale Blue Eyes and The Smiths' There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Not your average teenage pop lovesongs.
January 10, 2009
Gorilla vs Bear, music insight
gorillavsbear finds new music before it hits SXSW or Sirius; also uses nifty Yahoo flash mp3 player. Example: frankie knuckles x animal collective :: your love my girls mix.
August 7, 2008
Concert Economy: getting bundled and amenity-riden, or getting cheap and amenity-stripped ?
Summer music festivals go posh, report from Europe, via WSJ:
Summer rock music festivals, long the preserve of teens and twentysomethings, are increasingly becoming familiar territory for a generation that still remembers the hits of the 1970s and '80s even as it keeps up with current stars. Concert promoters are starting to cater to the needs of this older crowd of festival-goers, many of whom are looking for something more than mosh pits, fast food and porta-potties -- and who can afford multiday tickets costing between €150 and €250.
"They still want to experience the buzz of the festival, they still want to have the excitement of the festival, but they don't want to sleep in a two-person tent anymore," says Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, which promotes the Leeds, Reading and Glastonbury festivals in the U.K. "They don't want to rough it in quite the same way."
A Grown-Up's Guide To Summer Rock Festivals
By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER, 2008 July 10
An opposing take says concerts are offering cheap tickets as they have difficulty filling venues-- Barry Ritholtz / Big Picture in 2008; and in 2005.
October 10, 2007
Joy Division / Control
September 30, 2007
Matmos
Matmos as high culture or difficult music ?
September 18, 2007
SomaFM grooves
SOMA FM streams beloved CliqHop and delightful Groove Salad.
April 29, 2007
ClienteleI 1: Coachella
Security is silky here, when it’s noticeable at all.
There’s not much to secure. This is an indie-rock
festival — a gathering of property-owners,
memoir-writers, biochem majors, workshop-takers, etc.
-- Coachella 2007.
April 8, 2007
Tila is bummed
The reason why I am so bummed out about MySpace now is
because recently they have been cutting down our freedom
and taking away our rights slowly.
MySpace will now only allow you to use ‘MySpace’ things.
-- Tila Tequila, a singer who is one of MySpace’s most popular and visible users.
April 6, 2007
Berliner trance music evolution: trance fans dance with their hands not their hips
Berliner Trance - Paul van Dyk (Goog video)
With Dr. Motte of Love Parade,
Dance music: from Acid house to Drum and Bass,
antecedants to today's
Tiesto, van Buuren, Corsten, DJ Dan, Carl Cox.
Top Tracks:
Cited: Vernon's Wonderland
progressive house of Digweed and Sasha, previously known for
mid-1990s trance anthems Heaven Scent and Xpander.
Cited b
April 4, 2007
EMI
There's an ulnimited supply
And there is no reason why
I tell you it was all a frame
They only did it cos the fame !
Who ?
E.M.I.
Too many people had the suss
Too many people support us
An unlimited amount
Too many out lets in and out
Who ?
Apple and EMI just announced that they will be selling DRM-free
Apple songs through the iTunes Music Store. The songs will cost
130 percent of the price of the existing crippled songs, and you'll
get to choose. Weirdly, Apple seems to have sold this move to
EMI by saying that the DRM-free version will be a "premium"
offering for audiophiles who want higher-quality music.
I think that audiophiles are probably the people who have
the least trouble keeping up with the latest tips for efficiently
ripping the DRM off of their music -- the people who really
need DRM-free music are the punters who can't even spell DRM.
February 3, 2007
Brave New Waves, RIP ?
MeFi says the CBC mothercorp finally kills off its treasure, Brave New Waves.
See also radiofreecanuckistan, insidethecbc, cleverlazy, zoilus, Discorder, Canada.com, StilePost.
December 9, 2006
sepia mutiny
East Indian blogging by sepiamutiny, example.
November 3, 2006
Music ban strikes a chord
Campaign for quiet passengers and quiet electronics
(cel phone ring tones, iPod, walman headphones).
Music ban strikes a chord.
-- Headline that could have been used.
May 2, 2006
Torture, VodkaPundit
Stylish Coloradoan VodkaPundit's serious thinking or linking.
Bonus points for recommending I’m An Adult Now by
The Pursuit of Happiness.
--
If you like TPOH, you'd like Jerry Jerry & Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra's
Battle Hymn of the Apartment.
April 14, 2006
March 26, 2006
Sirius and XM at satellite guys
Satelite Radio: Sirius and XM discussion at satelliteguys.us.
March 14, 2006
Torontopia / Broken Social Scene
Toronto's alternative-rock scene is a place where the sweetly
familial and weirdly collective rub up against the traditional
markers of stardom. BSS is the largest and the most media-ready
of the Toronto bands, but it is far from the only band committed
to a Toronto-bred arty idealism, known to some as Torontopia.
Jonny Dovercourt, a 32-year-old local rock musician and impresario,
and his friend Steven Kado, a musician with an interest in hipsterish
pursuits like urban planning, coined the term in 2002 to help give
utopian ballast to the city's sprawling but idealistic music community.
Dovercourt is so committed to Toronto that he adopted one of its
street names, Dovercourt, as his last name; his real name is Jonathan
Bunce.
November 1, 2005
Nina Hagen, Les Rita Mitsouko
iTunes Music Store (IMS) sadly lacks content from
Les Rita Mitsouko and their Nina Hagen collection
is woefully thin.
No New York, New York.
I create ecstacy in my world
I know who I am
And I am willing to declare myself to the world
I am a star!
In New York
Whosoever with me
No Smack Jack.
You've never could have thought or guessed
That things could get so far out of hand hahahahaha
I'm gonna see you coming down in a cold sweat running
It's gonna be a different tune that you will soon be humming.
October 8, 2005
New Kind of Music
An Experiment in A New Kind of Music: WolframTones.
Program and diagram your own ringtones, and more, systematically.
August 10, 2005
lyrics
Cornershop, as explained by Mr GrumpyGus.
There’s Dancing Behind Movie Scenes
behind The Movie Scenes, Sadi Rani
she’s The One That Keeps The Dream Alive
from The Morning Past The Evening
to The End Of The Light
Brimful Of Asha On The 45
well, It’s A Brimful Of Asha On The 45
August 5, 2005
rancor
"If you are an old fan and it doesn't fit what you need, don't buy the
disc." she said with firmness, but no rancor.
April 30, 2005
Techno for Credit: musie145
Update 2006 May: Electro 145 Techno class notes.
Why does relatively obscure electronic music seem to
appeal to mainstream advertisers? How does the music
communicate to an audience unaware of who the artist
style might be, or even unaware that they are listening
to music? Why would electronic music make for the
"sonic wallpaper" of choice?
Is there anything radically different between the mashup
aesthetic and previous sample-based styles? In what ways
does the mashup emerge from pre-existing practices?
What distinguishes a mashup from a remix? How do
mashups derive their affective force? Is irony a necessary
dimension of a mashup's power?
In the mid-1990s, the advent of the term electronica marked a mainstream arrival of sorts for electronic music. But long before marketing teams and MTV fastened on the concept, electronic music had become integral to musical experience in the mainstream and on the margins. From the tape-splicing and studio-craft that are now part and parcel of popular music production to the increasingly central and creative role played by DJs in the transmission and performance of music, electronic music—i.e., music produced, performed, and mediated via electronic technologies—has suffered from an absence in the public conversation at the same time that it has enjoyed a certain ubiquity.
Required Texts:
* Peter Shapiro and Iara Lee, ed. Modulations: A History of
Electronic Music. Caipirinha Productions: 2000.
* Cox and Warner, eds. Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music.
Continuum: 2004.
* Simon Reynolds. Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno
and Rave Culture. Routledge: 1999.
October 30, 2004
Rockist, Rockism
A rockist isn't just someone who loves rock 'n' roll, who goes on and
on about Bruce Springsteen, who champions ragged-voiced
singer-songwriters no one has ever heard of. A rockist is someone who
reduces rock 'n' roll to a caricature, then uses that caricature as a
weapon. Rockism means idolizing the authentic old legend (or
underground hero) while mocking the latest pop star; lionizing punk
while barely tolerating disco; loving the live show and hating the
music video; extolling the growling performer while hating the
lip-syncher.