We interrupt the attempt to try to convince anybody that I listen to anything else than French house, to bring you a fresh set from the Ed Banger 10 years-in-business party by none other than Justice!
I'm just listening to it now, myself, and there's some interesting stuff - we are, for instance, treated to a progression from a remix of Justice's own D.A.N.C.E. into Junior Senior's good old Move Your Feet, and back into a remix of Justice's Canon.
A quite 'rave-ish' set from my initial listening, but suits well enough for keeping the pace up in my hacking (in the "coding for fun"-meaning, not the "accessing others servers illicitly").
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Fuzzy Boxed Lo-Fi
Ok, ok.
I tripped over this...
... the other day, in the YouTube-related's when I was grooving The Kills, The Dead Weather, and The Black Keys with my kid brother.
They are the Unknown Mortal Orchestra. I really dig the fuzzy, boxed sound they've got going. His voice is just another instrument in the attack of lo-fi sound. And I like the groove the drummer is laying down.
French house is not all I listen to these days (although Kavinsky has his first album out, and Breakbot's most recent is excellent - go listen!)
I tripped over this...
... the other day, in the YouTube-related's when I was grooving The Kills, The Dead Weather, and The Black Keys with my kid brother.
They are the Unknown Mortal Orchestra. I really dig the fuzzy, boxed sound they've got going. His voice is just another instrument in the attack of lo-fi sound. And I like the groove the drummer is laying down.
Monday, January 28, 2013
A Surprise Guest
Continuing the theme from the last entry, I've been pushing this little set of videos to friends and family the last few weeks, ever since I tripped over them in a random YouTube-search.
We're at a birthday party for a certain Mr. Busy P (those French with their funny names and their funny accents) in LA in 2009, as far as I can gather. Busy P is a DJ and incidentally also the owner and manager of Ed Banger Records, the main French house label. Mr. Busy P is the smiling long-haired gentleman with the well-trimmed beard.
The concentration of French DJs on the scene is silly. "Geek cool FTW", as my dear friend, the Theoretical Computer Scientist tersely stated. For instance, Gaspard from Justice ✝(!) and Kavinsky, with the long hair and sunglasses, can be seen. I only recently saw the remarkable Drive by Danish star director, Nicolas Winding Refn, where Kavinskys Nightcall is prominently featured in the intro. (Yeah, also Ryan Gosling. I know.)
However, to get to the point - as it turns out, Mr. Busy P has invited a special guest to attend the stage. It is quite entertaining to hear parts of the crowd slowly discovering who the special guest is and that he is going to be given the mixer. (At around 2:35 a girl is heard saying "Is he really going on?! Oh my god!") He is never formally introduced. There is some street-smart ✝ to Δ sign throwing by some the DJs, but that's it.
Thomas Bangalter seems quite thin. I do hope that he is well. He is also quite the cool customer. His mouth only curls into a small smile when he throws on the last track, Prince's Raspberry Beret (my absolute favorite Prince-track, and that is no lie).
His seeming coolness may also be related to the fact that he is quite concentrated. I suspect that he has to adapt to the CD mixer table in front of him. He doesn't seem entirely comfortable with it, and gets a few pointers from Busy P and DJ Mehdi here and there. (DJ Mehdi - "If you don't [know who he is], go home!"). However, the fact that the set is somewhat messy and the recording very shaky does in no way detract from the fact that this is extremely nerd cool!
... I should just rename this blog the French house and Daft Punk blog, shouldn't I?
Oh. And I got some more injections, also. Didn't hurt as much this time. Didn't really work so well, either. So there's that.
We're at a birthday party for a certain Mr. Busy P (those French with their funny names and their funny accents) in LA in 2009, as far as I can gather. Busy P is a DJ and incidentally also the owner and manager of Ed Banger Records, the main French house label. Mr. Busy P is the smiling long-haired gentleman with the well-trimmed beard.
The concentration of French DJs on the scene is silly. "Geek cool FTW", as my dear friend, the Theoretical Computer Scientist tersely stated. For instance, Gaspard from Justice ✝(!) and Kavinsky, with the long hair and sunglasses, can be seen. I only recently saw the remarkable Drive by Danish star director, Nicolas Winding Refn, where Kavinskys Nightcall is prominently featured in the intro. (Yeah, also Ryan Gosling. I know.)
However, to get to the point - as it turns out, Mr. Busy P has invited a special guest to attend the stage. It is quite entertaining to hear parts of the crowd slowly discovering who the special guest is and that he is going to be given the mixer. (At around 2:35 a girl is heard saying "Is he really going on?! Oh my god!") He is never formally introduced. There is some street-smart ✝ to Δ sign throwing by some the DJs, but that's it.
Thomas Bangalter seems quite thin. I do hope that he is well. He is also quite the cool customer. His mouth only curls into a small smile when he throws on the last track, Prince's Raspberry Beret (my absolute favorite Prince-track, and that is no lie).
His seeming coolness may also be related to the fact that he is quite concentrated. I suspect that he has to adapt to the CD mixer table in front of him. He doesn't seem entirely comfortable with it, and gets a few pointers from Busy P and DJ Mehdi here and there. (DJ Mehdi - "If you don't [know who he is], go home!"). However, the fact that the set is somewhat messy and the recording very shaky does in no way detract from the fact that this is extremely nerd cool!
... I should just rename this blog the French house and Daft Punk blog, shouldn't I?
Oh. And I got some more injections, also. Didn't hurt as much this time. Didn't really work so well, either. So there's that.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Drugged Up and in Pain
Keeping the music playing, shifting between various high-powered old hits, trying to focus on something else than the burning sensation in my right foot. DJ Mehdi's old Signatune, in an edit by none other than Thomas Bangalter, has the right insisting pace for the job.
I've been on crutches for over a month, now. Messed up my right foot, and ignored it for a while. Bad plan. Got an injection, which is supposed to help, today. That is, after it stops feeling like a needle is repeatedly stabbed into the sole of my right foot. Yes, I'm feeling sorry for myself.
Tried playing Bon Iver, and other soothing music. Doesn't really cut it. Needs to be able to keep up a barrage of sense stimulation high enough to let me think of something else.
Let's try Tool on for size.
I've been on crutches for over a month, now. Messed up my right foot, and ignored it for a while. Bad plan. Got an injection, which is supposed to help, today. That is, after it stops feeling like a needle is repeatedly stabbed into the sole of my right foot. Yes, I'm feeling sorry for myself.
Tried playing Bon Iver, and other soothing music. Doesn't really cut it. Needs to be able to keep up a barrage of sense stimulation high enough to let me think of something else.
Let's try Tool on for size.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Modern Sounds
You're not going to let that stand are you?
A "musical roots" blog-entry, where you explain your infatuation with Elton John and have a YouTube-video with the Muppets? Is that going be the final entry on this site, your online diary of very many white pages?
No. I cannot let that stand.
Hmm. I know. I'll recommend a cultural experience from this century.
Silence should be broken with sounds. It should be no surprise that I have thing for french house. Yeah. During the last year, I've become a heavy fan of Welsh house, as well(!) At least, as funkily expressed by the young welsh DJ duo Vanguard. Over the last year, the songs and remixes they have on their soundcloud-page have been competing with Daft Punks Tron-soundtrack for most heavily played on my work playlist.
They've been releasing new stuff here and there over the last month or so. I am listening to a new lied, "Aurora", as I write this - a joyful light thumping beat built around a Michael Jackson sample.
It encapsulates two of the most important properties that I like about Vanguards music. It makes me happy, and it gives me energy.
A "musical roots" blog-entry, where you explain your infatuation with Elton John and have a YouTube-video with the Muppets? Is that going be the final entry on this site, your online diary of very many white pages?
No. I cannot let that stand.
Hmm. I know. I'll recommend a cultural experience from this century.
Silence should be broken with sounds. It should be no surprise that I have thing for french house. Yeah. During the last year, I've become a heavy fan of Welsh house, as well(!) At least, as funkily expressed by the young welsh DJ duo Vanguard. Over the last year, the songs and remixes they have on their soundcloud-page have been competing with Daft Punks Tron-soundtrack for most heavily played on my work playlist.
They've been releasing new stuff here and there over the last month or so. I am listening to a new lied, "Aurora", as I write this - a joyful light thumping beat built around a Michael Jackson sample.
It encapsulates two of the most important properties that I like about Vanguards music. It makes me happy, and it gives me energy.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Musical Roots - Elton John
In my sporadic blogging, I've had a tendency to pick fairly recent material to blog about.
That neatly elides the fact that many of my musical tastes were formed during the 80's and, in particular, the 90's. In the 80's, after having listened to all too many Beatles- and Rod Stewart-tapes, I had an extended period of awe of Elton Johns piano-playing - mainly since I started playing the piano myself during that age. The hit single "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" from Reg Strikes Back, released in '88, was a firm favourite of mine during that period.
Yes. It is painful to watch now. And this is definitely not Elton John at his best. (Not only because he looks absolutely silly in that suit.)
Digging back into his back catalogue, I remember his come-back single from '83, "I'm Still Standing", being high on my hit list, as well. That actually holds up quite a lot better. It's more upbeat and even though there's a driving 4/4 beat it is rhythmically more interesting because of the extra little syncopated tap between the 4 and the 1 beat - seemingly giving the tempo an extra little kick every time.
These days, I tend to favour Bennie And The Jets as my favourite Elton John song. Here is a delightful little act from The Muppet Show with a snippet of Bennie And The Jets. Elton's voice is crisp and strong here. And he actually plays a nice piano with a good wooden sound, instead of those with a more 'electric' feel (for lack of a better word) that he tended to favour most of the time. According to The Muppet Wiki (yes!) it is from '77.
The final section of chorus, with the "Benny, Benny, Benny"-echo chorus of the dolls is golden.
That neatly elides the fact that many of my musical tastes were formed during the 80's and, in particular, the 90's. In the 80's, after having listened to all too many Beatles- and Rod Stewart-tapes, I had an extended period of awe of Elton Johns piano-playing - mainly since I started playing the piano myself during that age. The hit single "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" from Reg Strikes Back, released in '88, was a firm favourite of mine during that period.
Yes. It is painful to watch now. And this is definitely not Elton John at his best. (Not only because he looks absolutely silly in that suit.)
Digging back into his back catalogue, I remember his come-back single from '83, "I'm Still Standing", being high on my hit list, as well. That actually holds up quite a lot better. It's more upbeat and even though there's a driving 4/4 beat it is rhythmically more interesting because of the extra little syncopated tap between the 4 and the 1 beat - seemingly giving the tempo an extra little kick every time.
These days, I tend to favour Bennie And The Jets as my favourite Elton John song. Here is a delightful little act from The Muppet Show with a snippet of Bennie And The Jets. Elton's voice is crisp and strong here. And he actually plays a nice piano with a good wooden sound, instead of those with a more 'electric' feel (for lack of a better word) that he tended to favour most of the time. According to The Muppet Wiki (yes!) it is from '77.
The final section of chorus, with the "Benny, Benny, Benny"-echo chorus of the dolls is golden.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Summer: Pics or It Didn't Happen
By popular demand - pictures, somewhat sorted and slightly cleaned up, from our lovely summer vacation:
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