Yet another mp3 blog, online since October 6th, 2008!
(And here's the origin of this blog's name.)
Of course, I don't link directly to anything but mp3s that have been made available for free by authors or their labels, or that were digitised from public domain recordings.
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Ester Brinkmann - “On ne vit pas”
A mesmerising Michel Foucault-sampling techno track by Thomas Brinkmann. The French speakers will get a glimpse of Foucault’s amazing insight into our culture. The others will braindance their way into the metropolis.
Trentemøller - “Vamp (Live Edit)”
Dark, dry, cold, groovy!
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - “Rothaus (Groove Edit)”
At 6 minutes, this is only 2/3 of the length of the album version. However, it is still packed with sonic detail and surprises, not far from Can’s most danceable tracks in the polyrhythmic drumming, with extra dub echoes and sweeps.
Animal Collective - “Summertime Clothes (DâM-FunK Remix)”
B’more’s hippy noisenicks get electro therapy from LA space funkster.
Blevin Blectum - “Rockitship Long Light Years (Version 2)”
From the 2002 Talon Slalom album, now available for free on the Free Music Archive. Laptop noise pop that I can’t get tired of. I guess rockists who can play a few guitar chords feel it when they’re listening to dad rock: you can picture yourself playing this onstage or in the studio. Except I fancy myself, face lit up from below by a PowerBook screen, focused on my virtual knob(s), rather than surrounded by piled up Marshall amps, hands going up and down my phallic substitute.
Matias Aguayo - “Bo Jack feat. Ladybumbox (Radio Edit)”
Overdriven, percussive track from Argentine electro-songwriter Aguayo.
Dan Deacon has spread his experimental synth pop all over the web on various netlabels before he released all his recent, highly praised albums on Carpark Records. “Arms Saloon” opens the Twacky Cats EP with an almost dancey tune, where spanish guitars and sampled percussion clash with a great processed synth line. This EP is freely available with artwork on the late Comfort Stand Recordings website, along with tons of other great, intriguing music.
Black Dice - “Glazin”
Black Dice - “Kokomo”
Last night was the last concert I went to with a young (post-)punk’s carelessness (baby boy is coming soon soon soon, so nights out are gonna be scarce). And I guess my choice of a Black Dice gig makes sense : I began with punk/noise as a teen, grew up into all kinds of dance/punk/noise/indie, and BD make one of the best (i.e. most cathartic, most engrossing, most abstractly concrète) synthesis of all the sounds I have been feeding on over the last 15 years.
Michna - “Tripple Chrome Dipped”
Music for my (soon-to-be) newborn son, part 3. To be honest, I’m not sure I’ll be playing him this track too early, when he’s either sleeping or crying because he can’t get to sleep or needs to be calmed down because he’s hungry and the milk’s not ready.
Guess I’ll play it when he’s old enough to notice the funny sounds and watch me dance crazy dances to the the stuttering rhythms.
